UK Subs

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UK Subs

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Jun 26, 2026 · Szczecin

Plac Gryfitów - Łasztownia

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The UK Subs were another group that emerged from the scene at The Roxy in London in 1977. Founder and Lead Vocalist Charlie Harper was playing in R&B and pub rock groups before being influenced by bands like The Damned to turn to punk.

The band initially started in 1976 as "The Subversives" with singer Charlie Harper. When the band line-up was based around Harper's growling Cockney vocals with Nicky Garratt on Guitar, Paul Slack on Bass and a variety of drummers they became the "U.K. subversives", later shortened to "U.K. Subs". Although adopting punk stylings, the bands work was still heavily influenced by R&B, albeit played fast. Their sound was most similar to Sham 69 or The Angelic Upstarts, although without the skinhead following

Whilst never having a big hit, several singles made the lower reaches of the Top 30 in the late 70s, including "Stranglehold", "Tomorrow's Girls", a cover of The Zombies classic "She's Not There" and "Warhead". The first two studio LPs "Another Kind of Blues" and "Brand New Age" also made the lower reaches of the album charts.

In 1983 Nicky Garratt left the band along with bass player Alvin Gibbs and then drummer Kim Wylie leaving Charlie Harper to recruit a whole new band.

Garratt would come back in and out of the line-up over the following 25 years whilst Charlie carried on touring and recording with an almost ever changing line-up.

The UK Subs are the only band to record an album for every letter of the alphabet, in order, reaching Z (Ziezo) in 2016.

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Warhead

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Stranglehold

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C.I.D.

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I Live in a Car

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Teenage

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26

2026

Hells Bells Festival | 2-day pass, 26-27.06.2026

Plac Gryfitów - Łasztownia, Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland

JUN

27

2026

Hells Bells Festival | Saturday, 27.06.2026

Plac Gryfitów - Łasztownia, Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland

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Setlists

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August 7, 2025

Winter Gardens

Blackpool, England, United Kingdom


August 1, 2025

Bullhead City

Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

  • 1. Emotional Blackmail

  • 2. Rockers

  • 3. Police State

  • 4. Emotional Blackmail Part 2

  • 5. Fear to Go

  • 6. Rat Race

  • 7. Time and Matter

  • 8. Bitter & Twisted

  • 9. Down on the Farm

  • 10. Limo Life

  • 11. Barbie's Dead

  • 12. Party in Paris

  • 13. Tomorrows Girls

  • 14. Warhead

  • 15. Riot

  • 16. Stranglehold

  • 17. Victim

  • 18. I Live in a Car

  • 19. Endangered Species

  • 1. You Don't Belong


July 6, 2025

Folkets Park

Knislinge, Skåne County, Sweden

  • 1. Emotional Blackmail

  • 2. Kicks

  • 3. Police State

  • 4. Rockers

  • 5. Rat Race

  • 6. Time and Matter

  • 7. Bitter & Twisted

  • 8. Down on the Farm

  • 9. Barbie's Dead

  • 10. Limo Life

  • 11. Warhead

  • 12. Riot

  • 13. Stranglehold


June 26, 2025

Freilichtbühne Krusenkoppel

Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany


June 21, 2025

Manchester Academy 1, University of Manchester

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Jun 26, 2026

Hells Bells Festival | 2-day pass, 26-27.06.2026

Plac Gryfitów - Łasztownia, Szczecin, PL


Jun 27, 2026

Hells Bells Festival | Saturday, 27.06.2026

Plac Gryfitów - Łasztownia, Szczecin, PL

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Yes, UK Subs has 2 upcoming concerts, with their next show on June 26, 2026. They will be performing in Szczecin. See the full schedule and buy tickets on this page.

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UK Subs' most-played tracks include Warhead, Stranglehold, C.I.D., I Live in a Car, Teenage. Listen to these songs and explore more from their catalog on this page.

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