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Coming to The International in October 2025
Wed 1st Oct 2025
James Oliver Band
featuring Norman Watt-Roy. At The International Music Venue Garden Street
£12.00adv £14.00door
James Oliver is one of the UKs busiest acts playing 300 plus gigs a year all over the UK, Europe and the USA. He has performed over 3000 gigs and shared the stage with many acts including Albert Lee, Bill Kirchen, Deke Leonard, Greg Koch, Steve Gibbons, Dr Feelgood, Billy Bremner, Walter Trout and many other.
In 2020 James won the UK Blues Awards emerging act of the year and has since been nominated a further 3 times. He has released 2 studio albums 3 live albums and an EP and his album Twang was number 1 on the Amazon blues charts for 3 weeks.
In 2020 James won the UK Blues Awards emerging act of the year and has since been nominated a further 3 times. He has released 2 studio albums 3 live albums and an EP and his album Twang was number 1 on the Amazon blues charts for 3 weeks.
Sat 4th Oct 2025
The Small Fakers
£14.00adv
Doors 7:30pm
Standing gig with limited seating
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8.15pm (two sets)
The Small Faces are without any shadow of doubt, one of the most sensational British bands of the 1960s, and are as much a part of the soundtrack to the fabbest decade ever as The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, The Who, or anyone else for that matter!
Hitting the charts as teenage mods with their very first disc, 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It', the four diminutive Cockneys went on to release numerous timeless classics including, ‘Sha-La-La-La-Lee’, ‘Here Come The Nice’, ‘Itchycoo Park’ and ‘Lazy Sunday’.
The Small Fakers were officially launched on a chilly night in February 2007 at a central London shindig attended by fans and associates of the East End's very own fab four, the seminal, sensational Small Faces. The buzz in the audience that night was intense. Could the SMALL FAKERS even hope to come close to replicating the sound, and the look, of the Small Faces.
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8.15pm (two sets)
The Small Faces are without any shadow of doubt, one of the most sensational British bands of the 1960s, and are as much a part of the soundtrack to the fabbest decade ever as The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, The Who, or anyone else for that matter!
Hitting the charts as teenage mods with their very first disc, 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It', the four diminutive Cockneys went on to release numerous timeless classics including, ‘Sha-La-La-La-Lee’, ‘Here Come The Nice’, ‘Itchycoo Park’ and ‘Lazy Sunday’.
The Small Fakers were officially launched on a chilly night in February 2007 at a central London shindig attended by fans and associates of the East End's very own fab four, the seminal, sensational Small Faces. The buzz in the audience that night was intense. Could the SMALL FAKERS even hope to come close to replicating the sound, and the look, of the Small Faces.
Tue 7th Oct 2025
Ben Poole
£14.00adv
Doors 7:30pm
Ben Poole is an award winning blues, rock and soul guitarist, singer and songwriter hailing from the United Kingdom. Nominated as one of the best blues guitarists in the world just prior to the 2 year pandemic hiatus alongside names such as Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Joe Bonamassa & many more by the USA’s ‘Guitar World Magazine’ Ben Poole is very much at the forefront of the talent rich blues/rock scene on a worldwide scale.
A now internationally recognised touring and recording artist, Ben has also received critical acclaim from some of the most renowned blues and rock musicians in the world such as Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, John Mayall, Beth Hart, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Walter Trout, Richie Kotzen, Philip Sayce and many more. He has graced the covers of, as well as receiving awards and accolades from, some of the most respected publications and organisations, including being voted in the top 15 best blues guitar players in the world a few years ago by the biggest selling guitar magazine in Europe (Total Guitar Magazine/
Music Radar).
“Truly astonishing” – Classic Rock Magazine
“F***ing amazing!” – Jeff Beck
“Killer!” – Kenny Wayne Shepherd
“Exudes class & prowess” – Guitar Techniques Magazine
A now internationally recognised touring and recording artist, Ben has also received critical acclaim from some of the most renowned blues and rock musicians in the world such as Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, John Mayall, Beth Hart, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Walter Trout, Richie Kotzen, Philip Sayce and many more. He has graced the covers of, as well as receiving awards and accolades from, some of the most respected publications and organisations, including being voted in the top 15 best blues guitar players in the world a few years ago by the biggest selling guitar magazine in Europe (Total Guitar Magazine/
Music Radar).
