George Thorogood & The Destroyers

On 30 June 2026 at Indigo at The O2, George Thorogood & The Destroyers land in London with their straight-ahead mix of blues rock, boogie and rock and roll. Formed in the 70s around singer-guitarist George Thorogood and drummer Jeff Simon, the band built its name on the road, shaping a live sound driven by slide guitar, repetitive riffs and a tight, no-frills backbeat. Their repertoire blends originals with rough-cut takes on John Lee Hooker, Elmore James or Chuck Berry, and songs like Move It on Over or Bad to the Bone often anchor sets that favor simple structures and solid grooves. Decades in, the core pairing still steers a music that sticks close to the essentials: amplified shuffle rhythms, call-and-response guitar lines and Thorogood’s grainy vocal front and center. On stage, it translates into a direct, physical show, closer to a bar-band blast than a polished revue, with tempos that push forward and arrangements built for the room rather than the studio.