Renegade Communications presents

Live Performance from Derek and his band, Q&A, book signing & meet and greet.

Following his successful UK mini tour in 2024 Derek Forbes, bass player with Simple Minds during that golden 1978 to 1985 period, returns with a full band in early 2026 to play a varied set which will include classics such as ‘The American’, ‘Love Song’, ‘Waterfront’, ‘I Travel’ & ‘Glittering Prize’. Whilst merch will be on sale there will also be a 30 minutes Q & A as well as the chance at the end of the live set to meet Derek for a book signing.

For more than a decade Tankus have offered a visceral, transcendental rock ‘n’ roll experience. The hardest-working band in town, they’ve played roughly 1400 shows, criss- crossing the continent in the process.

Led by the redoubtable, the Jaz Delorean, with João Mello on sax and vocals, Dan Hipkin on bass, Jack Price on guitar, João Taborda on drums and Russ Evans on trombone, the band have scored numerous highs, building an astonishingly loyal fanbase in the process.

Known for his arresting, husky vocals and gritty, blues-infused pop/rock, Dan Owen is a British alternative singer/songwriter from Shropshire, England.

Owen became interested in music at an early age, taking up guitar at nine years old and performing with his sister, who had taken up singing. Their Dad encouraged them to perform at open-mike events at local pubs throughout their teens. After his sister left for University, Owen took to performing solo and began appearing at live events at various pubs and clubs throughout the area surrounding Shropshire. Performing under the name “Bluesboy Dan”, he gradually earned a committed fan base with his passionate versions of songs by artists such as Robert Johnson and John Lee Hooker while also focusing on writing his own material.

Wille & the Bandits are on the road with their brand-new album, Salt Roots. The internationally touring Cornish roots-rock act deliver crunchy riffs, soulful slide guitar, electrifying live performances and a frontman with a vocal delivery compared to Chris Cornell. The Salt Roots Tour,is in partnership with Surfers Against Sewage,which pairs unforgettable music with a mission to use Dirty Riffs to defeat evening dirtier seas.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Josienne Clarke will tour with a full band and a new show dedicated to the immortal songs and genius of Sandy Denny.

Josienne Clarke has been hailed as the songwriter-poet of melancholy, as well as a thrilling interpreter of traditional song. In the wake of her acclaimed new album, Parenthesis, I, she is now stepping up to honour Sandy Denny – a singer with whom she has been compared – with a show that brings Denny’s music to a new generation.

Legendary Edinburgh retro club Disco Inferno returns to the place where it first started 33 years ago - The Voodoo Rooms, formerly the Cafe Royal Function Suites - for a daytime disco!

Penetration formed in Ferryhill, County Durham in 1976 at the very beginning of the punk rock phenomenon. An exciting live prospect, respected by peers and dedicated fans, the group signed to Virgin Records in 1977 and released their first single, the punk classic ‘Don’t Dictate’, that Autumn.

Black Bordello are an art-rock band from London, fronted by Sienna Bordello, whose emotive soprano and macabre lyricism have been compared to the likes of Björk, Kate Bush, and Siouxsie & the Banshees.