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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

We’d love to hear your stories—what brought you there, standout moments, new friends and core memories. Now the dust has settled, drop them below for some perfect Sunday reading 🤘 We’re proud Fractured Party People, lifting each other up, always. See you on the road soon 🇺🇸

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

In an elbows-out insta-filtered industry, we’ve stayed true to honesty, openness, kindness and collaboration - and it’s paid off. From huge festivals to DIY punk shows, and now this: two unforgettable days, from London’s only Elizabethan church to street busking to a packed-out Garage last Sunday.

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Level 1 Tetris: Band edition On tour from THURSDAY 24th! Wolverhampton 24th Newcastle-Under-Lyme 25th Blackpool 26th Edinburgh 28th

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Just under two weeks until we hit The Garage in London for the biggest headline show of our lives. We’ve written our favourite ever set including some songs we haven’t played for a very long time. Any guesses what’s on there?

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Just when you thought it couldn't get any wilder 👀 THE FRACTURED PARTY IV... now with added @jakemartinmuzic @olivia_rose_music @blakecateris and @jackkendrickmusic 🎉🤘 They will be taking over The Grace 2pm-5pm on the Sunday This is your final warning ⚠️ The biggest night of our lives 💥

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

📢 FINAL 50 TICKETS 📢 Join one of the UK’s most explosive and ferociously lyrical punk bands at their biggest headliner to date! "So much more than an average punk band." – IPA Music (9/10) "If The Hold Steady were from Essex." – Maximum Volume (9.5/10) www.ticketweb.uk/event/pet-ne...

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

USA, we are returning 🇺🇸💪 So excited to party up with you all!! Tickets on sale Friday 4th April 10am EST 🤘

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We had such a great time last night judging the @twm_colchester @twmlive Battle of the Bands! We're massively proud to be from Colchester. There was so much talent on that stage!

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We're collaborating with Clacton and Jaywick activists Clacton Arts Centre to put on a full band LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM show! The aim of Clacton Arts Centre is to raise the cultural profile of the town above Nigel Farage. We're massively proud to be backing this.

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Want to know what it feels like to be at a Kind of Acoustic show? Charlie Brown captured it perfectly in this interview and live performance 💪 April is our final Kind of Acoustic run #petneeds #livemusic #punkrock #giglife #tourlife #indieband #music #kindofacoustic #livevideo #gig #filmmaker

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Here we go now! It's a beautiful day! 🚌 We're off to hang with a load of new and old friends and you should too! Tix wake up Friday 9am 👀 @levellersoffical @pwei_official @skinnylister.bsky.social

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The Last Kind of Acoustic shows 🤘 This is the final run of our Kind of Acoustic tour. Four small, intimate gigs, including our rescheduled Edinburgh date. These will be our final shows before The Fractured Party 👀 and the final chance to see these tunes in their full band raw form.

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

It's been a while since our acoustic album dropped. Jules put together a Spotify playlist A/Bing all the tracks next to the originals. Please spend time with it and tell him it was a great idea in the comments to tickle his self-esteem. open.spotify.com/playlist/1sl...

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

He'll be joining us, Sonic Boom Six , Shed-band and Pageant Mum! Not long to go now… this is shaping up to be our maddest one yet. Only a few dozen spaces remain... 👀

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 🚨 The one and only DJ PressPlay is joining us at The Fractured Party IV at The Garage, London, on May 4th! 🎉 Colchester legend and momentary internet sensation (yes, that viral DJ with the infamous request sign!) will be bringing the energy before and between every set🔥

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

If we'd been signed in our teens or early twenties, we would have bankrupted ourselves before our first tour. I wonder what can be done to support the next generation of musicians? Or are we doomed forever to a music industry that favours those with financial security?

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

We're lucky to have got signed when we'd built up some quickly burnt-through reserves and are now supported brilliantly by Xtra Mile Recordings. We also have the backing of an amazing fanbase in the FRACTURED PARTY PEOPLE (official PET NEEDS fan group). Without them, we couldn't afford to do this.

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

And I'm not even super working class. We didn't have holidays abroad, designer clothes or fancy meals out, but we genuinely didn't feel we needed them. Way more importantly, we had parents who nurtured our creativity.

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I was still writing music and gigging every weekend at the time this photo was taken. If I'd got signed right then, with no savings, extortionate rent and having to pay with scratch cards to afford the fuel to get to work, how would I have afforded to rent a van, tour the UK, or Europe, or the USA?

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The child in the photo wouldn't have been able to afford to tour. Most of us spend our teens and twenties living month to month, heart achingly slowly trying to build reserves to pay off credit card bills and put away money for a mortgage, whilst paying rent way more than what a mortgage would cost.

