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Coming to The International in May 2025
Sat 3rd May 2025
Millie Manders and the Shutup
£16.50adv £19.00door
plus Voodoo Radio and All Ears Avow
Doors 8:00pm
Standing gig with limited seating
Doors 8pm Starts 8.30pm
Millie Manders and The Shutup are known for their ferocious and joyous live shows, having graced stages at such notable festivals as Slam Dunk, Bearded Theory, North West Calling, Kendal Calling, Rebellion and Boomtown, and have previously toured with the likes of Less Than Jake and Ferocious Dog. The band explore themes of loss, betrayal, heartbreak, anxiety, environmental concern and political unrest – all while exuding the punk attitude and prowess that helps set them apart – and have been championed by the likes of the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, BBC Introducing and Radio X alongside press coverage from Devolution, Fireworks, Powerplay and Vive Le Rock magazines.
Doors 8pm Starts 8.30pm
Millie Manders and The Shutup are known for their ferocious and joyous live shows, having graced stages at such notable festivals as Slam Dunk, Bearded Theory, North West Calling, Kendal Calling, Rebellion and Boomtown, and have previously toured with the likes of Less Than Jake and Ferocious Dog. The band explore themes of loss, betrayal, heartbreak, anxiety, environmental concern and political unrest – all while exuding the punk attitude and prowess that helps set them apart – and have been championed by the likes of the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, BBC Introducing and Radio X alongside press coverage from Devolution, Fireworks, Powerplay and Vive Le Rock magazines.
Sun 4th May 2025
The Pressure Tenants
£15.00adv
'The Godson's of Ska'
This superb band performed for many years as the backing band for 'Laurel Aitken' aka, 'The Godfather Ska' on many UK & European tours.
Since forming in 1987 the band have been delighting audiences with their truly authentic Ska sound.
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
Tomás Doncker.
Thomas is an fantastic American musician, and the CEO of True Groove Records.
In 2011 CNN credited him with creating a new genre, Global Soul. He is best known as the lead guitarist in James Chance and the Contortions.
This superb band performed for many years as the backing band for 'Laurel Aitken' aka, 'The Godfather Ska' on many UK & European tours.
Since forming in 1987 the band have been delighting audiences with their truly authentic Ska sound.
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS
Tomás Doncker.
Thomas is an fantastic American musician, and the CEO of True Groove Records.
In 2011 CNN credited him with creating a new genre, Global Soul. He is best known as the lead guitarist in James Chance and the Contortions.
Thu 8th May 2025
Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage
£20.00adv
Doors 7:30pm
Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage have more or less perfected a scuzzy and urban style of indie-folk - a 21st Century mash-up of Pete Seeger, R. Crumb and Sonic Youth.
A born and raised New Yorker, Lewis has been hard at work in the underground music and art world since the turn of the century - touring throughout the world and releasing eight acclaimed albums on the record labels Rough Trade and Don Giovanni. He is also a widely respected comics artist who self-publishes a comic book series called "Statics".
On stage Lewis is backed by his band the Voltage, including long-time collaborators Brent Cole (drums) and Mem Pahl (bass) as well as recent addition Mallory Feuer (violin and keys). The spectacular full-length Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage album "Bad Wiring" was recorded in Nashville, TN with producer Roger Moutenot (Yo La Tengo) and was released November 1, 2019.
A born and raised New Yorker, Lewis has been hard at work in the underground music and art world since the turn of the century - touring throughout the world and releasing eight acclaimed albums on the record labels Rough Trade and Don Giovanni. He is also a widely respected comics artist who self-publishes a comic book series called "Statics".
On stage Lewis is backed by his band the Voltage, including long-time collaborators Brent Cole (drums) and Mem Pahl (bass) as well as recent addition Mallory Feuer (violin and keys). The spectacular full-length Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage album "Bad Wiring" was recorded in Nashville, TN with producer Roger Moutenot (Yo La Tengo) and was released November 1, 2019.
