Date: May 12th, 2012
Venue: White Rabbit, Plymouth
Support: Havok / Angelus Apatrida / Goatwhore
Website: www.3inchesofblood.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/threeinchesofblood
Twitter: www.twitter.com/3iob
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We’re knee deep in exam season, and what better way to get that pent up aggression out by going to a metal show? All the stuff that you’ve been learning over the last few weeks can be removed instantly from your brain by banging your head mindlessly and sweating your lunch away. Plus, you don’t have to worry about your appearance, because everybody is ugly at metal shows, right?
Tags: 3 Inches Of Blood, Angelus Apatrida, Goatwhore, Havok
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Date: May 4th, 2012
Venue: O2 Brixton Academy, London
Support: Modestep
Website: www.lostprophets.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lostprophets
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lostprophets
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Support act Modestep (***) are a band who are likely to spark a debate much like that surrounding Skrillex; they’re a band who can’t decide what genre they want to be. Lostprophets took a gamble taking this band out on the road with them, but a support act’s job is to warm up a crowd in anticipation for the headline band. Modestep not only warmed up the crowd, but they twisted them about, wore them out and tucked them into bed.
Tags: Lostprophets, Modestep
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Date: May 3rd, 2012
Venue: O2 ABC, Glasgow
Support: We The Kings
Website: www.simpleplan.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/simpleplan
Twitter: www.twitter.com/simpleplan
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Since the last time Simple Plan played the UK back in 2008, their return has been hotly anticipated. A lot is riding on tonight’s show and fans eagerly await to be impressed. The turnout has a mix of ages, more so than that of the age range out to support the support band, We The Kings. The weather has reached the point in which no one in sight is wearing a jacket and not much can dampen the fan’s moods as the venue doors open promptly at 7:00PM. The queue outside winds right up a steep hill and well around the corner, but the fans move in as quick as they can.
Tags: Simple Plan, We The Kings
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Date: May 2nd, 2012
Venue: HMV Ritz, Manchester
Support: We The Kings
Website: www.simpleplan.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/simpleplan
Twitter: www.twitter.com/simpleplan
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Part of the pop-punk ethos is to just feel young, be all energetic and basically just have a good time. With a decade gone since the release of their debut album, ‘No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls’, Canada’s Simple Plan have undoubtedly maintained this image with great success, with the band still maintaining their original line-up since they formed in 1999. Though maybe not at their peak anymore, the sold out dates throughout this tour are evidence enough of their dedicated fanbase.
Tags: Simple Plan, We The Kings
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Date: April 28th, 2012
Venue: Moho Live, Manchester
Support: With One Last Breath / Crossfaith / Bury Tomorrow
Website: None available
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ofmice
Twitter: www.twitter.com/omandm
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After several line-up changes and the return of the original vocalist, Austin Carlile, it would appear Of Mice & Men are ready to take on the world. Having toured the UK and Europe with Asking Alexandria in 2011, they have now embarked on a mammoth 39-date headliner tour spanning 8 European countries. The sold out Manchester show had kids impatiently queuing down the street, itching to cram themselves into the relatively small venue which would later become the world’s largest pressure cooker.
Tags: Bury Tomorrow, Crossfaith, Of Mice & Men, With One Last Breath
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Date: April 25th, 2012
Venue: HMV Ritz, Manchester
Support: Marmozets / Don Broco
Website: www.theused.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theused
Twitter: www.twitter.com/wearetheused
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Though they may not be as popular as their peak days back in the early 00s and throughout the MySpace generation, The Used have always been a band who’ve sticked to their guns throughout their career. Of course, with appearances over on UK shores becoming a rarity, the hype for the latest run across the nation – in promotion of their latest record ‘Vulnerable’ – is as high as expected.
Tags: Don Broco, Marmozets, The Used
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Date: April 22nd, 2012
Venue: Rock City/Rescue Rooms/Stealth/The Forum, Nottingham
Website: www.hitthedeckfestival.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hitthedeckfestival
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hitthedeckfest
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Returning for a second year and bringing in a fifth stage from The Forum just down the road, Hit The Deck Festival had once again brought a stellar line-up to the city of Nottingham to which rock, punk, metal and hardcore fans across the nation travelled far and wide to be a part of. With headliners across the stage consisting of Kids In Glass Houses, Cancer Bats, Rolo Tomassi and Zebrahead, it’s fair to say the Nottingham day festival was successful for a second year running.
