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UK Tour/week 2🎺🎷☕ Rude Boys on Tour: Tales of Ska, Sweat & Espresso Martinis ☕🎷🎺
🎺🎷🐊☕ Sunny Coast Rude Boys: Inflatable Crocs, Tesco Congas & Didgeridoo Carnage (The UK Tour That Shouldn’t Have Happened) ☕🐊🎷🎺 ...

Mick Hughes
1 day ago4 min read


Sunny Coast Rude Boys UK Tour – Week One: Bacon, Bangers & Broadwater Farm
Thursday 26 June – The Horn, St Albans Picture this: Ten Aussie Ska musicians (+ partners 'n kids!) flying into the UK like ska-fuelled...

Mick Hughes
7 days ago4 min read


SolBar Sundaze - Pre UK Tour gig!
SUNNY COAST RUDE BOYS PRE-UK TOUR SHOW @ SOLBAR – SUNDAY 15 JUNE Our first ever ALL AGES Sunday arvo gig! That meant loading gear into...

Mick Hughes
Jun 163 min read


Melbourne & Sydney Weekend Tour!
SUNNY COAST RUDE BOYS – MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY: SKA, SWEAT & AIRPORT HANGOVERS Melbourne audience skankin along whlist looking up at the...

Mick Hughes
Jun 23 min read


Painters & Dockers gig with SCRBoys!
Sat 24 May 2025 - The Triffid - Brisbane Review written by Mark Chandler - journalist - photographer - 'BANDS OF BRISBANE' PHOTOS - CLICK...

Mick Hughes
May 276 min read


Caloundra kicked off & ALL AGES show at Solbar, Maroochydore announced!
Last Saturday night (April 12), the Kings Beach Tavern nearly skanked off its foundations when the Sunny Coast Rude Boys hit the stage....

Mick Hughes
Apr 142 min read


BIG FAT RUDE BASH! (Miami Marketta & The Triffid - Feb 2025)
We were going to write our own blog about this show, but Mark Chandler (Music/gig blogger/journo for FB page 'Bands of Brisbane') had...

Mick Hughes
Feb 244 min read


SKA DATE 12/01/2025 - Recording Studio!
Rude Boys Hit Six String Studios: A Wild Day of Music, Mayhem, and Ska-tastic Vibes! The Rude Boys have rolled up to Six String Studios,...

Mick Hughes
Jan 272 min read


Ska Date: 01/12/24 – Ska Nation 2024 at The Croxton Bandroom, MELBOURNE
Ska Date: 01/12/24 – Ska Nation 2024 at The Croxton Bandroom, MELBOURNE Ska Nation 2024 was one for the books, and the Rude Boys were...

Mick Hughes
Dec 12, 20243 min read


Ska Date 16/11/24 (Solbar, Maroochydore)
Ska Date 16/11/24 Rude Boys Light Up Solbar in Epic Homecoming Gig The Rude Boys returned to their stomping ground, Solbar, and turned up...

Mick Hughes
Dec 12, 20242 min read



Mick Hughes
Nov 4, 20240 min read


SCRBoys & Spotify?! WTF??? @#$%#@%
Hey Sunny Coast Rude Boys Fam! Hope you're all well & life FEEEEEELS GOOOOD NOW! :) Lots & lots happening at RudeBoy HQ! We have a couple...

Mick Hughes
Oct 16, 20242 min read


SKA & MOD festival 2024 - Review! Check it out!
Review from Music Journo Mark Chandler (Bands of Brisbane) Want to get ahead get a hat. But if you want to get ahead and have some fun...

Mick Hughes
Feb 8, 20244 min read


Our new Single "SATURDAY NIGHT!"
SKA DATE 16/12/23 That’s right; the cats have been successfully herded into the Six String Studio in Beerwah under the guidance of master...

Mick Hughes
Dec 21, 20232 min read


SOLBAR! Stage Invasion!
So this weekend we played SOLBAR in Maroochydore - a home game for us, being a Sunny Coast band. We had our friends GERALD open up for us...

Mick Hughes
Oct 30, 20231 min read


GOLD COAST was MASSIVE!
Thursday night had the Rude Boys scrambling in after work to make it in time to Venue 114 to play a 1hr set, a corporate event for 'Loud...

Mick Hughes
Oct 16, 20232 min read


So, .....we got on a Spotify Playlist!
So, following on from our recent single 'Feels Good!" going so well for us, we somehow have managed to get ourselves on a'Best of Ska'...

Mick Hughes
Oct 5, 20232 min read


Rude Boys Kickass at Kenilworth!
Ska Date: 8/9/23 Kenilworth Kickass Music and Camping Festival The long anticipated second Kickass Music Festival went off with a bang on...

Mick Hughes
Sep 21, 20231 min read


40,000 views & rising! Feels Good!
Ska date 15/08/2023 Lots happening in the Rudies camp as they gear up for some much anticipated live gigs at the Thirsty Chiefs...

Mick Hughes
Aug 15, 20232 min read


Behind the Scenes with The Sunny Coast Rude Boys!
A very quick Blog post for ya this time! We thought we'd start getting a bit more 'behind the scenes' content for you wonderful people...

Mick Hughes
Jul 25, 20231 min read
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