Cock Sparrer plus Special Guests

Cock Sparrer will end 2025 with a one-off UK headline show at York Barbican on 13th December. This year will see the band promote the album worldwide, with shows in USA, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain and more. The York show is the only chance to see the band on home soil this year at their own headline show. 

Cock Sparrer are a band that have had their career in reverse. They’re the biggest punk band most people have never heard of – and are more popular now than at any time in their career or at the ‘height’ of punk. Any night of the week, anywhere in the world, if they’re playing the Sparrer faithful turn up en-masse to have a party. 

They’re widely considered to be one of the most influential Street Punk bands in history and regularly headline all the major punk festivals. But it’s their club shows that show the strength of loyalty and love that their fans have for this band. 

Despite being courted by Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren (who they turned away for not buying a round of drinks), early tours with the Small Faces, Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, and Slade, amongst others, and a record deal with Decca, the ‘music industry’ just wasn’t ready for Cock Sparrer. 

Once all the hype around Punk had died down and all the ‘famous’ punk bands were no longer invited on Top of The Pops, Cock Sparrer started to carve out their own path and pick up likeminded people along the way – the Sparrer family.

The band may never have made it to Top of The Pops, but they’re now top of the bill!