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TV Smith

Sunday, 11 October 2026 at 18:00 BST

The Green Room

Green Dragon Yard, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1AT, United Kingdom

TV Smith was founder member, singer and songwriter for the Adverts, who formed in late 1976 and were one of the leading bands in the first wave of British punk rock. In early 1977 they performed regularly at the newly-opened Roxy Club in London, and gained cult success with the Stiff Records single "One Chord Wonders." Their next release, "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" became a top twenty hit record, leading to radio and TV appearances and extensive media interest. A further single, “No Time To Be 21,” also entered the charts, and the band spent the rest of the year playing live, including major tours with The Damned and Iggy Pop. The album that followed in early 1978, "Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts," is still considered a genuine classic of the era and is often cited as one of the twenty best punk albums ever released. The Adverts released one more album, “Cast Of Thousands,” before they split in 1979. Slammed by the critics at the time, the album was later re-released to universal acclaim, and described by Mojo magazine as “the long lost punk album that rivals The Clash’s ‘London Calling’.” After The Adverts broke up, TV went on to form TV Smith’s Explorers, who gained a UK chart hit in 1980 with the single “Tomahawk Cruise,” then at the end of the ’80’s formed Cheap, who payed many gigs in the UK and Europe, and released one album “RIP - Everything Must Go.” In the early ’90’s TV turned his hand to solo gigs at the suggestion of punk poet Attila The Stockbroker and released the acoustic-inspired album “March Of The Giants”on the Cooking Vinyl label. Since then he has established himself as the leading solo performer of the punk rock scene and has released many albums. He has also been involved in a number of collaborations with other bands, most notably with German superstars Die Toten Hosen, who performed as TV’s backing band on the album “Useless.” TV most recent album is entitled “Handwriting,” and was released in April 2024 on the Easy Action label. Recorded i

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