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Taking Back Sunday announce details for Holiday Spectacular shows

Taking Back Sunday have announced details for their upcoming holiday shows. Sincere Engineer, Sweet Pill, Modern Chemistry, Hollyglen, and Footballhead will be joining them on select dates. The first two shows (Dec 4 and Dec 5) will take place at Mulcahy’s in Wantagh, New York and the final two shows (Dec 6 and Dec 7) will take place at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. Taking Back Sunday released their album 152 in 2023. Check out the dates below.

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Kylesa to play first North American reunion show at Prepare the Ground 2025

Kylesa to play first North American reunion show at Prepare the Ground 2025

Toronto-based heavy music and arts festival Prepare the Ground has announced their second headliner for 2025. Kylesa will be playing their first North American reunion show at the festival. They join the previously announced headliner YOB who will be performing two sets including played Atma in full. Prepare the Ground will take place May 30 to June 1 across four venues - Trinity St. Paul’s Church, Lee’s Palace, the Cave, and 918 Bathurst - in Toronto, Ontario. We recently caught up with festival co-founder and curator KW Campol to talk about what goes into the putting the festival togtether and you can read that right here.

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Ignite, Death By Stereo, The Creepshow, Brutal Youth, more to play Skate or Dive Fest

Ignite, Death By Stereo, The Creepshow, Brutal Youth, more to play Skate or Dive Fest

Hamilton-based music festival Skate or Dive has announced its full lineup for this year. Ignite, Death By Stereo, Belvedere, Authority Zero, The Creepshow, The Video Dead, Wiener Kebab, Dragged In, Brutal Youth, Shift-D, Sessions Records, Sector Seven, Feura, Adelleda, Melonball, Frank Dux, Random Killing, The Neo Lux, Laid to Rest, Collider, World Famous Tallboys, and Losing Streak will be playing. Skate or Dive will take place at Vertagogo in Hamilton, Ontario on September 20-22.

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Alkaline Trio, Hit The Lights, Neck Deep, more to play Slam Dunk 2025

Alkaline Trio, Hit The Lights, Neck Deep, more to play Slam Dunk 2025

Slam Dunk Fest has announced its first wave of. Bands for 2025. A Day to Remember, Alkaline Trio, As It Is, Delilah Bon, Dream State, Electric Callboy, Graphic Nature, Hot Mulligan, Hit The Lights, Knuckle Puck, Less Than Jake, Mouth Culture, Movements, Neck Deep, New Found Glory, Stray From The Path, Split Chain, The Starting Line, The Ataris, The Used, and Zebrahead will be playing the festival. Slam Dunk will take place at Hatfield Park in Hatfield, UK on May 24 and at Temple Newsam in Leeds, UK on May 25.

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Punx Can't Laugh announce details for inaugural festival

Punx Can't Laugh announce details for inaugural festival

Punx Can’t Laugh has announced details for its first festival in Toronto this year. Danny Rebel and the KGB, Dave MacKinder of Fireworks, Outtacontroller, Het Up!, Arcade Allstars, Kris Rose, Early Heaven, Bob SACAMANO Party, Candy Hangover, Terminal Ruts, and Spratacus will be playing some tunes at the fest. Comedians Caitlin Reese, Tamara Shevon, Moe Ismael, Andrew Hilary, Devin Bateson, George Rivard, Andrew Barr, Jonny Divito, Tyler Shazma, Amy Cunningham, Jackie Agnew, and Black Zeus will be doing sets. Artists Secret Planet, Little Monkey Art, French Art, Andrew Wright, Chance, Pink Grind, and Visual Shoegaze will also be at the festival. Punx Can’t Laugh Fest will take place on October 11-12 at the Bovine Sex Club and Rainhard Brewery in Toronto, Ontario. Tickets are on sale now.

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Frail Body, HIRS Collective, Cloud Rat, more added to Dilly Dally Fest 2

Frail Body, HIRS Collective, Cloud Rat, more added to Dilly Dally Fest 2

Dilly Dally Fest has announced the rest of their lineup for this year. Vs Self, Frail Body, HIRS Collective, Cloud Rat, Boy Problems, Bulletsbetweentongues, .44 Calliber Love Letter, Usurp Synapse, NØ MAN, Blind Equation, Respire, Trophy Hunt, and Lastima have been added to the festival. They join the previously announced lineup of Saetia, Gillian Carter, In Loving Memory, Herlovebeheadsdaises, Party Hats, New Forms, Thotcrime, Homewrecker., Ted Williams, The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir, Pyre, Who Put Bella in the Witch Elm?, MT.Ida, KIande Amedha, Agile, Kirkby Kiss, and Everything and Nothing. Dilly Dally Fest will take place at Underground Arts in Philadelphia, A portion of ticket sales will go to the Bread and Roses Community Fund.

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Sum 41, Violent Femmes, Gaslight Anthem, L7, more to play Good Things 2024

Sum 41, Violent Femmes, Gaslight Anthem, L7, more to play Good Things 2024

Australian music festival Good Things has announced its lineup for this year. Korn, Sum 41, Violent Femmes, Electric Callboy, Billy Morgan and the Delta Riggs, Mastodon, Kerry King, The Gaslight Anthem, JET, The Living End, L7, Northlane, Bowling For Soup, Alphawolf, Sleeping With Sirens, The Butterfly Effect, 311, Aviva, Destroy Boys, Snapdragon Records, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, From Ashes to New, Grandson, Highly Suspect, Imminence, Killing Heidi (performing Reflector in full), Loathe, Reliqa, and Taylor Acorn will be playing the festival. Good Things will take place on December 6 at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, December 7 at Centennial Park in Sydney, and December 8 at Brisbane Showgrounds in Brisbane.

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Mustard Plug, Sonic Boom Six, Omnigone, more to play Level Up Fest 6
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