Download, a huge, annual festival that takes place over a June weekend in Donington Park, Derby has gathered a large number of avid followers. ‘Early Bird’ tickets have been on sale for a while for those that decide to go no matter who the acts are. Some people, however, prefer to wait and last week, fans had something to get excited about. The first acts were announced! On the 4th November, it was announce ...

After 19 years, Bowling for Soup has announced that they no longer plan to tour the UK. This is for a number of reasons, some being they feel they are getting too old, or that they don’t want to spend so much time away from their families. Whatever the reason, British fans were not pleased. The band have announced that they also plan to stop touring the US and anywhere else within the next few years, but ha ...

From Take This to Your Grave way back in 2003, through From Under the Cork Tree (2005), Infinity on High (2007)  and Folie A Deux (2008), all the way to Save Rock and Roll released in April 2013 – Fall Out Boy have changed and grown as a band. Embracing their Punk and Emo labels, FOB have explored and produced a number of different sounds on their albums, although all made iconic by singer Patrick Stump’s u ...

Patent Pending, a pop punk band from Mt. Sinai (New York) have been performing and producing music since 2001, swapping and changing members before finding their current line-up: Singer Joe Ragosta, Drummer Anthony Mingoia, Bassist Corey DeVincenzo, and Guitarists Rob Felicetti and Marc Kantor. It has been a long 12 years for them, and despite their efforts they are still not very well known, with their big ...