Skambomambo in Kidderminster

 

 

 Home to some of the greatest names in Rock history - mainly Robert Plant and other musicians he played with - Kidderminster has become SKAMBOMAMBO's home in the Midlands. The band relaxed, boozed and partied in this green, green quaint little town, making it a perfect escape from the larger Midland cities and venues. SKAMBOMAMBO found Kidderminster to be a great place to be, made a lot of local friends, got acquianted with several pubs round town - especially  The Swan where the band gave their farewell performance to the Midlands this time around.

An inspiring place - here the Band is on the Devil's Seat together with our host, brother, saviour Dysfunctional!!! Led Zeppelin territory, laid back and lots of love shared. Love to Meg, The Flower Lover, Pops, Ed, Colin ... to the Croatian and Slovenian girls who gatecrashed into our party and stayed on with us for the following week, Big Dave, all of you at Swan, Katie for her pics and living close to Meg's..... and a lot of faces and names we will remember forever.  

A big round of applause for the 3 bands that played with us everywhere: Mr Shankly - Lobster and Stiff Joints -Apples. The last gigs in the UK were in Moseley at The Bull's Head - together with Skafinger and Lobster and then in Bristol with The Richardson Maneuver.

SKAMBOMAMBO in The Midlands

SKAMBOMAMBO at Katie Fitzgerald's in Stourbridge. It was a pity that this lovely pub with it's Irish character and creamy ales did not pull a large crowd, maybe due to the fact that it was midweek 18.04.2012,  but it was fun and a great show given by MR SHANKLY and SKAMBOMAMBO.  

 

SKAMBOMAMBO returned to Halesowen, the Olde Queen's Head 19.04.2012. Much love to the family that has adopted the band, especially to Dave 'Tatty' Jones and Mandy. The support band was LOBSTER, a ska punk band from Birmingham. A must see live.  

SKAMBOMAMBO performed in Coventry for the first time at the Indiana Centre 20.04.2012.

 

 The bands on the night included MR SHANKLY and SKA WADDY. The event was organised by SKA WADDY, a big thank you to Mark Ryder and Co, who joined the bands to play along live on stage.

 

SKAMBOMAMBO in London

Friday the 13th - April 2012. SKAMBOMAMBO returned to the UK. The Dublin Castle in Camden London kick started SKAMBOMAMBO's second invasion of the UK, this time as part of the Made to Specification Tour. A larger and a livelier London crowd than then one that attended last year filled the club, which goes to show that SKAMBOMAMBO is creating a little buzz in UK's capital city. It was quite a feat and an honour for SKAMBOMAMBO to play in one of Amy Winehouse's favourite venues, Madness, the Specials, The Clash, Sex Pistols and a staggering and awesome list of fame. London based SMILING IVY, a reggae - ska set-up were the opening act, followed by loyal friends MR SHANKLY who would accompany the Polish band on many other occasions and finally SKAMBOMAMBO.

Some interesting stats - Szczecin is 1300km away from London. The band bought it's very own SKAMBOBus for the tour.

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SKAMBOMAMBO performing at the Dublin Castle Camden, London.

  

We would like to thank everybody at Dublin Castle. Lots of love to the guy who saved our life and was our host in London - Adee!!!!! Here's a photo of SKAMBOMAMBO with Adee and Pete from Mr Shankly. Respect! 

And finally our own pics of Camden Market. SKAMBOMAMBO will be back again and that is a promise.

SkamboMambo MADE IN POL SKA - live video from Scruffy Murphys, Birmingham UK

Made in PolSKA by Skambomambo @ Scruffy Muprhys, Birmingham UK, June 2011. Guest staring Ilias Lintzos from Mr Shankly on the drums. THANKS MATE! Recorded by Section6 / Dysfunctional Bungle.