Groezrock PULP SUMMer SLAM The BAMBoozLe PUnk rock

WORLDWIDE FESTIVAL GUIDE 2012
APRIL - MAY
ILLUSTRATIONS: NICK EDWARDS
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Groezrock
WHAT: 28-29 April, Meerhout,
Belgium groezrock.be
Who’s there: If newly reformed
big hitters Refused and Verse are
exciting you to the point of foaming
at the cock, it’s best we don’t tell you
about Rancid, Lagwagon, Gorilla
Biscuits, Thrice, Parkway Drive and
The Bronx playing as well, as you may
well get too pumped and die.
Why it’s ace: It’s a fucking belter!
So much so that FRONT has taken
control of the Friday night to throw
early-comers the biggest and bestest
party ever. Hell, are we excited.
The girls will: Be fucking
impressed if you can get them into
the sick VIP area, so make best buds
with festival organiser Hans. Hans is a
bloody nice man. If you see him, high
five him. You go, Hans.
UK equivalent: HEVY FESTIVAL
3-6 August hevy.co.uk
The loudest thing in Kent just got a
whole load louder with Verse making
their way from Groezrock to Hevy
alongside heavyweight headliners
Converge as well as The Chariot, our
new best mates from page 110. Even
if it’s chained to your skull, you’ll lose
your freakin’ mind.
PHILIPPINES SMASH FESTIVALS
PULP SUMMER
SLAM
WHAT: 28 April in Manila,
Philippines
pulpmagazinelive.com
Who’s there: Scary lady-fronted
Arch Enemy with August Burns Red,
Bless The Fall, Darkest Hour and We
Came As Romans.
Why it’s ace: For a big-ass lineup
of metal like that, you’ll have to part
with 400 Philippine Pesos. That’s
six quid. Fucking hell. Big spenders
can part with £70 for a VIP pass that
includes a special lounge area,
open bar and free pizza. Hey
everyone, let’s go!
Get wasted on: Basi,
the pale red booze
made from sugar
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cane that has its very own festival and
national holiday in its honour. Fuck,
the Philippines do everything right.
UK equivalent: CRASH DOUBT
2 June lincolnista.com/crashdoubt
With Sonisphere doing a big shit on
our plans, try Crash Doubt. OK, so the
pizza is paid for and the weather is
pissier, but it’s dead cheap and the
lineup’s strong. Brutality Will Prevail,
Last Witness, Hang The Bastard and
Polar will get you forgetting all about
the free pepperoni.
VEGAS AND PUNK ROCK
AND BOWLING. ‘NUFF SAID.
Punk Rock
Bowling
WHAT: 25-28 May in Las
Vegas, USA
punkrockbowling.com
WHO’S THERE: An absolute
slugger of a line up that includes
Rancid, NOFX, Hot Water Music and
Pennywise. A jackpot, if ever we’ve
BECAUSE B’S BATSHIT BONKERS BUT
seen one. We haven’t, mind. We suck
BLOODY BRILLIANT
balls at gambling.
WHY IT’S ACE: Mother truckin’
punk rock, in mother truckin’ Las
Vegas, with mother truckin’ bowling
tournaments. There’s not a lot more
WHAT: May 18-20 in New
we can add to that to make it sound
Jersey, USA thebamboozle.com
any more amazing. Perhaps free pizza
Who’s there: You’ve got one
and boobie-looking competitions.
helluva roster when Blink-182 are
The girls will: Love a dude with
playing but aren’t your headliners.
a fat wedge in his pocket and, from
Taking the top spot is Skrillex, Foo
what we’ve heard, there’s nothing
Fighters, and Bon Jovi, with Brand
like that in your trousers to impress.
New, A$AP Rocky, Jimmy Eat World,
Create a fake business card with your
Mac Miller and Incubus too. Huge.
title as Super Lord Of Every Bank In
Why it’s ace: The whole
The World And Owner Of Your Dad
organization is a crackers acid trip,
and the ladies’ll throw their chests in
with fictional characters withholding
your face.
information, such as a haggard clown
UK equivalent: SLAM DUNK
called Linc keeping a ‘Very Special
FESTIVAL
Guest’ on the Sunday secret and a
26-27 May, Hatfield
hide-and-seek loving Bob The Builderslamdunkmusic.com
bumming idiot called Scoop McDroop
Slam Dunk takes place at the almostleaking exclusives.
as-fun uni unions of Leeds and
Get wasted on: You’re in the
Herts and has a punk rock
States surrounded by superlineup that’s still churning
cool punk fan girls, so look
our juices for less than
cool with a sixer of Pabst
£40. Think Taking Back
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Andrew W.K.
ANTI-FLAG
Good times.”
It kinda pains us to say it, but the
“I love playing Wa
rped Tour.
only place we’ll be seeing a line-up of
Having done the
tour several
this proportion is at the evil festival
times, it’s comfor
table. We know
how to survive on
overlord Reading And
it and keep
healthy. There are
Leeds. Head there to see
always smart
kid
s who are stoked
Foo Fighters, Paramore,
on punk
rock. You couldn’t
You Me At Six and Odd
ask for
any more.”
Future.
ThE
Bamboozle
GUS WOOD
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