John Watts and his band will celebrate in Barcelona and Madrid the fifty years of one of the formations of the new wave British that began its journey at the end of the seventies. We talk about Fischer-Z. Of course, the group continues to release new material such as their recently released single “Strings.”
John Watts entered pop music in the seventies after studying clinical psychology at an experimental center. What he did not imagine is that the band he formed in 1976 with his friend Steve Skolnik, keyboardist, would go so far. contemporaries of The Stranglers and Buzzcocks In 1978, the group began its journey with “World Salad” (79), which included hits like “The Worker” or “Remember Russia”, in which Watts displayed his particular and personal vocal range. Later came the hit “So Long”, from 1980, which made them an internationally famous group through the album “Going Deaf For A Living” (80), which would be followed by the also successful “Red Skies Over Paradise” (81) with songs that entered the charts of various countries such as “Marliese” or “Berlin”. To date, John has released twenty-three albums, sold two million records and performed more than three thousand concerts in continental Europe, the United States and Canada.
In recent years, Watts has built a reputation as a multimedia artist, poet and playwright, amassing an impressive and eclectic creative body of work characterized by its energy, warmth and humanity. The PUNKT! project 2025 combines all of John’s individual skills in music, writing and art. 2026 is an important year for Fischer-Z: fifty years since the band’s formation.
Countries visiting Fischer-Z on this tour include Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom and, for the first time, Australia. As for new material, now you can listen to the new single “Strings”, which is the first preview of what will be their next full-length “X-Ray Serenade”an album that will be on the streets on September 4.
We will be able to see Fischer-Z in concert on the days Friday, September 18, 2026 in Salamandra (L’Hospitalet, Barcelona) and Saturday September 19 at Sala Mon (Madrid). You can get tickets by clicking on the city that interests you.
