The Damned reunited
IT’S the day that many die-hard Damned fans thought would never come. On a rainy afternoon in October, the four founding members of The Damned – Brian James, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies and Dave Vanian – are on stage together at London’s Roundhouse to announce their 2021 reunion tour, comprising four UK shows in July starting at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. Sensible and Vanian have successfully kept The Damned flag flying for years, but the notion of reforming the original 1976 lineup seemed impossible because of an ongoing feud between Scabies and Sensible. Just last year, Vanian told Uncut the relationship was a “powder keg”. So what’s changed?
