⚡ Swansea, brace yourselves! Skating Polly are heading your way, and they’re not tiptoeing in quietly — they’re crashing through the doors of Sin City on October 8th, 2025 with a punk-fuelled fury you won’t forget anytime soon. 🤘
This isn’t your average Tuesday night gig, butt. This is Skating Polly, the Oklahoma-born trio known for blending riot grrrl rage with grungey melodies and snarling honesty. Whether it’s searing screams, soaring harmonies, or raw emotional punch-to-the-guts moments, they’re the band that makes punk mean something again.
🎤 Who the Hell Are Skating Polly?
Formed by stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse when they were barely teens (later joined by Kelli’s brother Kurtis), Skating Polly has spent over a decade flipping the bird at genre norms and forging a DIY empire of beautifully chaotic sound. They’ve been shouted about by everyone from Billy Joe Armstrong to X’s Exene Cervenka — and now, they’re headed to Wales to wreck shop.
They’re loud. They’re emotional. And they’re criminally underrated. But trust us: once you see ‘em live, they’ll be your new favourite band.
🎶 What Can You Expect at Sin City?
Expect a set that runs the emotional gamut — from guttural growls to haunting harmonies, fuzzed-out riffs to fragile beauty. They’ve got that weird magic where you’re crying and thrashing in the pit at the same time.
They’ll likely rip through fan favourites like:
- “Pretective Boy” (yes, Pretective)
- “Hickey King”
- “Nothing More Than a Body”
- “Free Will At Ease”
- and maybe even a heart-melting ballad to slow the chaos… but don’t count on it. 😈
Sin City is the perfect sweatbox for this kind of show — small enough to get sweaty, loud enough to lose your voice, and chaotic enough to feel like you’ve been baptised in distortion. Tidy!
🎟️ Grab Your Tickets Now (Before They’re Gone!)
You don’t want to be the muppet who hears about this show the next day and cries into their curry from Uplands Diner. Tickets are on sale now, and they’re moving fast.
🎫 Grab yours here:
👉 ticketweb.co.uk – Skating Polly in Swansea
🔥 Why You Shouldn’t Miss This
- It’s Skating Polly’s only Welsh date on this leg of the tour — Cymru gets special treatment 🏴
- It’s at Sin City, one of Swansea’s finest gig venues, where the walls sweat punk history
- You’ll be able to say you saw them before everyone else caught on
- Punk’s not dead. It’s just been hanging out in Oklahoma — and now it’s coming to Swansea
Final Words From The Riff Report
This is the kind of gig that lives rent-free in your memory. You’ll wake up with a ringing in your ears, lyrics stuck in your head, and a Skating Polly shirt stained with beer, sweat, and glory. What more could you ask for?
C’mon Swansea, show ‘em how we do it down west! Let’s make it a night to remember. 🔥
📅 DATE: Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
📍 VENUE: Sin City, Swansea
🎫 TICKETS: On sale now via Ticketweb
🥁 BANDS: Skating Polly + support TBA
See you in the pit, mun. 🤘
@theriffreportuk 🖤
Michael is the founder, editor, and chief riff wrangler behind The Riff Report, an independent Welsh rock and metal publication built by fans, for fans. With a lifelong passion for loud guitars, unforgettable live shows, and the incredible community that surrounds rock and metal, he created The Riff Report to celebrate everything that makes the scene special—from legendary headline acts and grassroots venues to rising bands that deserve to be heard.
A familiar face at festivals across the UK, Michael spends much of the year covering events including Download Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, Steelhouse Festival, Firevolt, Plumpton Revival, and many more. Whether he’s battling the Welsh weather on a mountainside, surviving a weekend in a muddy campsite, or squeezed against the front barrier with thousands of fellow fans, he’s always searching for the next great story to share.
As editor of The Riff Report, Michael writes festival guides, breaking news, album reviews, gig reviews, interviews, opinion pieces, nostalgia features, and behind-the-scenes stories from across the rock and metal world. His writing combines honest opinions, humour, and a genuine love for live music, bringing readers closer to the bands, festivals, venues, and people that keep the scene alive.
Michael is particularly passionate about supporting independent artists, local venues, charities, and the wider UK rock and metal community. He believes every band deserves a chance to be discovered and every festival has a story worth telling. Through The Riff Report, he aims to shine a spotlight on both the biggest names in rock and the future stars waiting to break through.
When he’s not writing or interviewing artists, you’ll probably find him exploring festival campsites, photographing live shows, chatting with fellow fans over a pint, or planning the next road trip in search of more riffs, bigger crowds, and unforgettable moments.
Above all, Michael believes rock and metal are about more than music—they’re about community, friendship, and creating memories that last a lifetime. That’s exactly what The Riff Report exists to celebrate.
Proudly Welsh. Proudly Loud. Always chasing the next great riff. 🤘
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