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From Monday 01 July 2013

2000 Trees Festival Preview

Nestled amongst the fields of Gloucestershire, the folks at 2000 Trees set about creating a new type of festival, one that was inclusive, open minded and committed to unearthing your favourite new band. Seven years on from its inception, 2000 Trees has firmly recouped on its promise. Musicians like

Thursday 20 June 2013

Top Five Ventura Warped Tour Must Sees

We’re out in force at this weekend’s Ventura Warped Tour date, and our intrepid reporter Lauren Novik has put together her five must-sees for the day… check them out below… Warped Tour is going down in t-minus two days & counting here in Ventura, California and we’re more than a

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Download Festival 2013 Preview

Download 2013 has one of the best line ups of any festival in the history of the world ever (note: I am never, ever prone to exaggeration). But seriously, it’s going to be great. Here’s just a taster of who’ll be making us lose our minds. FRIDAY 3 DOORS DOWN Friday is

Thursday 23 May 2013

Slam Dunk 2013 Preview

All Time Low head up this year’s Slam Dunk line up So, it’s that time of year again. Slam Dunk is just hours away, and we’re trying to get our head around what bands we’re gonna watch. As usual, there’s way too much choice, but here’s our picks from across

Monday 22 April 2013

Groezrock 2013 Preview

Thrice at Groezrock 2012 This weekend we’re going to be at the greatest punk festival on the planet (true story), and we’re taking you lucky people along for the ride – even if you’re not there. As well as our rolling coverage, we’ll be doing stacks of interviews and hopefully

Thursday 11 April 2013

US Focus: 24 hours to Coachella

In our second US Focus of the month, our intrepid reporter Lauren is getting excited about Coachella this weekend. See what she’s stoked about seeing below, and then get pumped/jealous in equal measure It’s T-minus 24 hours until Coachella kicks off, so life here in sunny So Cal has come

Thursday 04 April 2013

US Focus: Warped Tour Kick Off Party

This summer, our intrepid reporter Lauren Novik will be covering loads of US gigs and festivals, and to kick things off we sent her to the Warped Tour Kick Off party. Here’s what happened on the night, and what you can look forward to this summer if you’re coming

Saturday 03 November 2012

PREVIEW: Vans Warped Tour UK

Though the line up had a few mixed reactions in our ever-charming community, the UK “date” of this year’s Warped Tour has sold out entirely, and certainly has been one of this year’s most talked about musical event. The Alexandra Palace all-dayer on 10th November carries some of the biggest

Tuesday 04 September 2012

DEBRIEF: Summer Festivals 2012

Green Day on the NME/Radio 1 stage at Reading We’ve still got a couple more festivals this year, but with Merthyr Rock behind us, Punktastic’s summer of festivals (our biggest yet!) is pretty much done and dusted. We’ve been far and wide, seeing the best and worst of the weather,

Saturday 18 August 2012

PREVIEW: Reading Festival 2012 Sunday

For our final Reading Festival preview, we’re going to explore Sunday’s line up in as much detail as possible so that you don’t waste that precious final festival day watching a load of garbage. Hopefully. Main Stage THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM Having just released a corker in ‘Handwritten’, The Gaslight Anthem will be