Raincoats, X-Ray Spex, and Slits members form supergroup for London festival

God Save the Queens is organised by the Up Yours! collective and marks the 50th anniversary of feminist punk, celebrating "the past, present, and future of female punk," per its website. It arrives ahead of the opening of a new exhibition on the movement at the Museum of Youth Culture in Camden. The lineup of the unnamed supergroup is rounded out by Akiko Matsuura, Japanese drummer and member of the band PRE, and Estella Adeyeri of Big Joanie. Gina Birch will also perform separately with her band The Unreasonables, as will Big Joanie, and HotWax. Punk historian Vivien Goldman, author of Revenge of the She-Punks, will also appear. She said the festival was a continuation of the themes explored in her book. "When I wrote Revenge of the She-Punks, it was about mapping out the global lineage of women who used music to dismantle stereotypes and claim their own space," her statement read. "This festival, and the incredible night we are putting together at Electric Brixton, is that book coming to life on stage." Many of the performers on the bill have contributed archival material, artwork, and other items to the Museum of Youth Culture exhibition. This first edition of GStQ is dedicated ...