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From Sunday 23 December 2001

Jimmy Eat World will come anyway!

Even though Blink are far too lazy to come to Europe, emo stars Jimmy Eat World have announced some shows instead. They are as follows: 16/1 – Dublin, Ireland – Temple Music Bar Center 17/1 – Glasgow, Scotland – QMU 18/1 – Liverpool, England – Liverpool University

Blink 182 statement for cancelled shows

Blink have released a statement citing their reasons for the cancellation of their forthcoming European tour. It reads: “Due to singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge suffering a herniated disc in his back, Blink-182 has postponed their European tour, scheduled for January 2002. Said Tom DeLonge, “Recently, I consulted a specialist and he informed me

Green Day – Insomniac

How on Earth can you follow one of the best selling punk albums in the entire world? Well, Green Day seemed to be able to do it quite well. When ‘Dookie’ sold about 15 million copies, there was no way that the follow up,

Saturday 22 December 2001

Blink tour off! [again…]

That’s right kids, those So Cal nutters Blink 182 have cancelled their UK tour AGAIN! The whole tour is now off for good, as Tom has a bad back! As yet no official statement has been released, this news is very hot off the press, but the rumour is

Rival Schools support A

Punktastic office faves A are to be supported by the emotastic Rival Schools on their forthcoming UK tour. To check out the dates, look at oour earlier news item. But if you can’t be arsed to do that, then just look here: Glasgow Garage February 20 Newcastle University 21 Manchester

Alkaline Trio tour again

Punk heroes Alkaline Trio, fresh from a UK tour, have announced they will be back again in January. The dates are as follows: Derby Victoria Inn January 12 Belfast Limelight 14 Newport TJ’s 16 Sheffield Leadmill 18 Dudley JB’s 19 London Mean Fiddler 26 York Fibbers 27 Bristol Fleece & Firkin 29.

Deconstruction Tour is on… and guess who is playing…

European cities will once again be playing host to the Deconstruction punk and ska festival in 2002. And Punktastic can tell you who exactly is going to be on the bill. Last year the festival was held in Glasgow, Manchester and London and played host to Pennywise,

Friday 21 December 2001

The Cereal Box Killers – Teenage Heart Throb Band

I really shouldn’t like this record. I think I must be one of a very select few that don’t like either Rancid or Bad Religion, and my first thought when thinking about The Cereal Box Killers is that they sound a bit

Thursday 20 December 2001

Less Than Jake – Losing Streak

“This is the old dude Howie J Reynolds, and you’re listening to Less Than Jake” aah that takes me back; back to sitting on my ass in my friend’s room, with a bottle of Stella in one hand and cheese and chips (fries) in the

The Cereal Box Killers

OK, so what do you get if you cross Bad Religion, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, the Cure and an addiction to breakfast cereal? Well, you get The Cereal Box Killers of course. Describing themselves as like “like jumping out an airplane without a parachute,” they’ve just