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  Slam Dunk Festival 2023 celebrates the south site at Hatfield Park selling-out, with only a limited number of tickets available for the north edition, taking place at Leeds Temple Newsam. Remaining tickets can be purchased at www.slamdunkfestival.com . Slam Dunk Festival is guaranteed to once again be one of the biggest weekends in the alternative calendar as headliners the mighty Enter Shikari will return to the festival for mind-blowing sets as Californian punk icons The Offspring make their Slam Dunk debut. Stage headliners feature an abundance of alternative talent in Yellowcard, Creeper, Malevolence, The Hunna and The Maine. This years festival will kick off with an earlier start time - festival gates will open at 9am with the main arena opening at 11am each day. The Dickies Stage will host the highly-anticipated headline performance from The Offspring. This packed stage (compered by punk afficionado and Life In The Stocks Podcast host, Matt Stocks) is your one-stop-shop for...

Canada's finest hardcore/punk outfit, COMEBACK KID, have announced the release of brand new music in the form of a 2 track single, Beds Are Burning. The single will include the band's cover of the MIDNIGHT OIL classic as well as the previously unreleased song 'Little Soldier', which came together during the Outsider sessions. Andrew Neufeld explains why they decided to cover MIDNIGHT OIL: "A while back I randomly saw the video for the song Beds Are Burning. I had heard it in passing many times before but the video intrigued me at that particular time. After finding out that it was a protest song about giving back lands to an indigenous group in Australia, it resonated with me because of the current situation our Canadian government has with its indigenous people." The single will be released digitally on May 4 via Nuclear Blast. A limited print run of 500 7" vinyl will be available direct from the band on tour. COMEBACK KID will be hitting UK shores ...