Skids is a British punk rock and new wave band from Dunfermline, Scotland, formed in 1977. Their first album, Scared to Dance, came out in 1979, and the group has been active again since 2016.
Next date in Liverpool: 28 November at The Live Rooms Chester.
Skids on tour elsewhere in United Kingdom
3 dates announced outside London:
- Liverpool The Live Rooms Chester See the date
- Birmingham The Castle and Falcon See the date
- Leeds Brudenell Social Club See the date
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- Latest album
- Destination Düsseldorf (2023)
- Formed
- 1977 · Dunfermline
About — The artist
Skids are a Scottish punk rock and new wave band, formed in Dunfermline in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (guitar, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals), William Simpson (bass guitar and backing vocals), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and Richard Jobson (vocals, guitar and keyboards). Their biggest successes were the 1979 single "Into the Valley" and the 1980 album The Absolute Game. In 2016, the band announced a 40th-anniversary tour of the UK with their original singer Richard Jobson.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Skids (band)” (en), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Discography
- Scared to Dance 1979
- Days in Europa 1979
- The Absolute Game 1980
- Joy 1981
- Strength Through Joy 1984
- BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 1991
- Masquerade Masquerade: The Skids Live 2007
- Burning Cities 2018
- Peaceful Times 2019
- Destination Düsseldorf 2023