Lineup – Skin Back Alley

Escape The Fate and more added to Camden Rocks 2016 lineup

06/04/2016 by skinbackalley, posted in News

This year’s Camden Rocks festival has just grown even bigger, with organisers announcing that Las Vegas rockers Escape The Fate have been added to the bill.

They’ll be joining the likes of Hands Off Gretel, Louise Distras, Young Guns, We Are The Ocean, InMe, Ginger Wildheart, New Years Day and SikTh, alongside The Virginmarys, Warrior Soul, As Lions,The Dirty Youth, Shvpes, Queen Kwong and Forever Never.

Escape The Fate frontman Craig Mabbitt says: “We are very excited for Camden Rocks. I absolutely love London and to see it swarming with acts at all these venues on one day is gonna be a great experience! All I can say is thank you for having us be a part of this, and I can’t wait to enjoy the night with everyone involved!”

Packing in over two-hundred bands across twenty of Camden Town’s most prestigious music venues, Camden Rocks will take place on Saturday the 4th of June, 2016. Tickets are just £35 plus booking fees and are available here.

Over 80 bands are still to be announced and we’ll bring you more news as we have it!

Billy Bragg, Carl Barat and more confirmed for Camden Rocks 2016

03/03/2016 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Camden Rocks festival have confirmed a host of new acts for 2016 including Billy Bragg and Carl Barat & The Jackals.

Over 200 bands will be performing at venues across London’s Camden Town for this year’s event, taking place on Saturday the 4th of June. Other new acts confirmed for the festival include Creeper, the Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock, CC Smugglers and Tellison.

Billy Bragg will be in conversation about his new lyric book, A Lover Sings, with Daniel Rachel, acclaimed author of Isle of Noises: Conversations with Great British Songwriters, punctuated with songs and Q&A in what promises to be a very special performance.

“Its great to be taking part in Camden Rocks this year and I’m really looking forward to discussing my lyrics and playing a few songs,” says Bragg. “Camden remains at the heart of where generations of new music got its start and I’m proud to be a part of that tradition.”

Acts already confirmed include Hands Off Gretel, Louise Distras, Young Guns, We Are The Ocean, InMe, Ginger Wildheart, New Years Day and SikTh, alongside The Virginmarys, Warrior Soul, As Lions,The Dirty Youth, Shvpes, Queen Kwong and Forever Never.

Every prior Camden Rocks festival has sold out and 2016 looks to be no different!

Tickets are available now via camdenrocksfestival.com.

Louise Distras, Hands Off Gretel and more announced for Camden Rocks 2016

17/02/2016 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Yorkshire acts Louise Distras and Hands Of Gretel are among the first batch of artists announced to play at his year’s Camden Rocks festival.

The 2016 event is set to take place on Saturday the 4th of June across numerous venues in Camden. More than 200 bands are set to appear, with the first 50 revealed today.

Distras and Hands Off Gretel will both be playing alongside the likes of Sikth, Ginger Wildheart, SHVPES, Evil Scarecrow, Warrior Soul, Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind, Queen Kwong, Forever Never, As Lions, New Years Day and The Dirty Youth.

The festival marks its fifth year in 2016. Says Camden Rocks organiser Chris McCormack: “It’s great to see punters and bands from all genres come together to celebrate the best of live music.

“The energy across the day is electric and does Camden’s rock’n’roll heritage proud.”

Tickets for the festival are available now.

Tech Fest announce first bands for 2016 fifth anniversary event

25/01/2016 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Tech Fest have announced the first 19 bands that will play this year’s fifth anniversary event.

The names include headliners Between The Buried And Me and Protest The Hero.

Joining them will be: Textures, Fallujah, Fit For An Autopsy, Aegaeon, Destiny Potato, Disperse, Shields, Cold Night For Alligators, Vitalism, The Hirsch Effekt, The Green River Burial, Sworn Amongst, Tardive Diskinesia, Suasion, Harbinger, Make Me A Donut and The Parallax Method.

Many more names are expected to be announced in due course.

Tech Fest celebrates its fifth birthday in 2016, returning to Newark Showground in Derbyshire from the 7th to 11th of July.

Says Tech Fest organiser Simon Garrod: “We wanted to make this one really count – never did we think we could get this far. With an incredible team and a loving audience behind us, we are taking this to the next level.

“Expect the biggest and best Tech Fest line up to date, we can’t wait to tell you what other bands we have lined up this year.”

Tickets for the festival are on sale now with numerous bundle deals available. You can find the details over at uktechfest.com

Download festival confirm host of new acts for 2015

28/01/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

A host of new acts have been confirmed for this year’s Download festival.

The total number of new confirmed bands is 23, with new additions including Andrew WK, L7, In Flames, We Are Harlot and Testament.

They’ll be joining the likes of headliners Slipknot, Muse and Kiss plus Judas Priest, Faith No More, Mötley Crüe, Ace Frehley, Tremonti, Black Star Riders, Thunder and King 810.

Says Andrew WK of his first appearance at Download: “I’m totally chuffed about playing and partying at my first ever Download. I’ve no doubt that it will be partier than even the partiest party I’ve ever been to.”

Says ex-Kiss man Ace Frehley of performing during the same weekend as his former bandmates: “I’m really looking forward to rockin’ out in the UK at Download. It’s been seven years since my last appearance and my new band kicks ass.”

L7 will play their first live show in 15 years following news earlier this week that they have reformed with the help of their fans.

The latest list of acts confirmed for Download is: Andrew WK, In Flames, Testament, We Are Harlot, L7, Hellyeah, All That Remains, Fearless Vampire Killers, Ace Frehley, Tremonti, Black Star Riders, Thunder, The Ghost Inside, King 810, Defeater, Chelsea Grin, Evil Scarecrow, Bombus, Gnarwolves, Hands Like Houses, Stray From The Path, Creeper and Blood Youth.