Re-release of the Angelic Upstarts debut album 'Teenage Warning' is available in feisty orange for a reasonable £23.99 from Rough Trade Records . Late night, October 1978, a single ear piece under the covers, holding off sleep, Peel played the band's first session for his Radio 1 show. ' We Are The People', 'Student Power', 'I'm an Upstart' and 'Youth Leader' were unlike any punk I'd heard before - a totally different sound to the art school bands and McLaren poseurs. It wou

Rebellion Festival is celebrating its 30th year - and we're heading back up North despite the calamitous events during our last visit. Be kind, Blackpool. Be kind. Some have questioned the announcement that I've bought a couple of tickets for this year's Rebellion Festival. "Didn't you..." - yes. "And didn't that thing happe..." - again, yes. As I say, there have been questions. Time was when we'd be attending each and every festival. No kids, free tickets sent to the office