The Damned – have released their new single “Summer in The City”

With the final single from their upcoming covers-album, “Not Like Everybody Else”, Punk legends The Damned deliver a vibrant reinterpretation of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s classic “Summer in the City”. With driving guitars and raw, energetic delivery, the cover heightens the song’s gritty urban edge and captures the heat and restless pulse of the city life through a distinctly Damned lens.

Recorded in a blistering five days of emotion and creative fire at Revolver Studio, Los Angeles, the album finds The Damned – Dave Vanian on vocals, Captain Sensible on guitar, Rat Scabies on drums, Paul Gray on bass and joined by longtime keyboardist Monty Oxymoron – reconnecting with the raw energy that started it all. “Not Like Everybody Else” marks the first time in 40 years that Rat Scabies has returned to the studio with the band. Every song on the album has been carefully curated by the band and is a personal and celebratory tribute to the band’s late guitarist Brian James and his influences, who passed away last year.

Kicking off with R. Dean Taylor’s “There’s A Ghost In My House” and moving through classics like Pink Floyd’s “See Emily Play” and The Animals’ “When I Was Young”, the album closes with a powerful farewell: “The Last Time” by The Rolling Stones, featuring Brian James himself, recorded at the last shows he played with The Damned, including the last performance at the O2 Academy in Birmingham and lovingly remixed for this release.

To celebrate the album, The Damned will play one-off covers shows at Albert Hall, Manchester on 28th January 2026, Bataclan, Paris on 1st February 2026 and Essigfabrik, Cologne on 3rd February 2026 performing songs from “Not Like Everybody Else” alongside fan-favourite covers that have marked their career. It will be an unforgettable night honouring Brian James and the band’s shared history.

Tickets to the covers shows HERE

Tracklisting CD/LP:

Side A:
1. There’s A Ghost In My House
2. Summer In The City
3. Making Time
4. Gimme Danger
5. See Emily Play

Side B:
6. I’m Not Like Everybody Else
7. Heart Full Of Soul
8. You Must Be A Witch
9. When I Was Young
10. The Last Time

Pre-save the album “Not Like Everybody Else” HERE