Name: Sham 69 at The Fleece, Bristol - Fri 5th Dec 2025
Start: 2025-12-05T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-05T22:30:00+00:00
Location: 12 Saint Thomas Street,Bristol,BS1 6JJ,GB

Sham 69 at The Fleece, Bristol - Fri 5th Dec 2025

Sham 69 was formed in the working-class community of Hersham (in Surrey) in 1975 by singer and lyricist Jimmy Pursey. The name came from an ancient bit of graffiti celebrating a local football team's winning season in 1969.
From the start, Sham 69's politics were populist, and their sound accessible; straight-ahead four-square punk with a hard rock influence and lyrics that often used sing-along slogans in their choruses, such as "If the Kids Are United" and "(Gonna Be A) Borstal Breakout."