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From Wednesday 08 May 2002

Sunfactor show tonight!

Up and coming UK band Sunfactor are set to play a show in Croydon tonight. The gig is at the Cartoon in Croydon – below is a link with a map, telephone, and address: http://www.ents24.com/web/venue/5536/Croydon/The+Cartoon.html Tickets are £3 and first band is on at 8pm. In other Sunfactor

Beatsteaks news round up

The Beatsteaks are touring the UK this month in support of cheeky punkers A. To coincide with the tour, the band will release their brand new single, ‘Let Me In’ on May 27th via Epitaph. Released on CD format only, the single, taken

The Distillers to hit UK!

Having released their second album ‘Sing Sing, Death House’ to widespread acclaim, The Distillers are returning to the UK in June. You can catch Brody Armstrong’s all singing and dancing punk rock troupe on the following dates: June 21st

Homegrown offer new MP3

Home Grown‘s new album, ‘Kings Of Pop’ doesn’t hit stores until June 25, but you can be the first on your block to check out a sneak peak now! The new record was produced by Steve Evetts (Saves The Day,

Tuesday 07 May 2002

Brand New “can’t wait” to visit UK

Post hardcore heroes Brand New “can’t wait” to come and play in the UK, according to bassist Garrett Tierney. Currently on the Pop Disaster tour in the US, the band took time out to email us here at Punktastic to tell us they are on their way… Garrett said:

Milk2Sugars to stir up Preston!

Regulars to the Punktastic forums already know about these crazy fools, but for those who don’t, get your asses down to Preston’s Aqualenium club on May 16 because the madcap ska-punks are going to be playing there! For those who don’t know, Aqualenium is on the

Monday 06 May 2002

Audio Karate chop up new video

One band who are quickly becoming favourites here at Punktastic, Audio Karate, have made their new video available online. The Kung Fu Records band, who release the sublime ‘Space Camp’ CD next week, have made their video for ‘Nintendo 69’ available for download to anyone who

Two (count ’em) new competitions!

We though we’d up the ante this month and provide not one but two competitions for our lucky, luck readers! Up for grabs are 4 pairs of tickets for the UK punk festival ‘Holidays In The Sun’, along with your chance to win the ENTIRE Lobster Records back catalog on

Better Off Worse winners

We’ve (finally) done the draw for the ‘Better Off Worse‘ competition we we’re running last month, and here are the results (drum roll please)… The three people who will be walking away with a whole armful of Better Off Worse goodies, including a place on the

Have a Holiday In The Sun on us

This July, a classic punk festival is set to invade Blackpool, and you can be there! The Holidays In The Sun festival first started way back in 1996, and has grown from strength to strength. The 2002 version, set to hit Blackpool’s Winter Gardens on July 19, 20 and