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Buzzcocks Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Toulon	Tour Royale Petit Jardin	Sat	Jun 15 / 13	Find Tickets
London	Electric Brixton	Fri	Jun 21 / 13	Find Tickets
Hebden Bridge	Trades Club	Sat	Aug 10 / 13	Find Tickets
Paris	Cite De La Musique	Thu	Oct 24 / 13	Find Tickets

Buzzcocks Biography

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Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band, formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter-guitarist Steve Diggle. They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. These singles were collected on ''Singles Going Steady'', described by critic Ned Raggett as a "punk masterpiece". Devoto and Shelley chose the name "Buzzcocks" after reading the headline, "It's the buzz, cocks!", in a review of the TV series ''Rock Follies'' in ''Time Out'' magazine. The "buzz" is the excitement of playing on stage; "cock" is Manchester slang meaning "mate" (as in friend/buddy). They thought it captured the excitement of the Sex Pistols and nascent punk scene.

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