Slam Dunk has added extra names to its stacked 2026 line-up, together with Knocked Unfastened, Boston Manor, and State Champs.
The impartial rock competition will probably be returning subsequent 12 months to rejoice its twentieth anniversary at Hatfield Park in Hertfordshire, Saturday Might 23, and Temple Newsam in Leeds on Sunday Might 24.
The first artists on the line-up had been confirmed final month, with Good Charlotte set to headline as a European unique efficiency, and Elegant set to play their first-ever present on these shores.
Others within the preliminary announcement included President (who are believed to be fronted by Busted’s Charlie Simpson), Taking Again Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, Most cancers Bats, Movement Metropolis Soundtrack, Hawthorne Heights, Driveways and Tonight Alive.
Now, over 20 new names have been added to the invoice, together with Kentucky’s personal hardcore heavyweights Knocked Unfastened, who be part of Good Charlotte and Elegant on the high of the line-up.
A Loss For Phrases will probably be again as returning favourites too, as will Baltimore’s Angel Du$t, emo veterans Bayside, rising UK alt-rockers Magnificence College, rising artist Name Me Amour, and punk band Boston Manor.
Hardcore heroes Comeback Child and Connecticut’s metalcore group Currents additionally be part of the line-up for 2026, as do Dying Want, Guilt Journey, Palms Like Homes, Madina Lake, Static Costume, and former NME Cowl stars Heriot. Try the up to date poster above, and go to right here to purchase tickets.
Celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2025, organisers say that the 2026 version of the competition will probably be “it’s greatest and greatest” instalment but.
Slam Dunk started as a one-day competition in 2006, headlined by Fall Out Boy, and has grown into one of many greatest impartial rock festivals within the UK, with performances through the years coming from the likes of Paramore, Panic! At The Disco, Enter Shikari, Jimmy Eat World, Sum 41 and NOFX.
This 12 months’s Slam Dunk hosted the likes of A Day To Keep in mind, Neck Deep and Alkaline Trio. The competition additionally launched some extra European legs in 2025, in addition to returning to France and Italy.