Date: June 27th, 2011
Venue: Academy 3, Manchester
Support: After The Burial, Bleed From Within
Website: www.suicidesilence.net
MySpace: www.myspace.com/suicidesilence
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California’s Suicide Silence have been going from strength to strength since the release of their debut ‘The Cleansing’ back in 2007. Four years later, and the band are on their second headline stint across Europe, playing at sold out venues day in and day out. Despite their forthcoming new record ‘The Black Crown’ leaking on the Internet a few days beforehand, the packed out Manchester venue shows that the dedication in their fans lies further than illegal album downloads.
Tags: After The Burial, Bleed From Within, Suicide Silence
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Date: June 27th, 2011
Venue: Moho Live, Manchester
Support: Hang The Bastard, Bastions
Website: www.gallows.co.uk
MySpace: www.myspace.com/gallows
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Gallows seem to permanently be on tour, having played in this venue not only 6 months ago. This is a good thing though, for they are known to put on one hell of a show. Playing in Moho Live, this venue seems tailored to exactly the atmosphere they want to create; a small, intimate and therefore chaotic crowd. Once walking into the venue, one noticable feature is the lack of any form of barrier. This could prove to be very interesting.
Tags: Bastions, Gallows, Hang The Bastard
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Date: June 23rd, 2011
Venue: Moho Live, Manchester
Support: Captain Hotknives
Website: www.theblankswebsite.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/theofficialblanksmyspace
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For those of you who are a little unaware of their background, The Blanks is a band from the hit medical sitcom Scrubs, where they were known as Ted‘s band. Did you know that Sam Lloyd (Ted) is the brother of Christopher Lloyd, aka Doc Emmett Brown from the classic film series Back To The Future? Small world, eh? Playing in the tiny intimate venue of Moho Live in Manchester, they say they have one hell of a show planned for us all.
Tags: Captain Hotknives, The Blanks
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Date: June 23rd, 2011
Venue: Garage 2, Glasgow
Support: Set Astray, Definitions, Kill The Commodore, South Of Summer, My Friend The Arsonist
Website: www.wssofficial.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/whileshesleeps
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Sheffield’s While She Sleeps are back in Glasgow to help celebrate the inauguration of Scotland’s newest independent record label, Thanks For Nothing Records. Having organised and sold out the gig in only a month along with signing their first band, the boys over at the label have set incredibly strong foundations to which they hope they can build upon.
Tags: Definitions, Kill The Commodore, My Friend The Arsonist, Set Astray, South Of Summer, Thanks For Nothing Records, While She Sleeps
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Date: June 16th, 2011
Venue: Academy, Manchester
Support: The Crave
Website: www.3doorsdown.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/3doorsdown
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3 Doors Down are back in town to promote the release of their latest record, ‘Time Of Your Life’. The Mississippi quintet has been together for nearly 15 years now, and have an impressive back catalogue of hits. Tonight, they’re playing the popular Academy venue in Manchester, a venue that is admittedly a little smaller than they are used to performing at in recent years.
Tags: 3 Doors Down, The Crave
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Date: June 12th, 2011
Venue: Donington Park, Donington
Website: www.downloadfestival.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/downloadfest
Twitter: www.twitter.com/downloadfest
Note: As only two members of the site were able to attend the festival weekend, we were sadly unable to cover every band performing throughout the day.
The final day of the Download Festival sadly brings along with it the storms and a downpour of rain that lasted pretty much the entire day. This however didnt stop the thousands of festival attendees making the most of the last day of the festival weekend, catching an array of great acts both big and small before having to return back to their every day lives once more the following day:
Tags: Black Veil Brides, Bowling For Soup, Bullet For My Valentine, Deaf Havana, Disturbed, Download Festival, Floods, Framing Hanley, Gwar, Linkin Park, Madina Lake, Malefice, Silverstein, Suicide Silence, The Pretty Reckless, Yashin, You And What Army?
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Date: June 11th, 2011
Venue: Donington Park, Donington
Website: www.downloadfestival.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/downloadfest
Twitter: www.twitter.com/downloadfest
Note: As only two members of the site were able to attend the festival weekend, we were sadly unable to cover every band performing throughout the day.
