Music
30 Nov 18

The Skids & Big Country Play The Academy

Four decades after they formed, The Skids will take to the stage at The Academy with Big Country.

After signing their first record deal in May 1978 The Skids went on to carve out an innovative template for the post-punk era. “We were fearless in the beginning,” recalls Richard Jobson, who was still just seventeen years old when The Skids recorded their first Top Of The Pops appearance for their Virgin debut 'Sweet Suburbia’.

After parting ways, frontman Adamson went on to find success with Big Country, while Jobson formed the Armoury Show with John McGeoch before going on to become a hugely successful independent movie director.

In the summer of 2017, to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the first-ever Skids gig, the reunited band set out on tour, selling out iconic venues such as London’s Roundhouse, Glasgow’s ABC and Nottingham’s Rock City.

Now, The Skids & Big Country have announced a date at The Academy on Saturday December 1^st 2018.

Speaking of their new album Burning Cities Jobson said, "In 1977, we were singing songs about what we saw as a world in crisis. Today that message is more relevant than ever. Burning Cities is packed full of punk rock protest songs. It’s an album we’re very proud of .”

“This music is at the heart of everything our band is about: truth, revolution, loud guitars and a refusal to keep quiet as the establishment tries to smother chances for anyone other than its own.”

A limited number of tickets for their gig at The Academy are on sale now, priced at €30.