VERBAL​ WARNING

Verbal Warning are stoked to let you know we have been invited to perform at the official Stapleford Christmas Lights Switch On on Saturday, 21st November. Full details and time are yet to be announced but it will be outdoors obviously and around tea time. And there will be a fireworks display too. Congratulations to our drummer Ant Warning and wife Rosa on the recent birth of son Jackson. However, the little soldier has arrived very early and is being well looked after in th

VW playing at Skegness Scooter Rally at the Ship & Atlantic. We are already almost halfway through another frantic year and Verbal Warning still have plenty to look forward to in a busy 2026. We have just been added as an extra support act for the legendary Peter & The Test Tube Babies at Nottingham's Salutation Inn on Sunday, 5th July. Also on the bill are The Cars That Ate Paris and Truth Equals Reason. TICKETS HERE We had a great time playing for the Skegness Scooter Festi

A very Happy New Year from Verbal Warning as we launch into a very busy 2026 with a new EP and the 45 th anniversary of our debut gig now behind us last month. Gigs are pouring in for this year and we have a few we are particularly looking forward to. On Friday 8 th February we will be playing Stapleford's Old Cross as part of Broxtowe Borough Council Friday18 programme of free gigs for the town. They have organised six free gigs on successive Fridays at different town venu

Original VW singer Dave Smith at the studio rehearsing for the 45th anniversary show We are counting down towards the end of another fantastic year and our big, looming 45 th anniversary gig. Sunday, 7 th December marks the 45 th anniversary of Verbal Warning's original line-up playing their first ever gig and we will mark the occasion with a very special show at Ilkeston's Latch Lifter venue. Original singer Dave Smith is back over from Ireland and will be jumping up to p

It has been quite a summer – and year – so far for Verbal Warning with plenty yet to come. We have already celebrated 20 years since our...

Verbal Warning are delighted to be added to the bill of the annual Rock & Bike Festival in Long Eaton. We have played it many times in...

VW are delighted to be back at the fantastic Glastonwick Festival in 2025. Organised by legendary punk-poet Attila The Stockbroker, we...

Verbal Warning have had a great run of outdoor/festival shows recently with seven of our last nine shows being outside. The picture above...

Great news - Verbal Warning have just been added to the bill for this year's 20th anniversary Rock and Bike Fest in Long Eaton (11th-13th...

Hi everyone – 2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for Verbal Warning We have 39 gigs on the schedule – including some ace...