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From Monday 29 March 2010

Monday is Reading/Leeds announcement day

Monday is Reading/Leeds Festival first announcement day and we will be bringing you updates as to who is playing as soon as we hear – whether it’s rumours, self-confirmations or official news. Keep checking the news page on the main site for news as we get it all day

Hayley Williams covers Lady Gaga

Hayley Williams covers Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’. I figured Tom would enjoy this…

The last week summed up in one paragraph

If you didn’t visit PT in the last week (shame on you), you missed interviews with Piebald, Madina Lake and Forever The Sickest Kids, around half a dozen CD reviews and live reviews of Zebrahead and Frank Turner.

Sunday 28 March 2010

MCS for Reading/Leeds main stage?

Punktastic has been told that Motion City Soundtrack will be opening the main stage at this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals.

Kids In Glass Houses interview

Kids In Glass Houses release new album ‘Dirt’ tomorrow, so I had a chat with vocalist Aled about the record, Frankie from The Saturdays, dividing forum opinion and how he finds out his touring schedule through Punktastic! You can read the interview HERE and read

MCS Banquet show

Motion City Soundtrack play a free plugged in set for Banquet Records on Monday. You may need an advance ticket from http://www.banquetrecords.com/mcsinstore

Shake Dunk

Liverpool’s club night SHAKEDOWN goes head to head with Leeds’ SLAM DUNK, @ The Masque, Liverpool on Friday 2nd April. To promote the forthcoming Slam Dunk Festival this one off special sees Liverpool and Leeds finest DJ’s go head to head in a battle of the clubs!

Saturday 27 March 2010

Lagwagon/NUFAN tour?

According to this interview with Joey Cape, Lagwagon will tour Europe this summer with No Use For A Name.

Brand new Save Your Breath

Save Your Breath have posted new song ‘Stay Young’ which features guest vocal from Sean Smith of The Blackout at www.myspace.com/saveyourbreathband The track was produced by Romesh Dodangoda.

Streaming exclusives

If you’ve not checked out the stream of Maycomb‘s new single, do so on our main page. It’s a great little song! Coming up in the next few weeks we have EXCLUSIVE streams of the full EPs of Blitz Kids, Tiger Please and