Tags: Arse Full Of Chips, Autumn In Disguise, Baby Godzilla, Bat Sabbath, Blackstorm, Bury Tomorrow, Campus, Cancer Bats, Crazy Arm, Crossfaith, Dead Harts, Deaf Havana, Decade, Don Broco, Heights, HildaMay, Hit The Deck Festival, Imperial Leisure, Junius, Kids In Glass Houses, Lower Than Atlantis, Mallory Knox, Of Mice & Men, POLAR., Rolo Tomassi, Shadows Chasing Ghosts, Silent Screams, Spy Catcher, Straight Lines, The Defiled, The Summer Set, The Wonder Years, Violet, We Are The In Crowd, While She Sleeps, With One Last Breath, Wolves Like Us, Yashin, Young Guns, Zebrahead
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Date: April 21st, 2012
Venue: Academy 2, Manchester
Support: Super Prime / The Summer Set
Website: www.wearetheincrowd.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wearetheincrowd
Twitter: www.twitter.com/wearetheincrowd
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I’ve been told many times over the years that I have the music taste of a 14-year-old girl, but never has this been more apparant than tonight. As I sit in the bar with a pint of cider, waiting for the doors to open, suddenly a stampede of screaming teenagers tears through the University of Manchester Students Union and head to Academy 2 where tonight, pop-punk quintet We Are The In Crowd will entertain a room filled with teenage girls, their boyfriends and one bearded 22-year-old: me.
Tags: Super Prime, The Summer Set, We Are The In Crowd
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Date: April 20th, 2012
Venue: Ruby Lounge, Manchester
Support: Morain
Website: www.motioncitysoundtrack.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/motioncitysoundtrack
Twitter: www.twitter.com/motioncitymusic
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Having taken off a bit of time so they could write some new material, Motion City Soundtrack are now well rested and eager to please. Tonight’s gig is somewhat of a special one, where Manchester was voted the number one place for the band to perform (other than the two London shows the nights before). Playing in the intimate venue that is the Ruby Lounge, I for one am very excited to see them again.
Tags: Morain, Motion City Soundtrack
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Date: April 16th, 2012
Venue: HMV Ritz, Manchester
Support: ME / Lower Than Atlantis
Website: www.twinatlantic.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/twinatlantic
Twitter: www.twitter.com/twinatlantic
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Scottish rock outfit Twin Atlantic seem to steadily ascending popularity to stand side-by-side by their local counterparts Biffy Clyro following the success brought to them off the back of their latest full-length, ‘Free’. Slowly but surely conquering both sides of the atlantic in equal measure (see what I did there?), their set at HMV Ritz in Manchester may be their last one their before their mission of global success engages.
Tags: Lower Than Atlantis, ME, Twin Atlantic
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Date: April 11th, 2012
Venue: Club Academy, Manchester
Support: Basement / Man Overboard / Trapped Under Ice
Website: www.yourdemiseofficial.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourdemise
Twitter: www.twitter.com/yourdemise
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Your Demise make their hotly anticipated return to Manchester on the Rock Sound Exposure Tour. Having just released their new record ‘The Golden Age’, which has taken a mixed reception from the critics, it was on Your Demise to prove everyone wrong and demonstrate how the new songs come across live. Supported by a mixed cast of bands of Basement, Man Overboard and Trapped Under Ice, there was a fairly young but excitable crowd packed into Manchester’s underground Club Academy.
Tags: Basement, Man Overboard, Trapped Under Ice, Your Demise
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Date: April 10th, 2012
Venue: Academy 1, Manchester
Support: Confession / Miss May I / The Ghost Inside
Website: www.architectsofficial.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/architectsuk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/architectsuk
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Whenver Australian powerhouse Parkway Drive come on over the UK, it’s a pretty big deal and definitely a tour (regardless of the line-up) that will stand as a strong contender for the best the country will see all year long. Their latest headline stint over here is no different, and with a new album on its way at some point this year, the hype is at a pretty strong high.
Tags: Confession, Miss May I, Parkway Drive, The Ghost Inside
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