Punk rock trio Dead Message venture out of Keighley tonight to perform with Munition and Orchid, at Bradford's 1-in-12 Club.

Singer/guitarist Ben Matthew Wilson, singer/bassist Jules Hawley and drummer Phil Cowling came together at the end of last year.

This year they have played at both the Musicians' Centre's Battle of the Bands contest and last month's GuideFest.

They also performed last month at St Anne's Social Club, with experienced bands Exoteric and Brand New Analogues.

See the Messengers after 7.30pm, in the Albion Street club. Admission is £3.

n Skeletal Family, Montauk Island, Angel Chain Diaries, Soul Transport and Rashad Khan are to rock against racism.

The local performers have confirmed they will appear at the Love Music Hate Racism concert, in Victoria Hall, Keighley, on October 29.

Andy Wooden will DJ during the show, organised by Mick Thompson for Keighley town Mayor Councillor Tony Wright's charity appeal.

n In late 1985 Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams left Sisters of Mercy and formed another Goth-rock band The Mission.

Twenty years later and Wayne is still touring the country performing songs like Wasteland and Deliverance with the band's latest line-up.

He brings the band to Keighley's Victoria Hall, on September 20, as part of a tour to promote new five-hour DVD Lighting the Candles.

The band originally split up in 1996, after touring the world and selling four million copies of their first six albums and 12 singles.

Three years later the band was back together, releasing acclaimed album Aura in 2001 and regularly touring around the world.

Book tickets for the Keighley show at the Copy Shop, High Street, Keighley.

n Four young bands play Keighley for the first time tonight as they perform at CJ's Music Bar, next to Keighley Railway Station.

The Trial is a pop-punk-indie band, consisting of 16-year-olds from Ermysteds School, in Skipton, playing their third concert.

Leeds ska-punk band Bone Idle were booked after Keighley musicians saw them play and Greater Speed and Accuracy also hail from the city.

Completing the line-up is Patterns in the Dust, comprising Ermysteds and Bradford Grammar students, who play metal and Goth music.

The gig starts at 7.30pm, admission £3.50.

n Hotel for Six follow-up last night's gig at Keighley's Gate House with a performance at Johnson's, Ilkley, on Wednesday.

They will also play a ball, on October 1, at the Moorcock Inn, Waddington, near Clitheroe, in aid of mental health charity Mind.

Tickets costing £25 include a three-course meal, drinks, guest speaker and disco. Contact web site www.geocities.com/hotelforsix.

n Keighley band Laika Dog are dropping into Sheffield Boardwalk, on September 15, as part of a short national tour.

The rockers, whose members include former Terrorvision singer Tony Wright, will also play Liverpool, Wigan, Newcastle and London.

n Keighley musician John Bell is to have two of his electronic songs released by independent Liverpool record label Chromium.

One song, recorded on John's home PC, will be on a compilation album, while the other will be a download single.

John, 41, from Bracken Bank, played bass with Keighley punk band Heaven 17 during the late 1970s.

He returned to music about four years ago, creating instrumentals and songs on his computer, using the name Graviton.

John said he had to pay a small fee to sign up to Chromium but hopes to make his money back from royalties and merchandising.

He said: "They will send the compilation to people in the music industry, creating a buzz around my name."

Chromium is at www.chromiumrecords.co.uk.