The rise of Neck Deep, as told through their most important gigs

Neck Deep blagged one of their earliest shows in America for a laugh. Now they’re massive, with more arenas than the Romans under their belts, as well as tours with their heroes in blink-182. Singer Ben Barlow looks back at the gigs that took the pop-punks from Wrexham to the world… Neck Deep’s first-ever show supporting Me Vs Hero “We supported Me Vs Hero and With The Punches, which at the time we were fucking stoked about. It was our first-ever show. We didn’t do any hometown shows because at that point the scene in Wrexham had died a little. First shows are usually just family and friends who’ve come down, and I don’t know what we were expecting – maybe a couple of people singing along. But it was actually really good! We had about 10 or 20 people, who were stra...

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