Tom Robinson + TV Smith

In an inspired double-headline show, Tom Robinson and TV Smith will be taking to the JPC stage during our 50 Years of Punk week.

With his first album released in1975 as a member of Café Society, Tom Robinson formed the Tom Robinson Band (TRB) with rock guitarist, Danny Kustow, after seeing an early Sex Pistols gig at The 100 Club in 1976. Early supporters of Rock Against Racism, TRB enjoyed top five success with their debut single '2-4-6-8 Motorway’, followed by the LGBT anthem ‘Glad To Be Gay’ and their first album Power In The Darkness, which entered the charts at Number four.

Now aged 75, Robinson still enjoys a reputation among his punk contemporaries, and in the world of acoustic/roots music, as both a tireless champion of grassroots music, and as a master songsmith in his own right.

TV Smith was a founding member, singer and songwriter for The Adverts, formed in late 1976, one of the leading bands in the first wave of British punk rock.

Fiercely independent and proudly embodying the original spirit of punk rock, TV now performs as an acoustic solo artist all over the world, as well as playing occasional gigs with backup bands. Over the past few years he has supported Stiff Little Fingers, the Damned and Ruts DC on major tours in the UK, and played headline tours throughout UK, Europe, the U.S.A and Japan, and in 2025 he set off on a world tour.

Presented by John Peel Centre.

This is an 18+ event