SlamDunk Festival 2016 Annouce Stage Splits

Released this week, SlamDunk Festival 2016 Stage Splits!

 

Now a bit more clarity on how those clashes are going to pan out and a better chance to start planning your weekend! Below posted are the splits.

 

The dates for Slam Dunk 2016 are as follows:

May

28 Leeds City Centre

29 Birmingham The NEC

30 Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum

 

Tickets availble from http://slamdunkmusic.com/festival/

SlamDunk Festival 2016 Surprise Announcement & Stage Maps Unveiled

With just nine more weeks to go with arguably one of the most anticipated weekends for tge alternative community, SlamDunk Festival 2016 have just annouced that they are adding an eighth stage to the bill. 

The all new Acoustic & Solo Artist stage will be headlined by Bryce Avary of Rocket Summer also performing:

Rob Lunch 
Grumble Bee
Greywind
Away Days

The story so far's side project – Elder Brother
Seafoal
Bethan Leadley 
Lianne Kaye.

Now you may be asking yourself where can we find these new stage,

Posted below are the event maps for each location

Leeds City Centre May 28:

Birmingham The NEC May 29:

Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum May 30:

Stage splits are to follow next week!

The dates and venues for SlamDunk 2016 are as follows:

May

28 Leeds City Centre

29 Birmingham The NEC

30 Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum

For tickets and more info go to www.slamdunkmusic.com 

SlamDunk Festival 2016 Surprise Announcement & Stage Maps Unveiled

With just nine more weeks to go with arguably one of the most anticipated weekends for tge alternative community, SlamDunk Festival 2016 have just annouced that they are adding an eighth stage to the bill. 

The all new Acoustic & Solo Artist stage will be headlined by Bryce Avary of Rocket Summer also performing:

Rob Lunch 
Grumble Bee
Greywind
Away Days

The story so far's side project – Elder Brother
Seafoal
Bethan Leadley 
Lianne Kaye.

Now you may be asking yourself where can we find these new stage,

Posted below are the event maps for each location

Leeds City Centre May 28:

Birmingham The NEC May 29:

Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum May 30:

Stage splits are to follow next week!

The dates and venues for SlamDunk 2016 are as follows:

May

28 Leeds City Centre

29 Birmingham The NEC

30 Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum

For tickets and more info go to www.slamdunkmusic.com 

SlamDunk Festival Fourth Wave Announcement!

SlamDunk Festival 2016 is shaping up to be an already incredible lineup. Yesterday SlamDunk released a statement which added another 8 incredible bands to the bill!

 

Joining the likes of OF MICE AND MEN and headliners PANIC! AT THE DISCO are:

 

The King Blues
Shikari Sound System (DJ set)
Moose Blood
Gnarwolves
The Amity Affliction
The Word Alive
Chunk!, No Captain Chunk!
Catch 22

If that’s not enough you can expect the fourth and final announcement very soon!

 

The dates and venues for SlamDunk 2016 are as follows:

 

May

28 Leeds City Centre

29 Birmingham The NEC

30 Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum

For tickets and more info go to www.slamdunkmusic.com 

 

 

SlamDunk Festival Third Wave Of Bands

Joining headliners Panic! At The Disco, along with the likes of Of Mice & Men, Four Year Strong and New Found Glory is yet another amazing annoucement from SlamDunk, added to the bill is…


Mayday Parade

Cancer Bats

Northlane

Hit The Lights

ROAM

Norma Jean

Hacktivist

And if that's not enough for you Yellowcard are going to be playing a SlamDunk exclusive, their album Ocean Avenue in full!

Watch this space for the fourth and final annoucement as well as stage splits and times, coming your way very soon.

 

The dates and venues for SlamDunk 2016 are as follow:

May

28 Leeds City Centre

29 Birmingham the NEC

30 Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum

For tickets and more info go to www.slamdunkmusic.com 

 

SlamDunk Festival Third Wave Of Bands

Joining headliners Panic! At The Disco, along with the likes of Of Mice & Men, Four Year Strong and New Found Glory is yet another amazing annoucement from SlamDunk, added to the bill is…


Mayday Parade

Cancer Bats

Northlane

Hit The Lights

ROAM

Norma Jean

Hacktivist

And if that's not enough for you Yellowcard are going to be playing a SlamDunk exclusive, their album Ocean Avenue in full!

Watch this space for the fourth and final annoucement as well as stage splits and times, coming your way very soon.

 

The dates and venues for SlamDunk 2016 are as follow:

May

28 Leeds City Centre

29 Birmingham the NEC

30 Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum

For tickets and more info go to www.slamdunkmusic.com 

 

SlamDunk Festivals Second Wave Announcement

 

During May's bank holiday weekend we will be celebrating SlamDunks 10th anniversary, we are please to announce that they have added a further 8 bands to the already incredible line up.
 

Joining the lineup is…

The Starting Line

The Story So Far

Set Your Goals

Mallory Knox

Miss May I

Capdown

We Came As Romans

Zebrahead

And if that's not enough you can expect another eight bands to be announced in the final wave announcement.

