Tom Dunne: Looking forward to the year ahead by looking back on The Ramones 

Amid the significant anniversaries coming up in 1976, I'm particularly excited to dive in to The Ramones and the birth of punk 

The Ramones: Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee and Tommy Ramone. Picture: Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images

The year ahead promises many great anniversaries to celebrate. There are the usual lists of albums turning 50 ( Rumours, Hotel California), albums turning 40 ( Graceland, The Queen is Dead), albums at 30 ( Odelay, New Adventures in Hi Fi), and blow-ins turning 20 from the Arctic Monkeys and Amy Winehouse.

You will see a lot of “Final Tour” notices. Cabaret Voltaire, The Damned, the B52s, Devo, Bad Manners and a few others have passed last-minute medicals and been told to “get out there and don’t come back”. And how can I say this: if they are playing near you, don’t put off going.