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Punktastic has sold out!

I knew that headline would get your attention! Anyway, thanks to everyone who has bought a t-shirt as they are now all sold out, those who have contacted me should still get their order by the end of the week, the rest of you

are you weaker than this lot?

The Weakerthans will be over in the UK during July, although it is believed that it may only be a quick stop off in London. The band release ‘Reconstruction Site’, their new full-length recording produced by Ian Blurton and mixed by Adam Kasper, on August 26.

Let’s all have a reunion

Cheers to Tommy for the dates, the Reunion Show support The Starting Line, then rock out with Hiding With Girls in tow. 08.06.03 charlotte. leicester 09.06.03 white horse. high wycombe 10.06.03 barfly. london 12.06.03 soundhause. colchester 13.06.03 corporation. sheffield 15.06.03 barfly. cardiff, wales 16.06.03

TBS pull UK tour

According to RTS.com, Taking Back Sunday have pulled their UK tour with Brand New. They quote a Glasgow King Tuts source as saying that TBS won’t tour and Brand New and Moneen will go on as normal. Still no

It’s technical stuff

HiTechJet are a bit special and their forthcoming new IATDE release is hotly anticipated by everyone here at Punktastic. Well Mark and myself anyway! The boys hit the following venues for some musical tomfoolery: Friday 9th May – The Legion, Harpenden with Eden Maine and Imogen Saturday

You Vandal!

The Vandals look set to play a string of UK dates this summer with a couple already announced. (Cheers to those who emailed me regarding these dates): June 20 – Salisbury Arts Centre w/Whitmore June 21 – London Millenium Dome June

Capdown rescheduled dates

Jim at punknews.org.uk got these first, so kudos to him: September 16th: The Cockpit, Leeds 17th: King Tuts, Glasgow Wah Wah Hut 22nd: Town Hall, Middlesborough 23rd: Zodiac, Oxford 25th: University, Manchester 26th: The Charlotte, Leicester (Over 16’s) 27th: Sugarmill, Stoke On Trent (Over 14’s) 29th:

Second Lightyear post in two days…

Derby ska/pop/punky things Lightyear are set to release their second album on July 14. The album was recorded with Dave Chang at Philia Studios and will be called “Chris’ Gentleman’s Hairdresser And Railway Bookshop” in tribute to a famous retail business in their home town

A long weekend

Submitted: “The Little Explorer/Fine Before You Came/Halfway Home tour will be wrapping up at The Packhorse, Leeds on Saturday with a lovely five band package which includes the three bands, plus chugging post-hardcore boys The Osterman Weekend and fellow Derby-ites and terrifying Sonic Youth-esque noise terrorists, Fixit

Rufio rule!

Want to hear some new Rufio stuff? Of course you do! The boys release their new album ‘1985’ next month and if you click on the following link you can listen to audio of the band’s new track, ‘Science Fiction’. Good eh? Just