AT LONDON’S ISLINGTON 02 ACADEMY ON SATURDAY MAY 30TH

FEATURING THE SKIDS, CHRON GEN, THE MEFFS, DEAF DEVILS AND MORE!

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE:

VIve Le Rock magazine, the world’s punk and rock n’ roll bible announces its 16th birthday celebrations! 

After the runaway success of the sold-out Cock Sparrer/Ruts DC Birthday party last year, Vive Le Rock is pleased to present the gig of 2026 on Saturday May 30th in London.

THE SKIDS will top the bill at Vive Le Rock’s 16th Birthday bash! One of the best live bands of the original punk and post-punk era, the Scottish legends will join UK82 punk’s CHRON GEN, especially reformed for the night and playing their last ever London show. Fast rising UK duo THE MEFFS join them, along with New Zealand/London punk n’ rollers DESPERATE MEASURES, Oi! street punk upstarts TEAR UP, Spain’s incendiary live act DEAF DEVILS and folk punk sensations HEADSTICKS. Everyone through the door gets a free CD featuring all the bands. It kicks off at 5pm till late at the O2 Academy Islington and tickets are available at here:

“We launched Vive Le Rock in 2010 and have had many memorable shows and VLR Awards nights before, but I am really proud to have persuaded Richard Jobson and the Skids to headline our 16th Birthday party,” says Vive Le Rock editor and founder Eugene Butcher. “And to manage to get Chron Gen to reform a long with the packed lineup of new acts really is going to make for a killer night!”

After sixteen years, Vive Le Rock continues to be a lifeline for true fans of street rock n ’roll and punk, in all the varying guises and glory! It’s more than a magazine, it’s a way of life.

Find Vive Le Rock online at: Vive Le Rock Magazine | Rock n Roll, Punk, New Wave, Beyond