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From Friday 05 April 2002

Get your tour dates here!

We know a lot of people are subscribed to various mailing lists, but then again most of you probably aren’t. In any case here are a whole host of tour dates for you to get stuck into. Beatsteaks 22.05.02 UK Norwich/ Uea / with/ “A” 23.05.02 UK Warrington /

Why do they rock so cheap?

Those crazy kids at Good Clean Fun have finally lost it. Now they reckon they can sell the new RBF cd at just £7! An April Fool surely…but no! The guys told us this: “Hi! Just thought we’d let you know

Weezer confirm Maladroit date

Weezer, fresh from a UK tour, have finally confirmed the release date of Maladroit, their fourth album. Fans will be able to pick the album off the shelves officially on May 14. Visitors to www.weezer.com will be able to download and preview tracks from the new cd.

Cheer Up! say the fish

Reel Big Fish are to release a brand new album in early June. The record will be entitled ‘Cheer Up!’ and will hit the streets on June 11. A single and video will also hit the streets around the time of

Green Day add UK date

Pop punk veterans Green Day have added an extra London date to their July tour. The So-Cal giants will play a second night at Wembley Arena on Thursday 18 July. Tickets are on sale from tomorrow. (Friday 5 April).

Thursday 04 April 2002

Vagrant bands for Carling Fest?

Punktastic has received word that a whole host of Vagrant Records bands have been approached to play this years Carling Festival in August. In an email from a usually reliable source, it claimed that The Get Up Kids, Saves The Day, Alkaline Trio,

Happy birthday Appease!

Manchester pop-punkers Appease are one year old later this month, and to celebrate the feat they will be performing at the Star and Garter in Manchester. Ben from the band told Punktastic: “On the 17th of April last year we did our first gig

Red Animal War unleash heartbreak on the UK…

Deep Elm’s emotional crew Red Animal War pay a visit to the UK next week. Their debut full-length ‘Breaking In An Angel’ is a collection of highly emotive delicate numbers. Crawling the country’s ‘toilets’, they’ll be well worth a glimpse. Catch them if you can… April – 8th – The Verge, London 9th

Wednesday 03 April 2002

Yellowcard go major!

Pop-punkers Yellowcard, famed for their fiddle abilities, have left Lobster Records and signed to Capitol. The band, office favourites here at Punktastic, have left their former label on good terms and are obviously excited at moving in to their new home. On their website, www.yellowcardrock.com the band wrote: “Hi

Millencolin drummer breaks arm

Bad news for all US Millencolin fans, as drummer Larzon broke his elbow whilst on tour in Denver. The Swede is now on a plane back home for surgery. The band put up this statement on their website: “We’re going to try to finish the tour with Thomas