IN FOCUS// Anti-Flag at Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

The new album Lies They Tell Our Children from Pittsburg’s punk-rock band Anti-Flag will be released on the 6th of January 2023. The band are now playing a string of headline shows in the UK.

On the 5th of August, Anti-Flag performed at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham. The gig was brimming with incredibly positive yet rebellious punk energy. The phrase “No gods. No masters.” written on the frontman’s Justin Sane guitar made the band’s liberal, life-affirming, politically-driven message loud and clear.

“If someone falls, we pick them up!” was chanted by the band’s bassist Chris Barker, aka Chris #2, when a circle pit started forming on the dance floor. Anti-Flag is not just a band; it is a protest against war, corporate greed and injustice. Their passionate performance in Nottingham was what punk is all about.

Setlist:
The Press Corpse
Die for the Government
Brandenburg Gate
Trouble Follows Me
Hate Conquers All
Laugh.Cry.Smile.Die
The Criminals
Turncoat
Broken Bones
1 Trillion Dollar$
Christian Nationalist
Fuck Police Brutality
The Disease
The Smartest Bomb T
his Is the End (For You My Friend)
American Attraction
Should I Stay or Should I Go / God Save the Queen / Rise Above / Fall Back Down / If the Kids Are United / She / Blitzkrieg Bop
Cities Burn