Exclusive coverage of Adam Ant at Rebellion Festival…sort of. The cameras apparently did not make it. Instead, In Spite received six felt-tip marker drawings on lined notebook paper from the mysterious "artist" named Ricardo Jeffrey’. Our correspondents remain somewhere between a Blackpool pub, a chip shop, and 1979. This is the official report.

We asked John Greenwood to write a preview of the Rebellion Festival Run-Up shows, the new warm-up gigs Rebellion has added in the week before the festival. Instead, he handed us a wonderfully entertaining account of travel anxiety, a deep-seated distrust of the TSA, and a healthy dose of reminiscing about past Rebellions. In the end, he also remembered to tell us everything you need to know about this year's Run-Up gigs. Along with great photos from Dick Slaughter and John Greenwood himself, it's the perfect way to get ready for another week of punk rock in Blackpool.