3rd December 2026 The Musos Awards: PUNK...

 Exactly 50 years after they tried to ban punk, we celebrate its survival

- and the first day of its next 50 years.

The Musos Awards: Punk - hosted by JOHN ROBB

Thursday 3rd December 2026. 7pm.

A 50th anniversary celebration with live music, faces, art and a lively social

The Electric Ballroom, Camden High Street, London NW1 8QP

£15 Early Bird tickets then £25 General Admission via Fatsoma

14+ Event. Under 16s must be accompanied by an (18+) adult.

An audiovisual awards night on punk’s own terms. Only musicians vote, as they always do at The Musos Awards  - The Players’ Player. “If you can’t play a note, you don’t get a vote”. The Spring 2026 Musos INDIE event went off like this 100 seconds on YouTube HERE

The punks are coming with three generations of heritage talent to honour and key upcomers carrying the torch forward, in one room for one night only. Some special surprises are to be announced. 

Back Story

On 3rd December 1976, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned and Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers were booked to open the Anarchy In The UK tour at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. It was billed as “A Punk Rock Evening”. Tickets were £1.25 in advance, £1.50 on the door. 

Two days earlier the Sex Pistols had appeared on Thames TV with Bill Grundy. By the morning of 3rd December, the country had decided punk was a public order problem. The Government’s vice chancellor, Dr Frank Thistlethwaite, banned the Norwich show on the grounds of protecting the safety and security of persons and property.

19 tour dates had been booked. 3 went ahead as planned: The tour eventually limped into life at Leeds Polytechnic on 6 December, with Caerphilly picketed by carol singers and Cleethorpes and Plymouth mopped up at the end of the month. The most famous punk tour in British history is mostly famous for not happening.

Thursday 3rd December 2026 is 50 years to the day since that banned gig. This Musos Awards: PUNK hosted by John Robb, Punk’s perfect host, happens in a room that housed the last British performance Sid Vicious ever gave, in the borough that has been arguing about punk ever since.

The world looks and acts differently, and so does the culture of punk which never stops inspiring. The Musos Awards are, as ever, looking forward - using the power of the past to help propel the talent of the future, on the first night of Punk’s next 50 years.

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APPLY TO PLAY MUSOS AWARDS: PUNK on 3 December!

 LONDON CALLING…

…UP n COMING PUNK BANDS

Are you ready to rock The 100 Club on Sunday 8th November? and The Musos Awards: PUNK on Thursday 3rd December? 

Apply now. The deadline to send your music is by midnight Friday 2nd October 2026!

Could you be one of six finalists, who join legendary alumni like Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Stranglers, Buzzcocks, Black Flag, Discharge and so many more who have appeared on The 100 Club stage?

KICKSTART YOUR NEXT LEVEL WITH THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.

THE ONLY REQUIREMENTS ARE:

UK/Ireland based Punk Band/Artist

Available to play both of these dates at legendary London venues

• Sunday 8/11/26 - The Bands Come Out To Play finals. A showcase set at The 100 Club on Oxford Street

• Thursday 3/12/26 - The Musos Awards: PUNK. The 50 Years Celebration hosted by John Robb with Special Guests, a massive punk party, with performance from TBCOTP winners at Electric Ballroom Camden Town.

The Bands Come Out To Play

All you have to do is send your contact info and a video (preferably)
or an audio link via TBCOTP application form - click here.

Our key Music Industry and Musicians Panel will start listening as the applications come in until ENTRY DEADLINE, Midnight Friday 2nd October 2026.

The chosen act(s) will be part of Musos Awards: PUNK history at the Electric Ballroom on Thursday 3rd December 2026, where they will perform live. 

This iconic stage is where artists such as The Clash, The Specials, Iggy Pop, Bob Vylan, Amyl & the Sniffers, Sid Vicious, Skin, Pete Doherty, The Cramps, Ramones, Joy Division, The Fall, Adam and the Ants, Frank Carter, Public Image Ltd, Anti Flag and many more, have performed.

MUSOS AWARDS: PUNK 3rd December 

is hosted by the multi-talent and national treasure that is
John Robb (instagram)

What goes on at THE MUSOS AWARDS?

100 Seconds YouTube video of MUSOS AWARDS: INDIE 2026

The Players’ Player

Musos Awards winners are voted for by musicians only and will be announced live at the event on 3rd December.

Keep an eye out next week to get involved and influence the results of The Musos Awards: PUNK by voting. After all, "If you can't play a note, you don't get a vote".

To apply for The Bands Come Out To Play - and for further details - click here