You're browsing the archives « Previous PageNext Page » From Saturday 23 August 2008 Fire at Reading Festival Taken from the BBC: A fire broke out at the Reading Festival today (August 23) at around 4pm. The fire broke out in one of the festival car parks, with around 10 vehicles alight. Smoke could be seen from the main festival arena. The fire was contained by around Jerry Finn RIP It has been confirmed that producer Jerry Finn died on Thursday, August 21. He suffered a brain hemorrhage last month. He worked on notable albums from Blink-182, Morrissey, Green Day, Rancid, Bad Religion, AFI and Alkaline Trio. Hey Decaydance Hey Monday have signed to Decaydance – check them out at www.myspace.com/heymonday Friday 22 August 2008 HiFi release on Monday Detroit punks the Hi Fi Handgrenades hit the Reading and Leeds Lock up stages at 12.50pm each day. They then continue on their U.K tour. The debut album ‘Carry On‘ is out Monday on Deck Cheese records. Need a band? Here’s a selection from our new forum: – Me vs Hero (North West) need a guitarist – At Odds (Southampton) need a vocalist – Sombulance (Portsmouth) need a vocalist – Second Chance (London) need a bassist. Post your personnel needs in the forum and another Check out our Reading Festival updates! Reading Festival started today and Punktastic is there! Andy is updating in between cans of Carling and you can check out his thoughts HERE Email andy@punktastic.com if you want to comment! Punktastic Podcast 17 Listen to the 17th Punktastic podcast, featuring an interview with Story of the Year, by clicking on this link New LMD tunes Last Man Down have added songs to www.myspace.com/lastmandownofficial New TC track ThisCity have posted a new tune online at www.myspace.com/thiscitymusic Thursday 21 August 2008 New Black Velvet out now The new issue of Black Velvet magazine is out now – to find out what’s in it, and how to get your copy, click ‘comment on this item’.
