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Green Day, Sleep Token and KoRn are set to headline Download 2025. Take a look at the full line-up below.The music bash will return to its home of Donington Park, Leicestershire, for its 22nd year and take place from June 13-15.

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Public Image Ltd (PiL) have announced a UK and Ireland headline tour for 2025 – you can find all the details below.The post-punk band, fronted by former Sex Pistols vocalist John Lydon, last performed in the UK in September 2023 before embarking on a run of European dates the following month.Those shows came in support of PiL’s 11th and most recent studio album, last year’s ‘End Of World’.Lydon later said that he thought the group may not tour together again. This came after his lifelong friend and manager, John Rambo Stevens, died suddenly following the last PiL tour, in December 2023.

Slam Dunk has announced the remaining acts for its 2025 line-up, including Finch, Wargasm and a host of others.Next year’s instalment will be held at Hatfield Park in the south and Leeds Temple Newsam in the north, taking place on May 24 and 25 respectively.In September, A Day To Remember were confirmed as headliners for their first ever appearance at Slam Dunk, and were joined on the bill by the likes of Neck Deep, Alkaline Trio, Electric Callboy, Delilah Bon, Graphic Nature, Dream State. The festival also announced 10th anniversary sets from the newly reformed As It Is and Knuckle Puck, who will play their respective debuts ‘Never Happy, Ever After’ and ‘Copacetic’.Now, the second half of the line-up has been revealed.

Substack, the venue said: “Our community has always had our back and we would like to extend our thanks to everyone that has been part of the history of Boom. The support our venue has received from friends, fans, bands and individuals across the globe over the years has always been noticed and we’re so grateful.“Boom has managed to promote a programme of international, local and regional artists we genuinely love in our way, in a space we’ve built from scratch.

Papa Roach and Rise Against have announced they will be joining forces for a major North American tour in 2025 – see all the dates below.The dates will form the latest leg of Papa Roach’s ‘Rise Of The Roach Tour’, which is celebrating 25 years of their breakthrough album ‘Infest’, released in 2000. They will take official headline billing on all dates except for Rise Against’s hometown of Chicago.The leg will kick off at Houston’s Toyota Center on March 20 and run through to Saint Paul, Minnesota on April 13.

Green Day.Last month (October 9), the punk rock band announced a special “demastered” version of their 1994 album ‘Dookie’ – they teamed up with LA art studio BRAIN to share 15 songs from its tracklist as transferred onto a range of unconventional, impractical and low-quality formats, including a doorbell, a Game Boy cartridge, a floppy disk and more.Belushi Speed Ball didn’t take too kindly to the band’s quirky album release drop, comparing it to their own line of unconventional record releases in a written statement via Consequence yesterday (November 6).“Here at Belushi Speed Ball Incorporated, we pride ourselves in the artisan crafting of our hand made merchandise items, which over the years we have provided the fans with albums on Super Nintendo, Gameboy Advanced, Nintendo 64, Sega Cd, VHS, Furby, Pizza, 8-track, and Teddy Ruxpin. Which we have busted our butts to get noticed by the masses,” they write.“And in one single swoop, Green Day comes in and instantly is revered as innovative merch geniuses.

IDLES have announced a homecoming Bristol Block Party slated for next year and marking their only UK gigs of 2025.The Bristol punk group have taken to their official Instagram and shared that they will be headlining the Bristol Block Party, a two-night fest occurring on August 1 and 2. The two nights will see them take over Queen Square – marking the first mass live music event at the site in over two decades.IDLES are set to be joined by very special guests, DJs and the best of Bristol’s street food and drink scene.

Iggy Pop has announced two “landmark” UK shows in London and Glasgow, set to take place next year. Find all the details below.Announced today (November 4), the shows will celebrate Iggy’s musical legacy and will see him perform hits from across his five-decade career – from his work with The Stooges to his solo music.According to a press release, the punk icon will also be joined by “special guests” and a band of “celebrated collaborators”, though no names have currently been announced.The two UK shows will take place in London and Glasgow.

