Sun 22 June 2025 12:00pm

Forever Now 2025

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Forever Now is a celebration of current alternative culture and will debut on 22nd June 2025. A unique gathering for fans of post-punk music, fashion and literature, the new festival will explore the cultural phenomenon of the darker underbelly of creativity, from new wave to post-punk, psychedelia and alt-rock.

Forever Now is the UK sister event of the critically acclaimed US festival Cruel World, now in its fourth year in Pasadena, California.

Appearing:

Kraftwerk

The German Gods of electronic music, Kraftwerk have been electronica pioneers and flag-bearers since the late 70s and show no signs of slowing down. Songs like 'The Model' (a no 1 UK single), 'Trans-Europe Express', 'The Robots' and 'Tour De France' inspired a generation of bedroom pioneers to pick up their keyboards and play. Without them, modern dance music (ambient, techno and trance) would be a far darker place - if it were there at all.

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Billy Idol

For close on half a century, Billy Idol has been one of the faces and voices of rock 'n' roll, with an artistic resumé to match his iconic image. Having emerged as the camera-ready front man for Generation X, between 1977 and 1981, Idol forged his legendary status with three albums that made positivity, emotional depth, and high pop synonymous with punk rock. In 1982, Idol embarked on a remarkable transatlantic/trans-genre solo career that integrated clubland throb, wide-screen depth and drama, rockabilly desperation, the bold and simple lines of punk, and rock 'n' roll decadence. Embracing the new MTV music channel, videos for White Wedding, Rebel Yell and Eyes Without A Face established Idol as one of the iconic performers of his generation, a position he still holds today. Most recently Billy Idol has shown that he has lost none of his early fire with two outstanding, and critically acclaimed, EPs: The Roadside (2021) reflecting on his near-fatal motorcycle accident of 1990 and The Cage (2023). Watch out for details of new studio album soon. In February 2025 Billy Idol was nominated onto the ballot for induction into the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame.

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Johnny Marr

One of the most celebrated and influential guitarists in the history of contemporary music, the legendary guitarist from The Smiths has been an inspiration for legions of string-pluckers ever since the '80s. He was co-songwriter and guitarist of The Smiths. He has also been a member of Electronic, The The, Modest Mouse and The Cribs, as well as a prolific session musician and now also plays solo shows.

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Peter Murphy

Best known as the lead vocalist for Bauhaus, the pioneering post-punk goth rock band of the early '80s, cult artist Peter Murphy has also enjoyed a successful solo career.

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