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It’s been a hectic week on the road with my memoirs tour, and it’s been going great…I have met a few of you on my travels, and it’s fab to say thanks to the very people… It’s been a hectic week on the road with my memoirs tour, and it’s been going great…I have met a few of you on my travels, and it’s fab to say thanks to the very people…

May 13, 2026 May 13, 2026

LTW Newsletter 126

Welcome Warriors, Our old mate Billy Shakespeare, who used to write reviews for LTW from the Midlands area of bands like the UK Subs before becoming a playwright, once… Welcome Warriors, Our old mate Billy Shakespeare, who used to write reviews for LTW from the Midlands area of bands like the UK Subs before becoming a playwright, once…

April 26, 2026 April 26, 2026

LTW Newsletter 125

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXR0OmjDOMG/?igsh=Zm9naDk3Z2t6dnRp Welcome warriors! After a deluge of online complaints inspired, no doubt, by the fake media we have… https://www.instagram.com/p/DXR0OmjDOMG/?igsh=Zm9naDk3Z2t6dnRp Welcome warriors! After a deluge of online complaints inspired, no doubt, by the fake media we have…

April 18, 2026 April 18, 2026

LTW playlist 29

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April 5, 2026 April 5, 2026

LTW Newsletter 124

Welcome Warriors! Welcome one and all to the Easter jamboree! This is a place where rabbits run wild, and hares elope across verdant green with their twitching faces… Welcome Warriors! Welcome one and all to the Easter jamboree! This is a place where rabbits run wild, and hares elope across verdant green with their twitching faces…

April 5, 2026 April 5, 2026

LISTEN John Robb playlist

Listen the the weekly LTW playlist either on Spotfit of Qobuz (they pay the bands a much higher rate!)… Listen the the weekly LTW playlist either on Spotfit of Qobuz (they pay the bands a much higher rate!)…

March 29, 2026 March 29, 2026

Warriors!

It’s that time of year again when spring attempts to wrestle the winter gloom away from our streets. The never ending melancholic grey of those eternal winter months… It’s that time of year again when spring attempts to wrestle the winter gloom away from our streets. The never ending melancholic grey of those eternal winter months…

March 29, 2026 March 29, 2026

LTW Newsletter 123

Welcome warriors, It’s been a very busy week here and we have just about recovered from the rigours and excitement of putting on our very first Louder Than War festival.… Welcome warriors, It’s been a very busy week here and we have just about recovered from the rigours and excitement of putting on our very first Louder Than War festival.…

March 21, 2026 March 21, 2026

Last call for cheaper tickets for our Lourder Than War Live festival…

Sea Power headline the first Louder Than War Live festival with Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, House of All, Evil Blizzard, Immersion and the fast rising new band Mouth… Sea Power headline the first Louder Than War Live festival with Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, House of All, Evil Blizzard, Immersion and the fast rising new band Mouth…

March 13, 2026 March 13, 2026

LTW newsletter 122

Warriorz! We are in 24/7 full on mode for the upcoming debut Louder Than War festival this coming Saturday in Manchester at the Academy. Spread over three venues the… Warriorz! We are in 24/7 full on mode for the upcoming debut Louder Than War festival this coming Saturday in Manchester at the Academy. Spread over three venues the…

March 10, 2026 March 10, 2026

WARRIORS!

Shoeshine with the moonshine in the springtime!  It’s the pre spring weather shuffle! A time of renewal and green buds and shoots and very occasional teasing sunshine… Shoeshine with the moonshine in the springtime!  It’s the pre spring weather shuffle! A time of renewal and green buds and shoots and very occasional teasing sunshine…

February 26, 2026 February 26, 2026

We are very excited to announce the final band for our Louder Than…

It is the brilliant Mouth Ulcers who we have been raving about for months - teenage goths from the haunted suburbs who are creating a big buzz with their perfect dark… It is the brilliant Mouth Ulcers who we have been raving about for months - teenage goths from the haunted suburbs who are creating a big buzz with their perfect dark…

February 26, 2026 February 26, 2026

LTW NEWSLETTER 121

Welcome Warriors! I’m bizarrely sat in a quicksilver snatch of February sunshine at the front of the White Rock hotel on Hastings promenade. Typically the freak micro… Welcome Warriors! I’m bizarrely sat in a quicksilver snatch of February sunshine at the front of the White Rock hotel on Hastings promenade. Typically the freak micro…

February 15, 2026 February 15, 2026

LTW Newsletter 120

Dear Warriorz, We are in strange times of course, times when American politicians seems to wear far more make up than the glam rock icons that peppered our youth. Their… Dear Warriorz, We are in strange times of course, times when American politicians seems to wear far more make up than the glam rock icons that peppered our youth. Their…

February 5, 2026 February 5, 2026

We have the last few mates rates cheaper tickets for our upcoming…

Headlined by Sea Power, Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, House Of All, Evil Blizzard and Immersion… BUY NOW before we run out! … Headlined by Sea Power, Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, House Of All, Evil Blizzard and Immersion… BUY NOW before we run out! …

January 29, 2026 January 29, 2026

Warriors!

