We're delighted to reveal that we will be playing our biggest ever headline show later this year, on Saturday 26 September 2026. It's in celebration of 10(+1) years of The Race For Space, and will see us pull out all the stops to top our Brixton show 11 years ago.
Pre-sale begins on Monday 26 January at 10am GMT
General sale follows on Thursday 29 January, also at 10am GMT.
Due to licensing restrictions at the venue, the show is for ages 16+.
Para fans de Indie y Alternativa.
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With a mission to "teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future," the group's music is heavily based on historical themes. 2015's The Race for Space focuses on outer space explorations from the '50s to the '70s, while 2017's Every Valley is about the rise and decline of the Welsh coal mining industry. For a group with such an unconventional format, sound, and subject matter, Public Service Broadcasting have proven to be remarkably popular. All three of their studio albums have ranked high on the U.K. album charts, with Every Valley peaking at number four.
Public Service Broadcasting consisted solely of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter known as J. Willgoose, Esq in 2009. Until 2010, when he recruited the equally regally named drummer Wrigglesworth following a string of eclectic but ultimately unfruitful musical outings beginning in the late '90s. Inspired by listening to archival material from BBC Radio 4, Willgoose began to delve deeper, searching for both audio clips and film footage from the 20th century that he could complement with indie/electronic music and vice-versa. Public Service Broadcasting's first release, EP One, appeared in August 2010 and was the perfect introduction to the pair's concept and featured "New Dimensions in Sound," which sampled an infomercial for a record player alongside vibrant indie rock that built into a crescendo of distorted guitar. PSB began to make a name for themselves on the live circuit with an unmistakable set that featured an old walnut-veneered '60s television that they lovingly described as the band's "frontman." A year after EP One, the duo released the single "ROYGBIV" and then The War Room, another EP, this time focusing on World War II and, in particular, The Blitz. Sampling propaganda films, sirens, and a film about the invention of the Spitfire on a track of the same name, the EP created further buzz and radio play for Public Service Broadcasting as they prepared their debut album, Inform - Educate - Entertain, which was released on May 2013 on their own label, Test Card. By this point, the combination of the guitar, banjo, and electronics of Willgoose, Esq. and the intricate drumming from the jazz-trained Wrigglesworth sounded like a well-rounded, well-oiled machine. One of the album's highlights, "Everest," was based around The Conquest of Everest, a 1953 film documenting Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's first successful ascent of the mountain, including the fitting line "two very small men/cutting steps in the roof of the world." Public Service Broadcasting went on to tour the album and play a host of festivals in the summer of 2013 and secured a support slot with the Rolling Stones in London's Hyde Park. In 2015, the duo issued their sophomore studio LP, The Race for Space, an ambitious, sample-heavy conceptual piece concerning the American and Soviet space race from 1957-1972. The record was met with widespread acclaim, and the band followed up in 2016 with a companion remix album, The Race for Space [Remixes]. 2016 also saw the release of the duo's first live record. Live at Brixton celebrated and preserved their sold-out homecoming show at the London venue that took place in 2015, with the band joined by a 13-piece choir, a five-piece string section, and an expanded brass section. Expanded to a trio with the addition of JF Abraham, PSB returned in 2017 with their third studio effort, Every Valley. The record was conceptually focused on the "story of industrial decline," particularly within the Welsh coal mining industry. White Star Liner, a four-song EP themed around the Titanic, followed in 2018. ~ Daniel Clancy, Rovi
Multi-instrumentalists blow my mind, and the boys in Public Service Broadcasting are the most talented musicians that I’ve ever hears, and seeing them live made this even more evident. Their alternative and experimental music sounds great on recordings, but when you hear it live and actually see J. Willgoose and Wrigglesworth switching between so many instruments, it’s astounding how they layer their sound so many times.
They opened the show with Willgoose on the banjo and sampler, and Wrigglesworth on drums and synth which created a folk/rock crossover kind of sound. They played through their entire Inform – Educate – Entertain album, and it was incredibly well received by the audience who were dancing around non stop.
The duo were great at interacting with the audience, and they would shout out to us at appropriate moments to dance along or clap to the beat of their tracks. Their use of sampling of radio clips from years ago was really nicely complimented by their electronic and rocky music, and created something really fresh and organic. Their energy was fantastic, and they maintained it throughout the show which was almost 2 hours long!