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Panic! At The Disco To Headline Slam Dunk 2016

The American pop-punk titans will be topping the bill at Slam Dunk 2016, with a further 7 rad bands also joining the line-up….

Panic! At The Disco To Headline Slam Dunk 2016

Panic! At The Disco have been announced as this year’s Slam Dunk Festival headliners, with a further 7 bands also joining the line-up.

The Kerrang! Award-winning festival is back with a bang this year, as Nevada’s finest export Panic! At The Disco are set to top the 2016 bill, with the likes of Of Mice & Men, New Found Glory and Issues joining them. Talk about marking your 10th anniversary in style!

“It’s awesome, it’s fucking cool, and I’m very excited,” says frontman Brendon Urie. “We haven’t actually played it before, but we have friends who have and have heard it’s awesome.” For the full interview pick up the latest issue of Kerrang! (out now)

The full list of bands playing Slam Dunk 2016 (so far) are as follows: Panic! At The Disco, Of Mice & Men, New Found Glory, Four Year Strong, Every Time I Die, Issues, Memphis May Fire and Real Friends. Keep your eyes glued to Kerrang.com for more announcements soon…

Lastly, the midlands date of the festival will be held at a new site! Slam Dunk will be making the short journey from Wolverhampton City Centre to The NEC in Birmingham – scroll down to see the full dates.

Check out the full line-up poster below…

The dates for Slam Dunk 2016 are as follows:

May

28 Leeds City Centre
29 Birmingham The NEC
30 Hertfordshire Hatfield Forum

Tickets go on sale this Friday (November 27) from slamdunkmusic.com. Don’t miss out!

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