Atreyu, Real Friends, Cancer Bats added to Slam Dunk 2019 lineup

Atreyu, Real Friends, and the Cancer Bats are just some of the latest additions to the 2019 edition of the Slam Dunk Festival. On Wednesday (Jan. 16), festival organizers took to social media to announce the addition of ten more acts that will make their way to the United Kingdom for the annual, springtime music festival. Milk Teeth, WSTR, Seaway, Pagan, The Word Alive, The Bronx, and Angel Du$t round out the third wave of band announcements.

“Let me tell you this planet Earth – I’m not gonna even pretend to hide how freakin’ pumped we are to be playing a stage packed with all our best homies all day,” say the Cancer Bats in a press statement.

“This lineup is the sickest Space Jam of a Slam Dunk lineup since Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny teamed up to save the universe.”

The Bronx add: “We are super-stoked to be back on the court for Slam Dunk ’19! Make no mistake we are going to f**k shit up.”

The newest additions will join previously announced acts All Time Low, NOFX, New Found Glory, Waterparks, Story of the Year, Gallows, Mad Caddies, Silverstein, Bullet for My Valentine, Simple Plan, Saves the Day, Glassjaw, Knocked Loose, the Get Up Kids, Turnstiles, Tiny Moving Parts, the Menzingers, I Don’t Know How But They Found Me, and Trophy Eyes on the upcoming event’s roster.

Tickets for Slam Dunk Festival 2019 are currently available on the event’s website here.

The weekend-long music festival will take place on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26. The first day of the festival will take place at its new Leeds home of Temple Newsam Park while the second day will place at Hatfield Park in Hertfordshire.

SLAM DUNK 2019 THIRD WAVE:

Atreyu
Real Friends
Cancer Bats
Milk Teeth
WSTR
Seaway
Pagan
The Word Alive
The Bronx
Angel Du$t

Enter Shikari to embark on North American tour in 2018

With a couple of months left before 2017 finally comes to an end, Enter Shikari is already making plans for early 2018. On Tuesday (Oct. 3), the British band announced plans to hit the North American road in early 2018. Their upcoming tour which will be in support of their recently released record, The Spark, will kick off on Jan. 19, 2018 at the Mohawk in Austin, Texas. The over-a-month-long tour will then come to a close on Feb. 27, 2018 at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, Arizona.

Heading out alongside the four-piece will be United Kingdom-based punk band Milk Teeth. Milk Teeth will hit the road with Enter Shikari in support of their new EP, Go Away. According to Enter Shikari’s social media, another group is set to join them on the road, but the identity of that band has yet to be confirmed. Tickets for the upcoming tour will go on sale beginning this Friday, Oct. 6, at noon local time.

Enter Shikari’s North American tour will be the follow-up to the group’s massive European trek which will kick off on Nov. 16 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. That tour will conclude on Dec. 12 at the Tonhalle in Munich, Germany, closing out their touring schedule just in time for the holidays.

Enter Shikari released their fifth studio album, The Spark on Sept. 22 through Ambush Reality/PIAS Recordings. The Spark reached the number 22 spot on Billboard‘s Alternative Album chart and the number five spot on the U.K. Albums chart. For now, the complete list of tour dates can be seen below.

ENTER SHIKARI 2018 TOUR DATES:

Jan. 19 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk
Jan. 20 – Dallas, TX – Trees
Jan. 22 – Orlando, FL – The Social
Jan. 23 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
Jan. 25 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
Jan. 26 – Raleigh, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Jan. 27 – Richmond, VA – Capital Ale House
Jan. 28 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Jan. 30 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Feb. 2 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Feb. 3 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Feb. 5 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
Feb. 6 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
Feb. 8 – Columbus, OH – A&R Music Hall
Feb. 9 – Chicago, IL – Metro
Feb. 10 – St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Hall
Feb. 11 – Winnipeg, MB – The Pyramid Cabaret
Feb. 13 – Calgary, AB – Commonwealth
Feb. 14 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Ballroom
Feb. 16 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial
Feb. 17 – Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
Feb. 18 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
Feb. 20 – Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Atrium
Feb. 23 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
Feb. 24 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Feb. 25 – San Diego, CA – The Irenic
Feb. 27 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom