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From Wednesday 26 March 2014

The Great Escape Festival completes line-up

Brighton’s iconic new-music showcase, The Great Escape Festival, have confirmed the final acts added to their 400 strong line-up. Included in the 100 plus additions are Punktastic favourites Marmozets, gritty rockers God Damn and Scotland via south coast trio The Xcerts. The Great Escape takes place in venues across Brighton,

Slam Dunk Festival annouces more acts

Slam Dunk have added 13 new bands to their line-up, currently headed up by The All-American Rejects. Added are: MALLORY KNOX KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES (performing ‘Smart Casual’ in full) WE THE KINGS CHIODOS CAPDOWN RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS GNARWOLVES JESSE JAMES MC LARS HEART OF A COWARD SAVE YOUR BREATH MODERN BASEBALL GHOSTTOWN Bringing ska well-and-truly back to the Slam Dunk line-up, the

Monday 24 March 2014

Download Festival add Against Me!, Marmozets, The Wildhearts and more

Download Festival have added 18 more bands to their already stellar line-up, joining previously announced headliners Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park and Aerosmith across the three days. Added to the line-up are: AGAINST ME! ARTHEMIS CHEVELLE COLT 45 DRONES KID KARATE LAWNMOWER DEATH MARMOZETS MONSTER MAGNET NO HOT ASHES ORANGE GOBLIN PAGE 44 ROYAL BLOOD TAX THE HEAT THE DIRTY YOUTH THE MAGNUS PUTO THE WILDHEARTS VAMPS (JPN) Taking

Red Bull Studios Live returns to Download Festival

Red Bull have announced the return of their Studios Live competition, offering unsigned bands the opportunity of a professional studio experience, mentoring and a slot at this year’s Download Festival. Last year saw the likes of Searching Alaska, Forever Can Wait and Press to MECO take to Download’s legendary

Thursday 20 March 2014

Tech-Fest 2014 Details

UK Tech-Fest, the progressive and technical metal festival, returns on 10-14 July 2014 for its third year – and makes it debut at Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire. The lineup currently includes The Ocean Collective, Vildhjarta, Glass Cloud, The Safety Fire, The Eyes Of A Traitor, Modern day Babylon,

Radstock Stage Times Announced

The awesome looking lineups for Radstock have been announced as stage times – for both the Liverpool and Newcastle legs. For more info and for tickets, get over to http://www.facebook.com/radstockfest

2000trees adds even more bands to their lineup, including The Bronx, The Computers, Turbowolf and many more

2000trees is looking EVEN better this year than last year, with the addition of some incredible bands this morning. Check out the full list of additions below, and get yourself to Upcote farm on July 10-12 if you know what’s good for you! Band of Skulls, The Bronx, Kids In

Wednesday 19 March 2014

Sonisphere Festival announces The Bronx, Chiodos, Anti-Nowhere League, Gallows and more

Sonisphere Festival have announced the following bands for their 2014 edition: Band Of Skulls, Gary Numan, Carcass, New Model Army, The Bronx, The Winery Dogs, Gallows, 65daysofstatic, Sebastian Bach, Chiodos, Anti-Nowhere League, Little Matador and The Lounge Kittens The festival, which takes place this July at Knebworth Castle, is also selling

TNSrecords celebrate 10 year anniversary with 2 day festival

Manchester based collective and subsequent record label TNSrecords are celebrating their 10th year with a 2 day festival encompassing 3 gigs. Random Hand will headline the main show at Sound Control on the 12th April, while the majority of the label’s roster will play across both days. TNS, short for

Tuesday 18 March 2014

Fucked Up detail release of new album, stream new song, announce EU shows

Fucked Up have detailed the release of their new album, ‘Glass Boys’, which will be released in June through Matador. The band will also come over to the UK to perform on the following dates around the album’s release: JUNE 13 LUCERN B Sides Festival 14 BRUSSELS Salle Rogier 15 MANCHESTER Gorilla 16 NEWCASTLE Cluny 17