Following onto the second day of the 2011 Download Festival, the weather is looking better and brighter and the main stage attraction of the first ever UK performance from System Of A Down since their return from their hiatus draws in what could well be the biggest crowd of the whole weekend. With a selection of other great acts across all four stages, Saturday could definitely be the best day of the whole weekend:
Tags: All That Remains, Avenged Sevenfold, Bowling For Soup, Chthonic, Down, Download Festival, Escape The Fate, Heights, Hollywood Undead, Letlive, Rise To Remain, Skindred, System Of A Down, The Devil Wears Prada, The King Blues, The Ocean Between Us, Trash Talk, TRC, VersaEmerge, Your Demise
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Date: June 10th, 2011
Venue: Donington Park, Donington
Website: www.downloadfestival.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/downloadfest
Twitter: www.twitter.com/downloadfest
Note: As only two members of the site were able to attend the festival weekend, we were sadly unable to cover every band performing throughout the day.
It goes without saying that Download Festival is easily one of the pinnacle and most respectable festivals for rock, metal and alternative music in the UK. With years and years of success and acts gracing its grounds, such as AC/DC, Guns N Roses and Slipknot to name just a few of the more famous ones, 2011 is set to keep the festival’s sterling reputation strong and high. On its Friday bill of acts, there’s a range of names both old and new across its four stages, including a return from The Darkness after their indefinite hiatus:
Tags: Asking Alexandria, Bring Me The Horizon, Children Of Bodom, D.R.U.G.S., Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, Don Broco, Download Festival, Hyro Da Hero, Japanese Voyeurs, Korn, Lower Than Atlantis, Obsessive Compulsive, Pendulum, Puddle Of Mudd, The Darkness, The Hype Theory, Young Guns
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Date: June 1st, 2011
Venue: Monto Water Rats, London
Support: Gold Motel, The Dangerous Summer
Website: www.hellogoodbye.net
MySpace: www.myspace.com/hellogoodbye
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For the most part, one thing that has cropped every time that Hellogoodbye has been mentioned recently is; “Are they still together? I didn’t know they still did anything”. Well, judging by the packed out Water Rats venue, it is more than apparent that they are still together and still going strong.
Tags: Gold Motel, Hellogoodbye, The Dangerous Summer
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Date: May 31st, 2011
Venue: Academy 2, Manchester
Support: Hyro Da Hero, InnerPartySystem
Website: www.3oh3music.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/3oh3
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Boasting their own hand symbol for their fans, guest appearances in their singles from pop starlets Ke$ha and Katy Perry and a recent headline slot at Slam Dunk Festival, electro-pop/rap duo 3OH!3 have managed to rake in a great deal of success in the few short years they’ve been together for. A headline tour across the UK before the release of their new record ‘Robot’ hopes to push the promotion of their current album ‘Streets Of Gold’ to the British fans one final time.
Tags: 3OH!3, Hyro Da Hero, InnerPartySystem
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Date: May 28th, 2011
Venue: University, Leeds
Website: www.slamdunkmusic.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/slamdunkltd
Twitter: www.twitter.com/slamdunkmusic
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Celebrating its 10th anniversary with a huge bang, Slam Dunk Festival hosted some big and legendary names in the pop-punk/ska punk scene to their roster: Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger and Less Than Jake. Along with several other established aswell as up-and-coming acts spread across several stages, Slam Dunk has always been, and still remains to be, the best pop-punk event the UK has to offer. We joined in on the fun at the Leeds date of the festival weekend this year, and here’s what we thought of who we managed to catch across the day:
Tags: A Loss For Words, A Rocket To The Moon, Adelaide, Anti-Flag, Basement, Blitz Kids, Bury Tomorrow, Dance Gavin Dance, Deaf Havana, Decade, Don Broco, Failsafe, Feed The Rhino, Francesqa, Goldfinger, Hellogoodbye, Hit The Lights, Hyro Da Hero, Less Than Jake, Lower Than Atlantis, MC Lars, Me Vs. Hero, Not Advised, Paige, Reel Big Fish, Set Your Goals, Shadows Chasing Ghosts, Slam Dunk Festival, The Dangerous Summer, The Skints, The Starting Line, This Time Next Year, VersaEmerge, We Are The In Crowd, We Are The Ocean, Yashin
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Date: May 25th, 2011
Venue: Camden Underworld, London
Support: Don Broco, The Dangerous Summer
Website: None available
MySpace: www.myspace.com/dancegavindance
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For the first time ever, progressive post-hardcore types Dance Gavin Dance are in the UK with their full original line-up, and also for the very first time ever, they are playing their famous ‘Downtown Battle Mountain’ debut album in its entirety. So, as you can imagine, the hype and anticipation surrounding the arrival of the band is extremely high.
Tags: Dance Gavin Dance, Don Broco, The Dangerous Summer
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