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From Monday 16 December 2002

For you folks in the Midlands…

This Wednesday at the Flapper and Firkin in Birmingham, hand over four of your English pounds and see the following in action: Lubby Nugget, My Awesome Compilation, Peat Bog Man, Trigboy, The Whack, At A Blank.

Sunday 15 December 2002

AFI ticket news

In response to queries about where to get tickets for AFI’s Sheffield show, they will go on sale at 10am on Thursday 19th of December at the following locations : Way Ahead credit card line 0115 912 9000 Jacks records & Noise Annoys (Sheffield) Jumbo Records (Leeds) Piccadilly Records (

AFI for second UK show! Exclusive!

That’s right, you heard it here first. AFI, those big scary punk rock legends, will not only be appearing at the Astoria come february. Further backing up my claims that Sheffield is the place to be, Hallam University’s NMB building will play host to Davey

Saturday 14 December 2002

Old news…

..but worthy of being told nonetheless. UK emo upstarts The All New Adventures Of Us have lost two band members. In a news item put on their website, the band write: “Mainly due to the fact that because of University commitments, Paul and

Off, off, off

The Not Katies/The Foamers/NoComply gig scheduled to be held tonight in Newbury at the Curridge Womens Institute Hall (that well known punk rock venue) is apparently off. No reason why as yet, hopefully one of the Katies can fill me in with the details.

Dashboard set two London dates

Chris Carraba’s Dashboard Confessional project is to visit London for two shows early next year. The band will play the capital’s Metro Club on January 16 and 17. Their ‘MTV Unplugged’ album, which comes with a free DVD, is released on Monday.

Friday 13 December 2002

Guttermouth take up Kung Fu

From the Kung Fu Records mailout: “Kung Fu’s live punk DVD series “The Show Must Go Off” will feature Guttermouth‘s upcoming show at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA December 29th. For those who haven’t seen a Guttermouth show in southern California, it’s an

Fast times at acoustic high

The third release in the Fearless Records covers compilation series, titled ‘Punk Goes Acoustic’ is to hit the streets in March and two bands featured have confirmed which tracks will be on the compilation. The Ataris will do an acoustic version of ‘Fast Times At

Glastonbury no no?

Glastonbury Festival organisers have been handed a Christmas problem, after councillors in the area rejected the festivals licensing application. The local licensing committee rejected Michael Eavis’ proposal by five votes to four. REM are confirmed as headliners, but various punk bands

Have a household bash this year

Saturday 14th December – The Underworld, Camden Town, London – Household Name Records – CAPITAL CHAOS 2002 featuring: BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE, ADEQUATE SEVEN, ANTIMANIAX, YE WILES, COTTON WEARY. Tickets are £5 – 7pm-10.30pm – First Band Cotton Weary at 7.10pm.