Slam Dunk Fest unveils second waves of 2020 performers

The year isn’t even over yet, and we’re already getting bombarded with spring music festival announcements. Great news for our “treat yo’ self” lifestyles, but not for our wallets.

On Wednesday (Oct. 23), the masterminds behind the United Kingdom’s Slam Dunk Music Festival unleashed the second batch of artists who will take over their stages in late May 2020.

Sum 41 has been tapped to take on the role of headliners alongside previously announced (and hometown boys) Don Broco. Also added to next year’s roster are Billy Talent, The Used, The Story So Far, Basement, Grayscale, and Dream State.

As if that wasn’t enough, the current iteration of the lineup will also feature not one, but two reunion shows thanks to We Are The In Crowd and Your Demise.

And what would a music festival be without any serious hijinks? NOFX’s Punk in Drublic will return once again to the weekend-long event with a little help from their friends.

The new addition to the Slam Dunk Fest lineup comes a month after the first waves of bands were announced for the annual May Bank Holiday event.

The Wonder Years, Mayday Parade, Four Year Strong, Knuckle Punk, Ice Nine Kills, Bayside, Issues, Hands Like Houses, and the newly reunited Motion City Soundtrack were previously confirmed as performers for next year’s event.

Slam Dunk Fest will return to its homes of Temple Newsam in Leeds on Saturday, May 23, 2020, and Hatfield Park in Hatfield on Sunday, May 24, 2020.

Tickets for the event are currently available on their website with several options to pick from.

Sum 41 share their tear-jerking music video for ‘Never There’

You may want to get the tissues ready because Sum 41’s newest music video is going to make you shed some serious tears.

On Tuesday (June 18), the Canadian band unleashed the music video for “Never There,” the third single off their upcoming new album.

The four-and-a-half-minute clip begins with a kid skateboarding around town while frontman Deryck Whibley sits in a sunlit room playing the piano. The camera pans to a photograph with the kid, and two people who we can assume are his parents.

The scenery changes to the kid sitting at the kitchen table as his parents argue behind him. Instead of staying to watch the argument escalate, he walks away. The fight soon spills to the front yard where the man pushes the woman down to the ground. Like the deadbeat dad that we know the man is about to become, he bails on the woman and his son.

The viewer watches as the woman has to take on the burden of making ends, something particularly difficult when you’re waiting tables. Bills and eviction notices soon begin to arrive, forcing the mother and son duo to move into a cheap motel.

As the video progresses, we watch as their bond gets stronger through their difficult times, and as time moves on, their situation starts to get better.

We warned you that it was going to be a tearjerker. Watch the music video for “Never There” above.

“Never there” will join previously released tracks “A Death in the Family” and “Out for Blood” on Sum 41’s forthcoming seventh studio album.

Order in Decline is due out July 19 through Hopeless Records. Pre-orders are available for purchase here. All pre-orders will receive instant downloads of “Out for Blood” and “A Death in the Family.”

Order in Decline is the follow-up to 2016’s 13 Voices.

Sum 41 announced the release of their seventh studio album back in April. According to the band, the forthcoming record will be their “heaviest and most aggressive album to date, while also being their most dynamic and raw.”

Later this month, the group will join the Used, Circa Survive, and Thrice on the inaugural Rockstar Energy Drink Disrupt Festival. The 25-stop tour kicks off later this week at the Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas.

Watch Sum 41 take a trip back to the 60s in ‘A Death in the Family’

With a few short weeks left before hitting the touring circuit once more, Sum 41 has returned with a brand new music video. On Tuesday (June 11), the Canadian band released the clip for their latest single, “A Death in the Family.”

The four-minute video begins with an old-school Hollywood countdown on the screen. Once it reaches zero, the screen changes to some kind of transmission with the word “searching” and the band’s name displaying on a black background.

The viewer soon finds themselves zooming through space, down to Earth, to the middle fo a warehouse district. The scenery rapidly changes to the inside of a building where two versions of Sum 41 appears; one from 1969 and the present incarnation of the band.

