Stonedead Festival announce Myke Gray’s Skin for Friday night party

Stonedead Festival has announced the line-up for its Friday night party, with Myke Gray’s Skin heading the bill, alongside Kira Mac and The Karma Effect.

Making the announcement, Stonedead said they were “beyond thrilled to announce the return of legendary rockers SKIN to the stage in what promises to be an incendiary performance that will go down in the festival’s history”.

They added: “With the 30th Anniversary of their seminal, self-titled debut coming up there’s cause for celebration and SKIN are destined to grab the opportunity to blow the roof off at Stonedead.

“Hungry and as potent as ever, the band will doubtless make up time for the past decade, having last been together in May 2013, showing exactly why they are still so highly regarded as master craftsmen, leading the way that countless others followed in their footsteps.

“The original and the best, this extraordinary SKIN show will be very special indeed and something that shouldn’t be missed at any cost. Shout it loud, at Stonedead 2023, the Gods of Rock are back.”

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Writing on social media, Skin founder Myke Gray revealed the personnel he would have with him for the show.

He said: “2023 will be the 30 year anniversary of Skin, the band that I formed out of the ashes of Jagged Edge in 1993.

“To coincide with this milestone I’m am absolutely delighted to announce that the organisers of the Stonedead Festival have asked us to perform a set of songs that I wrote for Skin at Stonedead 2023.

“I will be joined onstage by Daniel Byrne who is undoubtedly the standout voice of the NWOCR, Colin Parkinson on Bass, Glenn Quinn on Guitar, and Neil Ogden on Drums. We feel truly honoured to be able to perform to the Stonedead faithful.”

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Also on the bill for Friday night are Kira Mac and The Karma Effect.

Blue Oyster Cult will headline on the Saturday, with the likes of Therapy?, The Answer and King King also on the bill.

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