When We Were Young Festival just announced the lineup for the 2025 edition of their nostalgia-core extravaganza set to take place Oct. 18 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.Throwback headliners set to perform include pop-punk pioneers Blink-182 (playing tracks from “Enema Of The State” and “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket”), baroque emo heroes Panic! At The Disco (performing “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” in its entirety after disbanding in 2023), chart-topping hitmakers Weezer, riot grrl Avril Lavigne and “Pretty Fly” rockers The Offspring.All Time Low, Knocked Loose, The Gaslight Anthem, Jack’s Mannequin and Bad Religion are just a few of the other big names on the aughts-tastic bill.But wait! Like any good ’00s infomercial, there’s still more.Punk mainstays like The Used, Yellowcard, Simple Plan and Taking Back Sunday are scheduled to rock out at WWWY ’25 as well.Plus, if you squint hard enough looking at the festival poster, you’ll see The Plain White T’s of “Hey There, Delilah” fame will be there, too.In total, 53 anti-establishment acts will rock Sin City over the course of the one-day jamboree.Fans can purchase tickets for When We Were Young 2025 on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale is Friday, Nov.

Iggy Pop has announced a new live album titled ‘Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2023’ – find all the details below.The 18-track record captures the punk rock icon’s career-spanning set at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July last year. It is due for release on Blu-ray, CD, 2LP gatefold vinyl, digital download and streaming on January 24 via earMUSIC. Pre-order/pre-save here.Pop was accompanied by a seven-piece band for his performance at the Auditorium Stravinski in Switzerland.

The Warped Tour is doing.In 2025, the traveling punk, rock, hardcore, and emo musical traveling roadshow (that’s rumored to include EDM, Hip-Hop and indie rock as well this go-round) will celebrate its 30th anniversary with three huge two-day stops in Washington, D.C. (June 14-15), Long Beach (July 26-27) and Orlando (Nov.

Joan Jett has urged feminists to fight for animals’ reproductive rights as well as their own, arguing that “we are all sisters under the skin”.In a new video for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the punk legend – who is vegan – explained: “We are daughters, sisters and mothers. We all feel pain and fear and love.“And if any of us were forcibly bred or had our breast milk or eggs taken and sold or our children stolen from us to be experimented on, we’d all feel violated and angry and heartbroken.”Jett continued: “Ask yourself: ‘Would I wish this fate on my mother or my sister, or me? We are all sisters under the skin.

Amyl & The Sniffers have shared a new single called ‘Jerkin” – you can watch the X-rated official video below.The racy and playful song is the final preview of the Australian punk band’s third studio album, ‘Cartoon Darkness’, which is due for release on Friday (October 25).“It’s good to express your anger when someone’s been pissing you off and it’s good to have humour in life, especially as a woman, when you’re meant to just passively say ‘everything’s good’ to keep everyone else comfortable,” explained frontwoman Amy Taylor.“The best part about this song is that a squirter can be anybody’s genitals. I wanted to write a song to big-up ‘the self’ while putting down the ‘other’ because sometimes, even if it’s just for a small window, that’s the best way to laugh something off and empower yourself.”Taylor added: “World’s pissing me off and breaking my heart more than ever right now, might as well poke it back.

My Chemical Romance have performed ‘The Black Parade’ in its entirety for the first time since 2007 – see fan-shot footage below.On Saturday (October 19), My Chemical Romance headlined the When We Were Young festival, where they performed their seminal 2006 record in full from front to back live for the first time in 17 years.They performed the record in order, kicking off with ‘The End’ and ‘Dead!’, both being played live for the first time since 2007 and 2011 respectively. Later on, they performed ‘The Sharpest Lives’ for the first time since 2008 and ‘Disenchanted’ for the first time since 2007.Singer-songwriter Kayleigh Goldsworthy joined the band for ‘Cancer’ and ‘Mama’.

