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Taylor Swift has punk spirit, claims UK Decay musician Abbo

Recently Abbo spoke at the Forever Now Festival Press Q & A alongside John Robb and Kirk Brandon. He had something pretty interesting to say about Taylor Swift and about those other right wing so called ‘influencer’ Lutonians we don’t usually talk about.

Abbo with Kirk Brandon and John Robb

https://www.contactmusic.com/story/467/3273006/taylor-swift-has-punk-spirit-claims-uk-decay-musician-steve-abbo-abbott-at-forever-now-festival-launch

  1. UK Decay announce 2025 gigs and vinyl release
  2. Accessible version of this video with ai voice-over and subtitles is available here UK Decay announce 2025 gigs and vinyl release Post-punk pioneers UK Decay are booking gigs for 2025 and are planning a vinyl re-release of their seminal album … Continue reading

  3. UK Decay Grafitti
  4. Sent in by Ivan Bainbridge with thanks!

  5. Return to WGT after 5 years
  6. UK Decay celebrate their 40th anniversary in hot style as they return to Leipzig in Germany’s wonderful Wave Gotic Treffen Festival 28 UK-Decay-at-Taubchenthal-WGT Big thanks to Oliver Krapp for the video’s

  7. UK Decay – 2 major performances added for Summer 2019 !!
  8. WE ARE HEADLINING A NIGHT AT THE LARGEST GOTH DARK WAVE FESTIVAL IN EUROPE!! UK Decay will headline Wave – Gotik Festival in Leipzig on Friday 7th June. The band gave one of their best live performances at this very … Continue reading

  9. Summer Shows 2019 Update!
  10. UK Decay are back to celebrate their fortieth anniversary UPDATE: For those seeking news of UK Decay shows……….It now seems we may have to plan our UK gigs for later in the year. The shows we have confirmed are Wave … Continue reading

  11. UK Decay on Youtube
  12. UK Decay’s Spon featured on Anglia Punk Docu
  13. Steve Spon was featured recently in an Anglia TV special marking 40 years since the punk movement. This two part mini documentary series is about punk in the Eastern Counties and is hosted by Anglia TV’s Matt Hudson who was … Continue reading

  14. UK Decay Autumn Sale!
  15. Was 11.99 GBP Now Only 8.99 GBP Nights Of Celebration 2017 Limited Edition   Was 11.99 GBP Now only 8.99 GBP Death So Fatal 2017 Limited Edition   Was 12.99 GBP Now only 8.99 GBP For Madmen Only 2009 CD … Continue reading

  16. Luton: Centre of the Punk Rock Universe
  17. With Abbo and Spon…. Abbo and I will be at Luton’s Hat Factory Art’s and Media Centre on Friday 25th November to talk about Punk in the Luton area back in the late seventies. This is part of the “40 … Continue reading

  18. Brexit
  19. Who wants to stay today and see the UK Decay….

  20. The Poetry of Punk:
  21. Tenderness and Rage After the recent hiatus in the bands live appearances both Steve ‘Abbo’ Abbott and guitarist Steve Spon will be taking part in the 40 years of punk celebrations later in the year. Further details to be announced … Continue reading

  22. Crimewave hits Luton
  23. Sat 7 May, Russ CrimeWave performs UK Decay lyrics in front of Luton Town Hall. There wasn’t exactly a crowd but a series of puzzled onlookers who thought they were watching a priest or some sort of crazed politician. The … Continue reading

  24. Rising From The Dread -Re release!
  25. UK Decay’s 1982 mini-album on clear vinyl and reformatted insert written by Dave Jennings available here for just £13.50 including shipping to the UK The classic twelve inch recording includes the hugely influential eleven minute track Werewolf which occupies the … Continue reading

  26. Terror and Wonder
  27. “Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination” British Library until 20th January A giant size poster of the seminal Sounds article “The Face Of Punk Gothique” and The Black 45  appears at the British Library, both shown as exhibit’s in the … Continue reading

  28. Wonderful Town Update
  29. Here is an update for the Wonderful Town Project. £5759.83 has been raised so far to SoLYD and Lutonfoodbank To date over 850 physical copies and over 1000 downloads have been sold to Hatters and Decay fans throughout the UK and … Continue reading