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8 minutes ago, jonnyisRFC said:
Fantastic line up! Was hoping Spanish love songs would be back after pulling out last minute last year but that really is a strong first line up.
Tbf plenty of time for them to be announced. Might do a headline tour or 2000trees got them.
7 minutes ago, Jericode said:Missed Four Year Strong in there, please bring the Enemy of the World shows over, that alone would probably get me the ticket.
Was hoping for this as well but given that the bands doing anniversary shows have it advertised on the poster I doubt it'll happen.
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Just a generic line up really. Only really care about FYS and Seeyouspacecowboy. Will have to see who else is playing before I commit.
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I reckon Turnstile will be at Slam Dunk just because Download will drop the ball on them.
1 hour ago, Suprefan said:Botch just released their first new song in 20 years but doubt thats somebody they would get. More for 2000 Trees.
Yeah not gonna be at Slam Dunk. Reckon a very high slot for them at ATG next year if they do tour.
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Would be quite early for an announcement. Earliest they've done it is like late September.
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Zeal & Ardor were also announced but are not on the poster for some reason.
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8 minutes ago, she bangs the drums said:
No clash between Turnstile 6.45 to 7.45 and Idles 7.45 to 8.45 (Gorillaz 8.55 to 10.55).
Turnstile usually play a 55 minute set for festivals like this so hopefully they hit the stage on time.
Saw Turnstile at Outbreak and 2000trees this year and both times they came on later than their scheduled start time (like by 10 mins or so). I think when I saw them in Leeds they came on like 10 mins late. Still finished around the scheduled end time and did the full set.
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42 minutes ago, Livvy Mae said:
Alternatively, I hated Mayfield for WHP, much preferred Store Street, but will be interesting if Outbreak incorporate Freight Island (would definitely help with food). Could do something in Star and Garter too, maybe have it as an additional breakout stage (WHP have done this I believe). There's no doubt about it, it's going to make life easier for a lot of people it being there.
It's definitely hard to see where is up from this year. If anything, I think scaling it back could have worked and had this year as a ten year hurrah and then finding a medium between arena festival and its origin. That said though, with the massively increased capacity, I could potentially see something like:
Friday - Hatebreed / Suicidal Tendencies co-headline (with a day of bands like SOIA, bringing back Madball, etc.) TUI would be sick as a special guest, but I think they tried this year and said they got nowhere. A bit of a 'traditional' hardcore day but with some crossover-y bands in too and would be excellent fun. Imagine even Municipal Waste as a stage 2 closer with smaller acts like Grove Street and Overpower below. Would help branching out, capitalise on the Damnation crowd also adjusting to a Manchester move.
Saturday - Title Fight reunion or something of a similar vein, maybe a post-hardcore headliner would work. This could work balancing out the weekend by bringing YOT back in support and doing a Walt double, maybe with GB? Imagine RS are exclusive to 2000. Could definitely have some shoegazey stuff on this day. This day could also have more of the contemporary hardcore bands playing, would love to see Spaced play, also bring the likes of Narrow Head back.
Sunday - Converge with a wildcard sub, someone like Ho99o9 perhaps. Maybe Malevolence could headline. Not my cup of tea but clearly that vibe went down extremely well this year. More metalcore-y day.
It might well be with more stages they could go along the route of having perhaps even something like an RFC stage? Would encourage the weekend drive more than having more defined days to help ticket sales.
Even allowing exit rentry throughout the day would help loads with it being in the city centre. Would love to see some integration with Star & Garter with it being a iconic Punk venue but since they only started with the multiple stage set up in quite a minimal way I'll doubt they'll do it this year. I do wonder if they'll allow the no barrier at Depot though.
I can't stand Hatebreed but can't deny they'd suit the festival. Not too sure I want a full day of that or even "themed" days. I know the Friday this year was certainly heavier/metalcore bands but there was still some variety and heavier bands throughout the weekend. Also if they are going to do multi stages again I'd love to see bands clash somewhat to provide an alternative. Someone like Pianos Become the Teeth could work against Hatebreed for example. Would love a Title Fight reunion but don't see it happening for a while and Converge with Ho99o9 is way too small. Converge are not even headlining Damnation festival which is similar/smaller size. I would love to proven wrong with this and Ho99o9 don't feel sub sized. Malevolence are getting big but headlining feels a bit of a push. sub/3rd feels right to me. I do think they've been booked for next year though. Not my thing but would go down well.
I think for my wildcard I had The Story So Far. Maybe too Pop Punk but popular with the crowd and a no barrier show with them would be incredible and could get a double bill with No Pressure as well.
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I'm really happy with the move to Depot. Been there for WHP and it's a great venue. While I liked Bowlers the location was awful and the venue got way too hot at times (especially on the Saturday). Only thing that they need to sort out at depot is getting more food vendors as queues this year took forever.
But who are they even gonna get next year? Depot is basically double the capacity and this year they got the two biggest current modern hardcore bands to headline so not sure how they can top it. Also this year they seemed to be teasing branching out with some different genres so really interested to see how that goes. Would love some more Leftfield Hip Hop or Darker Shoegaze.
