Snap Scene: The Damned, Forum Melbourme, 13th September 2026 by Mary Boukouvalas

September 17, 2026 Mary Boukouvalas

The Damned stormed Forum Melbourne as part of their 50th anniversary farewell celebrations, delivering a career-spanning set of punk classics, gothic rock and psychedelic-flavoured favourites.

“New Rose”, “Neat Neat Neat”, “Love Song” and “Smash It Up” were among the highlights of a raucous 24-song set that showed why their music has endured for five decades.

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Mary is a photographer and a writer, specialising in music. She runs Rocklust.com where she endeavours to capture the passion of music in her photos whether it's live music photography, promotional band photos or portraits. She has photographed The Rolling Stones, KISS, Iggy Pop, AC/DC, Patti Smith, Joe Strummer, PULP, The Cult, The Damned, The Cure, Ian Brown, Interpol, MUDHONEY, The MELVINS, The Living End, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against The Machine, The Stone Roses –just to name a few - in Australia, USA, Europe and the Middle East. Her work has been published in Beat magazine, Rolling Stone magazine, Triple J magazine, The Age Newspaper, The Herald Sun, The Australian, Neos Kosmos, blistering.com, theaureview.com, noise11.com, music-news.com. She has a permanent photographic exhibition at The Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria Australia.