As previously announced, the band will be appearing at Rebellion festival in Blackpool again this year. After last year’s outdoor show at R-Fest on the prom, they head back indoors to the Opera House this year, their third appearance on that stage. Rebellion have now announced the breakdown of bands by day & The Vapors are playing on Friday 4th August. Get you tickets, either for the weekend or just the day, here See you there…… Read the rest

The supply to order reprint of the UK tour shirt is now available to order for a limited time. You can order up until 6pm on 2nd April at the merch store here and shirts will be sent out in the second week of April. Don’t hang about if you want one…

Updated 26/3: just a reminder that there’s only one week to go to order the reprinted UK 2023 tour shirt…

Updated 3/4: orders for the tour shirt reprint are now closed.… Read the rest

So another tour over. Massive thanks to everyone who bought anything over the merch counter. Anyone who missed out on the 2023 Tour T-Shirt will be able to purchase one – for a limited time only – as follows:

-There will be a 3 week window during which these are available here

– This will be the only way of ordering these shirts

– The Window for ordering will open at 10.00am on Monday 13th March, and it will close at 6.00pm on Sunday 2nd April

– Once the window has closed we will be producing only those shirts that have been ordered, so no orders can be accepted once the window has closed

– Shirts will ship during the second week of April

As a result of your fantastic support on the tour, general stocks are currently very low.… Read the rest

We’ve reached the final weekend of the tour, culminating in a London gig at 229 tomorrow and Dave’s 70th birthday special celebration at the Holroyd in Guildford on Saturday. The 229 gig is an early finish with a 10.15pm curfew so it’s doors at 7, Molotovs at 7.30 and the Vapors at 8.30. Don’t be late…

Saturday’s expanded sold out gig now has two added bonus guests, namely The Molotovs and DJ Jacqui Carroll, who join Sharp Class & The Vapors for a mega line up.… Read the rest

Steve recently found a small cash book in a box of band-related paperwork in his house. The book originally belonged to Dave and he had methodically entered income and expenditure during the early 1978 to mid 1979, the point when the band signed to UA records. Whilst outgoings were related to petrol, roadies’ pay, promo photos, van hire and recording costs, the incoming funds were from gigs. The exhaustive info in this little book has filled in quite a few blanks in the early years of the band gig listing here.… Read the rest