“Truly astonishing” – Classic Rock Magazine
“F***ing amazing!” – Jeff Beck
“Killer!” – Kenny Wayne Shepherd
“Exudes class & prowess” – Guitar Techniques Magazine
Wed 8th Oct 2025
Tom Robinson with Adam Phillps
This gig is at he Y Theatre
£25.00adv
Doors 7:30pm
The Musician & Wake up present:
TOM ROBINSON
with Adam Phillips
THEN & NOW
Tall tales and top tunes from 50 years in the record industry
Tom Robinson presents an evening of songs and stories from fifty years wandering the wilder shores of the Record Industry. Classic hits such as War Baby, Up Against The Wall, and 2-4-6-8 Motorway rub shoulders with a Radio 1 ban for being Glad To be Gay, rocking against racism with The Clash, writing songs with Elton John, headlining Glasto with Peter Gabriel, drug smuggling in East Germany, two nervous breakdowns and a year in tabloid hell after falling in love with a woman. Plus fan favourites from his vast back catalogue, spanning Café Society in 1975 to his acclaimed 2015 comeback album Only The Now.
TOM ROBINSON
with Adam Phillips
THEN & NOW
Tall tales and top tunes from 50 years in the record industry
Tom Robinson presents an evening of songs and stories from fifty years wandering the wilder shores of the Record Industry. Classic hits such as War Baby, Up Against The Wall, and 2-4-6-8 Motorway rub shoulders with a Radio 1 ban for being Glad To be Gay, rocking against racism with The Clash, writing songs with Elton John, headlining Glasto with Peter Gabriel, drug smuggling in East Germany, two nervous breakdowns and a year in tabloid hell after falling in love with a woman. Plus fan favourites from his vast back catalogue, spanning Café Society in 1975 to his acclaimed 2015 comeback album Only The Now.
Fri 17th Oct 2025
Fred Zeppelin
£13.00adv
The four members of Fred Zeppelin are real fans of the originals, and formed ‘The Fredz’ out of their admiration and love of Led Zeppelin’s music. As their name suggests, the band do not take themselves too seriously - they know the praise belongs to Robert, Jimmy, John Paul Jones, and Bonzo, but they aim to do justice to the music and they certainly achieve that.
Sat 18th Oct 2025
Man Of The World: The Music Of Peter Green
£15.00adv £20.00door
Doors 7:30pm
Man of the World: The Music of Peter Green
Celebrating the life and music of Peter Green, founder of the original Fleetwood Mac, acclaimed guitarist Remi Harris will be joined by vocalist Dave Small, bassist Tom Moore and Nicky Waters on drums to perform music from throughout Peter Green's career. Including such classics as Man Of The World, Black Magic Woman, Need Your Love So Bad, Albatross and The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown).
"Man Of The World, is a sell out no matter where the band plays, it says much for the love of the late lamented Peter Green, but it also says so much about the quality of this band in delivering his iconic music so brilliantly, without compromising their own collective musical integrity." Slap Magazine
Celebrating the life and music of Peter Green, founder of the original Fleetwood Mac, acclaimed guitarist Remi Harris will be joined by vocalist Dave Small, bassist Tom Moore and Nicky Waters on drums to perform music from throughout Peter Green's career. Including such classics as Man Of The World, Black Magic Woman, Need Your Love So Bad, Albatross and The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown).
