Slam Dunk 2025

[foolee]

I had a go at the stage splits but this is assuming they’ve gone down to 4 stages. 
 

A Day To Remember

Electric Callboy 

The Used

Stray From The Path

Movements

Dream State

Graphic Nature

Split Chain

Delilah Bon

 

Neck Deep

New Found Glory

As It Is

The Ataris

The Starting Line

Hit The Lights

 

Alkaline Trio 

Less Than Jake

Zebrahead 

 

Hot Mulligan

Knuckle Puck

Mouth Culture

[northernangel]

4 hours ago, gary1979666 said:

A couple of years ago, LTJ were 3rd down on the 2nd stage.  Similarly, 2 year before that, so were A3.  I love both of them, but not sure either has done much to warrant a bump up.  Though could just be that they are the biggest of the 'older' bands they can get for that stage.  Really hard picking out the stages this year.

Well Alkaline Trio filled in late for someone closing a stage a couple of years back. Less Than Jake haven't done anything for 20 years lol, having them before NFG makes so much sense not to happen.

[northernangel]

21 hours ago, gary1979666 said:

A couple of years ago, LTJ were 3rd down on the 2nd stage.  Similarly, 2 year before that, so were A3.  I love both of them, but not sure either has done much to warrant a bump up.  Though could just be that they are the biggest of the 'older' bands they can get for that stage.  Really hard picking out the stages this year.

 

 

The difference was then though they still had the Punkindrublic stage. 

18 hours ago, foolee said:

I had a go at the stage splits but this is assuming they’ve gone down to 4 stages. 
 

A Day To Remember

Electric Callboy 

The Used

Stray From The Path

Movements

Dream State

Graphic Nature

Split Chain

Delilah Bon

 

Neck Deep

New Found Glory

As It Is

The Ataris

The Starting Line

Hit The Lights

 

Alkaline Trio 

Less Than Jake

Zebrahead 

 

Hot Mulligan

Knuckle Puck

Mouth Culture

 

That's pits too many of the too options against each other I feel. It turns it from looking like a great lineup to everyone clashing and not so. I'm not sure why they would just use either the 5 stage or 6 stage format from 2023.

[foolee]

14 minutes ago, northernangel said:

That's pits too many of the too options against each other I feel. It turns it from looking like a great lineup to everyone clashing and not so. I'm not sure why they would just use either the 5 stage or 6 stage format from 2023.

As a business they need to cut corners somewhere with rising costs and losing another stage might be the way forward. There was a big issue with sound clash in south with the ska stage and the key club, the north had a similar thing with the key club and heavier stage. Might just be an idea to get rid of the key club and spread those bands out across the lineup or make the key club stage 2 stages in the tent, back to back again (so could still have 5 stages this way). 3 outdoor and the tent with 2 stages. Could work. 

[DomDom1984]

That lineup doesn't strike me as one from a festival desperate to cut corners.

[foolee]

6 minutes ago, DomDom1984 said:

That lineup doesn't strike me as one from a festival desperate to cut corners.

Not saying they’re trying too but they’ve gone big on band bookings and it all adds up and they’ve slowly dropped stages over the years so something has to give eventually but I guess letting ADTR do 2 Brixton shows would’ve saved them some money and the high ticket price would potentially allow them to not drop anymore stages. I wouldn’t be against it because the sound clash was so bad last year with the key club stage. 

[elviiin]

How about Marmozets for this? Recently announced they had signed a new record deal, so would hope they'd be back releasing music and playing live again soon? 

[ScarletBlaster]

Saw Senses Fail on Tuesday with Youth Fountain, would love both of them to be on the bill again.

 

Tyler did say it's ridiculously expensive coming over from Canada so not sure it'll happen for YF so soon but we'll keep fingers crossed!

[NorthernSoul52]

I'd be down for Marmozets. Get The Xcerts on there too.

[chilltheory]

When are we expecting the second wave of bands?

[NorthernSoul52]

Probably not until Xmas, surely?

[Henrik]

We tend to get a second announcement around November if I remember correctly.  

[foolee]

On 9/27/2024 at 6:52 PM, NorthernSoul52 said:

I'd be down for Marmozets. Get The Xcerts on there too.

Would love them to book The Xcerts, great live band. Newest album is great too, suits the festival. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Need to spin the album properly, but Hold On To Your Heart one of the most underappreciated pop-rock albums of the past decade. I'll fight for that hill, happily.

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Need to spin the album properly, but Hold On To Your Heart one of the most underappreciated pop-rock albums of the past decade. I'll fight for that hill, happily.

Agreed. The new one isn't really for me, a few good songs, a few songs trying to sound like The 1975 for my liking.

[NorthernSoul52]

Let The 1975 sound like The 1975. But Hold On To Your Heart, yes indeed. That one stays in rotation.

[DomDom1984]

As long as someone good clashes with their brand of shite pop indie, they can do what they like.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, DomDom1984 said:

As long as someone good clashes with their brand of shite pop indie, they can do what they like.

And if they don't, you can go get a Yorkshire pudding.

[DomDom1984]

I'm sold. Book em.

[NorthernSoul52]

Do hope they get a few new food vendors in this year though.

[Boozy]

Final announcement Friday 5pm. Hope we get stage splits

[northernangel]

25 minutes ago, Boozy said:

Final announcement Friday 5pm. Hope we get stage splits

That's earlier than I was expecting it, usually later November/early December it? Wonder whether it's done very well sale wise they just want a early ticket sell out attempt.

[chilltheory]

1 hour ago, northernangel said:

That's earlier than I was expecting it, usually later November/early December it? Wonder whether it's done very well sale wise they just want a early ticket sell out attempt.

Either that or they've got wind of what Downloads got coming up and want to get ahead of the announcement.

Edited November 4 by chilltheory

[northernangel]

31 minutes ago, chilltheory said:

Either that or they've got wind of what Downloads got coming up and want to get ahead of the announcement.

 

I wouldn't have even thought it would really matter much as from what I've seen they've got to accommodate bands to go under ST and Korn, I can't see many of them doing Slam Dunk. Download have probably got Jimmy Eat World but they would arguably headline or at least very a very strong main stage sub at Slam Dunk which is already covered. I don't know if any SD sub that would sold out Ally Pally that quick before the tour.

[foolee]

11 hours ago, northernangel said:

 

I wouldn't have even thought it would really matter much as from what I've seen they've got to accommodate bands to go under ST and Korn, I can't see many of them doing Slam Dunk. Download have probably got Jimmy Eat World but they would arguably headline or at least very a very strong main stage sub at Slam Dunk which is already covered. I don't know if any SD sub that would sold out Ally Pally that quick before the tour.

The point is Slam Dunk might want to play their cards early to sell more tickets before the Download announcement because if Download announce Green Day, Jimmy Eat World, Yellowcard, Frank Turner, Beartooth and someone like Pierce The Veil or Avril Lavigne someone may choose to go Download over Slam Dunk.