Throughout the clip, we watch as the two versions of the band perform the song in the same exact room (with a 50-year difference) while a creepy person is situated in a control room watching this. The video comes to an end with the lyric “your lies will tear us apart” appearing on the screen.

Watch the Dale Rage Resteghini-directed music video above.

“A Death in the Family” will join previously released track “Out for Blood” on Sum 41’s forthcoming album.

Order in Decline is due out July 19 through Hopeless Records. Pre-orders are available for purchase here. All pre-orders will come with instant downloads of both “Out for Blood” and “A Death in the Family.”

Order in Decline is the follow-up to 2016’s 13 Voices.

Sum 41 announced the release of their seventh studio album back in April. According to the band, the forthcoming record will be their “heaviest and most aggressive album to date, while also being their most dynamic and raw.”

Later this month, the group will join the Used, Circa Survive, and Thrice on the inaugural Rockstar Energy Drink Disrupt Festival. The 25-stop tour begins on June 21 at the Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas and concludes a month later on July 28 at the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque.

Sum 41 release their first new song in three years, announce new album

After three years of being away, Sum 41 is finally giving fans some new tunes. On Wednesday (April 24), the Canadian band announced plans to release a brand new album later this summer. Titled Order in Decline, the record is due out July 19 through Hopeless Records. Pre-orders for the album are currently available here.

Order in Decline is the follow-up to 2016’s 13 Voices.

According to the band’s press statement, the upcoming record is “undoubtedly Sum 41’s heaviest and most aggressive album to date, while also being their most dynamic and raw.”

“The last thing I wanted to do was write a social or political protest record, and Order in Decline is not that,” vocalist Deryck Whibley explains. “It’s also very hard not to have feelings about everything that’s going on in the world.”

In conjunction with the new record’s announcement, the act also released the music video for its lead single, “Out for Blood.”

Watch the music video for “Out for Blood” above.

Last month, Sum 41 announced plans to embark on an intimate club tour this spring. The No Personal Space tour includes stops in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans, Nashville, Boston, and more. The forthcoming outing begins on April 27 at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City and concludes a month later on May 26 at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago.

Following a short break, the group will return to the touring circuit as one of the headliners on the inaugural Rockstar Energy Drink Disrupt Festival. The 25-stop tour begins on June 21 at the Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas and concludes a month later on July 28 at the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque.

The full track listing for Order in Decline can be found below.

ORDER IN DECLINE TRACK LISTING:

1. “Turning Away”
2. “Out for Blood”
3. “The New Sensation”
4. “A Death in the Family”
5. “Heads Will Roll”
6. “45 (A Matter of Time)”
7. “Never There”
8. “Eat You Alive”
9. “The People Vs…”

The Used, Thrice, Circa Survive to headline inaugural Disrupt Festival

This year may mark the first year that punk, pop-punk, and emo kids may not have the Vans Warped Tour, but it looks like a new music festival is ready to take over the summertime void. On Monday (March 25), the first annual Disrupt Festival was announced. Boasting acts like The Used, Circa Survive, Sum 41, and Thrice as headliners, the cross-country trek will take over North America during June and July.

Joining The Used, Circa Survive, Sum 41, and Thrice on the inaugural lineup are: The Story So Far, Atreyu, Sleeping with Sirens, Andy Black, Four Year Strong, Memphis May Fire, Trophy Eyes, Meg & Dia, Juliet Simms, and Hyro the Hero.

The 25-stop jaunt will include stops in major markets such as Austin, West Palm, Beach, Tampa, Atlanta, Charlotte, Toronto, Denver, Boise, and Phoenix. Disrupt Festival begins its journey across the continent on June 21 at the Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas and concludes on July 28 at the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque.

Tickets for the upcoming event go on sale this Friday, March 29, at 10 a.m. local time. Citi cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning this Tuesday, March 26, at noon. Pre-sales end on Thursday, March 28, at 10 p.m. local time.

In addition to general tickets, Disrupt Festival will also offer several VIP packages and meet and greet packages with The Used or Sleeping with Sirens. As noted by the festival, meet and greet packages do not include a concert ticket.