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

If fans start buying tickets early, promoters take less risk. For bands, it’s stressful when tickets move slowly. But for independent promoters, it’s make-or-break. Buying early helps keep live music alive. Comment below your next gig - who are you seeing next and why should people go?

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The future of live music depends on this one thing... ✅ Best case: You buy early → promoters gain confidence → are able to pay off the rising cost and offer bigger guarantees for bands → the shows are packed and fun. ❌ Worst case: You wait → tickets don’t sell → shows get cancelled.

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Momentarily returning from hibernation t h i s F r i d a y for @songsbehindthemusic With @gracecalverofficial @jacobreddymusic and @olibrucemusic I feel very ready for this.

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

As a Midlands punk, @rebellionfestival was always the gig we were looking towards. Proud to be playing the Empress Ballroom in August!

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Happy One Year to Intermittent Fast Living. This documentary, shot, directed and produced by Ben West documents the recording of the album and celebrates the incredible community who lift this band up. Cheers! 🍻

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Happy one year to Intermittent Fast Living 🤘 Our biggest achievement to date, both creatively and as a bottom-up, collective campaign that placed us firmly where we were never invited. Fractured Party People: This one's for you ❤️ Maybe it's time to start demoing album four?

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

It's been one week since our Kind of Acoustic tour ended. Thanks for packing each room out. We should do it again sometime! #PETNEEDS #KindOfAcoustic #LiveMusic #AcousticTour #PunkRock #TourLife #MusicLovers #SupportLiveMusic #NewMusicComing #GigLife

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

A few nights ago, we played our final full band show before the biggest night of our career so far. Now, all roads lead to London in May 🚌 Cheers Incider! #PunkRock #LiveMusic #PunkShow #CrowdEnergy #DIYMusic #RockConcert #MoshPitMadness #HighEnergy #UndergroundMusic #PETNEEDS

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Our next full band show is at The Garage in London on Bank Holiday Sunday 4th May. Our biggest ever London headliner. They’ve told us it's on course to sell out 👀 Can't believe we're saying that. Sonic Boom Six, SHED, Pageant Mum and Generation Feral 🤯🤘

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Round two starts today 💪 @parishhudd Huddersfield @thedrilllincoln Lincoln @frogandfiddle Cheltenham @ststephensipswich Ipswich It's going to get raw 🔥 See you there!

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Xtra Mile Recordings @xtramilerecordings.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

HAPPY RELEASE DAY! @wearepetneeds.bsky.social's 'Kind Of Acoustic' album is out today! Featuring the singles 'The Burning Building' and 'Punk Isn't Dead (It's Just Up For Sale' (Acoustic). Available on vinyl, CD and digital via the link. Check it out: orcd.co/petneedskind...

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Mate, it’s out! 🎉 Our new acoustic album, Kind of Acoustic, is here! Recorded and produced by Mike West and with artwork by Si Easton, here are 12 reimagined acoustic tracks from our last three albums 🎧 Stream it now: orcd.co/petneedskind... 🎶

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Gutted to share our Edinburgh release show tomorrow is postponed due to severe weather and transport cancellations 😭 As for tomorrow... The party’s not over! Join us and Ben Brown tomorrow at 8pm GMT on YouTube for a livestream album launch.

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Mate, last night was the one. Preston - Thank you for packing out the room in a city we've never been to 🖤 Another new town tonight. Northwich, we're ready for you!

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

🚌 22.01 The Ferret, Preston 🚌 23.01 The Salty Dog, Northwich 🚌 24.01 Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh 🚌 25.01 The Hairy Dog, Derby 🚌 28.01 The Parish, Huddersfield 🚌 29.01 The Drill, Lincoln 🚌 30.01 The Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham 🚌 01.02 St Stephen's Church, Ipswich 🚌 02.02 Kola, Portsmouth

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Not long now until we’re taking ‘Kind of Acoustic’ on the road! These shows are going to be different. You’ll look back on and say “That show was an absolute moment”. TICKETS ON THE WEBSITE.

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

"Punk Isn't Dead (It's Just Up for Sale)" – the second taster from our acoustic album – is OUT NOW! ✨ This reimagined version, crafted with the amazing Mike West at Our Lady Studio, hits differently in acoustic form. Plus, the music video features YOU! ❤️ Watch and listen now: orcd.co/punkisntdead...

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PET NEEDS @wearepetneeds.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Yoooooooo! 👀 You've s0ld 0ut BOTH church shows and are en route to S3LL 0uT The Garage months in advance! 💪 To everyone already on board: THANK YOU ❤️ Here's our advice: if you haven't already, get on it today. There will be plenty of "we were there when" moments. 🎟️ In c0mm3nt5 👇

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