The festival wrapped its music programme on June 5.
Shame at the Warsaw in Brooklyn on January 17, 2026 in New York, New York.
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After five days of sounds from around the world at SXSW London, we can think of few acts less apt to close out the music programme than Shame. The group’s show at Shoreditch’s Village Underground on Friday (June 5) was an ode to a home-grown story, and just what can be achieved by group of mates who simply love creating together.
The five-piece got their start practicing in their local south London pub (before they were old enough to buy a drink) where the regulars introduced the teenagers to the musical greats that had come before them: The Fall, The Stooges and Tom Waits, to name a few.
