Slam Dunk Festival 2020 (UK) Tour • Page 4

Didn't Don Broco headline Alexandra Palace last year. That's usually about what sort of size band headlines this festival so I'd say they seem about right for a headline shot.

 

Yeah Don Broco headline arenas over here.

I might not care for them but they are big.

 

Well, I guess I can say I saw them before they got big (Reading 2013 specifically)

 

Every year I see this festival and freak out at how good the lineup and then the realization of set conflicts and walking sets in.

 

Ah.. I guess we are at the 'list making' phase now that the full lineup is announced... hell yeah! So damn excited. Using the same format:

My list of bands to definitely see:
The Wonder Years
Motion City Soundtrack
Four Year Strong
Knuckle Puck
The Story So Far
Free Throw*

Really want to see:
State Champs
Mayday Parade
We Are the In Crowd
Grayscale
Bayside
Sum 41*
Trash Boat
This Wild Life*
Derek Sanders (acoustic)
Reel Big Fish

Would be cool to see:
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!
Stand Atlantic*
Movements*
Sleep On It
Yours Truly*
NOFX*
With Confidence


I am going to have set time conflicts, but that is why we are going both days!

Seems like there is no easy way to get from Leeds to Hatfield by train/public transport? And an Uber would likely be way, way too expensive.

 

I think you can get a train from Leeds to Stevenage and change there, it's not far from Hatfield.

 

Ohh it looks like only a 20 minute drive from Stevenage to Hatfield Park, so we can get off at Stevenage and take an Uber. None of the websites I checked recommended that route. Thank you!!

 

I’ll get in on this too.
List of bands to definitely see:
Sum 41
The story so far
The wonder years
Four Year Strong
Young Guns
Knuckle puck




Really want to see:
Basement
Bayside
Chunk! No Captain Chunk!
Free throw
Code Orange



Would be cool to see:
Your Demise
Motion city soundtrack
While she sleeps
Bury tomorrow
Trash boat
State champs
Mayday parade

I have seen a lot of these bands before. Mostly the ones in the “would be cool to see” section

 

I imagine this will be postponed now.

 

Officially rescheduled for the start of September

 

Good. Could end up doing SlamDunk and then flying out for Riot Fest.

guess we’ll see what happens closer to the time though.

 

We hopefully have Leeds festival and then the following week slam dunk. Have you been to Riot fest before?

 

nope, never been, but I’m super hopeful it will still happen

 

We went a couple of years ago and it is such a great festival and Chicago was a great city.

 

Problem is we still don't really know what's going to be happening in September. A lot of models suggest that with major mitigation efforts, we could be back to a somewhat normal life by July.. but by the fall, it will come back even stronger. The hope is by that time we have enough infrastructure and testing kits to be okay, but who knows. But at least this buys us some time.

 

A coupe of bands dropped off already because of previous commitments, including Refused and Your Demise. If more are to follow, this will definitely be cancelled.

 

Yeah there's quite a few big bands that are out already. It's almost certainly getting cancelled.

 

Is there a page somewhere listing the artists who've dropped off / stayed?

 

Not that i know of. So far i've seen Bury Tomorrow, Your Demise, I Am The Avalanche, Dance Gavin Dance and Issues pull out. With the amount of US bands on the line up and with how bad the situation is getting in the US, there's going to be many more to come.

 

Fair. I think they're doing the right thing in trying to postpone rather than cancel but I don't think time is going to be on their side unfortunately.

 

I think it's just too optimistic to postpone a festival. It would be great in theory but it's hard to get the same lineup for a postponed tour let alone a whole festival

 

Speak of the devil:

 

Good lineup still to be honest!

 

Oh man it is gonna suck if they go to all the effort of getting Trio and then they end up having to cancel