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From Friday 21 March 2003

The first casualties of war

Something Corporate, Homegrown and Steel Train have cancelled their whole European tour because of the start of war with Iraq. Make of that what you will…

Oi, Not Katies, no!

South-coast pop-punkers Not katies won’t be appearing in Northampton tonight because they’ve been told they can’t play! Rich emailed Punktastic to apologise to fans, but stated that it wasn’t their fault. He said: “We are not able to play with Farse in Northampton

Thinktank reschedule dates

Australian melodic hardcore-emo rockers Thinktank have been rescheduling their European tour to include even more UK dates after their singer went down ill during their recent jaunt. 22nd March – Wycombe, White Horse w/ Vanilla Pod, NoComply, Jerry-Built, Howards Alias 23rd March – London, Garage

Nottingham’s secret?

Here’s something that sounds interesting: On March 22 at Nottingham Rock City, Lightyear and Captain Everything will be rocking the basement the best way they know how. But several people have emailed me to say there are lots

Thursday 20 March 2003

The only kind of crossfire that is appropriate right now

The first Crossfire Hesh Brigade Jam is unleashed and ready to kick off at The Edge Skatepark in Leicester from 1-6pm for £5. The jam is open for anybody to skate and the bowl session will be joined by pro-riders from across the country. Punk

Route seek out bassist

Our buddies over at punknews have stated that Route 215 are now looking for a full-time bassist to replace frontman Rod, as his hand injuries sustained in a bar brawl (aka fight in dingy London backstreet club) don’t look like they will heal sufficiently for

MAC rock

This weeks My Awesome Compilation gigs are: March 20 – Star and Garter, Manchester w/ Joe’s Steakhouse and Fall In Line March 21 – Sumo, Leicester w/ Miss Machine and Sophomore Entry to both gigs is just £3.

Ron’s gone

Ron Welty has left The Offspring after 15 years in the band. In a statement on www.offspring.com Ron writes: “After more than 15 great years with The Offspring I’ve decided to leave to devote all my energies on a new project called Steady Ground.

Idlewild go Stateside

It’s already been a massive hit for some time now this side of the pond, but March 25 is the first chance our war-mongering (joke) friends over in the States will have to hear Scottish rock/pop/punk superstars’ fantastic latest release, “The Remote Part”. Being the all-round good eggs

Attention people who live in Derby

If you live in Derby or the surrounding area, nip down to the Vic Inn tonight to see my boys (and gal) in The Next Autumn Soundtrack rocking alongside Shuriken, Tsianina and Fanatics of Xerox. It’s just £3 on the door with a 7.30pm start and