Church of Madness & Beat:Cancer are very excited to give you the final lineup for December @ The Face Bar in Reading. Simon Carter & Fabsi after smashing it at the day party last weekend in Bristol will also be closing out the year for us. Plus MATT HART and DJ_Acid_Payne join us as guest DJ duties for after the bands finish.
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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 SupportUncle PeanutReading Living Legend
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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.
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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
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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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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
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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. SupportThe Go Go CultLiving local bill post punks.
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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
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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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