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From Wednesday 07 August 2002

Lord of the rings? No they broke their promise

The rumours are true… The Promise Ring have pulled out of their scheduled appearances at the Reading and Leeds festivals.

Park record new songs

US emo kings Park have recorded three brand spanking new songs on a recent trip to California. The tracks, which haven’t yet been officially named, are expected to be released on the band’s website in the near future. If they are half as good as ‘No Signal’

Not katies plan UK tour to support new record

UK pop-punkers Not Katies have completed their debut album, titled ‘At Every Turn’ which is to be released on Sept 9th. The Katies then hit the road to promote the album. 9th Aug – Redhill, Harlequin 16th Aug – London, Underworld 8th Sept – Yeovil, Alice Springs 12th Sept – Leicester,

Tuesday 06 August 2002

Bowling for a sell-out?

OK, time for the daily Bowling For Soup news post! The single for ‘Girl All The Bad Guys Want’ went on sale today, so go out and buy it and see if the guys can knock Darius off the top of the charts. Punktastic has

Monday 05 August 2002

Nerf Herder welcome us to their world

Honest Don’s quirky pop-punk oiks Nerf Herder have finally announced the details of their forthcoming UK jaunt. 04 September @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 05 September @ Newport TJs 06 September @ London 07 September @ Bristol Full Moon 08 September @ Leicester Charlotte 09 September @ Derby Victoria Inn 11

Five Knuckle hit the road in September

Rising UK hardcore stars Five Knuckle will take to the streets again in September with another UK tour. The dates are: 12 September @ Merthyr Tydfill, The Rooms 13 September @ Brecon, The Vaults 14 September @ Swindon Victoria 19 September @ Lincoln Falcon 21 September @

Weezer keep on fishin’

Rivers and company have announced that Weezer will release ‘Keep Fishin’ as a single in the UK on September 2. It will be released on two cds, which will be as follows: CD1 1) Keep Fishin (Album Version) 2) Photograph (Live Version) 3) Death and Destruction (Live Version) 4)

Sunday 04 August 2002

3 Colours Red prove there is life outside London

Here we are with another news item about a fantastic band announcing a one off gig. But this time, it’s not in London. Oh no, the guys from Three Colours Red have bucked the trend and will be playing to the northern contingent in November.

Jerry-Built go BAM!

Punktastic can reveal that the long-awaited debut mini album by London noiseniks Jerry-Built is to be called ‘firstBAMwheelie’. The record has been mastered and the band are now just waiting for the artwork to be finished. Although no release date has been settled on, ‘firstBAMwheelie’ is expected to still be

Is this the greatest merch ever?

The Starting Line may be purveyors of some of the finest pop-punk tunes around, but surely this slice of merchandise is taking things a little too far… http://www.merchdirect.net/x/c/product.php?productid=985&cat=&page=1 Having said that if I pulled and the girl was wearing these, I think I’d have to be impressed…