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Steve White & The Protest Family
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NEW ALBUM: http://tiny.cc/evidence-based
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Saturday 22 Nov: we're in #Harlow with Steve Drewett and others. Only a fiver in advance (use QR code in the pic)! 7-11.
Love music hate racism. Steve White & The Protest Family, Steve Drewett, Lewis Sycamore, Marie & The Meltdowns, Middle Name John. Hosts: Cherry B, Johnny Cochrane. A night of music, poetry, comedy and talks to celebrate unity. 22 November 2025. Phoenix Live, The Harvey Centre, Harlow. Tickets £5 with no booking fee via QR code. £6 on the door. Doors 7pm, first act 7.30, finishes 11pm.
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Come and see us live.
SATURDAY: The Station Hotel, Ashton-Under-Lyne #Manchester. Support from The Hurriers. 7.30.
SUNDAY: Sidney & Matilda #Sheffield with Jess Silk and Joe Solo. Sort of unplugged. We'll have a special guest! 7.30.
(More dates in the south east later this month.)
Steve White & The Protest Family on stage at Wigan Diggers Festival. Four men, guitars, drums, sound and lighting equipment.
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Available right now in 2 colours, sizes S-5XL (sorry, slightly higher price for 3XL-5XL).
stevewhiteandtheprotestfamily.bandcamp.com/merch
Love Orient Hate Racism hoodie in red.
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Love Orient Hate Racism hoodies are coming... you'll be able to get them here:
protestfamily.com/merch/
Steve White standing in front of a brick wall, leaning over staring at the camera. He's wearing a black Love Orient Hate Racism hoodie.
November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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NOVEMBER 8th: first of 4 for us in November - The Station in #Ashton-Under-Lyne #Manchester.
Steve White & The Protest Family + The Hurriers. From 8pm. Collection for the pub's outstanding work with homeless people.
We Shall Overcome. Saturday 8 November. The Station Hotel, Ashton-Under-Lyne. Steve White & The Protest Family vs The Hurriers (Barnsley. Kick-off 8pm. Photo of Steve White wearing white t-shirt: "Love Orient Hate Racism".
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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NOVEMBER: we're doing a few sort of unplugged dates in north Derbyshire, Sheffield & London (sold out). The last two are with @jesssilk.bsky.social & @joe-solo.bsky.social. See you there?
See protestfamily.com/live
Saturday 8 November: The Station, Ashton-under-Lyne, with The Mary Moden Band. Sunday 9 November: Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield, with Joe Solo & Jess Silk. Sunday 23 November: Betsey Trotwood, London, with Jess Silk & Joe Solo.
October 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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(Sort of) UNPLUGGED gigs update.

Nov 8: Ashton-under-Lyne
Nov 9: Sheffield*
Nov 23: central London*

*with
@joe-solo.bsky.social & @jesssilk.bsky.social

Plus, coming up sooner:
Oct 3: Steve solo, Nottingham
Oct 5: Steve solo, Nottingham (different venue)

See protestfamily.com/live for details.
Steve White & The Protest Family on stage with acoustic instruments
September 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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NOVEMBER: We're playing a few sort of unplugged dates.

