Friday 27 March 2026.

Friday 27 March 2026. SEX PISTOLS EXPOSE live at The 100 Club. Top notch Pistols tribute band...with support from Latchicos, Healthy Junkies and Phobics. Jeffrey Munday will playing some top punk and glam rock tunes. Nathan as Johnny , i must have seen around 20 times when he was fronting The Sex Pistols Experience. ------------------------ Good to see several punk rockin' chums here. PHOBICS arrived on stage at 7.25pm for their 30 mins set. PHOBICS formed in Deptford in 1999 , and have played loads of gigs in London's punk venues. They played some good tracks from their albums. HEALTHY JUNKIES arrived on stage at 8.05pm for their 35 mins set . They played some good tracks , including ' Bad Reputation' . They had a lively foxy female who jumped around a lot and crawled on the floor. LATCHICOS arrived on stage at 8.55pm for their 35 mins set . They played a very enjoyable set of classic punk and new covers and a T.Rex gem. Including Buzzcocks, Ramones , Clash , Only Ones , Magazine, Undertones etc. SEX PISTOLS EXPOSE arrived on stage at 9.45pm for their 80 mins set. They played a top notch set of Pistols classics , and tracks that the real Pistols never play Nathan as Johnny has the look and all the mannerisms. The Sid looks the part and acts the fool. The Steve has the Les Paul Gibson and knotted handkerchief for some tracks. Like last year , Nathan gave me shout out from the stage. All the tracks from NMTB are played , along with a four song Sid sings segment. Highlights included ' EMI', ' Pretty Vacant', 'God Save The Queen', and the final three classics 'Holidays in the Sun', ' Bodies ' and ' Anarchy in the UK'. They really are a top notch Pistols tribute. --------------- --------------- Thursday 26 March 2026. MANIC STREET PREACHERS plus special guests The Joy Formidable. Teenage Cancer Trust Shows continue at The Royal Albert Hall. This was show number 4 of 7 this week. Tonight was the 150th Teenage Cancer Trust show at the Royal Albert Hall show since the first week of shows in 2000....I have been to around 50 of them. I have seen The Manics over a dozen times , including a very early gig in August 1991 at The Hibernian Club in Fulham when Richie Edwards was still alive. ----------- The venue looks very full tonight. It is floor standing again. The show is being filmed again tonight , but oddly there is live footage of the support band on the big screen , but for The Manics , they are filmed , but it is not used as the band have their own pre recorded images and slogans on the big screen. THE JOY FORMIDABLE arrived on stage at 7.30pm for their 40 mins set. Like The Manics , this indie rock three piece come from Wales. The male and female are sharing lead vocals. They played some food rockin' tracks from their five albums. Again we had the videos and parade of teenagers with cancer who have been helped by TCT. A mention to Aldi we hi have donated over £13m to TCT overtime the years. MANIC STREET PREACHERS arrived on stage at 8.55pm for their 1 hour 45 mins set. The three main members are joined by two other musicians for all the show. James Dean Bradfield playing some very nifty guitar on his white Les Paul Gibson. Plenty of their big tunes played, along with rarely played tracks. We even get a cover by The Cure. See my Facebook.page for videos of ' A Design for Life' and ' You Love Us'. The Manics always put on a great show. Full setlist played tonight.... Motorcycle Emptiness Futurology ( First time since 2014) Roses in the Hospital ( First time since 2016) You Stole the Sun From My Heart Decline & Fall Ocean Spray Close to Me (The Cure cover) (First time live by Manic Street Preachers) La tristesse durera (Scream to a Sigh) This Is Yesterday Hiding in Plain Sight (with Echo and the Bunnymen 'Bring On the Dancing Horses' intro) The Secret He Had Missed A Design for Life This Sullen Welsh Heart (James Dean Bradfield acoustic solo) Everything Must Go ( James Dean Bradfield acoustic solo) The Everlasting (James Dean Bradfield solo into full band) Condemned to Rock 'n' Roll (First time since 2015) Your Love Alone Is Not Enough This Is the Day (The The cover) (First time since 2017) From Despair to Where My Little Empire (preceded by band introductions, first time since 2019) You Love Us ( Dedicated to Richey Edwards) If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next ( ticker tape over the crowd)

Posted 26th March 2026