UK Music Round-Up

Festival News
Stevie Wonder has joined New Order as a Bestival headliner. See the line-up so far here.

A few bands have been added to this year's Slam Dunk Festival (North and South only), including Cartel and No Trigger. See the full list of bands below.

Slam Dunk Additions

Cartel
MC Lars
No Trigger
Save Your Breath
Heartsounds
Decade
It Boys!

Fourteen more bands have been confirmed for the UK's Download Festival including Four Year Strong, Europe and Lower Than Atlantis. See a list of acts announced this week below.

Download Additions

Europe
Four Year Strong
Lower Than Atlantis
Halestorm
Firewind
Turbonegro
Theory Of A Deadman
Stellar Revival
Anti-Nowhere League
Turbowolf
Mallory Knox
The Safety Fire
Emmure
Broken

Liverpool Sound City has expanded. Announced this week were Kids In Glass Houses, Lower Than Atlantis, Alkaline Trio and more. See the full line-up here.

News
Frank Turner will release a 7" of "I Still Believe" / "Somebody To Love" on Record Store Day. Frank will also release a behind-the-scenes photography book. See more details here.

Sharks have a new bass player.

Click here to see Your Demise's video for "These Lights".

Don Broco and While She Sleeps have signed to Search and Destroy, a new label formed by Sony Music and Raw Power Management.

Empires Fade have new EP Reflection up for free download here.

Blitz Kids have released their first two EPs and three bonus tracks for free download. Grab them here.

Head here to see a teaser clip for I Like Trains' forthcoming album The Shallows.

See Exit Ten's video for "Sunset" here.

Trails have posted a video for "A Turn Of Phrase".

Listen to Fine Young Firecrackers' new demo "Goodbye" here.

Click here to see Pavilions' video for "Science & Gods".

Collisions' video for "Believe In This" is here.

Head here to see Spring Offensive's video for "Worry Fill My Heart".

Napoleon have posted a video for "Liars And Sellers".

Punktastic are streaming an acoustic performance of Great Cynics' "In The Valley" here.

See Futures perform their track "Start A Fire" in a Rock Sound session here.

Kyoto Drive have posted the second part of their tour diary from their January run with Mae.

Violet have signed to Small Town Records.

See a teaser clip for Sincerity's forthcoming EP Monuments here.

New Riot are looking for a new bassist.

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Tours
The Cult
September
11th Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
12th Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
14th Manchester MEN Arena
15th Birmingham LG Arena
16th London Wembley Arena

Hit The Lights (SUPPORT: Transit, The Story So Far & Decade)
May
23rd Newcastle Trillians
24th Manchester Moho
25th Liverpool Academy 2
26th Slam Dunk North, Leeds
27th Slam Dunk South, Hatfield
28th Nottingham Rescue Rooms
29th Slam Dunk Scotland, Glasgow
30th Birmingham Asylum
31st Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
June
1st Cardiff CF-10
2nd Kingston Peel

Angels And Airwaves
April
9th Nottingham Rock City
10th Glasgow O2 ABC
11th Manchester HMV Ritz
12th Leeds O2 Academy
13th Birmingham HMV Institute
14th London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

The Maccabees (SUPPORT: British Sea Power & Baxter Drury)
June
8th London Alexandra Palace

Fei Comodo
May
20th Liverpool Academy 2
21st Glasgow ABC 2
22nd Birmingham Academy 3
23rd London Islington Academy 2
24th Stoke Underground
25th Southampton Joiners
26th Newcastle Academy 2
27th York Stereo
28th Norwich Waterfront

T'was The Night Before Wembley (Crazy Arm, Jim Lockey And The Solemn Sun, Dave Hause & Ben Marwood)
April
12th London Camden Barfly

Cartel (SUPPORT: Forever The Sickest Kids & It Boys!)
May
23rd Birmingham O2 Academy 2
24th Manchester Club Academy
25th Glasgow Cathouse
26th Leeds, Slam Dunk Festival
27th Hatfield, Slam Dunk Festival

Andrew W.K. (SUPPORT: Turbowolf & Hawk Eyes)
April
12th London HMV Forum
12th Manchester Academy
14th Glasgow Garage

Lucy Rose
May
22nd Reading Sub 89
23rd York Duchess
24th Wolverhampton Slade Rooms
25th Liverpool Erics
27th Leicester Musician
28th Cambridge Portland Arms
30th Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
31st Narbeth Queen's Hall
June
2nd Bristol Dot To Dot Festival
3rd Nottingham Dot To Dot Festival
4th Manchester Dot To Dot Festival
5th Sheffield Plug
9th Rockness Festival
10th Glasgow Oran Mor
12th Belfast Black Box
13rd Dublin Whelans
14th Birmingham Hare & Hounds
16th Golden Down Festival
17th Bath Moles
18th Oxford Jericho
20th London Heaven

We Are Augustines
May
2nd Manchester Academy 3
3rd London Dingwalls
5th Leeds, Live At Leeds Festival
6th Birmingham Hare and Hounds
10th Glasgow Captain's Rest

Silent Screams (SUPPORT: Our People Versus Yours & Villa Rise)
May
1st Southampton Joiners
2nd Selby Riverside
3rd Kettering Crispin Club
4th Worcester Marr's Bar
5th Neath Pool World
6th Dewsbury Black Bull
7th Manchester Retro Bar
8th Bridlington Shades Nightclub
9th Glasgow Stairway
10th Middlesbrough Liberties
11th Peterborough Club Revolution
12th Stoke Underground
13th Mansfield Intake

Unearth (SUPOPRT: Malefice)
June
18th Southampton Joiners
19th Nottingham Rescue Rooms
20th London Underworld
21st Cardiff Great Hall

Marionette (SUPPORT: The Algorithm)
May
7th Southampton Joiners
8th Wrexham Central Station
10th London Borderline

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Contributors: Andy Biddulph

Zebrahead are also confirmed for Slam Dunk South only.

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Seahaven are supporting the Pianos Become The Teeth and Balance and Composure tour.