โก Swansea, brace yourselves! Skating Polly are heading your way, and theyโre not tiptoeing in quietly โ theyโre crashing through the doors of Sin City on October 8th, 2025 with a punk-fuelled fury you wonโt forget anytime soon. ๐ค
This isnโt 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 itโs searing screams, soaring harmonies, or raw emotional punch-to-the-guts moments, theyโre the band that makes punk mean something again.
๐ค Who the Hell Are Skating Polly?
Formed by stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse when they were barely teens (later joined by Kelliโs brother Kurtis), Skating Polly has spent over a decade flipping the bird at genre norms and forging a DIY empire of beautifully chaotic sound. Theyโve been shouted about by everyone from Billy Joe Armstrong to Xโs Exene Cervenka โ and now, theyโre headed to Wales to wreck shop.
Theyโre loud. Theyโre emotional. And theyโre criminally underrated. But trust us: once you see โem live, theyโll be your new favourite band.
๐ถ What Can You Expect at Sin City?
Expect a set that runs the emotional gamut โ from guttural growls to haunting harmonies, fuzzed-out riffs to fragile beauty. Theyโve got that weird magic where youโre crying and thrashing in the pit at the same time.
Theyโll likely rip through fan favourites like:
- โPretective Boyโ (yes, Pretective)
- โHickey Kingโ
- โNothing More Than a Bodyโ
- โFree Will At Easeโ
- and maybe even a heart-melting ballad to slow the chaosโฆ but donโt count on it. ๐
Sin City is the perfect sweatbox for this kind of show โ small enough to get sweaty, loud enough to lose your voice, and chaotic enough to feel like youโve been baptised in distortion. Tidy!
๐๏ธ Grab Your Tickets Now (Before They’re Gone!)
You donโt 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 theyโre moving fast.
๐ซ Grab yours here:
๐ ticketweb.co.uk – Skating Polly in Swansea
๐ฅ Why You Shouldnโt Miss This
- Itโs Skating Pollyโs only Welsh date on this leg of the tour โ Cymru gets special treatment ๐ด
- Itโs at Sin City, one of Swanseaโs finest gig venues, where the walls sweat punk history
- Youโll be able to say you saw them before everyone else caught on
- Punkโs not dead. Itโs just been hanging out in Oklahoma โ and now itโs coming to Swansea
Final Words From The Riff Report
This is the kind of gig that lives rent-free in your memory. Youโll 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?
Cโmon Swansea, show โem how we do it down west! Letโs make it a night to remember. ๐ฅ
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DATE: Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
๐ VENUE: Sin City, Swansea
๐ซ TICKETS: On sale now via Ticketweb
๐ฅ BANDS: Skating Polly + support TBA
See you in the pit, mun. ๐ค
@theriffreportuk ๐ค
