Jack White, Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols to Headline CBGB Festival in New York

Iggy Pop, Jack White, and Sex Pistols to Play New CBGB Festival

Taking place in September, at Brooklyn’s Under the K Bridge Park, the one-day event will also feature performances from Soul Glo, YHWH Nailgun, the Smiths’ Johnny Marr, and more

Jack White, Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols to Headline CBGB Festival in New York

CBGB, the legendary birthplace of punk rock, may have closed in 2006 but its spirit is getting a jump-start with the CBGB Festival, presented in partnership with Bowery Presents, taking place September 27 at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn, NY. The one-day event’s lineup is very on-brand, with Jack White, Iggy Pop and […]

Iggy Pop and Jack White to Headline CBGB Festival

The rich history of punk music and contemporary culture will be brought to Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn at the CBGB Festival on Saturday, Sept. 27. The one-day festival, in partnership with The Bowery Presents, features a curated lineup including 21 bands to span across three stages.  Iggy Pop and Jack White are set to headline the event– it being Pop’s first NYC show in over a decade. CBGB was founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973 on the Bo…

Iggy Pop, Jack White, Sex Pistols, Johnny Marr, and More Coming to Greenpoint for CBGB Festival - Greenpointers

With Saint Vitus shuttered, Greenpoint residents who like it loud have been bereft of a space to support live acts. It may not be a permanent replacement, but a new music festival should provide them an outlet for a day. The inaugural CBGB Festival will bring together more than twenty acts to commemorate the iconic music venue on September 27 at Under the K Bridge Park. Headlining the fest will be Iggy Pop (playing his first New York City show i…

The CBGB’s legacy remains alive and will be celebrated at the festival that will bear its name. The punk bar through which great figures such as Patti Smith, Blondie, Ramones, Sonic Youth, Bad Brains, The Clash, among many others, passed was the seedbed of an authentic counter-cultural scene. The CGBG festival will be held on September 27 at Under the K Bridge Park, Brooklyn, New York, and will feature Iggy Pop and Jack White as main numbers. Th…

Never mind the bifocals – eyewear shop rebrands after Sex Pistols legal row - Jersey Evening Post

An optical boutique has decided to change its name after being contacted by lawyers for The Sex Pistols. The former Spex Pistols shop in Dundee received a “cease and desist” letter last year from representatives of the musicians highlighting similarities between the boutique’s logo and that of the punk rock band, and raising objections. Glitterbest, which represents the band, said that following discussions it was agreed that the shop could cont…