🎄 Wishing you all a Fabulous Festive Season from Punktuation Magazine 🎄
It’s a been another tree-mendous year for music, we think you’ll all agree! Thank you to all of the incredible bands and artists who have brought us so much joy in 2025 – with new releases, memorable gigs and festivals, and for giving their time for interviews.
Thank you to all of our readers and especially to our kind supporters for your gifts and for spreading the word – we will continue to do our best to bring an interesting and exciting variety of music to you from all around the world!
We’d also like to thank the hard-working PR folk and the very hard-working gig organisers and promoters who collaborate with us to share the music – keep the faith sisters and brothers! 🎶✊
On a personal note from your Editor-in-Chief, I give my heartfelt and grateful thanks to our wonderful team of writers, photographers, videographers and ‘behind the scenes’ technicians who all keep the good ship Punktuation afloat. From the ‘old hands’ to our newest recruits, thank you for all of your brilliant work this year, I could not ask for a better crew of the loveliest people in music ❤️
Yes, I admit I’ve been messing around with AI for these festive video snippets – but fear not, we don’t use it in our writing – we are proud to be a REAL people-powered publication!
🥂 Here’s to even more great music in 2026 🥂 There are plenty of sensational new sounds coming soon – and we have ’em in our sights to bring right to you! RR
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Usually found jumping around down the front at gigs, I also relish taking photos and videos, singing, speaking with fellow music fans, and asking musicians the questions nobody else does. Writing about my favourite bands and connecting with people who love music too keeps me more-or-less sane! I’ve worked for over 25 years at a video production company, mainly filming live music events, therefore I have an additional backstage perspective on the scene.
Did you know that we are 100% DIY? We run our own game. No one dictates to us, and no one drives what we can or cannot put on our pages – and this is how we plan to continue!
