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“Can't wait to see ye all again”: The Scratch announce their biggest-ever UK tour for 2027

Fresh from their UK jaunt supporting new album Pull Like A Dog last month, The Scratch have confirmed they're coming back for more early next year...

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In pictures: The Scratch running riot in The K! Pit

Take a look at all the colourful chaos of The Scratch flipping The K! Pit on its head for a right ol’ knees-up…

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Watch The Scratch send The K! Pit into a frenzy

Ahead of their full UK tour, The Scratch bring their unique blend of traditional Irish music, punk and metal to The K! Pit for one hell of a party...

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“We’ve always been on a quest for something with this band”: How The Scratch became rock’s eclectic top dogs

When Irish folk-punks The Scratch decided to tee up their new album Pull Like A Dog with a bunch of wild pub gigs in London, it was too good to miss. We jumped in the van as they headed to the boozer, and learned about their metal roots, the importance of connection, and bumping into a Beatle…

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Come to The Scratch’s K! Pit next week

The Scratch are the next band to take on The K! Pit – and you’re invited!

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Album review: The Scratch – Pull Like A Dog

Raucous Irish buskers-turned-folk-punks The Scratch reveal their steel on metal-infused third album, Pull Like A Dog.

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Knocked Loose take over the world – only in the new issue of Kerrang!

Following the hometown show of their lives at Louder Than Life last September, Bryan Garris comes to terms with Knocked Loose’s total domination – and looks ahead to even bigger things to come in 2026…

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“It was very freeing for us”: The Scratch unveil new single and video, Pullin’ Teeth

Watch The Scratch’s glorious new music video for Pullin’ Teeth, taken from their forthcoming March 2026 album Pull Like A Dog.

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“We’re f*cking destined to be metalheads!” Inside The Scratch’s new album, Pull Like A Dog

Nine years into their story of folk and acoustic-rock, The Scratch have unleashed arguably their heaviest single to date, Pull Like A Dog. The Dublin quartet tell Kerrang! why the title-track of their third album is inspired by two Olympic rowers, the special feeling of having each other’s backs, and how Loathe helped them reconnect with their heavy roots…

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In pictures: Electric Castle festival 2025

Is anyone else completely exhausted by festival season 2025? Nope, not us! We headed to Transylvania to catch YUNGBLUD, Refused, QOTSA, Joey Valence & Brae and more at 24-hour fest Electric Castle…

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The big review: Reading Festival 2024

blink-182, The Prodigy, Spiritbox, Neck Deep and more bring the noise to Berkshire at Reading Festival 2024.

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Skindred, Frank Turner, Toyah & Robert and more announced for Glastonbury’s Field of Avalon

Glastonbury have shared the line-up for the Field of Avalon – and it features everyone from Skindred to Baby Queen to Toyah & Robert.

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The Scratch announce new album, Mind Yourself

Dropping early next month, experimental Dublin quartet The Scratch will be releasing their new album Mind Yourself…

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