Weekly News Round-Up: 13/04/14

By Charlie Mock

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American Football are streaming a live version of their previously unreleased track ‘The 7′s’. The track acts as a precursor for the band’s release of a deluxe version of their self-titled debut. Check out the stream below and head here for more info on the release.

Ahead of dropping their self-titled album on the 14th, Saves The Day have revealed the official video for ‘In The In Between’. Catch Saves The Day at Hit the Deck in Bristol (Saturday) and Nottingham (Sunday) next weekend.

Pop-rockers The Summer Set have unveiled the video for ‘Lightning In A Bottle’. The track will be released on the 14th April to coincide with their UK tour and you can also catch them at Hit the Deck.

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Sheffield’s latest talent Body Hound (featuring ex-members of Rolo Tomassi and Antares) will be releasing their debut EP on April 14th. ‘Rhombus Now’ will be available as a Pay-What-You-Like deal via Brainwave, but you can take a listen to it in full right now on Musical Mathematics by clicking here.

Tour announcements have been flooding in this week, so here’s a just a few…

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We Are The Ocean have released details of a UK tour for this October. Tickets are on sale now, so grab ‘em whilst you can. Full dates can be found here.

Ska legends Reel Big Fish are bringing their ‘Don’t Stop Skankin’ Tour’ to Liverpool’s O2 Academy for a one-off performance on 2nd August around their many festival appearances. The Liverpool show follows their recent 14 dates co-headline UK tour with Zebrahead. Tickets for the show are on sale now.

And for the festivals…

Ghostfest 2014 will return to Leeds University Union on the 28th and 29th June 2014. The first 16 acts to be added to the bill can be found here and, if there’s no one that takes your fancy then be safe in knowledge that there’s a whole 25 more bands to be announced!

Tickets for Ghostfest 2014 are available now via Leeds Tickets.

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Slam Dunk have announced more additions to the lineup, including Feed The Rhino, Natives and Landscapes along with You, Me, and Everyone We Know for their first UK appearance on the acoustic stage. Check out the full list of additions below.

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Download Festival have announced 9 more acts who join headliners Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park and Aerosmith at this year’s event including Turbowolf, Cytota, Drenge, and Baby Godzilla. It’s set to be a big weekend, so grab some tickets whilst you can!

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In other news, this week marked the 20th anniversary of The Offspring’s breakout album ‘Smash.’ To celebrate the band will be playing the album in its entirety on tour in Europe this summer before heading back to the US for some more dates. If you’re at Download, you can expect to see Smash played in full too. Epitaph are also commemorating the anniversary with a special 20th Anniversary Edition of Smash. Check out the full details of what it will contain here.

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