Fri 9th May 2025
Banco De Gaia
£12.00adv £15.00door
plus Filter Sequence
Doors 7:30pm
Standing gig ( some seating)
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8pm
Toby Marks was born in South London in 1964. He was drawn to music from an early age and formed his first band as a drummer, aged 14. He went on to sing and play guitar in a variety of styles, exploring rock, folk, jazz and world music, before discovering electronic dance music via the late ‘80s Acid House scene.
In 1989 he formed Banco de Gaia, focussing on world music-infused dance and ambient/chill-out styles, and has released 17 albums (or 20 if you include some early cassette-only releases). His official debut album Maya and the follow up Last Train to Lhasa both topped the UK Independent Album charts.
As Banco de Gaia he continues to play live and DJ worldwide and has previously performed with a variety of other musicians as a live band.
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8pm
Toby Marks was born in South London in 1964. He was drawn to music from an early age and formed his first band as a drummer, aged 14. He went on to sing and play guitar in a variety of styles, exploring rock, folk, jazz and world music, before discovering electronic dance music via the late ‘80s Acid House scene.
In 1989 he formed Banco de Gaia, focussing on world music-infused dance and ambient/chill-out styles, and has released 17 albums (or 20 if you include some early cassette-only releases). His official debut album Maya and the follow up Last Train to Lhasa both topped the UK Independent Album charts.
As Banco de Gaia he continues to play live and DJ worldwide and has previously performed with a variety of other musicians as a live band.
Sat 10th May 2025
Sons of Liberty
At The International Music Venue Garden Street Leicester
£12.00adv £14.00door
This band from Bristol have established themselves as one of the most popular live and recording bands on the current original hard rock scene. With a reputation built on a solid foundation of extensive live touring, blistering live performances and a passion for creating exceptional new rock music the bands trajectory continues to be extraordinary. These boys uniquely manage to mix a lot of fun and humility with a deep appreciation for their audience and a deadly serious commitment to creating authentic, well crafted music.
Mon 12th May 2025
Wallner
£18.00adv £22.00door
feat: Forgotten Gods
Doors 7:30pm
Standing gig ( with some seating)
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8pm
RPWL and Blind Ego guitarist Kalle Wallner has announced a short run of live English dates for May 2025.
Wallner, who released his first ever solo album Voices in 2022, has put together a touring band under the banner of Wallner, featuring some of the cream of UK prog talent, including Ghost Of The Machine vocalist Charlie Bramald, Andy Edwards on drums (IQ, Frost*) John Jowitt, bass (IQ, Frost*, Jadis) and Rob Grucutt (guitar and keys, (Rain, Tim Bowness).
“We’re currently discussing the songs we will be performing, of course we will focus on my career, but with a band of stars like this I have told the guys I want to also play some of the songs from their histories too," explains Wallner. "I have always wanted to do something like this, it’s going to be so much fun for the audiences and for us too."
Support comes from Oxfordshire bassed Forgotten Gods.
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8pm
RPWL and Blind Ego guitarist Kalle Wallner has announced a short run of live English dates for May 2025.
Wallner, who released his first ever solo album Voices in 2022, has put together a touring band under the banner of Wallner, featuring some of the cream of UK prog talent, including Ghost Of The Machine vocalist Charlie Bramald, Andy Edwards on drums (IQ, Frost*) John Jowitt, bass (IQ, Frost*, Jadis) and Rob Grucutt (guitar and keys, (Rain, Tim Bowness).
“We’re currently discussing the songs we will be performing, of course we will focus on my career, but with a band of stars like this I have told the guys I want to also play some of the songs from their histories too," explains Wallner. "I have always wanted to do something like this, it’s going to be so much fun for the audiences and for us too."
Support comes from Oxfordshire bassed Forgotten Gods.
