PIT TALK

NEWS
WARPED TOUR UK CONFIRMED FOR 2015
GHOSTFEST CHANGES FOR THE BETTER
Ghostfest, originally put on in late August, has been moved to
September, leaving fans of the annual festival quite pessimistic.
Not only has the date been moved, it has also become a one
day event. The organisers of the well-known festival have
claimed that the date has been changed to avoid clashes with
Slam Dunk, Download, Outbreak, Temples and every other
festival in May and June. By doing this they’ve avoided issues
with exclusivities and as such have booked the biggest line up
Ghostfest has ever had, (they say). Ghostfest has also moved
two cities, as it offers bands two shows and two payments
rather than one, giving accessibility to more bands that are
flying over from America, meaning the overall line up may be
pretty awesome. All super early bird tickets for Leeds and
Bristol are completely sold out, however there are still tickets
available for the North and South shows which you can buy
from their official website.
HARM’S WAY ROBBED IN TEXAS
The Chicago hardcore band Harm’s Way were robbed only a few
days ago whilst on tour in America, leaving the band’s members
and fans angered. The band’s personal items and money
they had accumulated thus far on the current tour was stolen,
leaving them penniless and without passports. Harm’s Way was
visiting the Guitar Center in Houston, Texas when the incident
happened, where they returned to find their tour van had been
broken into. Regardless of the theft act, the band are carrying
on with the ’RUST’ America tour, supporting Code Orange with
Eternal Sleep, and the other half of the tour with Homewrecker
and Discourse. The band has put up a fund site where you can
donate to help finish the tour. Theft happens way too much in the
music industry, especially on tour, so it is essential we support
our music scene.
UK fans of the Vans Warped Tour better get fucking excited,
as festival organisers have confirmed the event is to take
place this year after last year’s hiatus. Founder of the travelling
festival Kevin Lyman revealed on twitter, as a response to a fan
question, that the festival would return to the UK later this year
with a simple ‘yes’ and revealed its to take place on 18 October.
The festival left the states and went international in 1989,
covering cities in Europe, Australia and Japan and returned to
the UK in 2012 after a 14 year absence. Last headlined in 2013
by Rise Against and Enter Shikari, no acts have currently been
confirmed for this year’s event; however Lyman expects the first
line-up announcement ‘in early May.’
FRANK CARTER TEASES FUTURE MUSIC RETURN
Previous Watford punk group Gallows and more recently Pure
Love vocalist Frank Carter has put up teasers of his new musical
project on his Instagram profile. Whilst there has been no official
music released yet, the teaser does suggest a much heavier
sound leaning towards the music that was made during his stint
in Gallows. Carter has been hinting at a return to music after
going on an “indefinite hiatus” with previous band Pure Love.
The teaser is only fifteen seconds long so don’t be expecting to
hear much, but fans can get excited as it appears that Memby
Jago, previous drummer for The Ghost of a Thousand is the
drummer for Carter’s new project.
MARTYR DEFILED GET TO USA THANKS TO FANS
Lincoln based death metal / hardcore band Martyr Defiled have
successfully made it to the United States following a crowd
funding plea in eight days. Following the crowd funding started,
money came in quick and the band were able to raise enough
money to get their VISA applications paid for and approved.
They will be joining Oceano on their tour of the United States,
with other support from The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Lorna
Shore and Boris The Blade. The band have missed the first
three dates of the tour but as of March 19th, Martyr Defiled have
arrived in the United States and their next show as part of the
tour is on March 20th at In Distress Fest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
THE STORY SO FAR RELEASE NATIONWIDE TOUR
California Punk band The Story So Far have released news of
a forthcoming nationwide tour of the United States starting on
the May 1st in Santa Ana California and ending mid-June in San
Francisco. The band will be showcasing a new setlist composed
of both older less played gems and newer material from their
upcoming self-titled album, which is set to be released mid-tour
on May 19th. Joining the band on tour will be melodic-hardcode
outfit Four Year Strong, hardcore-punk quintet Terror and poprock
group Souvenirs. Sure to be a tour full of energy and loud
in your face punk music, it’s a tour not to be missed. Tickets and
VIP packages are available via the band’s official website.
TERROR DESTROYS CAMDEN AT THE UNDERWORLD
The 15th March saw popular hardcore band Terror reliving their
January 2011 gig at The Underworld in Camden, however this
time with support from Knuckledust, Risk It, Survival, Broken
Teeth and Redemption Denied. It was the last show of the action
packed European tour and in one of the band’s favourite venues.
The European tour started off at the beginning of March in
Berlin, which travelled all around Germany and ended up in the
heart of London. Terror is next set to support The Story So Far
HIT THE DECK ADDS MORE ACTS TO LINE - UP
The annual alternative-rock festival has just unveiled the latest
addition of bands to the exisiting line up. The new bands now
joining the festival bill are: The Xcerts, Hactivist, Brawlers, Black
Peaks, Tellison, Oceans Ate Alaska, Oath Breaker, Hundreth,
Calabrese and Bad Sign. These bands are now there with
the likes of Skindred, While She Sleeps, Cancer Bats, Idiom,
Allusondrugs and When We Were Wolves. The festival will be
taking place across April 25th and April 26th starting in Bristol
and ending in Nottingham. More bands are to be announced and
shall be announced in the coming weeks.
04 PIT TALK on their nationwide tour in May.
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