{"id":23838,"date":"2016-10-24T10:09:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T09:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=23838"},"modified":"2016-10-24T10:26:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T09:26:29","slug":"guns-of-brixton-savages-to-play-londons-o2-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/10\/guns-of-brixton-savages-to-play-londons-o2-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"GUNS OF BRIXTON – Savages To Play London’s O2 Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Savages are to follow up their rampaging summer festival performances\u00a0with their biggest London headline show to date at London’s O2 Academy.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The double Mercury Music Prize nominees will play the 5,000-capacity Brixton venue on November 25.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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It comes at the end of a big year for the Anglo-French post-punk outfit, which saw the release of their critically acclaimed second album\u00a0Adore Life<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>in January.<\/p>\n

Known for their incendiary live shows, the quartet of Jehnny Beth<\/strong> (vocals), \u00a0Gemma Thompson<\/strong> (guitar),\u00a0Ayse Hassan<\/strong> (bass), Fay Milton<\/strong> (drums) have spent much of the year touring the globe in support of the album.<\/p>\n

One of the highlights of this year’s stellar Glastonbury <\/strong>line-up, the band also performed at London’s legendary 100 Club and at the Leeds and Reading festivals.<\/p>\n