SEPTEMBER 2024
Our last UK show is confirmed for the Dublin Castle, Camden, on 6th December. Before that we’re on the bill at Cream Of The Crop, London 229 (12/10), supporting Hung Like Hanratty at the Brickmaker’s Arms, Norwich (2/11), and headlining the Spice Of Life, Soho (9/11) – here’s the Facebook link for that last one.
AUGUST 2024
Our new Dirty Metal Gonads ep, Dirty Metal Gonads II: Indus Road is now streaming across all platforms.
The French Gonads – Les Gonades Françaises – will play a mini-set in Paris in November. More details to follow.
JULY 2024
We have four confirmed shows for the rest of 2024. The dates are: Oct 12 – Cream Of The Crop all-dayer, London 229 Club. Nov 2 – The Only Alternative, B2, Brickmakers, Norwich. Nov 9 – Spice Of Life, Soho, London. Dec 6 – Dublin Castle, Camden, London.
JUNE 2024
Our spin-off band, the Dirty Metal Gonads release their second EP on Friday 2nd August. The three-track download is titled Dirty Metal Gonads II: Indus Road.
MAY 2024
News amendment. Our Soho show has been postponed, so our next gig will be Cream Of The Crop all-dayer at London’s 229 Club in Great Portland Street on 12th October, promoted by Human Punk. Two more London dates, including our farewell ‘The Gonads Flop Out’ finale, with special guests, will follow in November and December. The dates will be announced later in the year.
APRIL 2024
Our Soho guerrilla farewell show will happen either in late September or the second half of October. Watch this space for details.
Rawhides UK release their debut single Khan’t Stand The Khan’t on Friday 26th April. The anti-ULEZ protest song is already available to pre-order.
MARCH 2024
The Dirty Metal Gonads will record Dirty Metal II in June.
FEBRUARY 2024
We are on the bill for the Cream Of The Crop all-dayer at London’s 229 Club on October 12th. Other confirmed acts are Giuda, Infa Riot, the Hot Knives, The Samples, Tear Up, The Angry Agenda, Rise Up and LOAD, with more to be announced.
JANUARY 2024
We will play Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club on Friday 5th July with Horace Panter from The Specials and his Dream Team, and the Blacklisted All-Stars.
DECEMBER 2023
The Gonads’ last ever acoustic gig is on Saturday 9th December at the Hopper’s Hut in Sidcup. Entrance is free. Show time is 8pm. Powered by Paulaner.
NOVEMBER 2023
Nov 3. Out today, our second official bootleg: No Mess, No Fuss, Just Pure Gonads. 25 tracks recorded in North London (the Hope & Anchor) and Essex (Arkwright's). It's available now on Amazon, iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify and Deezer. Physical CDs will follow. The album includes two new numbers and a rare live version of ParanOi!
The launch party is tonight in the Trafalgar bar, Harmony Place, Copperas Street, London, SE8 3FE. (The Greenwich end of Deptford). Admission free for the first fifty people. Doors at 6pm. Los Santos are on at 7.30. Nearest station is Cutty Sark.
OCTOBER 2023
We will have a launch party for our new double live album NO MESS, NO FUSS, JUST PURE GONADS at the Triangle Café & Bar, Harmony Place, Deptford, on 3rd November, with special guests Los Santos. We will play an acoustic set and there will be an album playback.
SEPTEMBER 2023
This year’s Christmas acoustic knees-up will be at the Hopper’s Hut, Sidcup, on Saturday 9th December. Tickets direct from the venue or buy via the Hopper’s Hut Facebook page.
AUGUST 2023
Two Gonads tracks – our version of Johnny Reggae, and Federales – have both entered the Radio 365 Legacy Chart. You can vote for them here.
Our Bexhill-On-Sea headliner, scheduled for 30th September, has been postponed until next year. Watch this space for a new date and a new location.
JULY 2023
We will shortly release our version of Johnny Reggae (2023 remix), with Wattsie Watts on lead vocals, for radio play.
JUNE 2023
Full English has gone Top Ten in the Legacy Chart. Thanks to everybody who voted it and to 365 Radio and Mad Wasp Radio for the airplay.
MAY 2023
We are rush-releasing our breakfast song, Full English (2023 remix) as a download single.
Our post-pandemic song Glad To Be Alive is now on YouTube and in the Legacy Chart Top 20. You can vote for it here.
APRIL 2023
Our 365 RADIO showcase on St George’s Day is back but at the Hope & Anchor in Islington. Doors open at 2.30pm, we’re on stage at about 6pm.
We play the Amherst Road Sports & Social Club in Bexhill-on-Sea on 30th September.
MARCH 2023
Our next gig is a Club 77 members’ only show at Arkwright’s Club in Rainham later this month. Club 77 members will receive the details by email. Our 365 RADIO showcase in Camden on St George’s Day has sadly been postponed. Other dates are being lined up.
FEB 2023
We will play the 365 RADIO showcase at the Dublin Castle, Camden, on St George’s Day (April 23rd).
JAN 2023
We will release a brand new ‘official bootleg’ 20-track live album this Summer, our first since 1984.
We play The Venue at The Cricketers on 21st January with support band The Vortex.
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