Nov 8: Ashton-under-Lyne
Nov 9: Sheffield*
Nov 23: central London*

*with @joe-solo.bsky.social & @jesssilk.bsky.social

Plus, coming up sooner:
Oct 3: Steve solo, Nottingham

See protestfamily.com/live for details.
Steve White & The Protest Family on stage with acoustic instruments. Picture by Guy Smallman.
September 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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EVIDENCE-BASED PUNK ROCK:
"Definitely my album of the year so far" - Attila The Stockbroker
"Must listen" - Folk London
"Sharp, witty, biting and unashamedly political" - Rock The Joint
"an amazing album and in the running for my album of the year" - Gwen Ever, Deal Radio
Buy: tiny.cc/evidence-based
Steve White & The Protest Family on stage at Wigan Diggers Festival. 4 piece band with drums, two guitars, bass guitar.
September 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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SATURDAY: stage times for #WiganDiggers. We're on the main stage at 5.05pm. It's all over by 9.30. Free in Believe Square #Wigan.
We'll have copies of Evidence-Based Punk Rock, our brand new album - or grab it online: tiny.cc/evidence-based
Line-up for Wigan Diggers - includes Merry Hell, Jess Silk, Phil Odgers and many more. Steve White & The Protest Family on stage. Evidence-Based Punk Rock CD cover in red firehose pattern with gold stencil lettering.
September 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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OUT NOW! If you don't like our new album 😢, you must at least like the t-shirt. Hot chilli red with a sexy new evidence-based punk rock logo. Printed to order in sizes up to 3XL.
stevewhiteandtheprotestfamily.bandcamp.com/merch/eviden...
T-shirt in hot chilli. Black star logo with gold lettering & detail: Steve White & The Protest Family - evidence-based punk rock
September 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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OUT NOW! Evidence-Based Punk Rock, our new album. Do us a favour and buy a CD or buy a download / stream first.
The CD has extras: poems and field recordings that give context to the songs. Please share this post and / or tell your favourite band they need a support act.
tiny.cc/evidence-based
Evidence-Based Punk Rock front cover in red firehose pattern with gold lettering Evidence-Based Punk Rock CD. Inside of gatefold with CD showing. Various pictures and words too small to read. Evidence-Based Punk Rock back cover showing song titles: put up shut up britain part 6, the jolly capitalist, oh noah, the new austerity inn, dark clouds over clacton, maria's housemate, a single tin of beans, five a day, the poppy and the cross, tanks and guns and cans of beer, 47, you and me versus the billionaires. All songs by Steve White & The Protest Family. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ali Gavan. pfr09 ©2025 Steve White & The Protest Family t-shirt. Hot chilli colour. Logo is a black star with gold lettering and features.
September 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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-EVIDENCE-BASED PUNK ROCK CDs ordered TODAY will be posted tomorrow. After that, posted Friday onwards. Stream / download goes live Friday.
-New t-shirt in 'hot chilli' printed to order.
-It's all here (click on 'merch' near top of page for t-shirt):
stevewhiteandtheprotestfamily.bandcamp.com
Bearded man peering at camera wearing a 'hot chilli' colour t-shirt with Steve White & The Protest Family logo, including the words 'evidence-based punk rock'. Album: https://stevewhiteandtheprotestfamily.bandcamp.com/album/evidence-based-punk-rock T-shirt: https://stevewhiteandtheprotestfamily.bandcamp.com/merch/evidence-based-punk-rock-t-shirt
September 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Attila The Stockbroker's view of Evidence-Based Punk Rock.
Order the album NOW - stream / download goes live on Friday, CDs posted in time for that. Hear one track now: tiny.cc/evidence-based
"...it’s an absolute tour de force." "Definitely my album of the year so far." "The Poppy & The Cross is, lyrically and musically, a work of genius reminiscent of The Men They Couldn’t Hang at their very best." "It’s anger inducing, uplifting, thought provoking: everything a great album should be."
August 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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You can pre-order EVIDENCE-BASED PUNK ROCK to arrive (Royal Mail willing) on 5th September. The CD is an expanded version, adding poems and field recordings.
"Definitely my album of the year so far" - Attila The Stockbroker
stevewhiteandtheprotestfamily.bandcamp.com/album/eviden...
A pile of CD mailers on a wooden table with CDs of Evidence-Based Punk Rock just visible.
August 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Pic by Mark Holland
Steve White & The Protest Family on stage
August 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Steve White & The Protest Family logo. Faded raspberry colour background. Black star on top of that. Lower case 'Steve White & ... evidence-based punk rock' in white in a circular pattern inside a white beer glass base mark, with 'the protest family' across the middle, also in white and lower case.
August 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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TONIGHT: We're playing the Rebel Tent at #BeautifulDays at 8.30pm.
We'll also have some pre-release copies of our brand new album, Evidence-Based Punk Rock.
Steve White & The Protest Family on stage.
August 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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THIS WEEKEND: we're playing twice at #BeautifulDays in #Devon:

THURSDAY: Dirty Davey's - 8.30, totally unplugged, not even a microphone
SATURDAY: Rebel Tent, 8.15 - electric

See you there? Might have some pre-release copies of Evidence-Based Punk Rock for you... (out on 5th September).
Dirty Davey's provisional line-up for Thursday 14th, featuring Steve White & The Protest Family at 8.30.
August 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The first full review of the pre-release CD of Evidence-Based Punk Rock is out. We think @attilastockbroker.bsky.social liked it. Read for yourself:
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/atti...
Quotes from Attila The Stockbroker's review of Evidence-Based Punk Rock: "...it’s an absolute tour de force." "Definitely my album of the year so far." "The Poppy & The Cross is, lyrically and musically, a work of genius reminiscent of The Men They Couldn’t Hang at their very best." "It’s anger inducing, uplifting, thought provoking: everything a great album should be."
August 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Handy geographical guide to our next few performances. See protestfamily.com/live/ for details.
August 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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EVIDENCE-BASED PUNK ROCK:
Pre-order the stream, download and CD of our NEW album from FRIDAY. Release date 5th September - CDs will be posted to arrive then. The CD (only) includes extra field recordings and poems that link all the songs together.
stevewhiteandtheprotestfamily.bandcamp.com
Inside cover of evidence-based punk rock, the new album from Steve White & The Protest Family. Various bits of writing too small to see, plus drawings and photos. Picture also shows the CD poking out of an insert in the middle - it looks like a vinyl record.
August 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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31st JUL - 3rd AUG: OUTCIDER (we're playing Friday)

Last few tickets for this amazing festival in Somerset.
- Weekend & Day Tickets available
- Tickets include tent camping
- 35+ original acts on 2 stages with no clashes!
- Small, inclusive and proper grassroots fun
www.fuelledbycider.com/outcider
July 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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NEXT UP:
Friday 1st Aug: Outcider Festival, Somerset
Saturday 2nd Aug: The Ropemakers, Bridport

You can even buy *pre-release* copies of EVIDENCE-BASED PUNK ROCK, our brand new album, at these gigs.

Pic by ‪@attilastockbroker.bsky.social‬ - from Alive At The Barn, Southwick, last night.
Steve White & The Protest Family on stage, drummer obscured. Dramatic lighting.
July 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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IT'S HERE!
We don't yet have an official release date for EVIDENCE-BASED PUNK ROCK, our brand new album. But you might find some pre-release copies on sale...
Sat 26 Jul: Alive At The Barn Fest, Southwick
Fri 1 Aug: Outcider Fest
Sat 2 Aug: Ropemakers, Bridport
Fri 15 Aug: Beautiful Days Fest
Cover of Evidence-Based Punk Rock CD by Steve White & The Protest Family sitting on a pine table with the inside of the fold-out sleeve just showing. Front cover is reddish with the pattern of a fire hose, with gold stencil capitals lettering.
July 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM