Power-pop project EXTC, led by former XTC drummer Terry Chambers, plays XTC's classic songs as a three-piece at The Craufurd Arms.
EXTC play The Craufurd Arms on Saturday 1 May, with the music starting at 7:30pm. It's a three-piece set built around the songbook of XTC, the Swindon band that emerged from the late-seventies post-punk and new-wave scene and toured alongside the likes of The Police and Talking Heads. For a long time, that music only existed on record; XTC stopped touring in 1982 to become a studio-based band, so their songs haven't been played live for over four decades.
EXTC brings them back to the stage. The project was started in 2019 and is led by XTC's original drummer, Terry Chambers, with the name approved by the band's frontman Andy Partridge. The line-up for this show is Terry Chambers and Friends, with Steve Hampton on lead vocals and guitar and Terry Lines on bass and vocals. They play as a three-piece, and the set is drawn from XTC's classic songbook.
If you've followed XTC, you'll know the ground they covered. They were one of the most groundbreaking and influential acts to come out of England's post-punk and new-wave scene, and they put their hometown of Swindon on the map. After they stopped touring in 1982, their songs stayed in the studio, so this is one of the few ways to hear them played live. EXTC carries on that power-pop legacy, with Chambers back on the drums.
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Tickets are £28.75, which includes the booking fee. The gig is at The Craufurd Arms, 59 Stratford Rd, Milton Keynes, on Saturday 1 May, starting at 7:30pm.
