Fresh from a storming gig in Harlow we are over the moon to welcome the legend that is Spizz along to The Fiddler’s Elbow in Camden. Accompanied by guitar maverick Luca Comencini they will be performing a set of Spizzenergi classics and a handful of cherry picked covers. These two are a formidable team and promise to bring a smile to your face and a song to your heart. We dare you not to join in on the choruses.

Support comes from indie rock stalwarts The Beautiful Game, purveyors of brilliantly crafted songs with catchy as hell choruses, this lot wear their influences firmly on their sleeve.

Also on the bill are Steam Punk oddballs Neovenator. This lot are downright bonkers, they sing of subjects never before broached and need to be witnessed to be believed.

All in all a tenner brings you this eclectic mix of delightful tomfoolery all wrapped up in a tuneful curtain and stuffed ito a Fez. Intriguing isn’t it?

We are delighted to be bringing The Gift back to London on June 13th. This time the will be ably abetted by IT and also Malcolm Galloway from Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate will be kicking things off for us.

The Gift are a contemporary rock band who blend memorable tunes with progressive flavours and a full frontal live assault.

IT play well crafted, incisive songs which speak to serious issues whilst moving the body as much as the heart.

As the main writer in artrock duo Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, Malcolm Galloway performs literate songs which still have the capacity to rock out.

All this for £8.50! How can you possibly resist?

We are delighted to bring the amazing Psychodahlias to The Hope and Anchor in Islington on Friday May 17th. Even better they are supported by Rich Atkinson & the New Billionaires and Fuzzy Head.

The Psychodahlias emerged in early 2023.

Formed by Jim Penfold, singer/songwriter and former frontman for the Hollywood Killers the band consists of Jim Penfold (vocals/rhythm gtr), John East (bass) Simon Beard (lead gtr) Martin Atkins (keyboards) and Keef Harrison (drums). Niki and Lulu (The Psychodahliettes) (backing vocals).

The band are at present finishing recording their debut album to be released in April 2024.

Rich Atkinson is a Narrative Americana singer/songwriter from the Southwest of England. Story songs with a jazz influence and a lyrical twist are Rich’s speciality, in the style of Tom Waits, Randy Newman and the acoustic side of Springsteen.
Rich is joined by Rick Quintin on Tenor Saxophone, currently the only permanent member of ‘The Billionaires.’

Fuzzy Head : South London
3 piece Rock/ Punk 70’s and 90’s influences .
Together for 10 years as Fuzzy Blue ,played all over London including Brixton Academy for a ‘Stones convention .
Got back together 2 years ago !
Our live vids have received a great response with ” Ramona” on it’s way to 4000 views …been picking up local radio play as a consequence.
Recording next month in Scotland ..and playing The Hive Edinburgh on 11th May .
We are raucous ,loud ,full of energy and great songs ..very excited to be playing The Hope and Anchor

Once again Blackstar Promotions are pleased to bring a slice of full on punk rock mayhem to The Hope and Anchor in Islington. 4 Top quality bands bringing street punk, hardcore and grunge together in a perfectly formed lineup. Denizens and Chaos UK are both tight outfits from London, Cato Street Conspiracy bring upstart streetpunk from Hampshire and Loudmouth are anchoring the whole thing with Sunderland based post grunge. All in all a perfect early summer night out for a measley 12 and a half quid ( Just over £3 per band is a bargain in any language).

If you’re quick there are 25 Early Bird tickets available at 9 quid a piece and when theyre gone, theyre gone. Get it in yer diaries, get ordering tickets and we’ll see you down the front for some fun.

Have we got a Sunday afternoon for you? The amazing Headstone Horrors are coming to London supported by Dead Pollys and Steve Hooker’s Stripped Down Stomping Band.

HEADSTONE HORRORS

Headstone Horrors are a punk band based in Nottingham and Northants. Active since 2012, Headstone Horrors provide energetic performances with a fast and aggressive, yet melodic sound. To date, the band have released 3 full length albums, 2 EP’s and a live album.

DEAD POLLYS

Dead Pollys is a Swedish act of vintage rock and punk by vintage rockers and punx. It started in 2011 in Stockholm Sweden by Nizze (formerly Sighstens Grannar & Mansic) who is the singer (maker of noise). After a few years Juba (formerly Sir Reg) jumped in on bass. During 2022 Martin (De Lyckliga Kompisarna, formerly Sighstens Grannar) started beating the drums for a while until Miche came back. Clabbe (formerly Mansic) was taking over the lead guitar until he unfortunately passed away in september 2023. In November 2023 Lelle joined on guitar. Nizzes son Loke, the non-vintage member, is seen from time to time as a guest guitarist.

Dead Pollys toured with Down By Law in the US 2015 and The Vibrators in Sweden 2019. 2023 they made a Swedish tour with the legendary 999 in the spring and was invited to play with them in the UK in December. They have worked with the fantastic Riccardo Daga of Titans Lab Recording Studio (Italy)

STEVE HOOKER

Steve ex Heat, Shakers, Boz and the Bozmen, Rumble has burnt the black candle at both ends recording and touring the UK, Europe, Japan and the USA since 1977. He also played and recorded with Boz Boorer, Captain Drugbuster, Levi Dexter and Wilko Johnson and shared stages with Geno Washington, Chuck Berry, Steve Marriott, Johnny Thunders and Robert Gordon.