Fri 16th May 2025
Diesel Park West
£15.00adv £17.00door
plus support
Doors 7:30pm
Standing gig with some seating
Doors 8pm Support 8.30pm
Diesel Park West are for many people the most enigmatic band from the late eighties still performing today. Back in those Thatcherite days the psychedelic guitar ground they occupied was often dismissed as a mere throwback to the mid-sixties with only an enlightened minority realising its real musical significance. The beating heart of rock ‘n’ roll is now far more aware of the Diesels' sound and maybe that’s why any live performance by the band is considered an event worth seeing. Drawing upon eight albums worth of material and the hippest cover versions imaginable, Diesel Park West continue to prove beyond a doubt that they really are the torchbearers for an entire genre.
Doors 8pm Support 8.30pm
Diesel Park West are for many people the most enigmatic band from the late eighties still performing today. Back in those Thatcherite days the psychedelic guitar ground they occupied was often dismissed as a mere throwback to the mid-sixties with only an enlightened minority realising its real musical significance. The beating heart of rock ‘n’ roll is now far more aware of the Diesels' sound and maybe that’s why any live performance by the band is considered an event worth seeing. Drawing upon eight albums worth of material and the hippest cover versions imaginable, Diesel Park West continue to prove beyond a doubt that they really are the torchbearers for an entire genre.
Sat 17th May 2025
Ultimate Leppard
£13.00adv £16.00door
Doors 8:00pm
Standing gig with some seating
doors 8pm
Hailing from Sheffield, Ultimate Leppard are the UK's premier Def Leppard tribute. Expect a great evenings entertainment from the bands singles and albums.
doors 8pm
Hailing from Sheffield, Ultimate Leppard are the UK's premier Def Leppard tribute. Expect a great evenings entertainment from the bands singles and albums.
Sun 18th May 2025
Lucca Mae
£10.00adv £12.00door
plus support
Doors 7:30pm
Half standing half seated
Doors 7.30pm support 8pm
Lucca Mae is a rising star on the burgeoning London Soul/Rock ‘n’ Roll scene. Taking cues from the likes of Sam Cooke, Amy Winehouse & Paolo Nutini, her singing, songwriting, and performance is second to none. With sold out gigs under her belt in the UK, Australia & Canada, alongside her solo weekly residency at the legendary Marquis Covent Garden, Lucca Mae is well underway and is taking over the UK, one gig at a time.
“Outstanding, I want to play drums on her album.” (Alan White - Oasis drummer).
“She's got a beautiful voice... tell her to Holler when she comes out to LA"- Tom Brenneck, Dunham Records
Doors 7.30pm support 8pm
Lucca Mae is a rising star on the burgeoning London Soul/Rock ‘n’ Roll scene. Taking cues from the likes of Sam Cooke, Amy Winehouse & Paolo Nutini, her singing, songwriting, and performance is second to none. With sold out gigs under her belt in the UK, Australia & Canada, alongside her solo weekly residency at the legendary Marquis Covent Garden, Lucca Mae is well underway and is taking over the UK, one gig at a time.
“Outstanding, I want to play drums on her album.” (Alan White - Oasis drummer).
“She's got a beautiful voice... tell her to Holler when she comes out to LA"- Tom Brenneck, Dunham Records
Tue 20th May 2025
Kate McDonnell
£10.00adv £12.00door
Doors 7:30pm
seated concert
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8.15pm
Singer, guitarist, songwriter and recording artist from Albany, NY, USA, Kate McDonnell has captivated audiences around the globe for decades with her
award-winning songwriting skills, unique and jaw-dropping “upside down and backwards” guitar style, her infectious personality and stunning voice.
Kate’s blend of “rootsy blues and folksier Americana” weaves compellingly around her songs of love, loss and yearning that deliver their messages with a
mesmerising combination of truth, intelligence and humour.
From early gigs with Freddie Tane (Bill Haley and the Comets), opening shows for the likes of Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega and Judy Collins, through six highly
acclaimed album releases, solo appearances at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival to the recent release of her new album, Trapeze, Kate has continued to receive critical acclaim from audiences and fellow musicians alike to become a staple of North American folk radio.
