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Slam Dunk 2012 Preview and tour dates

• 15th May 2012

With a line-up to rival those of the biggest festivals this year, Slam Dunk festival is back, and less than 2 weeks away!

With festivals in Leeds and London, and shows in Glasgow and Cardiff, this year is set to be bigger than ever.

Headlining this year’s festival is Taking Back Sunday, returning to the UK to preview some new material as well as all your favourites from ‘Tell All Your Friends’. The Welsh acts seem to take over next on the bill, with Funeral for A Friend and The Blackout playing for your aural pleasure. The rest of the line-up is a great mix of genre-bending, cross-continental music, featuring Motion City Soundtrack, Gallows, Cancer Bats, Set Your Goals, Hit the Lights, MC Lars and some of the UKs biggest up-and-coming names such as Don Broco, Canterbury, Decade, Marmozets and Rob Lynch.

Once that’s all done, both at Slam Dunk North and South the Aftershow Party is taking place – a club night with resident Slam Dunk DJs playing from 11pm-3am, and tickets can be bought with your festival tickets, so you can dance the night away to your favourite tunes!
As if that isn’t enough Slam Dunk ‘On Tour’ features highlights from the festival including Decade, Hit The Lights, Transit and The Story So Far at the following venues:

MAY
23 – NEWCASTLE Trillians
24 – MANCHESTER Moho
25 – LIVERPOOL Academy II
26 – LEEDS Slam Dunk North
27 – HATFIELD Slam Dunk South
28 – NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
29 – GLASGOW Slam Dunk Scotland
30 – BIRMINGHAM Asylum
31 – PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
JUNE
01 – CARDIFF CF10
02 – KINGSTON Peel

Tickets are priced £12 for the regional On Tour dates (bargain!) whilet festival tickets are £32.50 per day (double bargain!), available from link.