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Advance tickets for all shows are on sale now from The Met (during normal evening hours) Credit Cards 01733 571616 or from online booking agents www.ticketweb.co.uk & www.seetickets.com

Important - AGE POLICY FOR ENTRANCE TO SHOWS

If you are 14 to 15 years old - Please note that when a show is open to 14+ year olds it is a requirement that all persons under 16 must be accompanied by an adult/18+. 1 adult may enter with a maximum of 4 14-16 year olds

If you are 16 to 17 years old - In addition ALL 16/17 year olds MUST be able to prove their age if asked.

If you are 18 years old or over - 18+ ID will be required to purchase alcohol - We accept driving licenses/portman/citizen prove it cards and passports as proof of age.

If you are over 65 - then you have free admission to The Met Lounge at all times - proof of age will be required - forged bus passes are not acceptable!

Refunds are not given on tickets if the holder cannot satisfy the requirements to enter the club

Notice to bands looking for shows at The Met - we're always on the lookout for new bands BUT to save you time please bear this in mind - we do require bands to have an existing fanbase that will travel to support them and watch the other bands on the bill. We don't have a magic crowd of people that will turn up out of nowhere to watch bands they've never heard of (like 99.9% of the rest of the UK to be totally honest). So if you can look after your side of the deal we'll give you the best stage / PA and lighting system to play through in Peterborough. Email us at info@metlounge.org with your band details / web sites etc and we'll go from there

Friday 12th Feb - Surviving:Sunday + support  Adv £4 Doors 8.30pm Adv £4 event open to 14+ but all under 16's must be accompanied by an adult/18+. Aftershow club session thruogh to 3am for all 18+

Friday 19th Feb - Rev 78 + The Limit + support Adv £5 Doors £6 from www.ticketweb.co.uk or www.skiddle.com Doors 8.30pm Adv £4 event open to 14+ but all under 16's must be accompanied by an adult/18+. Aftershow club session through to 3am for all 18+

Friday 26th Feb - The Precious 20 + Sterling + support Adv £4 Doors 8.30pm Adv £4 event open to 14+ but all under 16's must be accompanied by an adult/18+. Aftershow club session through to 3am for all 18+

Friday 5th March - The Dharma + The Beautiful Sleazy + support

Adv £5  The Dharma - Mick Jagger may have been born in a crossfire hurricane, but I was born in Leeds, the city which has wisely shed it's goth history in recent years to become the unofficial capital of indie rock n' roll. That is, if anyone can tell me what "indie" actually is in 2009: to my ears there's no difference between the last Kooks album and the Pampers-pop of the Jonas Brothers.

So someone's gotta save the music's mortal soul, right? If Tom's forgotten his roots and Pete's a mediocre prick without Carl, then we need some heroes here, 'cos otherwise I'm going to wear out my Employment MP3's and throw myself upon the mercy of the friggin' Maccabees.

Cue The Dharma, a bunch of hometown chips of t'old block who on the strength of I Dance Like This are just what the rebellion-is-a-haircut "scene" needs to wrestle the initiative back from all the eighties-chiseling scenesters around us. Wisely they've gone back to basics, recognising that the simple recipe for success here is splicing the energy of punk with new wave's short arm chops, then throwing in a dash of The Kinks Merrie Olde sixties pop for good measure. Suitably informed, opener Yes, I Play Guitar attaches electrodes to the leathery corpse of The La's, giving never-ending thrills via a chorus made for screaming on little dancefloors surrounded by steamed up mirrors.

Whether they've ever heard of any of the bands they sound like they're influenced by - Passwords is the best song We Are Scientists never wrote, You Call Me feels like The Killers covering The Wedding Present - there's no doubting the instant pedigree that I Dance Like This gives my favourite new best band. And I reckon that's worth having beer spilled on your shoes for.

Doors 8.30pm Adv £4 event open to 14+ but all under 16's must be accompanied by an adult/18+. Aftershow club session through to 3am for all 18+

Friday 12th March - We Are Fiction + special guests Doors 7.30pm Adv £4 event open to 14+ but all under 16's must be accompanied by an adult/18+. Aftershow club session through to 3am for all 18+

Sunday 14th March JWYWC presents Sylosis. - full details tba.

Friday 19th March - JWYWC presents FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS + CONFESSION
AZRIEL + TRC (The Revolution Continues)
In today's hardcore/metal scene, it's easy for anyone to become jaded by the constant clones of, what is basically, the same band with hundreds of different names. We've all heard it; the same riff accompanied by the growling vocals and simultaneous "chug-chug" breakdowns. So, we wait and maybe search the music section on Myspace for a breath of fresh air. Thankfully, hidden in the obscure depths of the internet are bands that give this genre hope, and if you look hard enough, you can find them.
One of these noteworthy bands is Lansing, Michigan's well kept secret, For the Fallen Dreams. Formed in late 2003 and signed with Rise Records (The Devil Wears Prada, Drop Dead Gorgeous) in the summer of 2007, these young men show incredible promise through songs that showcase poignant and powerful writing, both lyrically and musically while still staying in touch with their hardcore/metal roots. Their music displays a well-done balance of metal and melody.
After being main support for A Day To Remember they are finally back for their first ever European Headline Run.
Confession, from the burgeoning depths of Melbourne's hardcore scene is a new and exciting enterprise bringing the mosh back to hardcore, and an encounter with the savage new five piece may just warrant forgiveness on a whole new level. For it's not without lashings of wraith that this vicious band have exploded onto the Australian music scene with their debut release 2008's Can't Live Can't Breathe.
Collectively this practised crew of misfits boast experience in an array of some of Australia's finest hardcore bands including widely-adored yet now defunct I Killed The Prom Queen, thriving Melbourne act Carpathian, US giants Bury Your Dead, Pro Team, and Byron Bay band 50 Lions Add to this, notorious lead singer Michael Crafter's brief but tumultuous storming of the Big Brother 2008 House, and you'll find Confession's combined crowd-pulling power is second to none.
Next to play on this already immense package are Scotlands own AZRIEL. They already took Europe by storm this summer as support for A Day To Remember.
And to round it off, UK hardcore band TRC (The Revolution Continues) will be opening the tour!
This is a tour NOT to be missed!

Friday 26th March - The 10-04's + support

Friday 2nd April - A is for Armageddon + support Doors 7.30pm Adv £4 event open to 14+ but all under 16's must be accompanied by an adult/18+. Aftershow club session through to 3am for all 18+

Friday 9th April - JWYWC presents Belphegor + supports Doors 7pm Adv TBC event open to 14+ but all under 16's must be accompanied by an adult/18+. Aftershow club session through to 3am for all 18+

Friday 14th May JWYWC presents BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART + supports Doors 7pm Adv TBC event open to 14+ but all under 16's must be accompanied by an adult/18+. Aftershow club session through to 3am for all 18+

Friday 21st May JWYWC presents I AM GHOST + supports Doors 7pm Adv TBC event open to 14+ but all under 16's must be accompanied by an adult/18+. Aftershow club session through to 3am for all 18+