Gig reviews are GO

I’ve just dropped in two new gig reviews, from my night with Hollywood Ending and Cry For Silence, and also my amazing night out last night in York with Lights Out and Punktastic buddies A Destructive Issue. I shall be placing

Billy’s got no mates

Submitted: “To celebrate the launch of his first solo album, under the guise of Billy No Mates Duncan Redmans’ of UK melodic punk legends Snuff will headline The Garage in London on Highbury Corner on the 12th of May for a special show that will

TMS give themselves to the people

We’ve teamed up with our good friends at peoplesound.com to offer you a free TMS download. For two weeks only peoplesound are offering an exclusive download of ‘Mightiest monster mightiest melodrama of them all. The same site are also streaming ‘The Fall of Shi Gau Rui’.

Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner!

As promised at the start of the year, punktastic bash is coming back to London. Punktastic Recordings and Deck Cheese Records present: Through Silence, Failsafe and The Maple State + 1 band TBC… June 25th, Tufnell Park Dome, 18+, £5

I’m tired of doing this on my own

Submitted: “Avenged Sevenfold will be in the UK late May.”

So tired

Submitted by Toby: “Polyvinyl’s Owen, aka mike kinsella, are over on tour at the end of july. only show i know of so far is manchester on july 27th at the phoenix.”

I’m tired

Submitted by Toby: “I was talking to the guy who drove dropkick murphys around on their uk tour the other day and he said that was probably the bouncing souls last tour and they’ll be a studio only band from now.”

BOE tour starts tomorrow

Best Of Enemies hit the road this week promoting material off the soon to be released ‘Blood Red Under Blue Skies’. Catch them alongside Chucky No Stars at these dates: 18th – Verdis Weymouth (w/ Chucky No Stars), 19th – Blythe (w/ Chucky

Open up

Open Hand come to the Uk to support My Chemical Romance and then play 3 headline dates of their own: Sun April 10 – Oxford Zodiac Mon April 11 – Leeds Cockpit Tue April 12 – London Barfly

In a band and need a driver and van for a tour? Shaun from $up will provide his services (including a rather delightful 6-seater van) for £75 a day plus petrol. He’s available from the 5th April, and will negotiate for big tours. If you are interested, email me