New Model Army in London

New Model Army are an English rock band formed in Bradford in 1980 around singer and guitarist Justin Sullivan. Their post-punk, punk and folk-rock catalogue includes the albums No Rest for the Wicked and Thunder and Consolation, and songs such as “Vagabonds,” “51st State” and “Green and Grey.” For their 30th anniversary in 2010, New Model Army played two-night retrospective concerts at the HMV Forum in London, drawing sets from across their recorded catalogue. In 2022 they presented Sinfonia at Berlin’s Tempodrom, performing arrangements of their songs with the Sinfonia Leipzig orchestra. Their recurring Christmas concerts have brought them back to the club room at Rock City in Nottingham, while European dates have also taken the band to Amsterdam’s Paradiso.

The Chameleons are an English post-punk band formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, in 1981. Their spacious, guitar-led sound is captured on the albums Script of the Bridge, What Does Anything Mean? Basically and Strange Times, and in songs including “Second Skin,” “Up the Down Escalator” and “Swamp Thing.” A 1984 concert at London’s Camden Palace was filmed, preserving the band’s early live lineup. The best-known lineup reunited in 2000 and recorded performances at Manchester Academy that were released as Live at the Academy. After returning under The Chameleons name in 2021, the band toured North America in 2022, performing Script of the Bridge in full and appearing with Theatre of Hate.