Big Takeover celebrating 30 years @ The Bell House (lineup)

FRIDAY, JULY 30

THE AVENGERS: reformed S.F. '70s punk legends, with original members, singer Penelope Houston and guitar Greg Ingraham

CHANNEL 3: early '80s L.A. punks!

VISQUEEN: female-led Seattle post-punk rockers' first east coast shows in 5 years

SPRINGHOUSE: first show with original lineup in 8 years, doing normal set

LIBERTINES U.S.: reformed Cincinnati's '80s greats first ever NYC show

FLOWER: New York postpunk band's reunion gig, first show in 16 years! Later split into two bands, Versus and French!

...plus special guests EDP (New York's hard-hitting, Jam-like, mod revival band).

MARK BURGESS: England's Chameleons star, backed by Boston's The Curtain Society

FOR AGAINST: Lincoln, NE post-punk legends' first east coast show in 15 years

SPRINGHOUSE : playing second LP Postcards From the Arctic start-to-finish for the first time ever; first shows with original lineup in 8 years

SLEEPOVER DISASTER: Fresno's shoegaze wonders' first ever east coast appearances

DON MCGLASHAN: New Zealand's ex-Mutton Birds leader, in his only U.S. appearance

JON AUER: Seattle's Posies star and Big Star member

...plus very special guests:

ASTRID WILLIAMSON (England singer-songwriter extraordinaire)

THE SHARP THINGS (New York's orchestral poppers!)

PAUL COLLINS (of The Nerves of "Hanging on the Telephone" fame pre-Blondie's cover, and of Paul Collins' Beat)

THE CURTAIN SOCIETY (veteran Boston shoegazers, also backing Burgess for part of his set).