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

IN FOCUS// Anti-Flag at Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

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.

IN FOCUS// Anti-Flag at Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

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.

IN FOCUS// Anti-Flag at Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

“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.

IN FOCUS// Anti-Flag at Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

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

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Alina Salihbekova 70 Articles
Alina is a professional journalist and linguist who loves attending gigs. She's been taking pictures and reviewing live music since 2015 for a variety of different websites. Alina is a big music enthusiast and enjoys all sorts of different genres from nu-metal, industrial and hard rock to jazz, electronic and ambient music.

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