TV Smith Live Aboard The Golden Hinde

A live evening with TV Smith, punk musician and founding member of The Adverts, aboard The Golden Hinde, a historic Tudor galleon moored at St Mary Overie Dock in London.

TV Smith is a punk musician and songwriter, and a founding member of The Adverts, a band formed in 1976 that was among the early British punk groups. Their singles included Gary Gilmore's Eyes, One Chord Wonders and No Time to Be 21, and their debut album, Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts, was released in 1978. The band split in 1979.

Afterwards TV Smith fronted Explorers and Cheap before building a solo career. These days the act usually performs as a solo acoustic artist, having toured the UK, Europe, the Americas and Japan and shared stages with The Damned, Stiff Little Fingers and Ruts DC. The latest album, Handwriting (2024), was made with producer and multi-instrumentalist Gerry Diver.

The gig takes place aboard The Golden Hinde, a historic Tudor galleon at St Mary Overie Dock, London Bridge, which hosts concerts and shows in London. The evening offers the chance to hear a founder of one of the early British punk bands in a solo setting.