Peter Dinklage has been looking back on his music career as part of the 1990s band Whizzy.Appearing on Sean Evans’ Hot Ones YouTube show, the actor was asked about his time in the “punk-funk-rap” group, and revealed that he had no desire for acting at that point in his career.He said, “Back in the day, I was like, ‘I’m not gonna be an actor. I’m not gonna do any silly commercials or any of that, I’m gonna do plays downtown for no money in which I’m gonna throw up on the audience and I’m gonna be in a punk band.“We were Beastie Boys rip-offs and yeah, we had fun. It was a lot of fun.

Rise Against have announced a UK and European tour, set to kick off in 2025. Check out all the information below.This year, the Chicago punk band have been on the road in Australia with Blink-182.

made its final journey across the US in 2018, before coming to two cities a year later for its 25th anniversary.It was confirmed last month that the festival was planning some sort of return for next year, but very few details had been released until now, with the festival sharing the announcement on its official Instagram account.Meanwhile, founder Kevin Lyman told Rolling Stone, “Since 1997, I said I was hoping that there was some kid in a garage that was going to come out and kick Kevin Lyman’s ass someday, and put on a better festival.”Because there’s not been anything to replace the Warped Tour in the meantime, Lyman’s bringing it back: “People start remembering once something’s gone that it was important, it was fun — and I’m hoping to recapture a lot of that again.”Two-day tickets will begin at $149.98, including fees, while the presale begins next Thursday (October 24) at 12pm ET/9am PT. You can find out more here.A post shared by Vans Warped Tour (@vanswarpedtour)Next year, the festival, which focuses primarily on genres including punk, pop-punk and alternative rock, will begin at the RFK Campus in Washington DC on June 14 and 15, before coming to the Shoreline Waterfront in Long Beach, California, on July 26 and 27 and then finally Camping World Stadium Campus in Orlando, Florida on November 15 and 16.Of the decision to keep it small to begin with, Lyman explaining that his “body won’t take riding around on a tour bus for 40 cities,” but that he’d be open to adding more dates going forward if 2025 goes well.As for next year’s lineup, that’s yet to be revealed.

Glen Matlock has recalled how David Bowie kept original artworks by Picasso and Matisse in his car. Watch our exclusive taster clip from Never Mind The Buzzcocks above.The Sex Pistols icon and Blondie bassist shared the anecdote during a new episode of the UK music quiz show, which is set to air tonight (October 16).Appearing on the panel alongside fellow rock icon Courtney Love, and comedians including Joel Dommett and Noel Fielding, Matlock went on to recall how he ended up in Bowie’s car after a performance in New York City.“With Iggy Pop, we played an extra club gig in New York and David Bowie came,” he began.

Lambrini Girls have announced their debut album ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ – listen to new single ‘Big Dick Energy’ below.The Brighton punk duo – comprising Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira – are set to release the 11-track record on January 10, 2025 via City Slang. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Following on from the track ‘Company Culture’, the band’s thrashing and raucous latest song sees them tackle toxic masculinity within modern society, and ask “how big is that dick in reality?“.Elsewhere, Lunny sings about women “apologising for [men’s] fucked up behaviour” and recalls: “I’m clutching onto my keys as soon as it hits 10:30 as it’s my sole responsibility to get home safely.”In a statement about the single, Lambrini Girls explained: “Man comes in many forms, from world leaders to tech CEOs and humble softboys.

The Offspring have announced a UK arena tour for 2025 – you can find all the details below.The US punk band are due to hit the road next November in support of their 11th and most recent studio album, ‘Supercharged’, which was released last Friday (October 11).It’ll mark The Offspring’s first headline trek in the UK since 2021, and follows their bill-topping slot at Slam Dunk Festival in 2023 and appearance at Download Festival this summer.The tour will kick off in Cardiff on November 10 ahead of further performances at London’s O2, Newcastle’s Utilita Arena, Manchester’s AO Arena, and Glasgow’s OVO Hydro. Simple Plan are set to support the group across the run.Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (October 18) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.