UK Music Round-Up

Festival News
Refused have been announced for Download Festival after the cancellation of Sonisphere. See a list of all thirteen bands added this week below. Meanwhile, Fiver Finger Death Punch have pulled out of the festival. Read a statement from the band here.

Download Additions

Refused
Gallows
Kids In Glass Houses
Lower Than Atlantis
Four Year Strong
Don Broco
Porter Robinson
T. Mills
Fearless Vampire Killers
Kobra & The Lotus
Edguy
Rival Sons
Black Spiders

A number of bands have been added to this year's Slam Dunk Festival, including four acoustic artists. See a full list of additions below.

Slam Dunk Additions

Funeral For A Friend
Canterbury
Marmozets

Acoustic Stage

Charlie Simpson
Into It. Over It.
Shane Henderson
Rob Lynch

Hadouken (DJ Set)

Van Morrison will headline the Green Man Festival in Wales this year.

News
Viva Brother have split. Download recent track "I Don't Want To Be Loved" here.

The King Blues have also called it a day. Head here to read a message from the band.

Listen to snippets of new Funeral For A Friend songs in this studio video.

Futures have left Mercury Records and postponed their April tour to July. The band have posted a blog about their decision here. You can also click here to see the band play "Say My Name" in session and head here to listen to new track "Swim Teams".

Failsafe's new album Routines is streaming in full on their AP.net profile.

See While She Sleeps' video for new track "Dead Behind The Eyes" here and download the track over at Kerrang!

Every Avenue have cancelled their UK tour. We Are The In Crowd and The Summer Set will still come to the UK. Read a message from the band here.

Click here to watch Sharks perform an acoustic version of "Turn To You".

See the artwork for Polar's forthcoming album Iron Lungs here.

Bury Tomorrow have signed to Nuclear Blast Europe. See the album art and tracklisting for forthcoming album The Union of Crowns here. The record is due out on the 16th July.

Head here to grab a free download of Adam Barnes' track "Come Undone".

Carcer City's video for "The Road Journals" is here.

Above The Underground have signed to Lazy Bear Records.

Head here to see Katie Sky and Kate McGil's acoustic version of "Tell You Everything".

Don Broco have posted a video for new track "Priorities" here.

Head here to check out Our People Versus Yours recording some session tracks.

Check out Spring Offensive's video for "Worry Fill My Heart" here.

The Ocean Between Us will start recording their album tomorrow.

Proxies have covered Bright Eyes' "Arc Of Time". Head here to see the video.

Click here to see Blowgoat's video for "Slackhole".

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Tours
Defeater
July
1st Leeds Ghostfest
2nd Kingston Peel
3rd Nottingham Rock City Basement
4th Bristol Croft
5th Southampton Joiners
6th London Underworld

Four Year Strong
June
10th Liverpool O2 Academy 2

Motion City Soundtrack
April
20th Manchester Ruby Lounge

The Used (SUPPORT: Marmozets)
April
24th Glasgow King Tut's
25th Manchester Academy 3
26th Birmingham O2 Academy 2
27th London O2 Islington Academy

The Xcerts (SUPPORT: [ME] except *Fatherson & ^Yearbook)
May
4th Tunbridge Wells Forum
6th Southampton Joiners ^
7th Exeter Cavern
8th Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
10th Nottingham Rock City
11th Sheffield Bowery (Free show)
12th Stoke Sugarmill (SUPPORT TBA)
13th Birmingham Academy 3
15th Newcastle Academy 2
16th Glasgow Garage *
17th Aberdeen Lemon Tree *
18th Thurso Newmarket Bar *
19th Dumfries Venue *
21st York Stereo
22nd Leeds Cockpit 3
23rd Manchester Sound Control
24th Cheltenham Frog & Fiddle
25th Bristol Cooler

Dragonforce
September
25th Dublin Academy
27th Belfast Mandela Hall
28th Glasgow ABC
29th Newcastle Academy
30th Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
October
1st Bristol Academy
3rd Nottingham Rock City
4th Norwich UEA
5th Manchester Academy
6th London Shepherd's Bush Empire
7th Portsmouth Pyramids

A Day Overdue (SUPPORT: The Call Back Academy)
July
9th Newcastle Space Bar
10th Leeds Empire
11th Norwich B2
13th Nottingham (Venue TBC)
14th Liverpool Picket
15th Cardiff Moon Club
16th Birmingham Ballroom
17th London Nambucca
18th Bristol (Venue TBC)
19th Oxford Corridor
20th Guildford Community Centre
22nd Dunfermline Jame Jar
23rd Dundee Dexter's
24th Glasgow Cathouse
26th Aberdeen Tunnels

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Contributors: Andy Biddulph

Interestingly, Download announced Refused as a UK festival exclusive, not a UK exclusive. That means maybe a tour or a UK show might be in the works for Refused.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.

Originally Posted by georgedcc

Interestingly, Download announced Refused as a UK festival exclusive, not a UK exclusive. That means maybe a tour or a UK show might be in the works for Refused.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.

You have made me very excited sir

Desperate to see Refused... however, I wasn't into paying to go see Sonisphere, and probably even less so for Download (only 2 bands I'd like to see that day)...

REALLY hope they announce a UK club show

Originally Posted by georgedcc

Interestingly, Download announced Refused as a UK festival exclusive, not a UK exclusive. That means maybe a tour or a UK show might be in the works for Refused.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.

Originally Posted by GreyMatter14

You have made me very excited sir

Originally Posted by 3GunGaz

Desperate to see Refused... however, I wasn't into paying to go see Sonisphere, and probably even less so for Download (only 2 bands I'd like to see that day)...

REALLY hope they announce a UK club show

Sonisphere billed it as Refused's "only UK show". Really hope that's changed.

The way the MCS show was announced was pretty awesome. Got my ticket to the London Commit THis TO Memory gig

I'm selling two Wonder Years tickets to the 23rd April show at The Peel. If anyone's interested get in contact.

Fuck yeah Spring Offensive.