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From Thursday 12 June 2003

This could be one hell of a tour

I’d like to point out that this is a RUMOUR. But Thrice and Coheed and Cambria are being strongly linked to be the supports on the Alkaline Trio UK tour in September. Look for confirmation or denial very soon…

Geffen gets MCA

Posted at Drivethrurecords.com: “The rumors are true…Today MCA is firing a lot of their staff and MCA will soon become Geffen. A lot of our friends over there will be gone soon, and we’d like to give a big thank you to them for supporting our label and our

Pull on your wellies

Apparently Capdown are playing Hull’s Welly Club on June 26. It’s a small venue, so if it’s true it will be a very, very good gig indeed….

Downtime

Just so you know…Punktastic is expected to go offline between 5am and 7am BST tomorrow. Our server people need to do some work, so don’t panic if it’s not there during that time.

Otherwise confirm split

As we told you last week, Otherwise have decided to call it quits. The band have released the following statement: “Hello – just a note to say that after over four and a bit years of doing “the” band, we’ve decided to call ‘it’ a day,

Wednesday 11 June 2003

Skankety skank

Submitted: Saturday 12th July THE LONDON SKA FESTIVAL 2003 @ The Underworld, Camden High Street, London NW1. Featuring: The Beat (2 tone ska legends return!), Pama International (smooth trad ska & reggae), Too Many Crooks (Brighton 2 tone ska masters) Strike Of 59 (London ska/punksters), The Big

Uncle Brian please will you send me a postcard..

Uncle Brian head out on tour later this month. Dates are below, catch them if you can. JUNE Fri 20th H.WYCOMBE White Horse w/Local Support Sat 21st PETERBOROUGH Met Lounge w/Local Support Mon 23rd PLYMOUTH The Phoenix w/Gash Tue 24th DERBY Vic Inn w/Gash Wed 25th

Breaking News

Deckcheese pop-punkers Fletcher have now been confirmed as the main support for our mystery headliners at Punktastic Bash IV. The all-dayer, which will consist of around 10 bands, takes place at Joseph’s Well, Leeds, on August 9th. More details will appear soon..

More details on the Thursday/Thrice split…

The split single will feature “Under a Killing Moon” by Thrice and a new song called “For The Work Force, Drowning” on the Thursday side. The songs are going to be pressed on clear vinyl with special artwork and will be limited edition. It goes

Firefly Records Mailout

Because i’m lazy: “There is now a NATHANIEL GREEN page up and a song from the forthcoming album in our MP3 section. If ordered before June 25th – ‘Same Day Tomorrow’ is available for the special pre-order price of £6.50! A couple of changes to the forthcoming