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From Wednesday 09 May 2012

Tom Gabel comes out as transgender

In an astonishing show of courage and heart, Tom Gabel has revealed through Rolling Stone that as a man, he has been privately dealing with Gender Dysphoria. As a result, Tom Gabel has detailed plans to begin a transition from man to woman through use of hormones and

Tuesday 08 May 2012

Vans Warped tour hits the UK, here’s the bands

The Vans Warped Tour will be hitting the UK in November for the first time in a THIRTEEN year absence and it has been announced that the following bands will be playing London’s Alexandra Palace on the 10th of November; Bring Me The Horizon Lostprophets Architects Less Than Jake New Found Glory Man Overboard The Story

Millencolin detail new 7″ release

Millencolin have announced that they will be releasing a new 7″ vinyl with two new songs, titled “Carry You” and “Out From Nowhere” the release is limited to 500 copies and will be available from June 8th at the 20 year festival, the release will see a limited distribution

The Road to Warped, ft Less Than Jake and New Found Glory

As well as the festival itself, Artist Tickets are reporting that it has been announced that there will be a ‘road to Warped’ tour featuring Less Than Jake, New Found Glory, Man Overboard and The Story So Far, the dates are below. November 4 NOTTINGHAM Rock City 5 MANCHESTER Academy 6 LEEDS University 7

Live tweets from the Vans Warped Tour UK announcement this evening

This evening, team Punktastic is spread all over London, and we’ve sent our contributor Ryan Cooper out on a Pop Punk mission to live tweet from the Vans Warped Tour UK announcement. We’ll be posting the full line up here once it’s announced, but follow either of the following Twitter

CourageHaveCourage stream new track

Guernsey based pop-rockers CourageHaveCourage are streaming new track ‘Lioness’ via. Soundcloud. Fans of Futures, Pegasus Bridge and Twin Atlantic will enioy, and you can check out the track below: http://www.facebook.com/couragehavecourage

Pennywise – All Or Nothing

If you were one of those writing Pennywise off after the departure of Jim Lindberg, then you’d probably be in good company. Though not the dominant personality of the band, Lindberg’s vocal set heavy on their sound and, similarly to Gallows, they’re a band that everyone assumes will struggle

fun. detail UK and Ireland shows in October

Following a massively successful spell with the US release of ‘Some Nights’, fun. will play the following shows in the UK and Ireland this Autumn: OCTOBER 02 LONDON 02 Shepherds Bush Empire 04 BIRMINGHAM HMV Institute 06 DUBLIN Academy 07 MANCHESTER Academy 2 08 GLASGOW O2 ABC The band play a

Xcerts announce GnR and Thin Lizzy support shows, post full set stream online

The Xcerts have announced they’ll be supporting Guns & Roses and Thin Lizzy on the following shows: MAY 25 GLASGOW SECC 26 BIRMINGHAM Arena JUNE 01 LONDON O2 Arena Basically… awesome. This effects their Bristol gig on the 25th, though, which will now be 27th of Mayat The Croft instead of The Cooler. All original

Straight Lines post tour diary

Straight Lines have posted a tour diary from their recent tour promoting new album ‘Freaks Like Us’. Check out the footage below: http://www.facebook.com/straightlines