Photo Credit: Alexandra Snow
Political punks Anti-Flag have announced their return to the UK and Europe, confirming headline shows for January and February 2020.
In light of the news the band have released this official statement:
“We need these shows. We need this tour. We need to set the pace for the work that lies ahead in 2020. Our individual strength, optimism and hope comes directly from the interactions and exchanges we have at shows like these. It is a space where individual energy transforms to collective energy and power is born.
We cannot wait to unveil our new record. New songs are our bridge to reach out, reconnect, energize and organize. An opportunity to put names to faces, city to city, town to town. We are living in a time where minorities are being increasingly marginalized and cast out of society, where their mere existence has become an illegality. Those victimized by the current administration need much more than allies, they need accomplices. We can no longer be shocked or distracted by defeat. Now is the time to remind each other that we are not alone and together we can beat back injustice.
We hope that this collection of songs, the congregation of folks around the shows, will all serve as tools of solidarity in the face of oppression and empire – solidarity with the poor, the marginalized and the scapegoated who are all catching hell.
Sometimes people say “enough” and a riot echoes forever.”
See Anti-Flag live at one of the following dates:
January
Wed 8th – LISBOA, PT – RCA Club
Thu 9th – MADRID, ES – Caracol
Fri 10th – VITORIA, ES – Kubik
Sat 11th – ZARAGOZA, ES – Sala López
Sun 12th – BARCELONA, ES – Estrapelo
Tue 14th – MILANO, IT – HT Factory
Thu 16th – ZURICH, CH – Dynamo
Fri 17th – GRAZ, AT – PPC
Sat 18th – VIENNA, AT – Flex
Sun 19th – PRAGUE, CZ – Roxy
Tue 21st – BERLIN, DE – SO36
Wed 22nd – MUNICH, DE – Backstage Werk
Thu 23rd – NUREMBERG, DE – Lowensaal
Fri 24th – CHEMNITZ, DE – Talschock
Sun 26th – WARSAW, PL – Proxima
Tue 28th – HAMBURG, DE – Fabrik
Wed 29th – KÖLN, DE – Essigfabrik
Thu 30th – HAARLEM, NL – Patronaat
February
Sun 2nd – BRIGHTON, UK – Chalk
Tue 4th – LONDON, UK – O2 Academy Islington
Wed 5th – MANCHESTER, UK – Club Academy
Thu 6th – BIRMINGHAM, UK – The Mill
Fri 7th – GLASGOW, UK – The Garage
Tickets go on sale on Friday 4th October at 10am BST/11am CET.