Would love to see some of the following: Praise, Mil-Spec, Mortality Rate, Sunami, Gridiron, SPY, GEL, Candy, HIRS, Full of Hell, Move, Petrol Girls, Gouge Away, Slant, Trapped Under Ice and Soul Glo.
Also if you wanna get tinfoiled hat Outbreak have recently followed the following artists on Insta: Tim Heidecker, Venom Prison, Soul Bind, Truth Cult, Pain of Truth, Rival Schools, Spice and Buggin.
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8 hours ago, itskinglizard said:
Not familiar with them, will have to give them a listen! Someone tells me they're similar to Hundred Reasons so I reckon' I'll dig em
Not hugely into them but they're decent! Decent late 90s/early 00s Indie Rock/Post Hardcore/Emo band. The vocalist, Walter Schreifels, has been in a bunch of other bands like Quicksand, Youth of Today and Gorilla Biscuits as well.
6 hours ago, Livvy Mae said:hopefully this nails on YOT making up for this year at outbreak, as i think they're consecutive weekends?
2000trees takes places two weeks after Outbreak and I hope so but thought it was odd that Walter Schreifels was still there at Outbreak this year without YoT. After they pulled out he was just going to do a talk but then later was the replacement for Chubby and the Gang.
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First band announced. Rival Schools headlining The Axiom on the Friday.
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10 minutes ago, Andre91 said:
Enemy Of The World, isn’t it? Either way, it would be sick.
Yeah it's Enemy of the World. No idea why I said Rise or Die Trying, my brain has stopped working. They might actually do a tour for it over here like they did for Rise or Die Trying (I went and it was sick) but given that they've pulled out of 2 Slam Dunks I reckon they'll be back next year and this just seems like the perfect place for these anniversary shows.
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Four Year Strong doing Rise or Die Trying in full in the US at the end of the year. I can see them doing that over here at Slam Dunk
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New Chat Pile album is phenomenal. Perfect for the Dogtooth stage.
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Fireworks been getting fairly active again recently with them teasing their new album to be released this year and now touring again with The Wonder Years. They've surely got to play next year.
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Is there a complete guide to fringe this year? I'm guessing there isn't but there is always some decent stuff on in the city centre and I'm guessing it's all unofficial now.
Seen that Network has got a solid metal line up on the Sunday but not much for the rest of the week (seeing Phoebe Bridgers on the Sat but it'd be nice to have something on the Friday).
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The money for acts like Green Day and Foos is there, it's just that either Download doesn't want them which doesn't seem likely as Coping has expressed interest in these artists (and also claims they were close to getting Foo Fighters until Dave broke his leg but I don't buy that) or they don't want to do it. Look at Muse, they could have headline at any point from 2006 but only headlined in 2015 because they wanted to do heavier festivals for Drones. Also wasn't Pearl Jam booked one year but pulled out after they learnt it was a more metal festival?
Download just doesn't have the draw it thinks it does.
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1 hour ago, sacred shape said:
Where/how high would they play?
Mid main or upper mid Axiom sounds about right to me
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We Are the Ocean are back so guess they are a shoe in for this.
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Don't they normally have their first announcement like September/October time? July would have been incredibly early.
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Had a great time this year as always and I didn't experience any major issues myself. Only complaint I really have is the sound mixing at most of the stages wasn't great.
I do know that stewards turnout was really really low this year. I think they had like 70 people volunteer (which is still low) but only around 30 showed up and split over 4 shift patterns there's gonna be problems and know it caused a lot of the family issues. In the past there would be stewards stationed at the family camping directing away usual festival goers at the start of the festivals but with the limited amount of stewards they would have all been put on wristbanding. When I did it there were like 20-30 people on a shift pattern each and the festival has grown so much since then so it just couldn't manage to do certain things and be as efficient as it normally would.
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51 minutes ago, Chavmeisterdeluxe said:
Ithaca have pulled out due to visa issues
The Regrettes have pulled out due to covid
The Xcerts have started changing their social media pics at a convenient time...
Ithaca was one of 2 bands I was excited to see on the Thursday so that is a blow for me.
Also Heck setlist last night mentions it's a 2000trees warm up. No idea if that was mentioned at all last night by Heck but I feel like it's 99% guaranteed to be them for the secret set.
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Turnstile playing very high on the main is the kind of booking it needs but considering this is Download they'll drop the ball and they'll play Slam Dunk instead.
Even before Glow On, Turnstile were still an exciting band that Download just neglected. A Hardcore Punk band doing Glastonbury before Download shouldn't happen.
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Just in case anyone isnt aware, doors on the Wednesday has changed from 3pm to noon.
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I know it came out last week but the new Candy album goes so hard. Gives me huge early Full of Hell vibes.
Slam Dunk Festival 2023
in other UK festivals
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Also no Turnstile so far is interesting. Would have thought they were a shoe in. Wonder if Download got them.