2000 Trees Festival 2025 – Friday

LIVE: 2000Trees Friday

By eight am, it’s too hot to stay in a tent. The stages are packed before lunchtime and we are raring to go for another day at Trees. Dashing between patches of shade, we’re hyped and hydrated for our Friday. Words: Kate Allvey and Rob Dand  //  Photos: Penny Bennett

Frank Turner – ‘Undefeated’

“Some people are just going to hate you, no matter what you do,” laments folk punk troubadour Frank Turner, “so don’t waste time trying to change their minds; just be a better you.” This first line to the first song of ‘Undefeated’ summarises the tone of Turner’s tenth outing

LIVE: Chuck Ragan @ The 100 Club, London

It could be a coincidence that there’s a storm raging outside London’s 100 Club, but it’s equally as likely that Chuck Ragan’s gravelly roar has commanded the heavens to open. The Hot Water Music frontman turned professional punk rock grizzly bear sold out the historic basement venue incredibly quickly,

LIVE: Reading Festival 2023 – Friday

Is Reading still a rock festival? The last half decade has seen a slow descent into pop acts. The teeth bared by previous headliners have definitely been blunted and worn down. However, while Reading’s no longer snarling in your face, there are more than enough vicious acts lurking among

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Pet Needs, Berries, Guise @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London

LIVE: Frank Turner @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London

Frank Turner is a famed name amongst the alternative music scene with a plethora of genres under his belt, his endearing charm never failing to impress behind the microphone. He opens the night with a debut live performance of track ‘Broken Piano’, a haunting choice as

Slam Dunk North 2021 @ Temple Newsam Leeds

Slam Dunk North made its much anticipated return to Leeds on Saturday 4th September 2021.

LIVE: Download Festival Pilot 2021 – Sunday

It’s been a long, long time since Punktastic have been able to cover live music as we’ve always known it, and to be able to dive back in at the one and only Download Festival is more than we could ever have hoped for. The crowd was smaller, as

Download Pilot 2021: A reflection

Who would have thought a mere four weeks ago that before the end of June 10,000 of us would be standing in our Doc Martens and wellies in the rain, arms around one another, screaming along to our favourite songs?