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Bad Religion’s ‘Recipe For Hate’ re-pressed to Celebrate the 30-year Anniversary of its Original Release

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With Bad Religion’s Recipe for Hate recently having turned 30 years old, the album has now been re-pressed by Epitaph Records and will be officially available from July 28th.

Sandwiched between Generator and Stranger Than Fiction in the Bad Religion back-catalogue, Recipe For Hate is the album that brought us American Jesus, a song that remains a Bad Religion setlist staple and continues to be a huge crowd pleaser to this day.

The vinyl is available for pre-order now, with a red/beer vinyl exclusively available for those in the UK/Europe, whilst a clear/orange version will only be available from the US Epitaph store.

Holding Absence Announce European Tour

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With their third studio album officially set to drop in August, Welsh rock band Holding Absence will be heading out on tour later this year, starting out on November 3rd in Eindhoven in the Netherlands and finishing up at the O2 Institute Birmingham on November 28th.

They recently released a taste of what’s to come from their third album The Noble Art of Self Destruction in the form of False Dawn, and it has to be said that they’re sounding as huge as ever. Lucas Woodland’s vocals continue to sound absolutely beautiful, instrumentally they remain excellent, and this European tour should provide for an absolute treat of oral excellence from a band that has fast become my favourite UK artist in a long time.

Tickets for their UK and European tour are on sale now, and the following is a full list of dates:

03.11 – NL, Eindhoven – Dynamo
04.11 – DE, Berlin – Hole 44
05.11 – DE, Hamburg – Gruenspan
07.11 – DE, Munich – Backstage Halle
08.11 – CZ, Prague – Fuchs 2
09.11 – AT, Vienna – Flex Cafe
10.11 – IT, Milan – Legend Club
12.11 – CH, Zurich – Dynamo
14.11 – FR, Paris – Backstage
15.11 – DE, Cologne – Essigfabrik
17.11 – UK, Brighton – Concorde 2
18.11 – UK, Cardiff – The Great Hall
19.11 – UK, Glasgow – The Garage
20.11 – UK, Newcastle – Boilershop
22.11 – UK, Manchester – O2 Ritz
23.11 – UK, Southampton – Engine Rooms
24.11 – UK, London – O2 Forum Kentish Town
25.11 – UK, Leeds – Stylus
27.11 – UK, Norwich – Epic Studios
28.11 – UK, Birmingham – O2 Institute

Bowling For Soup Announce 2024 UK Tour With Less Than Jake

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Bowling for Soup will celebrate 30 years as a band next year, and they’ve now announced that they’ll officially mark the occasion with an eight date tour of the UK with Less Than Jake.

The two bands recently both performed the Dickies Stage at Slam Dunk Festival, they’ve also in recent times toured together across North America, and this upcoming tour will provide a fantastic opportunity to see these two bands together that brought us such absolute classics as Girl All The Bad Guys Want and Gainesville Rock City.

Country rock band Vandoliers will be opening all eight shows, they’ll kick off the tour in Wolverhampton, and you’ll be able to find these bands in action across the following dates:

16th – Wolverhampton – The Civic At The Halls
17th – Manchester – Academy
18th – Leeds – The Refectory
19th – Newcastle – O2 City Hall
21st – Hull – Bonus Arena
22nd – Glasgow – O2 Academy
23rd – Cardiff – International Arena
24th – London – Eventim Apollo Hammersmith

The Barbie Movie Has a New Trailer and it’s Awesome!

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Photo Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

I really didn’t think that the Barbie Movie would be the film that I’d be most excited about seeing this summer, but here we are, and it looks to be a huge amount of fun!

Starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, the Barbie Movie will officially hit cinemas on July 21st, and from the looks of this trailer should provide a really refreshing take on something that could easily have been so throwaway.

It seems to be channelling some serious Mean Girls energy; it’s funny, thought provoking, and with very real potential to be the best social commentary we’ve seen in years.

We’ll see you at the cinema on July 21st!

Rolo Tomassi Announce US West Coast Tour Dates

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Rolo Tomassi will be heading out on a US headline tour next month, hitting the US West Coast with support from Pound and The Callous Daoboys.

They’ll start out in Denver on June 6th, and then perform a variety of different dates throughout the month, concluding the tour at Seattle’s Substation on June 20th.

The following is a full list of their US West Coast tour dates:

6/6/23: Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater 
6/7/23: Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad 
6/9/23: Dallas, TX – Sundown at Granada 
6/10/23: San Antonio, TX – Vibes Underground
6/11/23: Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
6/13/23: Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater
6/14/23: San Diego, CA – Voodoo Room
6/15/23: Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
6/16/23: Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s 
6/17/23: San Francisco, CA – Neck of the Woods
6/19/23: Portland, OR – Star Theater
6/20/23: Seattle, WA – Substation 

New Features Confirmed for F1 Manager 2023

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F1 Manager 2023 is all set to launch this summer, and we now have an official list of new features for the game, building upon last years title and providing some further depth and ability for exploration.

There will be an all new ‘Race Replay’ mode, allowing you to rewrite key moments from the current F1 season, a new Sporting Director role to help add further depth to career mode, and car weight will now be another important factor to consider as you look to find a healthy balance between car performance and reliability.


