Slam Dunk Festival announcement

Punktastic.com have announced today the first batch of bands confirmed for this years Slam Dunk Festival in Leeds.

The website also revealed the venue, dates and prices as well:

'This years Slam Dunk Festival will again take place at Leeds University on Bank Holiday Sunday 24th May 09. Times are at 3 - 11pm, with the aftershow again running till 3am.

This year the number of stages will increase to 6 and will include a Punktastic Stage, the line-up of which will be announced very soon.

Confirmed so far.....

You Me At Six, The Blackout, Cobra Starship, Silverstein, We The Kings, Anti Flag, Hundred Reasons, The Slackers, The King Blues, We Are The Ocean, Attack! Attack!, Polar Bear Club, Sonic Boom Six, Farse, The Ghost Of A Thousand, Devil Sold His Sold, Hollywood Undead, The Urgency, Sing It Loud, Hexes, Ruiner , Defeater, Random Hand, The Skints, In Case Of Fire, Canterbury, Paige, The Auteur.

More bands to be added soon.

Slam Dunk is still one of the best value festivals ever!

Tickets are only £21 in advance, the equivalent of only 50p per band! Tickets go on sale at 10am Thursday 12th March, and are available from 0113 245 46 50 / http://www.lunatickets.co.uk/'