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/
Making Bestival the festival to discover new music is a big part of what keeps us buzzing. Finding an incredible new band that could change your life, or that one amazing unknown track that will blow everyone away is something that our intrepid curator Rob da Bank has made his life’s work. With his monumental musical knowledge helping him to sniff out a cornucopia of mysterious gems, Rob’s track record for discovering the next big thing is unparalleled, and the Invaders of the Future stage is Bestival’s cathedral of cutting edge sounds where you’ll find this year’s selection of bright young things who could just be your new favourite band in The Future.
Rob da Bank says: “Yup, we all love a stonking big headliner at Bestival, and huge DJs and bands that have sold millions of records smashing it on our stages, but mostly where you’ll find me across the weekend at Bestival is in our Invaders stage checking out the new bands. Once more we’ve gone mentally diverse from Radio 1 and SXSW darling’s Danny L Harle, Pup and Sunflower Bean through the amazing Eska and a takeover from the hottest label out there, PC Music, to local island talent Born Ina Barn and Xockha. See you down the front!”
Out on a mission to capture your heart and keep your feet moving at the UK’s official Best Major Festival, the Invaders of the Future stage will be bouncing all weekend long to sets from west London’s All This Noise, high-octane punks Asylums, atmospheric four-piece Black Honey, Island b-boys Born Ina Barn, and soulful pop types Clean Cut Kid, with appearance from Coco, Creeper and Saturday’s late night headliner Danny L Harle.
We’ll also have singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eska, beguiling trio Fatherson, pop outfit Fickle Friends, rock n rollers The Greasy Slicks, the darkly inventive HÆLOS, visceral Spanish indie quartet Hinds and the swirling sounds of The Japanese House.
Getting those in the know all hot under the collar there will be more Invaders of the Future action from the golden voiced JP Cooper, Illinois’s K.Flay, the folk musings of L.A. Salami, hotly-tipped Merseysider Louis Berry, emo four-piece Moose Blood, punk rockers Milk Teeth, hyperreal ultrapop label PC Music All Stars and Pinegrove.
Don’t miss the chance to check out Merthyr Tydfil’s Pretty Vicious, Toronto’s Pup, the hypnotic and pulsing Rationale, off-kilter R&B producer Royce Wood Junior, epic indie upstarts The Sherlocks, Mancunian powerhouse Spring King, mesmerising 12-piece Stompy's Playground and incorrigible ravers Subgiant.
And make sure you catch amazing new music from Brooklyn trio Sunflower Bean, Smugglers co-founder Will Varley, purveyors of surf-doom The Wytches, alt rockers Vant, the Island’s own Xockha and indie three-piece Zibra.
Collecting all our top tips for the future in one mind-blowing stage, head to the Invaders of the Future and discover what fires up Bestival’s soul.
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
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
Predicting something very special as we charge inexorably towards The Future, the Bestival crew are set to whet your appetite with a hearty helping of amazing bands and DJs that will be joining The Cure Major Lazer, Diplo, Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, Bastille, Skepta, Wolf Alice and many more at Robin Hill this coming September.
Rob da Bank says: “I love booking Bestival. It’s proper ‘kid in a sweetshop’ time when I look at all the acts out there and try to curate a line-up that makes sense across many genres… which is how I think Bestivalites like it. It’s not just booked for you, it’s for me too, so I cannot wait for a weekend encompassing Kano, Goldie, Mura Masa, Evian Christ and Reggie and Bollie. If you fancy it too, I’ll see you on the ferry!”
Upping the grime ante, renaissance man Kano will be joining us to showcase his skills with some super-sick bars. His recent Fire in the Booth for Charlie Sloth was a total masterclass that set the standard for the young pretenders, making his appearance at Bestival truly unmissable.
We’ll also have future perfect live performances from much vaunted Seattle duo Odesza, the lush and sultry Snakehips, wunderkind producer Mura Masa, London collective WSTRN, superfly freestyler Lady Leshurr, BBC Sound of 2016 nominee Billie Marten, Brits Critics' Choice nominee Frances, soul-funk-jazz-pop fusionist Izzy Bizu. and X Factor’s real superstars Reggie & Bollie.
Also taking to the stage will be the inimitable Los Hermanos Cubanos, The Cuban Brothers, the sublimely intimate This Is The Kit, South African folkster Jeremy Loops and our old mates the Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band.
Stepping up to the platters that matter to keep you dancing all night long expect DJ sets from beat juggling behemoth DJ Yoda, Metalheadz legend Goldie, Southampton’s finest deck destroyer James Zabiela, sonic adventurers Mount Kimbie, and Ellesmere Port’s boldest export Evian Christ.
