PULSE Presents Sterling Press Live in Brighton at the Hope & Ruin!

Special Guests TBA

This is an 18+ event

PULSE

Sterling Press / Caledonia / Josh Hazelden

London Girls

Sterling Press - Concrete Trampoline

Sterling Press

Caledonia

Josh Hazelden

Gigs

Brighton and Hove

Hope & Ruin

***SNÜFF -*** (garage rock/flower punk) is a trio from Padua (Italy). Andrea Davì (voice, guitar), Giorgia Malagò (voice, drums) and Alessandro Maroso (bass) play songs that are love bombs, raw and sincere, sweet and sour, with a freaky and positive attitude. 2 demo tapes and a live recording are out on bandcamp. The first LP “That’s amore” was released on November 30th by Slack! Records.

***highdrive -*** Fuzz Punk from the south coast.

**nel blu -** Jangly, noisy, mathy guitar music based between Brighton and London. nel blu dipinto di blu.

***Artists:** We are always interested in hearing from talented artists. If you’d like to play at our future events, please get in touch at realsounds.uk.*

***Note:** 18+ ID required. These events frequently sell out so we recommend buying tickets in advance.*

***Refunds:** Tickets are for the full event and not for individual artists. If an artist cancels your tickets are still valid for the event. We cannot offer refunds.*

REAL

SNÜFF, highdrive, nel blu

Jimmy

Snüff

**AGE RESTRICTION: OVER 18's ONLY**

JOY. Present

POLY-MATH + support

Saturday 22 November 2025

The Hope & Ruin, Brighton

£12 adv + fees

20:00-23:00

AGE RESTRICTION: OVER 18's ONLY

JOY.

POLY-MATH

Babel

Poly-Math

DHP FAMILY

DHP Family

Kean Kavanagh

EMMA

Rua Rí

sugar-free presents:

**AHSOKA**

https://linktr.ee/ahsokaband

Ahsoka continue their return into the limelight with their new single "Godless Country". The single is the second off their upcoming EP, following their explosive debut "Pretty Machine" which was released earlier this June. Come & celebrate the release of their EP 'From Beneath You' - out via Sugar-Free on 7th November.

\+ support from PROM + WRENCH

This is an 18+ event.

Sugar-Free Records

Ahsoka EP Release Show + prom + Wrench

Ahsoka

FORM

FORM Presents

2 Promoters, 1 Pod

2 Promoters 1 Pod

podcast

Podcast

JOY. Present

BONES ATE ARFA + support

Saturday 13 December 2025

The Hope & Ruin, Brighton

£10 adv + fees

20:00-23:00

18+

BONES ATE ARFA 

Bones Ate Arfa - Asbestos

Bones Ate Arfa

Fust

FORM Presents

dust  
  
\+ Special Guests

dust

Ward 52

Burning Water brings you...

COMBUST (modern NYHC kings on Triple B)

Imposter (Brighton evil HC legends on Quality Control)

Speedway (Swedish hardcore on Revelation Recs)

\+ more TBA

Burning Water

Combust + Imposter + Speedway

Combust - The Big Game

Combust

Imposter

Speedway

AEG Presents

Westside Cowboy

\+ Supports

the Event Organiser, AEG Presents

Westside Cowboy

Communion ONE Presents

Rum Jungle

\+ support

Communion ONE

Rum Jungle

Heavenly are an indie pop band who released four critically acclaimed albums between 1991-1996, becoming key figures in the independent music scenes of both the UK and US through their associations with seminal labels Sarah Records and K Records. Highly influential on what has become known as “twee pop", they inspired generations of musicians with their perfect blend of punk energy and pop sensibility.

Originally forming in Oxford in 1989 from the ashes of legendary punk pop combo Talulah Gosh, Heavenly features Amelia Fletcher (vocals/guitar), Peter Momtchiloff (guitar), Robert Pursey (bass), Cathy Rogers (keyboards/vocals) and Ian Button (drums). Members of the indiepop scene in the UK and the burgeoning Riot Grrrl scene in the US, Heavenly created a unique blend of infectious melody and sharp-edged lyrics. The band’s original catalogue ran from jangly debut “Heavenly vs. Satan” (1991), through the harmony-rich “Le Jardin de Heavenly”(1992) and riot grrrl-influenced “The Decline and Fall of Heavenly” (1994), to the Britpop era “Operation Heavenly” (1996).

Heavenly reformed in 2023, after a 27 year hiatus. Amelia and Rob had been angrily approached by their daughters, wanting to know why their parents’ old songs were all over their TikTok timelines. Having established that this was not an algorithmic blip, and that there was genuine interest in their old songs, the band decided to play a few shows. Reunion shows in London, Paris, Madrid and New York sold out quickly, with both original Heavenly fans and a much younger audience clamouring to see the group live. Newly rejuvenated, the band started writing songs again. A new 7” single “Portland Town” was released in July 2025 and their fifth album comes out in February 2026. On their spring 2026 dates, the band will play songs from the band’s past career alongside tracks from the new album. This combination is important to the group. “If you’re just doing your old songs and nothing else, you’re almost like one of those cover bands—but of yourself. That would have felt pretty weird pretty quickly,” says Amelia Fletcher.

Their spring 2026 tour also marks three decades since the release of “Operation Heavenly.” The band had expected their fourth album to be their most successful but they never promoted it properly due to the death of original drummer Mathew Fletcher just before its release. Drummer Ian Button now completes the Heavenly line-up.

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