Know Your Enemy + Queens Of The Klone Age

Know Your Enemy and Queens of the Klone Age are playing The 1865 on Friday 18 June, a double bill presented by Doppelgang3r. It's a night built around two of the biggest names in rock and metal, though neither is the original. Know Your Enemy specialises in Rage Against The Machine covers, and Queens of the Klone Age works through the biggest Queens of the Stone Age hits. If you've spent years with those records, you'll recognise the songs, but you'll hear them coming from these two rather than the bands themselves.

That's the whole point of the night: two tribute acts sharing one stage. One half is the heavy, political rap-metal of Rage Against The Machine, the other the desert-rock grooves of Queens of the Stone Age. They're very different sounds, but they both sit in that loud, guitar-led territory, so they fit together on a single bill. You'll get a set from each, one after the other, rather than a mix of the two.

The 1865 is on Brunswick Square in Southampton, a venue with a capacity of 700. It's a decent-sized room, so it's not a tiny pub gig, but it's not a massive arena either. The night is recommended for ages 8 and over, with under-14s needing to be accompanied, so it's one you can bring younger ones along to if they're into this kind of thing.

Doors open at 19:00, and tickets are £20.84. With two full sets on the bill, it's a long evening of music for the price of one ticket, and since it's a double bill, you'll get two different bands rather than just one.