 

 

The dates and venues for SlamDunk 2016 are as follows:

May

28 Leeds City Centre

29 Birmingham The NEC

30 Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum

For tickets and more info go to www.slamdunkmusic.com 

 

SlamDunk Festival Lineup – First Wave

Celebrating its ten year anniversary, the ever growing festival known as SlamDunk has released the first wave of bands. With only a month from the holidays it seems Slamdunk knows what we all want for Christmas.

Topping the bill is Brendon Urie's Las Vagas rock band PANIC! AT THE DISCO. After absolutely smashing the main stage slot at England's infamous Reading and Leeds festival earlier this year, it seems they are set and ready to take SlamDunk by storm with relentlessly releasing new material and their new album 'Death Of A Bachelor' on the horizon. It's no wonder they've hit the top spot for celebrating a decade of SlamDunk!

Joining Panic! in the first wave of bands is one of Orange County's finest metalcore bands, OF MICE & MEN. After not long completing their full circle earlier in 2015 it seems the five piece can't get enough of the UK. Their appearance at next year's SlamDunk leaves us anticipating some new material.

A band with little need for introduction joining the lineup is Pop Punk classic New found glory.

Not only known for the heroic beards, most probably sharing a stage with New Found is another one of Pop Punk's finest, Four Year Strong. After releasing their self titled album in June, it seems they have some fresh material the UK is ever excited to hear!

Every Time I Die – after completing their UK tour in October it seems like the boys from Dallas can't get enough of the English soil and are once again heading back in May.
Also joining the lineup from across the pond, Memphis may fire, Issues and last but certainly not least, Dan Lambton's five piece Real Friends.
As you can imagine here at Summer Festival Guide we are completely stoked for next summer with these incredible bands hitting the lineup so early on, it's a wonder what SlamDunk have in store for us.

Tickets are now on sale from slamdunkmusic.com. Don’t miss out with a further forty bands to be announced across seven stages keep posted for another amazing announcement to come over the next few months.

The dates and venues for SlamDunk 2016 are as follows:

May
28 Leeds City Centre
29 Birmingham The NEC
30 Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum

 

Slam Dunk 2015 Wolverhampton Review

Saturday 23rd May seen the start of the bank holiday weekend, with a three day traveling circus thats known as Slam Dunk Festival bringing its fun and lively antics across Leeds, Hertfordshire and Wolverhampton. We went along to Wolverhampton to see what the Slam Dunk team had inshore for us this year. This year it housed seven stages, each of which held a collaboration of six to seven different bands of similar musical output. It was a surreal experience to walk no more than a few metres and be kicked in the face with a completely different genre of music and with Slam Dunk ever expanding this year provided us with a pick of 53 bands to see.

Trash Boat
After winning the fresh blood competition against 9 other bands they opened up the Kerrang! Fresh Blood stage at the festival. The band were highly anticipated and had a pretty big turn-out especially for that time of day. They performed well and put the crowd in a fantastic mood for the rest of the day.

PVRIS
had the room at full capacity nearly twenty minutes before their set, Lynn Gunn kick started the Civic Hall’s atmosphere by opening with the debut single St Patrik. The trio from Lowell, Massachusetts blew the roof off with a six song setlist, completing it with a rendition of ‘My House’ featuring You Me At Six front man Josh Franceschi. Lynn Gunn being the Iconic front woman that she is wooed the crowd and it was a huge turnout for the band which was well received by all. Seriously this band are taking over!.

Neck Deep
The infamous Neck Deep have recently had a lot of hype after news broke out that their new studio album ‘Life’s Not Out To Get You’ to due to be released soon. So with that in mind we were excited to see what these boys from Wales would have to offer. After the lads had attended the Kerrang! signing tent they proceeded to play a 35 minute set at Slam Dunk’s main stage, featuring songs from their first EP Rain in July. They also played hits from their first studio album and more recently their brand new single ‘Can’t Kick Up The Roots’ which went down a treat. The pop-punk five piece didn’t stop there and busted out the classic ‘A Part Of Me ‘ which left most of us teary eyed.

Zebrahead
Now surprisingly this band had the best sound of the day it was mostly clean and raw, which we would considered this band to be, it was such an unexpected highlight of our day. Stewards had to stop letting people in as the Desperados stage was at full capacity and it’s no wonder, they were so tight for such a large band. Amazing clean vocals, arguably the sharpest sound of the day.

While She Sleeps
The Sheffield five piece smashed out a nine song setlist,  which was well doctored if we might add for SlamDunk. Hardcore Sleeps fans were around, displaying flags of honour and affection which for a band that has had very few years, they have gained an army of loyal fans. After releasing their latest album Brainwashed, While She Sleeps have become an ever expanding name, not too big to emphasize their egos as they stuck around the festival to meet the fans.

Bury Tomorrow
After seeing front man Dani and Davyd knocking around merch tables meeting the fans, then playing an extensive DJ set on Uprawr stage, we were ecstatic to see what the very special guests BURY TOMORROW had to throw at us at 5pm on the Monster Energy Stage. As soon as they erupted out on stage there were massive circle pits from the get go this being said the band never have and never will settle for anything less. Their set consisted of mostly new material,playing half of their new album ‘RUNES’ as well as classic tracks from previous albums.

