Rogue’s Halloween gig 2011

Shots from ROGUE presents Día de los Muertos – Day Of The Dead Mexican Halloween Party I know it’s a little(!) late, but here are photos and videos from the Rogue gig back in October last year – missed out on getting any shots of BlackEye due to having to leave early (damn that train [...]

Frog Stupid – Lessons In Forgetting Punk Rock

Frog Stupid bowed out in formidable style at Club 85 last Saturday, playing their last ever gig to a considerable turnout of fans sad to see them go. But don’t despair, because their final EP is now available to buy for just a fiver from Bandcamp. That’s less than a quid per slice of frantic [...]

Rhythms Of The World announced in Top 10 Best UK Festivals

Songlines magazine has named Hitchin’s Rhythms Of the World Festival as one of the top UK festivals this Summer. This is fantastic news for ROTW and the local community. http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2012/03/announcing-the-best-of-the-summer-festivals/ Click here to find out more about Rhythms, which is entirely run by volunteers: http://rotw.org.uk/

Aghast! – New EP out now!

New EP from rising UKDM crew. London/Hitchin-based metallers Aghast! released their new EP ‘Live Dangerously’ digitally on March 1st, and on March 30th you’ll get your first chance to purchase a physical copy of the CD, when they headline at Club 85 in Hitchin. They’ll be supported by Brave The Moment, This Means War and [...]

Frog Stupid’s Farewell Party

Hitchin favourites announce their final gig and release. Local ska-punk group Frog Stupid will be playing their last ever gig at Club 85 in Hitchin on April 14th, at which they will also be releasing their final CD, ‘Lessons In Forgetting Punk Rock’. Since forming back in 2003, Frog Stupid have gathered a strong local [...]

LIVE | Plaid at Village Underground 07/10/2011 – Scintilli Album Launch

DENNIS WHITE, electronic whizkid and key player in the Otters and Teflon Child sent us this review of the recent album launch gig by Warp veterans, Plaid. I haven’t ever reviewed a gig before in my life (aside from over the phone to a mate, post-rave up at Fabric, dribbling about how [insert DJ here] [...]

EVENTS | ROGUE presents LOUD! with CODA Live Dubstep and Friends – 17th Sept

ROGUE presents LOUD! A live dubstep and drum’n’bass special Cos Hitchin Just Ain’t Noisy Enough CLUB 85 | WHINBUSH ROAD | HITCHIN | HERTS SATURDAY 17tTH SEPTEMEBER (not 21st as it says on our flyer – those responsible for the mistake have been dobbed in for spreading loot-propaganda on Facebook) with CODA - Live dubstep with a [...]

rogueLIVE | The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

roguemusic.co.uk presents… THE MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY rogueLIVE Club 85, Hitchin Saturday 23 April 2011 THE ZIPHEADS – Managing to blow the stage away at our last party, we thought we’d get ‘em on again to headline! Rockabilly, funtimes rock n roll… http://thezipheads.bandcamp.com/  THE DISPLAY TEAM – It’s called PRONK music apparently and it’s great! [...]

LIVE | Rogue presents ‘Start Wearing Purple’

PURPLE. A colour associated with nobility and spirituality. Also a colour associated with rock’n’roll: Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Gogol Bordellos and Ritchie Blackmore have all paid tribute to this decadent hue – and if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for us. So join us at Club 85, Hitchin on the  26th February for [...]

PETITION | Campaign to save pubs, clubs and the entertainment business

THE NUMBER of pubs, clubs and live venues affected by closure, smoking bans and crippling sound restrictions is messed up. If you give even the slightest monkeys about the state of your night out, we urge you to read and sign this petition. http://www.gopetition.com/petition/42425.html