There will also be sets from Radio 1’s Heidi, bass marauders Oneman b2b My Nu Leng, on the fly edit merchants Melé & Monki’s NRG Flash, architect of grime and recent Bestival FM guest Artwork, and Honey Soundsystem, Applescal, Poté and Venum Sound.
And, adding a soupçon of off the wall behaviour, we will have Bestival antics from spandex-clad force of nature Mr Motivator, crack of dawn ravers Morning Gloryville, and Circus Raj.
BLOODSTOCK HQ is currently a hive of activity, with even more bands being confirmed for this August’s best heavy metal weekender.
Joining the Ronnie James Dio stage are the recently reformed industrial outfit, MISERY LOVES COMPANY. The band inform us, “The UK was always special to MISERY LOVES CO, our very first show outside of Scandinavia was in London and without the support of the British people we probably would have stayed in Scandinavia for ever, listening to ABBA, eating herring and dreaming of the outside world… MISERY LOVES CO + Britain = a true love story. Now, when we return to the stage, we’re extremely happy to showcase our industrial demons in front of the British crowd once more. Doing a summer of festivals without coming to the UK would have been a failure, so, we can’t wait to come to BLOODSTOCK!” Check out a clip of ‘My Mind Still Speaks’ – https://youtu.be/ZiPENHSeFYM.
Opening the RJD stage on Saturday are Brit tech metallers, CAMBION. As proud BLOODSTOCK alumni (2012/2014), the band are currently at work on their debut album, having released the Virus Extended Edition EP in 2014. Check out the video for ‘Heterodox’ here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpeerilbWqU, and keep up with plans for the album street date over at http://www.cambionofficial.co.uk/.
Stepping into the Friday night headline slot on the Sophie Lancaster stage are NWOBHM icons, DIAMOND HEAD. The likes of Metallica have often stated that without DIAMOND HEAD, they’d probably not exist, such is the Stourbridge band’s influence. Check out this fan-filmed clip of the ‘Big 4’ (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax & Megadeth) covering DIAMOND HEAD’s classic ‘Am I Evil’, joined by the band’s very own Brian Tatler – https://youtu.be/K9P-H_Qd908. Brian and his cohorts are set to release their first album of new material in over 8 years on 22nd April, simply titled ‘Diamond Head’. Don’t miss ‘em at BLOODSTOCK!
Also joining Saturday night’s Sophie stage shenanigans are Brit metallers, KRYSTHLA. The band’s debut album, ‘A War Of Souls And Desires’, can be snapped up at their Bandcamp – http://www.krysthla.bigcartel.com/. Also check out the video for lead track ‘Luminosity’ here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJwiBVlcFc.
With Easter weekend also looming, BLOODSTOCK are once again gearing up the website’s very popular Easter Egg hunt, as they’ve done in years past. Will you be one of the lucky winners of a pair of weekend tix with camping?! Click over to the BLOODSTOCK website at www.bloodstock.uk.com on Good Friday 25th March to take part.
Already announced for 2016 are our three headliners, TWISTED SISTER (in their last ever UK show), MASTODON and SLAYER, plus special guests BEHEMOTH, GOJIRA and ANTHRAX. Also on the bill are FEAR FACTORY, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, SYMPHONY X, SATYRICON, PARADISE LOST, DRAGONFORCE, METAL ALLEGIANCE, STUCK MOJO, ROTTING CHRIST, GHOST BATH, VENOM, UNEARTH, GOATWHORE, ACID REIGN and many more. Additional bands are still to be announced.
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
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
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
Truck Festival expands to a three-day event for 2016
2016 full weekend tickets on sale Thursday 28th January 6:00pm
Oxford’s original music festival, Truck, confirms that for 2016 the event will expand to three days across the weekend of Friday 15th until Sunday 17th July at the Hill Farm site. A whole extra 24 hours will be on offer packed, once again, with the best indie, rock, pop and electronic acts. Truck Festival 2016 full weekend tickets priced at only £86.50 + booking fee go on sale via Truckfestival.com on Thursday 28thJanuary.
Last summer Truck heralded a great success with a sell-out crowd enjoying sets from Basement Jaxx, Charlatans, Clean Bandit, Slaves and many more. With the first 2016 line-up announcement due shortly the festival is thrilled to reveal to fans that this year’s festival is to add a whole extra day.
Truck Festival's Director, Ralph Broadbent comments:
“We're so excited to take Truck to three days for 2016. We're, as always, very conscious to remain one of the most accessible festivals in country, we believe festivals should be available for everyone. As a result, we will keep the ticket price as affordable as possible, £86.50 means that Truckers get an extra day of partying for £7, that's less than £29 a day!
2016 sees Truck in a stronger position than ever before, as a team we're totally tuned into how best to run the event and how to take it to the next step. The success of previous years has proved a real spring board from which to take Truck to the next level.”