Unlike other music festivals, Disrupt Festival promises that “there will only be one band performing at a time, avoiding conflicting set times and allowing fans to experience the full lineup in one rock-filled day.”

For more information about the festival, tickets, or the lineup, head on over to Disrupt Festival’s website.

DISRUPT FESTIVAL 2019 DATES:
June 21 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
June 22 – Austin, TX – Austin360 Amphitheater
June 23 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
June 25 – West Palm Beach, FL – Coral Sky Amphitheatre at S. Florida Fairground
June 26 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds
June 28 – Atlanta, GA – Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood
June 29 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
July 2 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
July 3 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
July 5 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
July 6 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
July 7 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
July 9 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
July 10 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 12 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 13 – Thornville, OH – Legend Valley
July 14 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
July 15 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 17 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre*
July 20 – Irvine, CA – Five Point Amphitheater presented by Mercury Insurance
July 23 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
July 24 – Boise, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheatre
July 26 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 27 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
July 28 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater

Sum 41 announce ‘No Personal Space’ spring 2019 tour dates

If you’re the kind of person who needs personal space when you go to a concert, then Sum 41’s upcoming trek may not be for you. On Monday (March 11), the Canadian band announced plans to embark on a short, United States-centric tour in the springtime. Taking to social media, the group revealed their 17-stop tour itinerary for April and May of this year which will include performances at venues across the country.

Dubbed the “No Personal Space” tour, the trek will include stops in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans, Nashville, Boston, and more. The forthcoming outing begins on April 27 at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City and concludes a month later on May 26 at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago.

“This spring we’re bringing it back to where it all began, in the clubs,” the group posted on Twitter.

“Join us for the ‘No Personal Space Tour,’ an intimate club tour across the US in April & May.”

In addition to the intimate venues, the act also revealed that they will perform at a number of United States Air Force Bases throughout the U.S. while on this tour.

Tickets for the shows go on sale this Friday, March 15, at 10 a.m. local time. In addition to general tickets, the band is also offering VIP packages which will include a Q&A session with guitarist Dave Brownsound and bassist Cone McCaslin.

Sum 41’s last studio album was their not-a-comeback album 13 Voices.

The complete itinerary for the “No Personal Space” tour can be found below.

NO PERSONAL SPACE SPRING 2019 TOUR DATES:

April 27 – Salt Lake City, UT –  Utah State Fairpark
April 28 – Tempe, AZ – Big Surf Waterpark
April 30 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
May 1 – Dallas, TX – Cambridge Room
May 2 – Houston, TX – Bronze Peacock
May 4 – Orlando, FL – The Abby
May 5 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
May 6 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
May 8 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues Parish
May 12 – Nashville, TN – Basement East
May 14 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
May 19 – Charlotte, NC – Underground
May 21 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
May 22 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
May 24 – Cleveland, OH – Phantasy
May 25 – Detroit, MI – Shelter
May 26 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

Sum 41 announce ‘Does This Look Infected?’ 15-year anniversary tour

Sum 41 have been a little quiet since they released their last studio album 13 Voices, but don’t expect that to last long. On Tuesday (Feb. 13), the Canadian band announced plans to hit the road this spring to celebrate the 15-year anniversary of their sophomore album, Does This Look Infected? The upcoming tour will kick off on April 27 at the Warfield in San Francisco and wrap up a month later on May 26 at the Wiltern in Los Angeles.

“This year was meant to be spent working on new music and I hadn’t even realized that it was the 15-year anniversary of Does This Look Infected?,” Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley said in a press release.

“Out of nowhere, we started to receive messages from fans asking us to do another DTLI anniversary tour…and when the fans call, we go. This time around is going to be even more special because we have Dave ‘Brown Sound’ Baksh with us! So back by popular demand, we’ll see you on the road this April!”

Joining the pop-punk outfit during the full excursion will be fellow Canadian band Seaway and California outfit Super Whatevr.

VIP packages for the tour will go on sale beginning this Wednesday, Feb. 14 while general ticket sales will go on sale beginning this Friday, Feb. 16, at 10 a.m. local time.

