Forget Cream, Audioslave, or Velvet Revolver - possibly one of the greatest supergroups of all time, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes are coming to the UK this week, and we've got a pair of tickets to give away!
Featuring the formidable line up of punk rock heroes Fat Mike (NOFX), Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters, No Use For A Name), Spike Slawson (Swingin Utters) and Joey Cape/Dave Raun (Lagwagon) - this is not your typical pretentious meeting of creative minds, no no The Gimmes play some of the best cover versions you'll ever hear...
For example -
For example -
I Believe I Can Fly - Me First and The Gimme Gimmes.
They're only here for 4 dates, so make sure you get along to one of them near you -
28th Feb - London - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
1st Mar - Bristol - O2 Academy
2nd Mar - Liverpool - O2 Academy
3rd Mar - Birmingham - O2 Academy
Well luckily for you lot, Fat Mike was on the phone earlier telling us how much he loves you all, and we've been given a pair of tickets for one of their shows (excluding London). So if you want to win them just head over to our Facebook wall (www.facebook.com/itstheskive) and tell us -
TRUE OR FALSE:
The Gimme GImmes cover of Blowin' In The Wind is so good, that Bob Dylan can't bring himself to play it anymore.
(HINT: The answer is obviously false, but we all know it should be true.)
We'll pick a winner at random on Friday afternoon!