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Big Special, Warmduscher, Gans and Pregoblin confirmed as support for Bank Holiday show.
Big Special is British punk duo Joe Hicklin (vocals) and Callum Moloney (drums).
Previously championed by the likes of; Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6 Music, Amazing Radio, local stations and BBC Introducing up and down the country, as well as being the top of Brum Radio’s A-list for two weeks in a row.
The duo released "Postindustrial Hometown Blues" in 2024. Their second album. "NATIONAL AVERAGE", was released in 2025.
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The band's only UK show of 2026 features Big Special and Warmduscher.
The event also aims to raise awareness around the symptoms of bowel cancer.
The ten-track project collects material from their first two album sessions.
The tour kicks off in Norwich with several sold-out shows.
UK tour kicks off in February, with 10 dates scheduled across the country.
The duo are currently on tour.
Back with surprise second album 'National Average', BIG SPECIAL are louder, sharper and more defiant - but still reckoning with the chaos that got them here.
Big Special announces extensive UK and European tour dates for 2026, featuring their biggest show yet at London's Roundhouse.
It's a Bank Holiday Monday in Hackney. We've bucked the trend of the traditional Bank Holiday washout, but it's still a bit chilly, as proven by Hackney's ever-reducing non-hipster population joining their millennial peers in donning beanie hats and faux fur Lucy & Yak jackets. Pretty lucky that we're on our way into a packed-out show at Oslo then, eh?
Punk duo Big Special will perform at Oslo, Hackney, ahead of Dot To Dot Festival's multi-city events in Bristol and Nottingham.
The main event hosts Benefits, Coach Party, Honeyglaze, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Alien Chicks and loads more.
It features remixes, demos and live recordings from Glasgow and Brazil.
There's also Benefits, Coach Party, Honeyglaze, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Alien Chicks and loads more.
SXSW 2025 expands its Austin festival lineup with 160 new artists, including Big Freedia and Steve Wynn, performing next March.
The collaborative track addresses themes of social inequality.
From the Black Country to the world stage, BIG SPECIAL’s debut album ‘POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES’ is a raw and honest reflection of the band’s journey and the universality of working-class struggles.
The duo's debut album is out very soon indeed.
Big Special let us in on what they're up to.
The album is "about laughing at the face of the void", they explain.
The album is "about laughing at the face of the void", they explain.
The album is "about laughing at the face of the void", they explain.
"It’s about not feeling guilty about what makes us human," they explain.
The gig will take place in December.
One of the most beloved weekends on the festival calendar, 2000trees returns this month with a line up stacked full of Upset faves.
The track is out now via SO Recordings.
The track is out now via SO Recordings.
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