Her latest album, Trapeze, reached No.3 for folk radio airplay within a week of release in the USA and took Kate to No.1 artist in the same lists shortly after. This short tour will be the precursor to a much more extensive visit in 2026 so take the chance now to see one of the truly great singer, songwriters of her generation up close and personal.
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8.15pm
Singer, guitarist, songwriter and recording artist from Albany, NY, USA, Kate McDonnell has captivated audiences around the globe for decades with her
award-winning songwriting skills, unique and jaw-dropping “upside down and backwards” guitar style, her infectious personality and stunning voice.
Kate’s blend of “rootsy blues and folksier Americana” weaves compellingly around her songs of love, loss and yearning that deliver their messages with a
mesmerising combination of truth, intelligence and humour.
From early gigs with Freddie Tane (Bill Haley and the Comets), opening shows for the likes of Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega and Judy Collins, through six highly
acclaimed album releases, solo appearances at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival to the recent release of her new album, Trapeze, Kate has continued to receive critical acclaim from audiences and fellow musicians alike to become a staple of North American folk radio.
Her latest album, Trapeze, reached No.3 for folk radio airplay within a week of release in the USA and took Kate to No.1 artist in the same lists shortly after. This short tour will be the precursor to a much more extensive visit in 2026 so take the chance now to see one of the truly great singer, songwriters of her generation up close and personal.
Wed 21st May 2025
Pete Morton
£10.00adv £12.00door
plus Sheila Mosley
Doors 7:30pm
seated concert
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8pm
Pete Morton is a folk singer and songwriter with a wealth of great songs and stage presence. His live shows are dynamic and thought provoking, while remaining approachable and fun loving.
With his well known songs such as ‘Another Train’, ‘The Shepherds Song’, and ‘When We Sing Together’, he constantly tours. His latest CD ‘The Frappin’ and Ramblin’ Pete Morton’, with its innovative adventures of marrying talking blues style rap with traditional chorus, has received terrific views. Starting out as a busker on the streets of Europe, he has entertained all over the globe with his unique and involving style of song-writing and passionate vocal delivery. He sings from the heart, with songs that tell compelling stories and speak of the human condition from a very unique perspective. The folk tradition plays a big part in Pete’s style.
‘As a chronicler of the human condition and wry observer of history and the march of progress, Morton is up there with fellow Englishmen Richard Thompson and Chris Wood, and as a people watcher…he can get close to Ray Davis. He is that good.’ The Scottish Herald *****
Doors 7.30pm Starts 8pm
Pete Morton is a folk singer and songwriter with a wealth of great songs and stage presence. His live shows are dynamic and thought provoking, while remaining approachable and fun loving.
With his well known songs such as ‘Another Train’, ‘The Shepherds Song’, and ‘When We Sing Together’, he constantly tours. His latest CD ‘The Frappin’ and Ramblin’ Pete Morton’, with its innovative adventures of marrying talking blues style rap with traditional chorus, has received terrific views. Starting out as a busker on the streets of Europe, he has entertained all over the globe with his unique and involving style of song-writing and passionate vocal delivery. He sings from the heart, with songs that tell compelling stories and speak of the human condition from a very unique perspective. The folk tradition plays a big part in Pete’s style.
‘As a chronicler of the human condition and wry observer of history and the march of progress, Morton is up there with fellow Englishmen Richard Thompson and Chris Wood, and as a people watcher…he can get close to Ray Davis. He is that good.’ The Scottish Herald *****
Fri 23rd May 2025
Mr Punch
Tickets on sale 10am 6/9/24
£13.00adv £16.00door
Doors 8:00pm
Standing only
Doors 8pm - Starts 8.30pm
Mr Punch the Fish era Marillion tribute kick off the Marillion weekender with a special show featuring Misplaced Childhood in their set.
