Loud & Proud 2025:
Millie Manders and The Shutup | Midnight Mango

Millie Manders and The Shutup create cross-genre punk that is hard to ignore.

By IQ | 18 June 2025

AGENT: Rich Quarterman | Midnight Mango Millie Manders and The Shutup create cross-genre punk that is hard to ignore.

AGENT: Rich Quarterman | Midnight Mango

Millie Manders and The Shutup create cross-genre punk that is hard to ignore. With lyricism that pokes fun, draws you in, and leaves you questioning social norms, teamed with incredible vocal dexterity, grinding guitars, and irresistible horn hooks, the band churns out raw punk fusion with massive pop appeal.

Fortitude Magazine describes them as “high-octane, fierce, bursting with attitude, and almost obnoxiously addictive.”

The group released their second album, Wake Up, Shut Up, Work, last August, with latest single Me Too released in January.

The London/Norwich-based troop is playing across the UK this year, with stops at Cardiff’s The Globe, London’s 229,…

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