Frank Turner Offspring Tour Diary Part 1 – Coming To America

When I got the call from my manager telling me I'd been asked to support the Offspring for some arena shows in the USA this summer, my first response was mild skepticism, followed by plain-old disbelief, and finishing nicely with some classic hyperventilation. Aside from the boost to my prospects in our former colonies, the fact is that no matter how cool I might try to be, 'Smash' was the first punk album I bought, and the Offspring were *the* band that introduced me, and many in my generation,...

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