The Damned add new date to original line-up’s reunion tour

By
published

The Damned’s classic line-up have expanded their July 2021 tour

The Damned
(Image credit: Jill Furmanovsky)

The Damned’s newly-reunited original line-up have expanded their recently announced 2021 UK tour with the addition of a second London show.

The quartet - vocalist Dave Vanian, guitarist Brian James, bassist Captain Sensible and drummer Rat Scabies - will now play consecutive dates at London’s Eventim Apollo on July 9 and July 10. 

Tickets for the new London date go on sale on October 28 at 10am from AEG Presents. 

Their ‘one-tour only’ reunion will call at:

July 09 Eventim Apollo, London
July 10 Eventim Apollo, London
July 16 O2 Academy, Birmingham
July 17 O2 Academy, Glasgow
July 18 O2 Apollo Manchester

The legendary British punk quartet released their debut single New Rose on October 22, 1976.

The Damned 2021

(Image credit: Raw Power Management)
Paul Brannigan
Paul Brannigan
Contributing Editor, Louder

A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.