"Man Of The World, is a sell out no matter where the band plays, it says much for the love of the late lamented Peter Green, but it also says so much about the quality of this band in delivering his iconic music so brilliantly, without compromising their own collective musical integrity." Slap Magazine
Tue 21st Oct 2025
Kathryn Williams
‘By inhabiting and responding to a genuinely significant work of literature, Williams has produced her own spellbinding piece of art’ 8/10 Clash Magazine
‘Williams draws on vignettes from the semi-autobiographical novel to explore it’s emotional depths in nine diverse, finely sung songs’ ****Mojo
‘William’s delivery is trapped amidst Ed Harcourt’s arrangements, whose depth recalls Calexico and Portishead’ ****The Independent
‘Draws the listener in with intimate songs layered with gorgeous melodies, spiraling acoustic guitar and atmospheric percussion’ ‘Album of the Month’ Diva
‘An impressive set of hypnotic and unsettling songs’ ****The Mirror
‘A collection of rare eloquence and spectacular beauty…few listeners will remain unmoved’ The Herald
‘In shunning the lazy stereotypical public image […] these songs do Plath a fine service’ ****Irish Herald
‘Plath’s work has impacted on songwriters for many years – but there are very few who, like Williams, have come to a greater understanding of the novel other than it being a handy cipher…Williams combination of melancholy and melody is bang on’ ****Irish Times
‘Goes beyond the one-dimensional perception of [Plath] as a tragic, doomed figure’
****Big Issue In The North
‘Short and brooding…Hypoxia captures the timelessness of Plath’s poetic and powerful literature’ Aesthetica
‘As emotionally gripping as it is sonically explorative’ 8/10 Uncut Magazine
‘Williams draws on vignettes from the semi-autobiographical novel to explore it’s emotional depths in nine diverse, finely sung songs’ ****Mojo
‘William’s delivery is trapped amidst Ed Harcourt’s arrangements, whose depth recalls Calexico and Portishead’ ****The Independent
‘Draws the listener in with intimate songs layered with gorgeous melodies, spiraling acoustic guitar and atmospheric percussion’ ‘Album of the Month’ Diva
‘An impressive set of hypnotic and unsettling songs’ ****The Mirror
‘A collection of rare eloquence and spectacular beauty…few listeners will remain unmoved’ The Herald
‘In shunning the lazy stereotypical public image […] these songs do Plath a fine service’ ****Irish Herald
‘Plath’s work has impacted on songwriters for many years – but there are very few who, like Williams, have come to a greater understanding of the novel other than it being a handy cipher…Williams combination of melancholy and melody is bang on’ ****Irish Times
‘Goes beyond the one-dimensional perception of [Plath] as a tragic, doomed figure’
****Big Issue In The North
‘Short and brooding…Hypoxia captures the timelessness of Plath’s poetic and powerful literature’ Aesthetica
‘As emotionally gripping as it is sonically explorative’ 8/10 Uncut Magazine
Fri 24th Oct 2025
Spear of Destiny
Set to mark forty years since their formation this year, Spear of Destiny have been making a stir with their
punk-influenced power-rock since 1983. Emerging from the wreckage of iconic post-punk band Theatre Of
Hate, the original duo — Kirk Brandon and Stan Stammers — named themselves after the weapon used by Roman centurion Longinus as he pierced the body of Jesus as he hung on the cross.
Now in 2023, the current Spear of Destiny lineup is the longest serving to date, featuring Adrian Portas (New
Model Army/Sex Gang Children), Craig Adams (Sisters of Mercy/The Cult/The Mission) and Phil Martini
(Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind), as well as Clive Osborne on saxophone and Steve Allen-Jones on keys.
Heralding an array of positive reviews for both their live shows and studio material, MOJO enthused “Kirk
Brandon is one of the UK’s best kept secrets”, while Jeremy Vine says Spear’s ringleader is “one of our
greatest musical geniuses”. With BBC Radio’s Jools Holland dubbing their 2014 album ‘31’ as “possibly
[Spear’s] best album in 20 years,” their recent efforts see the band at their professional peak, with Louder
Than War awarding the record 9/10 and commending: “Brandon puts his all into every song with epic
bombast, coming across as a tragic rock n roll anti-hero.”
Still continuing to look toward the future, Brandon has penned fourteen new tracks for the latest Spear of
Destiny album Ghost Population. Both fan forums and music journalists alike have heralded the release of
Ghost Population May 2023 will see the full commercial release of the album into the shops on Brandon's own Eastersnow recording Company via Code 7 Distribution.
punk-influenced power-rock since 1983. Emerging from the wreckage of iconic post-punk band Theatre Of
Hate, the original duo — Kirk Brandon and Stan Stammers — named themselves after the weapon used by Roman centurion Longinus as he pierced the body of Jesus as he hung on the cross.
