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Sham 69 concerts in Europe

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In Flames & Arch Enemy, 2024-10-03, Glasgow
In Flames & Arch Enemy
2024-10-03, Glasgow Ticket prices
Arch Enemy & In Flames, 2024-10-06, London
Arch Enemy & In Flames
2024-10-06, London Ticket prices

They formed in Hersham, UK in 1976. Sham 69 lacked the art school background of many rock bands of the time, and brought in football chants, drinking songs and a sort of inarticulate political populism. The band had a large skinhead and hooligan following, which helped set the tone for the Oi! movement. Their concerts were notoriously plagued by violence, and the band ceased live performances after one of their gigs at Middlesex Polytechnic in 1978 was broken up by National Front skinheads fighting and rushing the stage. In 2006 Jimmy Pursey left Sham 69, leaving guitarist Dave Parsons to carry on with a new singer. Sham 69 continues to tour in this new line up.