Lambrini Girls – Cult of Celebrity
Brighton duo Lambrini Girls have returned with “Cult of Celebrity”, their first new music since their 2025 debut album Who Let the Dogs Out. Phoebe Lunny (vocals/guitar) and Selin Macieira (bass) have spent the past year building a reputation as one of the most volatile and compelling live acts in British punk, and this track picks up exactly where the album left off: loud, fast, and uninterested in being polite.
The target is the rot at the top. “Cult of Celebrity” takes aim at the hypocrisy of the wealthy elite, drawing on a steady drumbeat of scandals and abuses that have made headlines recently. The band frame it through the old myth of selling your soul to the devil, then subvert it entirely: as they put it, the elite had no souls to sell in the first place. They also reference a quote from Antonio Gramsci — “The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters” — which gives the track a sharper intellectual edge than the surface noise might suggest. The lyrics land fast: drained eyes, Harvey Weinstein, the whole dark catalogue. None of it is subtle, and it is not meant to be.
Musically, “Cult of Celebrity” does what Lambrini Girls do best: riffs that push forward without stopping, screamed vocals that sit just inside the pocket of the arrangement, and enough momentum that the political content hits harder for being embedded in something genuinely fun to listen to. The video was directed by Harv Frost, whose previous work includes films for The Last Dinner Party and Laufey, and it brings a theatrical, blood-smeared energy that matches the song’s confrontational register. What strikes me on replay is how catchy it is underneath the noise — the hook is built to be shouted back, which at their level of live show matters.
Who Let the Dogs Out pushed the duo from word-of-mouth favourite to international contender. A dense touring schedule through 2025, a growing list of celebrity fans (Kathleen Hanna, Iggy Pop, Sleater-Kinney among them), and strong critical reception meant the follow-up single was always going to land with expectations attached. “Cult of Celebrity” doesn’t try to recalibrate or soften anything — it simply continues. For a band whose identity is built on that refusal to compromise, that feels exactly right. I’m glad they didn’t blink.
Tour Dates:
North America:
- 05 Apr — Paaspop, Schijndel, Netherlands
- 11 Apr — Coachella Valley, Indio CA, United States
- 18 Apr — Coachella Valley, Indio CA, United States
- 21 Apr — Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA, United States
- 22 Apr — The Orange Peel, Asheville NC, United States
- 24 Apr — Warsaw, Brooklyn NY, United States (SOLD OUT)
- 26 Apr — Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA, United States (SOLD OUT)
- 27 Apr — Théâtre Beanfield, Montreal QC, Canada
- 28 Apr — The Concert Hall, Toronto ON, Canada
- 30 Apr — Metro, Chicago IL, United States (SOLD OUT)
- 01 May — Majestic Theatre, Detroit MI, United States
- 02 May — The Vogue, Indianapolis IN, United States
- 04 May — Delmar Hall, St. Louis MO, United States
- 05 May — The Granada Theater, Lawrence KS, United States
- 12 Jun — Bonnaroo, Manchester TN, United States
- 14 Jun — Warped Tour, Washington DC, United States
Europe:
- 21 May — Bearded Theory, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
- 23 May — Dot to Dot, Bristol, United Kingdom
- 24 May — Dot to Dot, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- 06 Jun — Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
- 25 Jun — Patrick Henry Village, Heidelberg, Germany
- 26 Jun — Vainstream Rockfest, Münster, Germany
- 09 Jul — Musilac, Aix-les-Bains, France
- 10 Jul — 2000trees Festival, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- 13 Jul — Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France
- 17 Jul — Malakoff Rock Festival, Nordfjordeid, Norway
- 18 Jul — Bukta, Tromsø, Norway
- 31 Jul — All Together Now, Waterford, Ireland
- 07 Aug — Boardmasters, Newquay, United Kingdom
- 11 Aug — Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary
- 13 Aug — Øya Festival, Oslo, Norway
- 14 Aug — Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 16 Aug — Flow Festival, Helsinki, Finland
- 21 Aug — Pukkelpop, Hasselt, Belgium
- 29 Aug — Rock en Seine, Paris, France
