Halloween with Roman Jugg (Ex The Damned)

The Roman Jugg Band is a welcome reminder of the much underrated contribution Roman made to the most commercially successful era of The Damned…
If you’re going to do a nostalgic set that is largely reliving past glories then this is how you do it.

Roman worked with the Damned as a touring keyboardist before becoming a full-time member in 1982 for the album Strawberries. After Captain Sensible left The Damned in 1984, Jugg moved from keyboards to main guitar and became a full member on the studio albums Phantasmagoria (1985 charting album, reaching No.11.) and Anything (1986). The Damned scooped the biggest hit single of their career. Eloise, which stormed the UK Top 3 early in 1986, crowned a remarkable comeback. After years of toil and trouble and rank bad luck, the band had returned as a force to be reckoned with. And Eloise was the latest, glittering proof.

The Adelphi Halloween Party 2026
The Roman Jugg Band
+ Parallel States
+ Buckfast Tramp
+ Sickcino
Saturday 31st October
The New Adelphi Club
Tickets £15 advance
Doors 6pm

Everyone knows that Halloween is better than Christmas, so let’s celebrate it properly with a little party with Roman Jugg (from The Damned) and his band, playing everything you need your ears to be caressed with, and lots of lovely loud punk stuff from Parallel States, Buckfast Tramp, and Sickcino. Prizes for the best Halloween costume.

Parallel States are a three-piece punk band from Nottinghamshire, influenced by 90’s/early 2000’s bands such as Green Day, Blink 182, etc.

Buckfast Tramp are a group of HU5’s finest idiots who turn nice traditional folk songs into punk-esque nightmares and pay homage to the gods of the folk-punk world. Definitely not a cult.

Sickcino is a fast-rising post-punk and noise-rock band based in Hull, known for their chaotic, high-energy live shows.