Name: Affection Place ft Dave Formula (Magazine/Visage) + The Charlie Tipper Rebellion, The Thunderbolt
Start: 2025-04-25T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Thunderbolt Bristol

$Affection Place ft Dave Formula (Magazine\/Visage) + The Charlie Tipper Rebellion, The Thunderbolt$

AFFECTION PLACE are an alternative rock group based in Lyon, France, born out of the international New-Wave / Post-Punk music scene of the 80’s. The original formation played from 1979 to 1981 performing many concerts in France and Switzerland and touring with groups such as Magazine, the Cramps, A Certain Ratio, Marquis de Sade and many more.
In 2019 the group reformed and released a compilation of unreleased tracks dating from the 80’s on Caméléon Records. A major exhibition in Lyon “Lyon Capitale du Rock 1978-1983” at the Municipal Library of Lyon highlighted Affection Place as a force majeur of the Lyon music scene of the early 80’s.
A french TV documentary followed on France 3 called ‘Sauvages’ highlighting the importance of bands such as Affection Place in the 80’s.
Since 2019, the band has filmed music videos and performed numerous concerts with much music press interest. Affection Place formed a close relationship with keyboard player and producer Dave Formula from the band Magazine/Visage. Dave produced and features on 4 tracks recorded during lockdown.
In 2022 Affection Place recorded an album Smouldering Fire in Dave Formula’s studio (The Sweet Factory) in the UK and is available now on CD/LP/DIGITAL and all STREAMING platforms.
Affection Place are prepping for a 2nd UK visit end of April 2025 featuring Dave Formula on Keyboards. Playing London, Brighton, Bristol, Birmingham etc..
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The Charlie Tipper Rebellion
The Charile Tipper Rebellion is the fourth incarnation of a band who's prolific nature has seen them release nine LPs in just over a decade. Compared to everyone from Luna and Pavement to Belle and Sebastian and the Go Betweens, the band have doggedly ploughed their own furrow. Guitars always to the forefront, their latest LP 'Second Time Around' (Old Bad Habits) was released in summer 2024 and showcased a slightly more polished sound than previous offerings - but as ever with the songwriting at the centre. The band have always shared the vocals around, but singer Linda is now taking a more prominent position, handling main vocal duties on some of the band's new material for the first time.