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More Bands For Slam Dunk

• 16th Apr 2014

Slam Dunk Festival, has added 2 more bands to the 9th annual three day festival, covering Leeds, Hatfield and Wolverhampton. The seven stage event uses a combination of indoor and outdoor stages across urban sites to create a totally unique festival experience.

Saturday 24th May: Slam Dunk Festival North. Leeds University.
Sunday 25th May: Slam Dunk Festival South. The Forum, Hertfordshire.
Monday 26th May: Slam Dunk Festival Midlands. Wolverhampton Civic
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Joining exclusive headliners All American Rejects will be rising stars from Brighton, Verses, who will be releasing their much anticipated debut album ‘Feel It Faster’ on May 26th and are currently touring the UK with LostAlone. Also announced are hard working Birmingham pop punk band Light You Up who say, “We’ve been coming to Slam Dunk for years and we’re delighted to be invited to play this year! Every year has a great party atmosphere and I’m sure this year will be no different! Bring it on!”

‘The Uprawr DJ stage’ is now also confirmed, with the national club brand bringing their legendary parties into the mix. Slam Dunk is pleased to announce this will include a massive headline slot from one of the biggest party DJs in the UK, DJ Yoda.

Duncan Beiny aka DJ Yoda is no ordinary scratch DJ. His seminal How To Cut & Paste series showcased a tongue-in-cheek mixing style that prompted Q Magazine to declare him “one of the ten DJs to see before you die”, whilst Hip Hop Connection voted him “one of the top three DJs in the world”.

From his hip-hop beginnings, DJ Yoda has evolved in the past ten years, using his turntable skills and influences as diverse as funk, b-more, kuduro, reggae, drum ‘n’ bass and even big band swing and country & western, to make unashamed party music. No stranger to cutting the Indiana Jones theme with woofer-worrying dubstep or the Muppet Theme with 1930’s swing, his shows are peppered with film, TV and YouTube samples and visuals that lift his sets to new and stratospheric heights. His new album ‘Chop Suey’, is well worth a listen for fans of any type of music!

Tek One, a Slam Dunk festival regular will also return for an exclusive DJ set, filled with his usual mix of rock inspired dub step to promote his new album, Sleep Equals Myth.

The stage will be finished off by Slam Dunk & Uprawr residents and special guests.

Slam Dunk Festival 2014

Verses
Light You Up
DJ Yoda
Tek One
Feed The Rhino
Natives
Landscapes
Vinnie Caruana
Mike Hererra
You, Me, and Everyone We Know
Rob Lynch
The Lion & The Wolf
Mallory Knox
Kids In Glass Houses (exclusively playing ‘Smart Casual’)
We The Kings
Chiodos
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Capdown
Gnarwolves
Jesse James
MC Lars
Ghost Town
Heart Of A Coward
Save Your Breath
Modern Baseball
The All American Rejects (Festival headliner)
We Are The In Crowd
Less Than Jake
Motion City Soundtrack
Hit The Lights
State Champs
A Loss For Words
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!
Marmozets
Blitz Kids
Canterbury
letlive.
Bury Tomorrow
The Ghost Inside
The Devil Wears Prada
I Killed The Prom Queen
Caliban
Crown The Empire
Goldfinger
Zebrahead
Fandangle
I Am The Avalanche
Real Friends
Neck Deep
Decade

For a full list of ticket outlets for all events, please go to www.slamdunkmusic.com
Tickets are priced at £35 & £39 with Afterparty across all sites.

SLAM DUNK SCOTLAND & SLAM DUNK WALES

In addition to the 3 main festivals, Slam Dunk is pleased to announce it will be returning to Scotland and Wales. However instead of the usual Cardiff and Glasgow events, this year will see Slam Dunk spreading its wings and visit new cities in both countries:

Friday 23rd May: Slam Dunk Scotland, Edinburgh Liquid Room
Tuesday 27th May: Slam Dunk Wales, Newport Centre

These stripped down versions of the main festival will see an amazing pop punk bill at both featuring:

We Are the In Crowd, Hit the Lights, Neck Deep, Decade + Special Guests

SPECIAL GUESTS ANNOUNCED!! Local boys Save Your Breath will be joining the lineup in Newport, and likewise new upcoming Scottish stars Altered Sky will be joining in Edinburgh.