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From Friday 17 May 2002

Sunfactor new dates

UK rockers Sunfactor have informed us of a stack of new dates that they want us to tell you about, so in typical Punktastic fashion, here they are: Friday May 17th Cardiff (Oz Bar) w/otherwise/the take Doors at 8.00pm Thursday May 23rd Milton Keynes (Zaks) Doors

Wednesday 15 May 2002

Has the Lost Weekend vanished?

Rumours are abound this evening that The Lost Weekend festival in London has been cancelled. The festival, due to be held in July, would have played host to The Hives, The Vandals and Unwritten Law amongst others. But it is believed that the

Blink 182 for Glasgow?

Reports are surfacing today that Blink 182 have confirmed an appearance at the Gig on the Green event in Glasgow in August. The gig is the third leg of the Carling Festivals, which also take place at Reading and Leeds. However, it is not believed that Mark,

NOFX to do Euro tour…

…but it won’t include the UK… Fat Mike’s legendary So-Cal crew have already announced Main Stage appearances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August, and whilst the rest of Europe will be treated to a short tour, it is unlikely that the UK will get any extra dates. Fat Mike

Turbo AC’s add support date

The Turbo AC’s, who are to play on this years Deconstruction Festival, have added a supporting slot to their UK itinerary. The band will now support H2O at their gig at Camden Dingwalls on June 5.

Millencolin get their own shoe!

Swedish upstarts Millencolin are to get their own shoe, thanks to skate-brand firm Vans. The company has announced that they are making special edition Millencolin skate shoes – the first shoes Vans has created specifically for a band. They will be very limited in numbers

New Punk-o-Rama tracklist

The hotly anticipated new Epitaph sampler is set to rock your stereo very soon, with a release date scheduled for June 11 in Europe. And we have the tracklisting for Punk-O-Rama 7 right here! Millencolin – Fingers Crossed Hot Water Music – Wayfarer The (International)

Tuesday 14 May 2002

Midtown living well, going free

Midtown, having just released their latest full-lengther, “Living Well is the Best Revenge”, are understandably keen to promote it. What better way than giving bits of it away free? The band has released, for your listening pleasure, two tracks from the album, “Become What You Hate” and

Jetta announce gig / recording slot

We like to take our hosted bands under our wing a bit, so it’s with pride we relay that fledgling punkers Jetta have announced their appearance at next month’s National Battle of the Bands, held in Wolverhampton, UK on June 7. The band scores depending

Belltown split… or do they?

Punktastic favourites Belltown nearly broke our hearts this morning when they announced the end of the band as we know it. The band, in a press release sent earlier today, cites the 9 months of “pointless” legal wrangling with a major record label as the reason for the