This Band is like nothing you’ve seen or heard before, an Elvis Mic, two amps and a snare drum. Their new limited edition CD and download “Seven Veils” features three originals, three instrumentals, two covers of Chuck and Otis Redding and a re mix of “Sadie Brown”. Recently they opened shows for the Vibrators, Skabilly Rebels, Daddy Long Legs, Glen Matlock and King Salami and feature on the soundtrack of the film “Rolling Stone”

They have made their mark at significant venues and festivals including the 100 Club with Robert Gordon, Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues, the Walldorf Rock ‘n’ Roll Weekender (Germany), headlined Chez Paulette (France) and the Secret Garden Party and Steve made a cameo appearance in the film “Looking For Johnny”.

Even in the strange Covid and post Brexit days they continued to work on new material, archive projects, a short music film “Opium Rose” and played around London and the UK. Now 2024 is lookin’ good, celebrating 40 years playing in Europe with exclusive appearances, airplay and press.

Blackstar Promotions are delighted to be hosting the Brand New Summer Party. SpizzEnenergi will be performing in London for the first time this year with very special guests The Screaming Dead and Headsticks. Once again we bring the rock ‘n’ Roll cabaret along to spice up the proceedings, anyone who has witnessed our previous parties knows exactly what to expect.

Here’s that rarest of gigs, original 1977 punks Eater are doing a couple of northern dates this year, one of which is at The Old Cold Store in Nottingham. Supported by the fabulous Jojo and the Teeth and local heroes Diablo Furs, where else can you spend a summer evening with such a legendary band?

Another first from Blackstar Promotions as we bring the amazing Fay Fife and her alt country outlaws The Countess of Fife to The Hope and Anchor to perform their debut London gig. Along with support from the multi talented JohnEllis this one is unmissable.

THE COUNTESS OF FIFE
The Countess of Fife is the new insurgent alt-country outfit led by Fay Fife from The Rezillos.

Fay Fife writes from the heart… Of humanity, love, birth, life, death, and all things in between – with earthy lyrics grounded in a mature woman’s perspective.

The Countess delivers… Melody! Harmony! A whole load of soul, and some downright rambunctiousness! All in a unique, eclectic, country-orientated style.
These songs are songs that resonate with our times.

Fay Fife (of the Rezillos) channels urban, vintage but timeless vibes, “…coming on like a Celtic Ronnie Spector…”
Fiona Shepherd, Sample of Talent, The Scotsman Magazine, 26/11/22 .

Think of The Cramps, meeting Johnny Cash, in an unholy alchemy of country, punk and gospel.

Fay’s glorious vocals are rich, dark and powerful, creating a perfect storm to play with your emotions…

JOHN ELLIS

John Ellis has worked with many UK artists including:
THE STRANGLERS
PETER HAMMILL
PETER GABRIEL
THE VIBRATORS
He was a founder of the M11 Link Rd campaign, an influential environmental
movement based in East London.
He was the guitarist on the infamous JIMI HENDRIX Welsh National Anthem hoax.
He created and broadcast “International Ear’, a weekly ‘World Music’ radio show for
East London Radio.
In 2012, as a tribute to Charles Dickens, he created an infamous Facebook thread
that was almost turned into a film.
He has a lot of interesting stories to tell.

A night of furious, female fronted punk rock, we are over the moon to bring The Baby Seals, Eryx London, Ecto Peach and Iconoclasts together in one fierce bundle. Tonight is going to be as high octane as it gets.

THE BABY SEALS

The Baby Seals are a punk pop garage three-piece from Cambridgeshire who have toured extensively across the UK and Europe, appearing at festivals like Rebellion and Manchester Punk Festival. Described as ‘like an all-girl New York Dolls’ and ‘a stoner-rock Sleater Kinney’, The Baby Seals make a big noise; songs with power, fuzz, distortion, attack and lush harmonies.

They sing about things that matter, and things that don’t matter. They might kick your arse, but also make you a cup of tea.

ERYX LONDON

Based in the Midlands, Eryx London are a loud 4-piece band with bags of energy and tunes to boot!
The ferocious lead- singer, Eryx Ward delivers snarl and growls over an onslaught of cathartic noise.

“Is it essentially original and that bodes well for the future. Album please. ” – Eugene Butcher, Vive Le Rock

ECTO PEACH

Ecto Peach have got the middle-aged angst and they’re not going to simply fade into the background quietly with their M&S slippers on (however much they like the quality and reasonable prices of M&S.. and the fact that their perfume is not tested on animals). They’re not a band trying to find themselves. No, they know who they are and they know who you are and with punchy music and catchy lyrics they’re gonna say things that really matter. No one cares that you’re mooning over someone you saw on a train, whilst standing in the rain. No, we’ve got the important subjects covered, like when trips to the blue and orange paradise of B&M turn sour or when someone hands you a cold cup of tea.

ICONOCLASTS

Female punk band the Iconoclasts have made a comeback – over 40 years on. The Merseyside band were popular on the Liverpool punk scene during the 1980s, inspiring many youngsters of the time with outrageously spikey hair and some marvellously customised clothes. They were angry and wanted to be heard.

The band started up in 1982 against a backdrop of riots and discontented youth. The four punks decided they wanted to start a band, make some noise, and most importantly have some fun!

Back in December 2022 they made their first comeback appearance, performing at Molly’s Chambers on the Wirral, supporting another blast from the past, Instant Agony. This was the first time the Iconoclasts had performed in 40 years.