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SKUNK ANANSIE – BIRMINGHAM O2 ACADEMY, 05.04.2025

A little like Black Velvet, Skunk Anansie formed in 1994. And so, like ours, last
year was their 30th anniversary, and, while the quartet did divert away into solo
projects and other career ventures in 2001, the four-piece have been going strong
since reconvening in 2008/2009. With six albums under their belt, 2025 sees their
lucky seventh – ‘The Painful Truth’, set for release on May 23rd. The first single
from the upcoming release, ‘An Artist Is An Artist’, is everything you expect from
this vital band, with lyrics about how a female artist doesn’t stop being an artist just
because she’s a certain age, how she won’t stop creating because of menopause,
and won’t stop creating because anyone else tells her to. Opinionated, honest and
direct, it’s everything you love about Skunk Anansie. It’s why we hope Skin, Ace,
Cass Lewis and Mark Richardson will never stop creating.

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