SKIDS & THEATRE OF HATE will come together this Autumn for an explosive UK co-headline tour
Two era-defining artists in their own rights, for over five decades, both bands have blazed a trail for punk and post-punk. Still firmly flying the flag in 2026, they will embark on a mammoth tour of 32 dates across 3 months in the UK.
Kicking off Southampton’s Engine Rooms on 20th October, the shows will see both bands digging deep into their rich catalogues as they go head to head at venues across England, Scotland and Wales.
Not the first time the band’s creative minds have joined forces, the shows follow a wildly successful tour of the UK when Skids and Kirk Brandon’s other guise Spear of Destiny shared stages back in 2024. And these shows promise to be just as unmissable as Richard Jobson of Skids says:
“We’re off on tour again with one of my favourite bands again Theatre of Hate… I just feel that the way things and in the overall scheme of things, this is going to be a great night out. Skids. Theatre of Hate. A cracking night out. I’m really looking forward to it”.
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SKIDS
The Skids formed in 1977 in their hometown of Dunfermline, Scotland by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Bill Simpson & Tom Kellichan. After releasing an independent single the band were played by John Peel, supported The Clash in concert and then were signed to Virgin Records in 1978. Their first singles were “Sweet Surburbia”, “The Saints are Coming” and “Into the Valley” – the latter reaching the UK Top Ten in early 1979. Their seminal debut album “Scared to Dance” came out in 1979 which was quickly followed by two chart singles – “Masquerade” and “Working for the Yankee Dollar”. Both singles were taken from the Bill Nelson produced second album “Days in Europa”. The album also featured new member Rusty Egan of Rich Kids & Visage fame after the departure of Tom Kellichan. The band released two more albums “The Absolute Game” (1980) and “Joy” (1981) before splitting.
The current Skids line up see’s the lineup stripped back to an explosive 4 piece with Richard Jobson, Peter Byrchmore (Membranes), Hernandez (Drums) & Connor Whyte (Guitar).