The 5 piece Italian band will also play both Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Note...... this is not part of the offical Marillion weekend.
Doors 8pm - Starts 8.30pm
Mr Punch the Fish era Marillion tribute kick off the Marillion weekender with a special show featuring Misplaced Childhood in their set.
The 5 piece Italian band will also play both Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Note...... this is not part of the offical Marillion weekend.
Sat 24th May 2025
Mr Punch
Tickets on sale 10am 6/9/24
£13.00adv £16.00door
Doors 11:30am - 2:00pm
Standing only
Doors 11.30am Starts 12pm
Mr Punch the Fish era Marillion tribute off the Marillion weekender with a special show on the second day..
The 5 piece Italian band will also pla Sunday afternoon.
Note...... this is not part of the offical Marillion weekend.
Doors 11.30am Starts 12pm
Mr Punch the Fish era Marillion tribute off the Marillion weekender with a special show on the second day..
The 5 piece Italian band will also pla Sunday afternoon.
Note...... this is not part of the offical Marillion weekend.
Sun 25th May 2025
Mr Punch
Tickets on sale 10am 6/9/24
£13.00adv £16.00door
Doors 11:30am - 2:00pm
Standing gig
Doors 11.30am Starts 12pm
Mr Punch the Fish era Marillion tribute on the final day of the weekend.
Note...... this is not part of the offical Marillion weekend.
Doors 11.30am Starts 12pm
Mr Punch the Fish era Marillion tribute on the final day of the weekend.
Note...... this is not part of the offical Marillion weekend.
Sun 25th May 2025
Marquee Square Heroes
Tickets on sale 10am 6/9/24
£12.00adv £14.00door
Doors 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Standing gig with some seating
Doors 4.30pm Starts 5pm
UK Fish era Marillion tribute Marquee Square Heroes close the afternoon and the final day of the weekend.
Note...... this is not part of the official Marillion weekend.
Doors 4.30pm Starts 5pm
UK Fish era Marillion tribute Marquee Square Heroes close the afternoon and the final day of the weekend.
Note...... this is not part of the official Marillion weekend.
Sat 31st May 2025
The Jam'd
At The International Music Venue Garden Street Leicester
£15.00adv £17.00door
Widely regarded as the Uk’s most authentic and leading tribute to The Jam, The Jam’d are totally committed to giving an unforgettable, authentic performance with all the energy, passion and style of the Woking 3.
As full time touring professional musicians, and massive Jam fans themselves, the band don’t “try to be” or “pretend to be” The Jam, but rather put on a performance from the heart and soul, drawing on all their memories, experiences and love of what was the country’s biggest band in their day.
Gigging up and down the UK at outdoor festivals, scooter rallies and some of the UK’s top tribute venues & events! The show also includes the only replica of Rick Bucklers ‘Great White’ drum kit & features their own brass section!……You won’t be disappointed!
Every effort is placed into reproducing the sound, arrangements and energy of a Jam gig. Those who saw The Jam live will remember the electricity, aggression, passion, and even fashion on stage, something not always prevalent in today’s world, but to The Jam’d, it is a passion, a mission, and an honour to play for fans of “the best band in the f#@*ing world!”
As full time touring professional musicians, and massive Jam fans themselves, the band don’t “try to be” or “pretend to be” The Jam, but rather put on a performance from the heart and soul, drawing on all their memories, experiences and love of what was the country’s biggest band in their day.
Gigging up and down the UK at outdoor festivals, scooter rallies and some of the UK’s top tribute venues & events! The show also includes the only replica of Rick Bucklers ‘Great White’ drum kit & features their own brass section!……You won’t be disappointed!
Every effort is placed into reproducing the sound, arrangements and energy of a Jam gig. Those who saw The Jam live will remember the electricity, aggression, passion, and even fashion on stage, something not always prevalent in today’s world, but to The Jam’d, it is a passion, a mission, and an honour to play for fans of “the best band in the f#@*ing world!”