Sprint races will also now feature in F1 Manager 2023, with all six sprint events included, in addition to all 23 races. Adding to this, these races are now said to be more dramatic and dynamic than ever before, with a brand new driver confidence system that will help determine how likely drivers are to attempt high risk moves such as bold overtaking manoeuvres as drivers verbally respond to commands from their race engineers.

F1 Manager 2023 seems to offer a good deal of difference from its predecessor, it’ll be available on PC, PS5/PS4, and Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One, and it’ll be very interesting to see exactly how the game handles when it’s released this summer.

The Ultimate Sloth Skater?! Driftwood is Officially Coming Soon…

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Ever fancied indulging in a downhill longboarding session as a sloth? No? We can’t say we’d ever considered it either, but trust us; Driftwood is absolutely awesome!

Launching into early access on June 1st, Driftwood allows you to cruise, drift and slide around on your longboard at great speeds, dodging traffic as you go, racking up points and unlocking new items as you attempt to make a name for yourself with a place on the global leaderboard.

If you played the demo that was previously available then you’ll already know just how fun Driftwood can be, but if not? You don’t have long to wait now until early access officially begins, and you can even get yourself prepared by adding the game to your wishlist over on Steam so that you’ll receive an email update as soon as it drops.

You can check out the official early access trailer for Driftwood below:

F1 23 to be released in June

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Codemasters and EA Sports are officially back with another F1 video game, and this years version of the game is all set for release on June 16th 2023.

It’s the third game in the series to be published by EA, comes complete with all new precision drive technology, and will also feature two new racing locations with both the Las Vegas Street Circuit and the Losail International Circuit (Doha, Qatar) now being included.

You can check out the official reveal trailer for the game below:

Skate 4 promises to include Activities / Challenges (and NO paid loot boxes)

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The fourth instalment in the Skate franchise currently remains a work in progress, and we’ve just had a new update from Skate developer Full Circle, informing us of what we can expect from the new game when it finally releases.

We now know that there will be an ongoing story involving you and the city of San Vansterdam, including ever changing and evolving activities to help keep you engrossed in the wonderful world of Skate.

The game aims to offer a fun place to explore and express yourself, periodically providing new things to skate and investigate, regardless of your play style or skill level.

The games challenges will provide three different difficulty tiers; own it, crush it, and shut it down, allowing both newcomers and veteran fans of the series alike to showcase their talents and feel a sense of accomplishment as they progress through the various activities and seek to perfect their skills.

In addition to the skateboarding challenges that we’ve become accustomed to with the Skate franchise in the past; this new game in the series will also provide some brand new offboard gameplay mechanics such as climbing and wall running, and with the addition of these new parkour inspired mechanics will come the implementation of some brand new challenges to help explore and navigate the city in whole new ways.

It has also once again been reiterated that the new game will not include paid loot boxes.

You can check out a full breakdown below of everything that’s been confirmed about the game so far, and towards the end of the video you’ll even get a peak at how the game is looking in its present pre-pre-alpha build. Additionally, if you’d like to be considered to participate in closed playtests? You can register your interest here.

For now, they’re still working on it, but in the future? We’ll see you in San Vansterdam.

Final chance to vote for your FIFA 23 Premier League Team of the Season

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The vote for the Premier League Team of the Season is now on, and today is the final day that you’ll be able to register your vote for who should receive a Team of the Season card in FIFA 23.

Erling Haaland will surely be a shoo-in having absolutely set the league alight in his debut season in the Premier League, but aside from the absolute Norwegian goal scoring sensation, who else will have a place in your FIFA 23 Premier League Team of the Season?

If you haven’t already voted, you can do so here, and if you’re not already familiar with who’s been nominated? You’ll find a full list of every single player that you can vote for below.

Goalkeepers

  • Nick Pope – Newcastle United
  • Aaron Ramsdale – Arsenal
  • Alisson – Liverpool
  • Bernd Leno – Fulham
  • Kepa – Chelsea

Defenders

  • Gabriel – Arsenal
  • William Saliba – Arsenal
  • Kieran Trippier – Newcastle United
  • Sven Botman – Newcastle United
  • Oleksandr Zinchenko – Arsenal
  • Thiago Silva – Chelsea
  • Lisandro Martínez – Manchester United
  • Ben Mee – Brentford
  • Luke Shaw – Manchester United
  • Cristian Romero – Tottenham Hotspur
  • Rúben Dias – Manchester City

Midfielders

  • Martin Ødegaard – Arsenal
  • Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City
  • Casemiro – Manchester United
  • Rodri – Manchester City
  • Bruno Guimarães – Newcastle United
  • Alexis Mac Allister – Brighton & Hove Albion
  • Palhinha – Fulham
  • James Maddison – Leicester City
  • Solly March – Brighton & Hove Albion
  • Kaoru Mitoma – Brighton & Hove Albion
  • Rodrigo Bentancur – Tottenham Hotspur
  • Pierre-Emile Højbjerg – Tottenham Hotspur

Attackers

  • Erling Haaland – Manchester City
  • Bukayo Saka – Arsenal
  • Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur
  • Gabriel Martinelli – Arsenal
  • Jack Grealish – Manchester City
  • Marcus Rashford – Manchester United
  • Mohamed Salah – Liverpool
  • Miguel Almirón – Newcastle United
  • Ollie Watkins – Aston Villa
  • Kai Havertz – Chelsea
  • Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City
  • Darwin Núñez – Liverpool