It has been decided in the last few days that both the Bournemouth Blues Club, and The Armadillo Club will no longer be taking place at Champions. Whilst the Blues Jams were generating good turnouts, the live gigs for both nights were falling well below the necessary turnover in order for them to be successful. ...

Three weeks in, The Armadillo Club at Champions has hit the ground running with extremely encouraging turnouts so far. As well as some quality live music, punters have also been treated to the dj skills of Menace (The Intestines), as well as hundreds of original videos from the vaults of the Champions library being shown ...

A late 1970s revival is happening in Bournemouth as The Armadillo Club welcomes an array of English punk institutions through the coming months. The opening night saw The Members restore their sound from the original generation of punks. Bournemouth-based punks Self Abuse open the night, ripping through their set like it’s 1982 all over again. ...

Thursday 14 January sees the launch of a new weekly club, to be held at Champions music venue. The Armadillo Club is live music night aiming to appeal to bands and fans of (in the broadest sense) punk rock music. Since its musical conception in the seventies, punk has splintered of into various sub-genres, and ...