Independent Venue Week 2025 (27th Jan – 2nd Feb 2025) is the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music & arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them.
We thought this IVW would be a great opportunity to showcase up and coming bands from the South West.
THE VELVET HANDS
“Bolshy, brash garage punk rabble-rousers somewhere between the attitude of early Cribs or Libertines colliding with the death or glory of the Clash” – GodsintheTVZine.
“Full of Bolshy Spirit” – NME.
“A satisfying mix of classic punk, rock’n’roll and modern indie magic” – Dork
“we could be witnessing the emergence of another great British band. Jaw droppingly good” – Gigslutz,
“Sucker Punch is another fab album from The Velvet Hands” – Louder Than War.
The band sold out The Lexington and Omeara in London. Old Bakery Studios and The Cornish Bank in Truro and Falmouth and near sell outs in Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Cardiff. They have supported Liam Gallagher at The Eden Project, Frank Turner, Paul Weller, Yak, Wallows and more. They have toured nationally and have played Boardmasters, Y Not, Truck, Isle of Wight, Leopalooza Festivals. In Sept 2022 they were chosen by Michael Eavis to support Elbow at The Pilton Party. In April 2023 they supported Trampoline on their national tour. They performed live off the top of a yellow US School Bus at The Great Estate Festival in Cornwall and headlined a stage at The Truck Festival. More recently they announced that they will headline Dingwall’s London on March 22 nd 2025, they have also been announced as support to Hard Fi at their sold out Roundhouse gig on Nov 30th 2024.
The band played and sold out Supersonic in Paris in March 2023 and April 2024. Their single, Chick Habit, a Serge Gainsbourg cover, got great support from French radio.
The band’s third album is scheduled for Spring 2025.
+ guest support THE VIVE
An upcoming Rock n Roll/indie band from Devon. High energy original music, with inspirations from Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, The Jam, The Who and The Stone Roses, bringing back guitar music and the sound of the new Rock n Roll generation. Their recent single “Take me away” gained recognition on BBC introducing and they will performing their latest release live at The Barrel House!! If you’ve seen The Vive play at Boardmasters festival or in London, at The Spice of Life, you’ll know you’ll be in for great night of new rock n roll music.
