DR FEELGOOD - Double Show Matinee & Evening

DR FEELGOOD - Double Show Matinee & Evening

Dr. Feelgood — forged on Canvey Island, Essex in the early 1970s — are quite simply the blueprint for British pub rock and one of the most ferocious rhythm & blues bands ever to stalk a stage. Celebrating 50 years since their seismic No.1 album Stupidity smashed the UK charts in 1976, the band return in unstoppable form, delivering a sweat-soaked, high-voltage set drawn from that era-defining record alongside a fan-fuelled "best of" that spans a catalogue which helped ignite punk, reshape British R&B and influence generations of bands on both sides of the Atlantic. At a time when music was drifting into excess, Dr. Feelgood dragged it back to its raw, stripped-down roots — sharp suits, sharper riffs, and that relentless groove — driven by the incendiary partnership of Lee Brilleaux and Wilko Johnson, later joined by the blistering guitar work of Gypie Mayo, whose legacy still crackles through every chord change today.

Their early albums — Down by the Jetty, Malpractice and the immortal Stupidity — didn't just capture a band, they captured a movement; raw, uncompromising and live-wire dangerous, culminating in that extraordinary moment when a live album hit No.1, proving that Dr. Feelgood were never about studio polish — they were about sweat, electricity and connection. That legacy carried through a string of hit singles including Roxette, Back in the Night, Milk and Alcohol, Down at the Doctors, She Does It Right, Going Back Home and See You Later Alligator, the latter earning the band their first gold record and cementing their place in rock 'n' roll history. The emotional weight of that journey is etched into Down at the Doctors, the final album featuring Brilleaux, recorded live at the Dr. Feelgood Music Bar on Canvey Island just two months before his passing — a moment that could have closed the book, but instead became a torch passed forward.

Today, that torch burns as fiercely as ever. The current line-up — featuring the unstoppable rhythm section of Kevin Morris (drums, over four decades in the engine room) and Phil Mitchell (bass, nearly four decades holding down that groove), the return of legendary guitarist Gordon Russell, and the powerhouse vocals of Robert Kane (formerly of The Animals), who joined in 1999 — continues to take Dr. Feelgood around the world, delivering the kind of no-nonsense, high-energy performances that built their reputation in the first place. Releases such as the Chessmasters tribute (a nod to the Chicago blues giants who shaped their sound), the acclaimed 2022 album Damn Right! — packed with fresh, hard-hitting original material — and 2024's Live in Caen have only reinforced what audiences already know: this band is still very much alive, still dangerous, and still operating at full throttle.

Live, Dr. Feelgood remain a force of nature — a band consistently described as "one of the tightest, hardest-hitting R&B outfits on the circuit," delivering shows that are "relentless," "electrifying," and "a masterclass in how rock 'n' roll should be played." Night after night, venue after venue, they prove that this is not nostalgia — this is survival, evolution, and pure rhythm & blues played exactly as it should be: loud, lean and lethal. Fifty years on from Stupidity, the mission remains the same… and the beat goes on.