Now in 2023, the current Spear of Destiny lineup is the longest serving to date, featuring Adrian Portas (New
Model Army/Sex Gang Children), Craig Adams (Sisters of Mercy/The Cult/The Mission) and Phil Martini
(Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind), as well as Clive Osborne on saxophone and Steve Allen-Jones on keys.
Heralding an array of positive reviews for both their live shows and studio material, MOJO enthused “Kirk
Brandon is one of the UK’s best kept secrets”, while Jeremy Vine says Spear’s ringleader is “one of our
greatest musical geniuses”. With BBC Radio’s Jools Holland dubbing their 2014 album ‘31’ as “possibly
[Spear’s] best album in 20 years,” their recent efforts see the band at their professional peak, with Louder
Than War awarding the record 9/10 and commending: “Brandon puts his all into every song with epic
bombast, coming across as a tragic rock n roll anti-hero.”
Still continuing to look toward the future, Brandon has penned fourteen new tracks for the latest Spear of
Destiny album Ghost Population. Both fan forums and music journalists alike have heralded the release of
Ghost Population May 2023 will see the full commercial release of the album into the shops on Brandon's own Eastersnow recording Company via Code 7 Distribution.
Sat 25th Oct 2025
Five Guys NOT Bruce III
£15.00
feat: Tom Brooksby, Rico Richardson, Kevin Jamieson, Darren Driver and Jerry Brennan
Doors 7:30pm
Doors 7.30pm, Starts 8.15pm
It's becoming an annual event! The first two have been so good, we're back for a 3rd installment of acoustic Springsteen music played by five of the top 'Bruce' performers in the UK. We are delighted to welcome back Kevin Jamieson (The Bootleg Boss), Darren Driver (The Boss & The Beeston St Band), Rico Richardson (The NE Street Band), Tom Brooksby (Glory Days) and Jerry Brennan (Spirit of Springsteen).
If you're a fan of the boss and appreciate great musicianship, don't miss this trove of Springsteen hits, alongside some of his lesser known gems.
It's becoming an annual event! The first two have been so good, we're back for a 3rd installment of acoustic Springsteen music played by five of the top 'Bruce' performers in the UK. We are delighted to welcome back Kevin Jamieson (The Bootleg Boss), Darren Driver (The Boss & The Beeston St Band), Rico Richardson (The NE Street Band), Tom Brooksby (Glory Days) and Jerry Brennan (Spirit of Springsteen).
If you're a fan of the boss and appreciate great musicianship, don't miss this trove of Springsteen hits, alongside some of his lesser known gems.
Fri 31st Oct 2025
Rattus Inheritus
Rattus Inheritus play the music of The Stranglers
£12.00adv £14.00door
Doors 8:00pm
Standing gig ( with seating)
Doors 8pm Starts 8.30pm ( two sets)
Rattus Inheritus are Stranglers obsessives bringing you the music of the
Stranglers, played with passion, aggression and conviction! Classic
Stranglers line up, with bass, keys, guitar and drums. Each musician has
over 20 years professional, session and live experience.
Rattus Inheritus play the music of the Stranglers with stunning power
and fidelity, mixing classics wirh more modern deep cuts.
The black blood of the MeninBlack flow through theor veins. Apocalyptic
music ...
'Great musicians playing their favourite music to die hard fans' DJ Liz
Kershaw.
'Great night out, loved hearing the truly great Stranglers tracks being
played so well' - football legend Stuart Pearce
This gig is taking place at The International Garden St Leicester
Doors 8pm Starts 8.30pm ( two sets)
Rattus Inheritus are Stranglers obsessives bringing you the music of the
Stranglers, played with passion, aggression and conviction! Classic
Stranglers line up, with bass, keys, guitar and drums. Each musician has
over 20 years professional, session and live experience.
Rattus Inheritus play the music of the Stranglers with stunning power
and fidelity, mixing classics wirh more modern deep cuts.
The black blood of the MeninBlack flow through theor veins. Apocalyptic
music ...
'Great musicians playing their favourite music to die hard fans' DJ Liz
Kershaw.
'Great night out, loved hearing the truly great Stranglers tracks being
played so well' - football legend Stuart Pearce
This gig is taking place at The International Garden St Leicester