The news for Wednesday 22 May 2013

Slam Dunk Stage Times Revealed, Get A Clashfinder Now!

The Slam Dunk 2013 stage times have been revealed, and you can see them all in our handy clashfinders for each of the three days. Your Demise have replaced We Are The Ocean at Slam Dunk Festival South, with Pierce The Veil moving into the main stage slot and Your Demise taking over headline of [...]

Friday 17 May 2013

Punk Rock Holiday announces day splits

We don't really plan on shutting up about Slovenia's Punk Rock Holiday festival before, during or after it happens. It looks amazing. They announced some new bands yesterday, and have now published the day splits of the line up. Salivate over the following... if you wanna come, Wizz Air are [...]

Thursday 16 May 2013

Download festival announces 2013 stage times

Limp Bizkit will be appearing at this year's Download Fest Download festival is mere weeks away, and the festival have now announced the full set of stage times for the weekend. Check them out in full below. We'll see you in the pit. Friday 14th June: MAIN STAGE SLIPKNOT [...]

Riot fest announces ridiculous initial line up w/blink-182, Fall Out Boy and more

Chicago's Riot Fest is back this year in Mid September, and they've just announced their first wave of bands. The first two headliners announced are blink-182 and Fall Out Boy, and there's a stack of amazing bands on the bill to go with them. Brand New, AFI, Flag, Rocket From The Crypt and more [...]

Friday 10 May 2013

More bands added to WTFEST!

More bands have been added to the line up for WTFEST in Southampton. You can now see Chillerton, Fights & Fires, Crazy Arm and those biscuit smashing lads in Throwing Stuff! The first lot of early bird tickets are on sale NOW: www.wwrpunk.bigcartel.com [...]

Thursday 9 May 2013

Punktastic to take over Southsea DIY stage at Southsea Fest this year

So, we're happy to announce that due to a marriage of some rather excellent people involved with Southsea DIY, Southsea Fest are letting us book The One Eyed Dog venue at this year's Southsea Fest. We fully intend to honour the excellent line up booking skills of the Southsea DIY guys & do them [...]

Wednesday 8 May 2013

Punk Rock Holiday (Slovenia) adds Paper Arms and Red Five Point Star

We're currently investigating flight prices for this summer's Punk Rock Holiday festival in Tolmin, Slovenia, and today the festival has added two new bands to the line up. Paper Arms from Australia and Slovenian local ska punkers Red Five Point Star have joined the line up today, joining [...]

Slam Dunk unveils Wolverhampton date site map

For those wondering about how Slam Dunk Midlands is going to be laid out, the festival have revealed a site map. Check it out below... only a few weeks now! [...]

Monday 6 May 2013

We Are The Ocean pull out of Slam Dunk South

We Are The Ocean have pulled out of Slam Dunk's Hatfield date due to being asked to play Radio One's Big Weekend. You can see a statement from the festival & the band below, and expect them to fulfill their appearance at Slam Dunk North. "We are sorry to announce WE ARE THE OCEAN are no [...]

Saturday 4 May 2013

Tickets to The Fest 12 go on sale today and er.. they’ve announced so many bands!

Tickets to Fest12 are on sale at 4pm EST (that's 9pm GMT for all us Brits n ting) and you can get them over at the Fest Website. If, like us, you plan on partying all weekend at the Holiday Inn you should get on that ASAP here: http://www.thefestfl.com/fest12/ Along with this they've added a [...]

Friday 3 May 2013

Slam Dunk South sells out, BOTB winners announced

Slam Dunk Festival have announced that their Hatfield date is now totally sold out. They've also announced the winners of their controversial Battle Of The Bands competition: "Slam Dunk Festival North: The King Is Dead Slam Dunk Festival South: Leagues Slam Dunk Festival Midlands: Taking [...]

WTFEST Announce First Bands For 2013′s Line Up

WTFEST is back for another year with WTFEST V in Southampton from August 29th - September 1st 2013. It was fantastic last year and this year's lineup is already looking killer again. Featuring Our Time Down Here, Muncie Girls, Bangers, Goodtime Boys and more it seems like we're all going to be [...]

Thursday 2 May 2013

Deadpunk Bank Holiday Special adds more bands to initial line up

After announcing a few of the bands yesterday, Deadpunk's Bank Holiday Special has added a bunch more awesome bands to the line up. It takes place on 26 August in Bristol across a few venues, and you can see the list of bands on the picture above and the list below. Bangers OK [...]

Tuesday 30 April 2013

Slam Dunk announces stage splits

Slam Dunk have announce the stage splits for their 2013 edition. It's only mere weeks away now, so start digesting the stage splits below and thinking about those all important clashes... [...]

Monday 29 April 2013

Slam Dunk address battle of the band controversy.

Slam Dunk main man, Ben Ray has released a statement regarding the recent controversy surround their battle of the bands competition. You can read his statement below. So it seems I made a great error of judgement trusting Facebook to help us run the competition to find local bands to play at [...]

More New Bands Announced For Download

Happy Monday! Download have announced even more bands for 2013's already stellar line up. The bands are as follows: Thunder Kvelertak Devin Townsend We Are The Ocean Zico Chain Blood Command Black Moth The Wild Lies. The Howling Page 44 Wounds Hear Kitty Kitty Toseland Rob [...]

Sunday 21 April 2013

THE FEST 12

It's no hidden secret that one of our favourite weekends of the year (well at least one staff members favourite weekend of the year anyway) is always The Fest in Florida. It's one hell of a journey to get there from the UK but worth every penny and mile. This year they've upped their game to [...]

Friday 19 April 2013

Slam Dunk battle of the bands finalist announced

Kids In Glass Houses play Slam Dunk 2013 Slam Dunk have announced the final 5 bands per site that have been chosen as finalists for the Battle Of The Bands competition. The finalists are below. To chose a band head to the Slam Dunk Facebook. SCOTLAND Wolves At Heart - [...]

Friday 12 April 2013

Pre-Groezrock gig line up announced w/Rocket From The Crypt, Kid Dynamite

Before Groezrock kicks off proper, there's going to be a show in a 350 cap venue about 3km from the festival site. They've been announcing it today, but we waited til the last bands were out there to give you the full picture. And here it is: 18u30 : Doors 19u00 : Life Load (Local hardcore, [...]

Thursday 11 April 2013

Hit The Deck Stage Times Revealed

The Hit The Deck Stage Times have been posted online. The festival takes place next weekend (20/21 April), and we'll have some clashfinders available ahead of time! Keep your eyes peeled for those if you're coming, and check out those vital stage times below. Bristol (Saturday) O2 [...]