Place Above formed in 2003 having met each other at school, and set Oxford’s local scene alight with their energetic, chaotic and tongue-in-cheek live performances of songs about girls who ignore you, and standing too close to the PA at gigs. Their sound was influenced by the emo post-punk starlets of their day: Hundred Reasons, Hell is For Heroes, Feeder, At The Drive In, etc. They worked their way up from playing their first ever gig in a barn in Marcham, to headlining The Oxford Zodiac at the tender age of 17. Seven years after parting ways to go off to university, Place Above reformed last Christmas and played to a sell-out crowd at a very sweaty Port Mahon. On 22 December 2013, Place Above are back for one very last lap of honour to celebrate 10 years since their inception as a band at The Wheatsheaf.

Support comes from Bristol-based Oxfordian Jim Garrard (formerly of Oxford ska-punk-funk outfit Retro Fire) – he plays acoustic jams with a ska-tinged Americana edge (think Sublime meets Lambchop). Also on the bill are cheeky pop-punk trio Beaver Fuel with their own brand of toilet-humour laden pop-punk savagery.

More information at www.facebook.com/events/671331162898174. Tickets available from www.wegottickets.com/event/248777