American punk rock band, Jawbreaker have revealed details of their first UK show in 25 years. The announcement follows their reunion shows in North America, the band’s scheduled to be playing at the O2 Academy Brixton, London, on the 27th of April 2019. Tickets go on sale Friday November 30th at 10:00am and will be available here.
This is the punk rock band’s first performance outside of North America since they reunited in 2017, when they headlined 2017’s Riot Fest, in Chicago. The trio, made up of Blake Schwarzenbach – lead vocals and guitar; Chris Bauermeister – bass and backing vocals; and Adam Pfahler – drums, are widely credited with being a major influence on modern punk rock and the emo sound of the ’90s.
UK! We’re happy to announce we’re performing our first UK show in 25 years at O2 Academy Brixton on Saturday 27th April.
Tickets go on-sale Friday 10amhttps://t.co/iPdqPocvX1— Jawbreaker (@Jawbreakerband) 26 November 2018
The band formed in 1986 and released their debut album, ‘Unfun’, three years later. However, they shot to fame, with albums including ’24 Hour Revenge Therapy’, 1994, which was recorded with the legendary producer and engineer Steve Albini, and their seminal album ‘Dear You’, released in 1995. Jawbreaker’s extensive catalogue includes tracks such as ‘Boxcar’, ‘Kiss The Bottle’, ‘The Boat Dreams from the Hill’, ‘Accident Prone’, ‘Basilica’, ‘Fireman’ and many more.
The punk icons broke up in 1996 following a tour in support of their album ‘Dear You’. Following, what was supposed to be an exclusive one -off, performance at Riot fest in 2017 the band reunited for a small run of shows in North America. The tour saw the band perform in San Francisco, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles, in 2018.
Murmurings of a reunion over the years have consistently been shot down by the band’s members. Speaking to Pitchfork, about the possibility of a reunion, drummer Adam Pfahler said: “We’ve totally talked about it, and everyone is excited. We played a couple of songs just to see if we could still do it. We weren’t sure if we could still do it. We could still do it.”