Sorry about the delay in this communication - who claimed that January was a quiet month - it’s been hectic! I have been crazy busy on a book edit for my upcoming… Sorry about the delay in this communication - who claimed that January was a quiet month - it’s been hectic! I have been crazy busy on a book edit for my upcoming…

January 27, 2026 January 27, 2026

We only have 9 cheaper mates rates tickets left for the upcoming…

Headlined by Sea Power, House Of All, Pale Blue Eyes, Evil Blizzard and Immersion and many others... BUY NOW before we run out!… Headlined by Sea Power, House Of All, Pale Blue Eyes, Evil Blizzard and Immersion and many others... BUY NOW before we run out!…

January 19, 2026 January 19, 2026

LTW Newsletter 118

Warriors! Hope you have all survived your mid winter lull - that time of hibernation when small mammals scurry to their burrows and slumber in a semi comatose state in… Warriors! Hope you have all survived your mid winter lull - that time of hibernation when small mammals scurry to their burrows and slumber in a semi comatose state in…

January 10, 2026 January 10, 2026

LTW Newsletter 117

Dearest Warriors! We are now in what feels like that month of Sundays between Xmas and New Year, that befuddled time of year when those endless seventies comedy shows… Dearest Warriors! We are now in what feels like that month of Sundays between Xmas and New Year, that befuddled time of year when those endless seventies comedy shows…

December 29, 2025 December 29, 2025

LTW newsletter 116

Warriors! As we brace ourselves from the strange and derganged daily meltdown of Donald Trump and his bizarre and psychotic ramblings, we ponder at how the world has… Warriors! As we brace ourselves from the strange and derganged daily meltdown of Donald Trump and his bizarre and psychotic ramblings, we ponder at how the world has…

December 17, 2025 December 17, 2025

LTW Newsletter 115

Warriors! We are now trapped in the Xmas zone! That Crimble cromble scramble and seemingly endless mania that erupts every December. As ever it traditionally starts with… Warriors! We are now trapped in the Xmas zone! That Crimble cromble scramble and seemingly endless mania that erupts every December. As ever it traditionally starts with…

December 9, 2025 December 9, 2025

LTW newsletter 114

Hail Warriors! As we sail the fervent oceans in our longships of desire our mystical Viking gaze is broken by the twitching of the ravens at the front of our ornate… Hail Warriors! As we sail the fervent oceans in our longships of desire our mystical Viking gaze is broken by the twitching of the ravens at the front of our ornate…

November 27, 2025 November 27, 2025

LTW newsletter 113

Warriors! ‘When the sun goes down and the moon comes up I turn into a teenage goo goo muck…’well not so much teenage these days…maybe a middle aged goo goo muck not that… Warriors! ‘When the sun goes down and the moon comes up I turn into a teenage goo goo muck…’well not so much teenage these days…maybe a middle aged goo goo muck not that…

November 17, 2025 November 17, 2025

LTW newsletter 112

Dear Warriors, I’m back! I have been traversing the emerald isle for a couple of weeks on tour so now catching up now with website duties. Its always great to tour our… Dear Warriors, I’m back! I have been traversing the emerald isle for a couple of weeks on tour so now catching up now with website duties. Its always great to tour our…

November 11, 2025 November 11, 2025

LTW newsletter 111

Hail Warriors! I’m speeding on the 7.15 out of London Euston heading back up north after chairing a great in conversation at the Blue Earth conference. From it’s name… Hail Warriors! I’m speeding on the 7.15 out of London Euston heading back up north after chairing a great in conversation at the Blue Earth conference. From it’s name…

October 29, 2025 October 29, 2025

LTW playlist 29

Bee Bee Sea - Anthem of ROK'n'Roll Pamplemousse - More Beautiful Than Madonna Upchuck - Plastic Super Furry Animals - Back On A Roll IC1s - Wack Jack Andy Blade -… Bee Bee Sea - Anthem of ROK'n'Roll Pamplemousse - More Beautiful Than Madonna Upchuck - Plastic Super Furry Animals - Back On A Roll IC1s - Wack Jack Andy Blade -…

October 7, 2025 October 7, 2025

LTW newsletter 110

Warriors! Can it really be 223 years since English poet William Congreve wrote that ‘Music soothes the savage beast’ in his 1697 play The Mourning Bride. Of course he… Warriors! Can it really be 223 years since English poet William Congreve wrote that ‘Music soothes the savage beast’ in his 1697 play The Mourning Bride. Of course he…

October 7, 2025 October 7, 2025

LTW PLAYLIST 28

Feral State - Concrete The Cords - Fabulist Inca Babies - Candy Mountain Technopolice - Human Solar Eyes - Murdering Hippies! C.O.G - Sunset Over Jonestown The… Feral State - Concrete The Cords - Fabulist Inca Babies - Candy Mountain Technopolice - Human Solar Eyes - Murdering Hippies! C.O.G - Sunset Over Jonestown The…

September 27, 2025 September 27, 2025

LTW newsletter 109

Hail Warriors! I’m back after a week's sojourn in Germany, where I was touring the German version of my ‘The Art Of Darkness - the History of Goth’ book, which has been… Hail Warriors! I’m back after a week's sojourn in Germany, where I was touring the German version of my ‘The Art Of Darkness - the History of Goth’ book, which has been…

September 27, 2025 September 27, 2025

LTW newsletter 108!

Hail warriors! I am fresh back from Istanbul, so a mite jet-lagged! I was in Europe’s biggest city (22 million people!) to do an event for Radio Eksen which is the big… Hail warriors! I am fresh back from Istanbul, so a mite jet-lagged! I was in Europe’s biggest city (22 million people!) to do an event for Radio Eksen which is the big…

September 16, 2025 September 16, 2025