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Pretty confident that all stages will have no barrier. Not sure why the outdoor stage will be any different.

Don't think so, would defeat the purpose and sort of split the crowd. Seems that the Friday isn't selling as well as the other two days. Have heard of a local promoter putting something on but no idea who is playing. Guessing it would probably be at Rebellion.

That Saturday is horrendous for me. Broco, Turner and Wargasm. Yikes! Think Sweet Pill is the only band they added that I like.

James (organiser) basically confirmed on his new podcast some people were kicking up a fuss about positions on the poster which is why it was delayed last time. I am expecting a 10am drop as per usual. He also basically ruled out Menzingers for this year as he said he tried to book them on the latest episode.

Isn't really a big hitter this year but there's quite a bit further down the line up. Grove Street, Cauldron, Cruelty, Burner, Negative Frame and Overpower all go hard. Even regular hardcore is well represented, Better Lovers, Gouge Away, Angel Du$t, 68, Shooting Daggers and Inhuman Nature. Plenty to see imo. Feels more representative of where UKHC and Metalcore is at the moment than who we had last year.

They had a To Be Announced for ATG last year when they announced their day splits. Could just do the same

Wasn't mentioned but the last announcement didn't mention a headliner being announced as well before surprising everyone with The Chats.

Gel and Callous Daoboys are at Downlowd and have announced tours surrounding so can pretty much rule them out. Speed also don't seem to be sticking around after Download. Can't see them saying "so far" in relation to this announcement?

Missing Link added to the Saturday and some stuff moved around. Never Ending Game, Magnitude, Gridiron and Scarab moved to the Saturday and Bug Bath and Wrong Man moved to the Sunday. No more artists to be added to the Sat-Sun but a preshow and side shows will be announced soon. Still a few more for the Friday as well.

Looks like they also added Scarab and Gridiron as well! Really happy with Gridiron as I missed Northern Unfest last year

Guitarist has dismissed this. Think this whole rumour started a few weeks ago when Pat deleted all of his personal posts and changed it to a Have Heart account but that was months ago. He also changed the bio to "Band Archive Page". People asking for Title Fight on Outbreak posts are hardcore equivalent of the people that ask for Arctics on R&L socials.

Same time as Sound and Fury's announcement. Wonder if we do have a little reunion in store... Would like to clarify that I don't think it's going to be Title Fight.

I mean, it was still a 30 second walk between the two stages this year. Managed to do runs of Narrow Head > Speedway > Scowl and Zulu > Buggin > Speed and didn't miss a single second. Bowlers can have a 3rd stage, Damnation had one in 2022 but it's where the skating and art stuff was for Outbreak. They could use the outdoor arena (think they will, the vip perks mentions an outdoor viewing platform) but the outdoor space for 2022 was used to food, merch and podcasts. Gonna be a tight fit wherever they put the new stage. I don't think so. Would have been announced yesterday (or earlier, no reason to hold them back) and can't see them co-headlining with Basement. Way too big for that now.

There was a 10 min overlap between most artists though? Like 2nd stage artists did typically start right after main stage finished but most were due to finish 10 mins into the next main set. Also, 100% going to be more clashes this year. 54 artists plus at least one more headliner to come for the Sat-Sun while last year had 60 across 3 days. There's gonna be an additional stage and there's going to be clashes.

Honestly think that Lana will above Fred Again... on the line up. She's the reason why day tickets for Saturday at Reading at £195 right now.