{"id":29084,"date":"2026-09-23T12:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=29084"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:32:33","slug":"ruts-dc-present-fifty-years-of-ruts-music-1977-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=29084","title":{"rendered":"RUTS DC Present: Fifty years of Ruts music – 1977-2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RUTS DC Present: Fifty years of Ruts music – 1977-2027<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RuTs 50th<\/sup> Anniversary Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets go on sale Friday September 25th<\/sup> 10am from AGMP.co.uk and SEETICKETS.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

rutsdc.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

In 1977, The Ruts emerged from London with a sound unlike anybody else around them – the raw urgency of punk colliding with reggae, dub and rock, driven by formidable musicianship and a fierce sense of purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Malcolm Owen, Paul Fox, Dave Ruffy and Segs Jennings, The Ruts created a body of music whose power has endured far beyond its original moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Singles: <\/strong>In A Rut. Babylon\u2019s Burning. Something That I Said. Jah War. Staring At The Rude Boys. West One (Shine On Me).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Album<\/strong>: The Crack: <\/em> One of the defining British punk albums of its era: urgent, inventive, politically aware and musically fearless. These songs became part of the fabric of British punk — and a sound that refused to stay within punk\u2019s boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After losing Malcolm Owen in 1980, the remaining members chose integrity over nostalgia by re-inventing themselves as Ruts DC, eventually losing the legend that was Paul Fox in 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the story does not end there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruts DC remain a living, evolving band to this day. But the time has come to celebrate the whole story\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RUTS DC present: 50 YEARS OF RUTS MUSIC  – 1977-2027<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These shows are about taking the music that exploded out of a movement and bringing it onto a stage in 2027 with all its urgency and relevance intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music made across five decades \u2014 from The Crack<\/em> and Grin & Bear It<\/em>, through Animal Now<\/em>, Rhythm Collision<\/em>, Music Must Destroy<\/em>, and Counterculture?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis ain\u2019t no nostalgia trip, it\u2019s a celebration\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The anniversary shows will embrace the entire history while putting Ruts music<\/strong> where it belongs: at the heart of it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The songs. The attitude. The energy. The Punk. Performed by the people that were there, ably abetted by Ruts DC guitarist of 14 years \u2014 Leigh Heggarty.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Honouring  the legacy \u2014 while doing what Ruts DC have always done: bringing it into the now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a reunion.    Not a recreation.    Not a tribute band.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A celebration of fifty years of music, friendship, resilience and creative evolution \u2014 played in the present tense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See RUTS DC Present: Fifty years of Ruts music – 1977-2027 at the following dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets go on sale Friday September 25th at 10am.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2027<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

07 Apr NOTTINGHAM METRONOME<\/p>\n\n\n\n

08 Apr LIVERPOOL THE CAVERN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

09 Apr MANCHESTER BAND ON THE WALL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 Apr BIRMINGHAM THE CROSSING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 Apr NEWCASTLE THE CLUNY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 Apr EDINBURGH LA BELLE ANGELE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16 Apr GLASGOW THE GARAGE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 Apr LEEDS BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22 Apr CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23 Apr NORTHAMPTON ROADMENDER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24 Apr STOKE-ON-TRENT THE SUGARMILL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 Oct CARDIFF THE GLOBE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 Oct BRISTOL THEKLA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16 Oct EXETER PHOENIX ARTS CENTRE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21 Oct BRIGHTON CHALK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22 Oct SOUTHAMPTON THE 1865<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23 Oct LONDON 229<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 Oct KINGSTON-U-HULL THE SOCIAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29 Oct NORWICH ADRIAN FLUX WATERFRONT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30 Oct COVENTRY HMV EMPIRE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUTS DC Present: Fifty years of Ruts music – 1977-2027 The RuTs 50th Anniversary Tour Tickets go on sale Friday September 25th 10am from AGMP.co.uk and SEETICKETS.com rutsdc.com In 1977, The Ruts emerged from London with a sound unlike anybody else around them – the raw urgency of punk colliding with reggae, dub and rock, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29088,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29084\/revisions\/29088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}