Don Broco
After witnessing the huge line for the meet and greet this was a  highly anticipated band to see. After such a hype and with them being on the main stage Don Broco didn't live up to my expectation and were the most disappointing band of the day. Overly confident lead singer "Rob Damiani"  kept the crowd waiting well into what would have been their 45 minute set. They attracted a boisterous crowd which proved to be to many members of the audience being problematic as it aggravated and distressed what should have been a fairly calm slot of the day. Overall a poor performance.

Mellincolin
have just released their latest album "True Brew" which is there first bit of material in over seven years. The four piece from Örebro, Sweden played a set consisting of mainly new material but didn’t fail to deliver absolute classics from their earlier discography "Penguins and Polarbears" with them warming the crowd up to end with arguably the one song everyone came to see "NO CIGAR"  a classic most people will remember from the days of playing old school Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2. Not only did they entertain with their music but their on stage humour kept the fans in a bright mood. 10/10 for performance.

Architects 
were without a doubt one of the most hyped up bands of the day to check out and it’s with no surprise with them Headlining the Monster Energy Stage. They played a set combined with old classics such as "Early Grave" and "Follow The Water" amongst a vast collection of their new material from their latest album "Lost Together Lost Forever". Vocalist Sam Carter was insanely grateful for the sheer amount of people that turned up to see their set as it was a  slot clash with surrey boys You Me At Six. Always promoting a good message Architects stomped home probably the heaviest set of the day.

You Me At Six
After their performance at Hatfield having to be delayed due to an injured fan, they ended Slam Dunk’s three day weekend with a bang. Stomping out old classics from their first studio album ‘Take Off Your Colours’.  Surprisingly the material, which is nearly seven years old got an amazing welcome as they opened with "The Truth Is A Terrible Thing" immediately followed by "Save It For The Bedroom". Josh Franceschi’s five piece galore seemed to take the commitment of headlining the whole festival as something on the chin and boy did they deliver. 

We caught up with a few fans who gave their appraisals in a few short words

Heather Thomson

“IT WAS RAD! Being As An Ocean were surprisingly my favourite pick of the litter. It was my first hard-core festival and it seems like I’ll be coming again next year. It was pretty cool to have loads of my favourite bands playing within a few metres of each other, my legs hurt now but it was so worth it!”

 

Josh English 

“Gloriously sunny drunk fun, big d and the kids table were f***ing fantastic and While She Sleeps smashed it as always, they never let you down just a lot of likeminded nice people all in one place, a proper friendly atmosphere.”

 

Leanda Skragg 

“Possibly the best line up I’ve ever seen at the festival. Was an absolutely sick day and I wasn’t disappointed with a single band I saw.”

Overall to sum up SLAMDUNK 2015, it was incredible and such a surreal experience. You could meet almost anyone you wanted throughout the day without having to queue for the meet and greets, it seemed the bands just like knocking around to meet fans and even catch other bands sets. The crowd to band relationships were intimate.

There was a huge variety of food and drink and very happy and helpful members of staff to serve it. There were plenty of offers from sponsors such as Desperados and Impericon giving away free goodies. The general atmosphere however was average. Maybe it’s due to the long weekend or the poor weather.

Due to the layout of the venue some of the stages would sound leak from one into the other, you'd be stood in the middle of the Monster Stage and still hear Impericon. The whole sound quality of the festival was below average, too much bass and echo for the size of the venues. It left little room for melodic instruments which had an adverse effect on everyone's performance. Despite this, the crowd seemed happy and the bands even happier.

Overall a good day and we highly recommend it, 2 thumbs up!

Arcticle By Ashley Beresford

Photographs from Sophie Jones

SlamDunk Festival 2015 Announcement – Very Special Guests

After the sensational EMMURE pulled out due to illness it left us dissapointed and with an empty stage slot… Metalcore fans will be pleased to know that BURY TOMORROW have just joined the line up for this year's SlamDunk Festival!

After last year's incredible headline performance it's no wonder why we're so excited to have these guys join once again an incredible line up on the Monster Energy Stage. Front man Dani Bates states “It was a pleasure to headline last year. We can’t wait to bring the pain in a fast paced set. Circle pits galore.”

Also joining the line up this year are the winners of KERRANG!'s Fresh Blood competitionTRASH BOAT, after a month of voting in competition with nine other bands the pop punk five piece from southern Hertfordshire have come out on top and are more than excited to take SlamDunk's Fresh Blood stage by storm.

In a statement to KERRANG the band said.. “We’re genuinely stunned to find out we won the slot to open the Fresh Blood stage and play the mighty Slam Dunk this year!” the band say. “Thanks to all of you beautiful people who took the time out of your days to give a shit about us, come holla at ya boyz so we can give you all big sloppy kisses!”

With the festival's lineup now complete, the South location selling out and the Northern locations near full capacity you better get your tickets quick before you miss out on arguably one of the best underground music festivals of twenty fifteen.

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