We are delighted to announce that the boys that re-opened The Vic are back!!!! September 2012 sees the long awaited return of Twisted Wheel. The band embark on their 23 date ‘Do It Again’ tour, having spent the last few months recording the new album, the band are very excited to...

ROCK AND BLUES IS BACK!!!!! Rock & Blues Old School Weekender will take place at The Coney Grey Showground, Pentrich, Derbyshire on 26th, 27th and 28th July 2012. Line-up The main stage will be the focal point of the weekender.  Confirmed SO FAR are . . .  UK SUBS, OZZBEST, SAW PATROL,...

OK ITS BACK!!!!! If you were in The Vic on 16th December 2011 you would have been privy to this very special show!!!! Now, to celebrate the Vic’s 1st birthday AND Queen Elizebeth’s Diamond Jubilee were delighted to announce . . . . . . . QUEEN VICTORIA’S 1ST BIRTHDAY AND...

The third in a series of 10 ltd edition “LIVE AT THE VICTORIA INN” t-shirts “KASABIAN LIVE AT THE VICTORIA INN” show poster printed on black 100% cotton t-shirt A joint headline tour arrives at the Vic in jan 2004.  Second on the bill??? The biggest band in the world...

  PRE-ORDER LOSTALONES NEW ALBUM TODAY You’ll see above the banner for the play.com pre order of the new record. You can do this right now – they have the CD/DVD version for £8.99 and every copy comes signed. Over the next couple of weeks Lostalone will be putting a few other pre...

KYOTO DRIVE Kyoto Drive are all about big hooks and bigger choruses! They are a 4 piece pop rock band straight from the heart of middle England. Since forming in 2009 they have toured every corner of the UK and released their debut album ‘This Is All We Ever Wanted’ They are now back in...

The Enemy formed in early 1980 as Mark Woodhouse (vocals), Steve “Mez” Mellors (guitar), Steve O’Donnell (bass), and Mark Herrington (drums). They played their first gig at Woodlands Youth Centre, and landed a support slot on Anti Pasti’s gig in Huddersfield. They...

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990. Nirvana’s brief run ended with...

STRAIGHT LINES Straight Lines was initially conceived by lead vocalist and guitarist Tom Jenkins and drummer Dane Campbell after the demise of their previous band. The Welsh duo set about collating ideas and writing new material that would later form the basis for the band’s debut...

In London, on Sunday 5th December 1976, Nick Cash (guitar & vocals), Guy Days (guitar & vocals), Jon Watson (bass) and Pablo LaBritain (drums & percussions) started to play together. The first gig was 22.1.1977 and their band was called The Dials at that time. Soon the changed...

“This Nottingham punk trio called NOBODYS FOOL engaged with the crowd like no other band did. With punchy riffs and fist pumping lyrics they were by no means just another punk band, but a refreshing take on the genre. Its needless to to say that they are a band to watch in the future if...

One of the Midlands most exciting new bands, The Carpels, aim to be at the forefront of modern cutting edge pop with their mix of indie, punk & electronic sounds. Picking up an inspired lead from bands such as Talking Heads, Late of the Pier, The Maccabees and The Fall, their sound is a...

THE CHAPMAN FAMILY We are a band from the north east of England who released their debut album in 2011 and are set to unleash a follow up EP of brand new material in 2012. Our unique blend of politically charged, feedback enfused, noisy and intense indie rock music has won us just as many...

Vice Squad is a punk band formed in 1978 in Bristol, England. The band formed from two other local punk bands, The Contingent and TV Brakes. Songwriter and vocalist Beki Bondage (born Rebecca Louise Bond) was a founding member and is currently with the band, although there was a period of time...

Tudor-Pole formed the band Tenpole Tudor in 1974, and eventually came to prominence after appearing in the film The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle as a possible replacement for Johnny Rotten in the Sex Pistols. He sang “Who Killed Bambi?”, “The Great Rock...

Follow You Home was formed on a cold and frosty night in December 2010 in Derby, England by school friends Rich Davis (bass) and Nick Ayre (guitar/vocals). Keen to make their dreams of performing melodic, punk-tinged music that tells it how it really is into a reality, the duo recruited...

Wheatus should be a one-hit wonder, the kind of band that kitty littered the music industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Their ubiquitous debut single “Teenage Dirtbag” (# 42 on the BBC Radio One Sales Chart Of The Decade, recently featured on HBO’s Generation Kill and soon to be...

THE CROOKES 2012 is well under way and emerging from the almost Spring-like haze come The Crookes… The first fruits of this, a new chapter in the life of The Crookes arrives in the shape of the perfectly formed new single’ Afterglow’ and heralds news of some long awaited live...

The fourth in a series of 10 ltd edition “LIVE AT THE VICTORIA INN” t-shirts “TWISTED WHEEL LIVE AT THE VICTORIA INN” show poster printed on black 100% cotton t-shirt A quick drive past the old haunt, saw the “to let” board, 1 phone call and 4 weeks later...

The second in a series of 10 ltd edition “LIVE AT THE VICTORIA INN” t-shirts “SNOWPATROL LIVE AT THE VICTORIA INN” show poster printed on black 100% cotton t-shirt A top 10 single saw a sold out Vic with riot’s in the street for tickets!!!! We were there first....

The first in a series of 10 ltd edition “LIVE AT THE VICTORIA INN” t-shirts “BIFFY CLYRO LIVE AT THE VICTORIA INN” show poster printed on black 100% cotton t-shirt The classic moment in 2003 when Biffy said goodbye to the small venue circuit and went stadium. We were...

The U.K. Subs were part of the original punk movement in England that formed in 1976, with the initial name of the Subversives. The band’s founder, Charlie Harper selected guitarist Nicky Garratt,bassist Paul Slack, and various drummers (eventually Pete Davis became fairly stable)...