Arts & Culture
Swindon is about to be invaded by Johnny Foreigner... and you have to be there!

Local Swindon promoters SoP Live (aka Songs of Praise) have been involved in bringing some fairly high profile names into Swindon over the last few months. This Thursday sees quite possibly the most current and relevant of them all.

Signed to legendary indie label Alcopop! Records, Birmingham based Johnny Foreigner have been at the forefront of British indie rock since 2005 More used to playing to large crowds at big festivals like Reading and Leeds it is a special treat to have them playing such an intimate venue as The Victoria.

Punk swagger might sit at the heart of what they do but their songs often seem made up of components of older emo and pop-punk songs, but remembered wrong, reversed and compressed into anxious nodes. Their exciting sound is ferocious, intense, incendiary, energetic, passionate and powerful.

Support comes from local indie stars of the future Misfires and the wonderfully named Cupcake Diaz and The Felt Tip Pens, purveyors of bubble gum punk-pop and all round good eggs.

Tickets are £6 in advance via seetickets.com or over the bar of The Victoria or £8 on the door. Doors open 8.30pm. Over 18’s only.

For further information please contact Ed Dyer at SoP Live on ed@secretchordrecords.com or on 07787 522237

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  • Swindon is about to be invaded by Johnny Foreigner... and you have to be there!