Does This Look Infected? was released in November of 2002 and produced such hits as “Still Waiting,” “The Hell Song” and “Over My Head (Better Off Dead).” The album has been certified platinum in Canada and Japan, silver in the United Kingdom, and gold in the United States.

As for Sum 41, the group released their much-anticipated “comeback” album back in 2016 and tour behind it release.

For now, the complete tour itinerary for the Does This Look Infected? 15-year anniversary tour can be seen below.

DOES THIS LOOK INFECTED? 15-YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR:

April 27 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield
April 28 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
April 29 – Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren
May 1 – Albuquerque, NM – El Ray
May 3 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec
May 4 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
May 5 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
May 7 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
May 8 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live
May 10 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theater
May 11 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
May 12 – New York City, NY – Terminal 5
May 14 – Philadelphia, PA  – Electric Factory
May 15 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
May 17 – Pontiac, MI – Crofoot
May 18 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
May 19 – Minneapolis, MN – The Varsity Theater
May 21 – Denver, CO – Ogden
May 23 – Salt Lake City, UT – Complex
May 24 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
May 26 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern

Sum 41 brings the party to the skate park in new video

It’s been over seven months since Sum 41 released any new music videos for their brand new tunes. On Wednesday (May 3), things changed when the Canadian band unleashed their fan-centric music video for “Goddamn I’m Dead Again.” The music video kicks off with the band, more specifically frontman Deryck Whibley, sending out a mass message to fans on Facebook asking them to show up and be part of their brand new music video. “Bail on your Sunday plans and come spend the day with us,” reads the post.

Once the message disappears from the screen, we see the band arrive at what looks to be a depleted skate park with skate ramps full of graffiti and dead plants; the perfect place for a party. In between shots of the band getting ready, we see the Skumfuks (Sum 41 fans) arrive, ready for a good time. Headbanging, moshing, crowdsurfing, and the band performing make up the almost four-minute video. If the clip looks familiar, it’s because according to the band the new video is supposed to be reminiscent of their music videos for “In Too Deep” and “Fat Lip.”

“We’re very excited to release this new video for ‘Goddamn I’m Dead Again.’  This one is for the fans and by the fans,” said Whibley in a statement that accompanied the new clip. “What you are seeing are dedicated Sum 41 super fans, not one extra and I love that. Thank you all for being a part of it and spending that Sunday afternoon with us!”

Watch the full music video for “Goddamn I’m Dead Again” above.

“Goddamn I’m Dead Again” is featured on Sum 41’s recently released album, 13 Voices. The record was released back in the fall of 2016 through Hopeless Records. Following its release, the band headed out on their massive ‘Don’t Call It a Sum-Back’ tour which yield several sold out shows.

Currently, Sum 41 is in the middle of their co-headlining “We Will Detonate!” tour with Pierce the Veil. In addition to the tour stops with Pierce the Veil, Sum 41 will also appear at a handful of music festivals including Carolina Rebellion, Northern Invasion, and Rocklahoma where their spring tour will officially wrap up on May 26. The complete list of Sum 41 tour dates can be found here.

Pierce the Veil and Sum 41 to detonate the road this spring

Pierce the Veil and Sum 41 are gearing up to hit the road this spring. On Wednesday (March 1), it was confirmed that the Canadian group and the California-based based will headline a joint tour in April and May. The joint excursion, which is sponsored by Loudwire, will be called the “Loudwire Lives Presents We Will Detonate!” tour. The month-and-a-half long tour will kick off on April 21 with back-to-back nights at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, Colo. The tour will officially wrap up on May 25 at the South Side Ballroom in Dallas, Texas.

The spring tour will also include several music festival stops for Pierce the Veil including their appearances at Florida’s 90 Rock Fest and Welcome to Rockville as well as Carolina Rebellion, Point Fest, and Rocklahoma. Hitting the road alongside Pierce the Veil and Sum 41 will be Emarosa and Chapel.

“The fuse is burning and we’re counting down the days till the ‘We Will Detonate!’ tour this spring,” Pierce the Veil frontman Vic Fuentes said in a statement. “We are honored to be hitting the stage every night with legends Sum 41, old friends Emarosa, and new friends Chapel. This will be a show unlike any we’ve ever attempted to dream up for our fans. Clock is ticking, we’ll see you all soon!”

