RUTS DC Present: Fifty years of Ruts music – 1977-2027
The RuTs 50th Anniversary Tour
Tickets go on sale Friday September 25th 10am from AGMP.co.uk and SEETICKETS.com
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In 1977, The Ruts emerged from London with a sound unlike anybody else around them – the raw urgency of punk colliding with reggae, dub and rock, driven by formidable musicianship and a fierce sense of purpose.
With Malcolm Owen, Paul Fox, Dave Ruffy and Segs Jennings, The Ruts created a body of music whose power has endured far beyond its original moment.
The Singles: In A Rut. Babylon’s Burning. Something That I Said. Jah War. Staring At The Rude Boys. West One (Shine On Me).
The Album: The Crack: One of the defining British punk albums of its era: urgent, inventive, politically aware and musically fearless. These songs became part of the fabric of British punk — and a sound that refused to stay within punk’s boundaries.
After losing Malcolm Owen in 1980, the remaining members chose integrity over nostalgia by re-inventing themselves as Ruts DC, eventually losing the legend that was Paul Fox in 2007
But the story does not end there.
Ruts DC remain a living, evolving band to this day. But the time has come to celebrate the whole story…
RUTS DC present: 50 YEARS OF RUTS MUSIC – 1977-2027
These shows are about taking the music that exploded out of a movement and bringing it onto a stage in 2027 with all its urgency and relevance intact.
Music made across five decades — from The Crack and Grin & Bear It, through Animal Now, Rhythm Collision, Music Must Destroy, and Counterculture?
“This ain’t no nostalgia trip, it’s a celebration”
The anniversary shows will embrace the entire history while putting Ruts music where it belongs: at the heart of it all.
The songs. The attitude. The energy. The Punk. Performed by the people that were there, ably abetted by Ruts DC guitarist of 14 years — Leigh Heggarty.
Honouring the legacy — while doing what Ruts DC have always done: bringing it into the now.
Not a reunion. Not a recreation. Not a tribute band.
A celebration of fifty years of music, friendship, resilience and creative evolution — played in the present tense.
See RUTS DC Present: Fifty years of Ruts music – 1977-2027 at the following dates:
Tickets go on sale Friday September 25th at 10am.
2027
07 Apr NOTTINGHAM METRONOME
08 Apr LIVERPOOL THE CAVERN
09 Apr MANCHESTER BAND ON THE WALL
10 Apr BIRMINGHAM THE CROSSING
14 Apr NEWCASTLE THE CLUNY
15 Apr EDINBURGH LA BELLE ANGELE
16 Apr GLASGOW THE GARAGE
17 Apr LEEDS BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB
22 Apr CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION
23 Apr NORTHAMPTON ROADMENDER
24 Apr STOKE-ON-TRENT THE SUGARMILL
14 Oct CARDIFF THE GLOBE
15 Oct BRISTOL THEKLA
16 Oct EXETER PHOENIX ARTS CENTRE
21 Oct BRIGHTON CHALK
22 Oct SOUTHAMPTON THE 1865
23 Oct LONDON 229
28 Oct KINGSTON-U-HULL THE SOCIAL
29 Oct NORWICH ADRIAN FLUX WATERFRONT
30 Oct COVENTRY HMV EMPIRE
