shame [& many more] • Les Nuits Botanique 2026

——— SHAME [& MANY MORE]

shame are a South London five-piece whose blistering, confrontational post-punk has earned them a reputation as one of the UK’s most vital live bands. Formed in their teens, the childhood friends—vocalist Charlie Steen, guitarists Sean Coyle-Smith and Eddie Green, bassist Josh Finerty and drummer Charlie Forbes—quickly carved out a space of their own with explosive shows, sardonic humour and incisive songwriting. Across three acclaimed albums, they’ve proven themselves masters of tension, release and emotional honesty, turning chaos into catharsis night after night.

Their new album, Cutthroat, marks a bold new chapter. Created with Grammy-winning producer John Congleton, the record captures shame at their most unapologetic and stripped to the core. Written in a moment of global absurdity and political fracture, Cutthroat casts a ruthless eye on cowardice, hypocrisy, desire and the darker impulses of modern life—always with the band’s trademark wit and paradoxical self-awareness. Musically, it pushes Shame’s sound into visceral new territory, weaving raw guitars with electronic elements sparked by Coyle-Smith’s loop experiments on tour. The result is a charged, unpredictable energy that mirrors the volatility of the world outside.

The title track sets the tone: swaggering, anxious, euphoric and razor-sharp all at once, it embodies the album’s idea that arrogance and insecurity are twin forces constantly colliding. Steen draws inspiration from the paradoxes of Oscar Wilde, grounding the band’s fury in a sense of theatrical irony. Throughout Cutthroat, Shame confront the absurdity of life with a raised eyebrow rather than a raised fist, inviting listeners to question themselves as much as the world around them.

Still in their twenties, shame continue to evolve without losing the raw electricity that defined their beginnings. With Cutthroat, they stand at a new Ground Zero—fierce, funny, provocative and more confident than ever. Onstage, that intensity becomes something transcendent: direct, unfiltered and impossible to ignore. Shame have never sounded better, and they’re only just getting started.


——— INFOS

• Botanique / Doors 13:30
• Bota'Carte 37€ ( https://bit.ly/Bota_Carte)
• Ticket 42€
(costs included)


——— TICKETS

FR: https://botanique.be/fr/concert/shame-many-more-2026
NL: https://botanique.be/nl/concert/shame-many-more-2026
EN: https://botanique.be/en/concert/shame-many-more-2026


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