Pre-sales for the upcoming tour will go on sale beginning this Thursday, March 2, at 10 a.m. local time. Following 12 hours of pre-sales, general tickets sales will begin on Friday, March 3. For more information about tickets or the tour head on over here.

The ‘We Will Detonate! tour’ will be in support of Sum 41’s recently released record 13 Voices as well as Pierce the Veil’s recently released record, Misadventures. Last year, Sum 41 embarked on a massive “comeback” tour while Pierce the Veil are currently on the road for their “Rest in Space” tour with Falling in Reverse and Crown the Empire. The complete list of tour dates can be found below.

LOUDWIRE LIVE PRESENTS WE WILL DETONATE! TOUR DATES:

4/21 – Denver, Colo. @ Ogden Theatre
4/22 – Denver, Colo. @ Ogden Theatre
4/24 – El Paso, Texas @ Tricky Falls
4/25 – Austin, Texas @ (ACL) Live At The Moody Theater
4/27 – New Orleans, La. @ House Of Blues
4/28 – Tampa, Fla. @ 98 Rock Fest*
4/29 – Jacksonville, Fla. @ Welcome To Rockville*
5/01 – Knoxville, Tenn. @ The International
5/02 – Lancaster, Pa. @ Lancaster Convention Center
5/03 – Silver Springs, Md. @ The Fillmore Silver Springs
5/05 – Charlotte, N.C. @ Carolina Rebellion*
5/07 – Huntington, N.Y. @ The Paramount
5/09 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Stage AE
5/10 – Toms River, N.J. @ Pine Belt Arena
5/12 – Council Bluffs, Iowa @ KIWR’s Rockfest
5/13 – Somerset, Wis. @ Northern Invasion
5/14 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Egyptian Room / Old National Centre
5/16 – Portland, Maine @ Aura
5/17 – Hampton Beach, N.H. @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
5/19 – Columbus, Ohio @ Rock On The Range
5/20 – St. Louis, Mo. @ Point Fest*
5/22 – Houston, Texas @ House Of Blues
5/23 – Pharr, Texas @ Pharr Event Center
5/25 – Dallas, Texas @ South Side Ballroom
5/26 – Pryor, Okla. @ Rocklahoma*

*Pierce the Veil only

Sum 41 declares ‘Death of Pop’ with new song

With a week left until the release of their much-anticipate new album, Sum 41 has given their fans another new track from the upcoming release. On Wednesday (Sept. 28), the Canadian band released the music video for their third song off the album, “God Save Us All (Death to Pop).” The four-minute clip opens with frontman Deryck Whibley talking about how he thinks rock music has more power to unite people than pop music.

“The cool thing about playing rock music all over the world is that you can share this unity through music with other people,” Whibley’s voice over begins. “My opinion is that you only get that feeling with rock music. I don’t think you feel anything with pop.”

After the short opinion, the clip shifts to a montage of footage as the song begins to play. Unlike their previously released music videos for 13 Voices, the video seems to give the viewer the chance to see what it’s like to be at a Sum 41 show as well as behind the scenes with them. The behind-the-scene footage features them travelling all over the place including a snowy mountain, hanging out backstage at what looks to be the 2016 Vans Warped Tour, and even getting tattoos.

In addition to the behind-the-scenes footage, we get to see the newly reunited band performing at several different shows to huge crowds. Check out the clip for “God Save Us All (Death to Pop)” below.

“God Save Us All (Death to Pop)” will join “War” and “Fake My Own Death” on Sum 41’s upcoming new record, 13 Voices. 13 Voices is set to be released on Oct. 7 through Hopeless Records. In support of the upcoming record, the band will hit the road for their massive “Don’t Call it a Sum-Back” tour with Senses Fail and As It Is.

The tour will officially kick off next Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the House of Blues in Orlando. After a month on the road, the tour will wrap up on Nov. 6 at the Mayan in Los Angeles. The complete list of upcoming tour stops can be found here.