B.C. civil lawsuit against Sex Pistols guitarist alleges 1980 sexual assault

B.C. civil lawsuit against Sex Pistols guitarist alleges 1980 sexual assault

WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A Vancouver woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Paramount Pictures Corp. and punk rocker Stephen Jones of The Sex Pistols alleging he sexually assaulted her as a teenager while she was a movie extra more than … Read more

As 70s Scottish punk band Skids make their Hong Kong debut, frontman Richard Jobson is thrilled to play favourite city

As 70s Scottish punk band Skids make their Hong Kong debut, frontman Richard Jobson is thrilled to play favourite city

On April 30 at The Wanch, Skids will play their first Hong Kong gig as part of their 45th anniversary greatest hits tour. Formed in 1977, Skids made it big in Britain with breakout anthems “Into the Valley”, “Working for the Yankee Dollar” and “Masquerade”. Wider appeal followed when their song “The Saints Are Coming” … Read more

Post-punk, hardcore, metal – ‘guerilla’ Hong Kong live music promoter on levelling the playing field for niche genres

Post-punk, hardcore, metal – ‘guerilla’ Hong Kong live music promoter on levelling the playing field for niche genres

The founder of Rice, Adrianna Lee, saw that small bands in Hong Kong’s underground rock scene needed support. Photo: Xiaomei Chen Live music gigs are well established in the West, but in Hong Kong the rise of techno has seen the already underground hard-rock scene dwindle. Lee says she had a hard time finding “loud … Read more

Crowds line Dublin streets for funeral procession of Pogues singer Shane MacGowan

Crowds line Dublin streets for funeral procession of Pogues singer Shane MacGowan

Thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin on Friday to say goodbye to the Pogues front man Shane MacGowan as his funeral procession wound through the Irish capital. MacGowan died Nov. 30 at the age of 65 after a lifetime of drinking, carousing and writing songs that fused Irish tradition with the spirit of … Read more