Bruce Foxton with Mark Brzezicki - 50 Years Of The Jam

Bruce Foxton plays The Sugarmill on Saturday 19 June 2027, part of his 50 Years Of The Jam tour. He'll be on stage with Mark Brzezicki, the drummer from Big Country, and the show starts at 7:00 PM.

If you're not familiar with the name, Foxton is best known as the bass player for The Jam, the punk and new wave band he played with for fifteen years. He didn't just hold down the low end, though; he stepped up as lead vocalist and songwriter on Jam tracks like 'News of the World', 'Smithers-Jones', and 'Carnaby Street', and on their cover of The Kinks' 'David Watts'. Before that, he spent fifteen years on bass with Stiff Little Fingers, leaving in January 2006, and later teamed up with ex-Jam drummer Rick Buckler and guitarist Russell Hastings in 2007 to tour as From The Jam.

This 2027 tour marks 50 years of The Jam, and he's running it with an all-star band. Along with Brzezicki, the line-up includes Andrew Fairclough of Secret Affair and Craig Joiner of Romeo's Daughter. It's a long run that doesn't wrap up until December 2027 in Brighton — 45 years after the band's final concerts there in 1982.

One practical thing to keep in mind: the Sugarmill show is over-18s only. It's on Saturday 19 June, 7:00 PM, at The Sugarmill, 36 Brunswick St, Stoke-on-Trent.