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Club Velocity/New Mind Promotions presents: The March Violets

October 7th 2022 marks the digital release of the Walk into the Sun 7” (unavailable since the 80’s). The perfect time to announce The March Violets reunion!

Since the last March Violets tour in 2015 we’ve been shocked at how many musical friends have passed over and out. And after Simon Denbigh’s life-changing stroke, it’s no surprise we all thought that was it for the Violets.

When, in 2021, Jungle Records released Big Soul Kiss (The BBC Sessions double album) for Record Store Day 2021 it sold out its entire pressing in 24 hours. We were amazed at the response, […]

£25.00
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Reading

Club Velocity/New Mind Promotions presents: Vision Video + West Wickhams

The Facebar, Reading Chatham Street, Reading

Goth-Pop Post-Punk Band from Athens, Georgia.
Dance Music for the End Times.

"Brilliant weavings of the sound that has made Joy Division and The Cure so loved" - The Big Takeover

"Vision Video are blessed with a singer whose voice soars instead of sulks. And when he blends his with that of keyboardist Emily Fredock, the group exhibits a radiance that distinguishes them from fellow black-lipstick aficionados." – Pitchfork

West Wickhams
Are a two piece Psychedelic Garage Noir

£11
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Reading

Church of Madness Vs Exit the Grey

The Facebar, Reading Chatham Street, Reading

Joining us for our Christmas celebration for 2023, we have Victoria Fenbane and Simon Briggs from Exit the Grey bringing their mix of modern synthpop, EBM and futurepop, with a hint of darkwave and dark techno.

Entry, as always, is FREE
Doors: 8pm-2am

The nearest car park is Q-Park on Chatham street, about a minute from the venue. It is open all night, and secure. A slightly cheaper alternative is the Oracle car park, which is a longer walk, through town.

Pre-event drinking establishment of choice for local goths would be the Castle Tap where they serve an excellent selection of […]

Free
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Reading

Ghost Dance + Korinthians

The Facebar, Reading Chatham Street, Reading

Ghost Dance……

Anne Marie Hurst was the backing vocalist for the Goth Rock group the Elements in Keighley UK (until 1982). In December 1982, she helped form Skeletal Family. After departing from Skeletal Family in 1985, she co-founded Ghost Dance with Gary Marx (formerly of The Sisters of Mercy). Ghost Dance released several indie chart hit singles through Karbon Records, which were later compiled on the 'Gathering Dust' album. In 1989 they signed to Chrysalis Records and released the 'Stop The World' album and two more singles, with 'Down To The Wire' peaking at no.66 in the UK singles chart.

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£18.70
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Reading

Beat:Cancer Summer BBQ

Castle Tap, Reading 120 Castle Street, Reading

Summer Gothmas is an annual free entry event run by Beat:Cancer, and held at the Castle Tap in Reading: featuring a lineup of excellent DJs, a VERY well stocked bar, and BBQ manned by the B:C crew… not forgetting the obligatory B:C Raffle of course!
With an unmissable set promised by Shark/Dinosaurs hybrid DJ monstrosity Karkasaurus, and host of guest DJs being lined up, this promises to be the highlight of your GothSummer calendar.
Stay tuned for details on the new BBQ format for 2024, and don't forget there is a brand new ltd edition T-Shirt design available NOW over at https://beatcancer.info/shop

Free
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Reading

Inkubus Sukkubus + The Go Go Cult

The Facebar, Reading Chatham Street, Reading

Inkubus Sukkubus are an English goth and pagan rock band, formed in 1989 by Candia Ridley, Tony McKormack and Adam Henderson,who have been described as one of the most enduringly popular underground Goth bands in the UK.They also have been described by Mick Mercer as a "zombie version of Fleetwood Mac" in his book Hex Files: The Goth Bible.

Support
The Go Go Cult
Living local bill post punks.

£14.30
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Balaam And The Angel

The Facebar, Reading Chatham Street, Reading

The only shows we'll be performing this year in support of our forthcoming 40th anniversary release 'Forces Of Evil'.
Recorded in the summer of 2023 at Oxygene Studios, our new four track EP harks back to the darker era of the bands journey and mirrors the format of 'World Of Light', Love Me' and "Day And Night', filling the void between the early albums and "Live Free or Die". Release date 25.10.2024.
Expect a big slice of all the above plus Balaam classics at the shows.

For those interested the opening show is in the exact same town the World Of Light […]

£22
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Reading

Beat Cancer Reading: GrabYourFace + Matt Hart + Red Meat + Paresis

The Facebar, Reading Chatham Street, Reading

Our December event is a bit different this year… we are teaming up with Beat:Cancer to bring you a Christmas party to end all christmas parties… well. At least those that we've run, in the facebar, on the 7th of December….
We are pleased to present GrabYourFace, MATT HART, Red Meat and Paresis as our live acts… plus special guest DJs Gilly Woo and Kohl to provide the post-band entertainment all the way through to 3am!
The nearest car park is Q-Park on Chatham street, about a minute from the venue. It is open all night, and secure. A slightly cheaper alternative […]

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Witch Of The Vale + Nature Of Wires + Bein-E + Still Forever

The Facebar, Reading Chatham Street, Reading

Beat:Cancer & Church of Madness are back at Facebar, Reading on the Sat 17th May 2025.

Featuring four bands & afterparty DJs playing Synthpop, EBM, industrial & more.

Witch of the Vale (Headline Show)

Erin Hawthorne and Ryan Hawthorne are WITCH OF THE VALE, an unsettling electronic duo from the serene shores of Loch Lomond and the remote Outer Hebridean Isles.

In a short period of existence which has seen them play on stages alongside ASSEMBLAGE 23, SOLAR FAKE, CLAN OF XYMOX and LINEA ASPERA as well as playing Infest 2019, their trajectory has been pointing up and up.

Nature […]

£15
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Reading

Vision Video + Go Go Cult

The Facebar, Reading Chatham Street, Reading

Vision Video is a post-punk goth rock band from Athens, Georgia that injects modern malaise into classic sounds of the late 70's and 80's.

The band pays homage to classics like the Chameleons and The Cure, while also bringing a refreshing modern element to the genre.

Thematically their music explores the effects of trauma on the human psyche and finding stability and agency in an insane world. Having served in Afghanistan with the army and as a firefighter in the civilian world, lead singer and guitarist Dusty Gannon is no stranger to the darker proclivities of humanity and death itself. […]

£15.40
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Reading

Heathen Apostles + Uncle Peanut + Reading Living Legend

The Facebar, Reading Chatham Street, Reading

LA based The Heathen Apostles-are coming back to Reading.

If there is such a thing in the current fringe roots genre as a supergroup,it would certainly be the LA based dark roots and gothic country band Heathen Apostles,who includes ex members of Radio Noir (Mather Louth), The Cramps
(Chopper Franklin), Kings of Nuthin' (Thomas Lorioux)
in its ranks.That is one hell of a line up

Support
Uncle Peanut
Reading Living Legend

£14.30
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