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Boomtown Announce Punk Metal and Ska Line-Up for Diss-Order Alley MATTERLEY ESTATE – WINCHESTER 7TH – 11TH AUGUST 2019 TICKETS ON SALE NOW Boomtownfair.co.uk BOOMTOWN ANNOUNCE PUNK METAL AND SKA LINE-UP FOR DISS-ORDER ALLEY PROPHETS OF RAGE / SLAVES / GOGOL BORDELLO / KILLING JOKE / THERAPY? / ATARI TEENAGE RIOT / NEVILLE STAPLE BAND / ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION / PENNYWISE / LEFTOVER CRACK / KING PRAWN / SUBHUMANS / NAPALM DEATH / AT THE GATES / GODFLESH / CANCER BATS / CROSSFAITH ABRASKADABRA / DEATH OF GUITAR POP / SHANTI POWA Following an epic headliners release, Boomtown launch the third of their twelve individual district line-ups with the ska, punk and metal offerings of Diss-Order Alley. This will sit alongside a truly eclectic mix of already announced headliners on the Town Centre stage including rock-rap supergroup Prophets of Rage, Slaves, Gogol Bordello, Killing Joke, ​ ​ ​ Therapy?, Atari Teenage Riot and two-tone legend Neville Staple Band. ​ ​ Boomtown’s diverse line-up fuses with innovative theatre and incredible immersive set design to create a living, breathing fictitious city. As part of this city, Diss-order Alley returns after a memorable inaugural year in the guise of an abandoned military base overrun with an autonomous community of punks. There are four venues, where Boomtown’s long standing ska punk and metal community are treated to a mix of genres and artists from definitive figures in the scene to boundary pushing sounds from the underground. Last Gang in Town present the flagship punk venue Hangar 161, which is in the form of a full ​ ​ ​ scale aircraft hangar and is headlined by American punk rock icons, the politically minded Pennywise who are now in their 30th year. Alongside them, will be energetic crust-punk from ​ Leftöver Crack, the welcome return of homegrown ska punk stalwarts King Prawn, ​ ​ anarcho-punk from Subhumans and, flying the flag for grindcore, Extreme Noise Terror. ​ ​ ​ Showcasing the global reach of punk, Boomtown will have a solid Russian contingent represented on the bill with; thrashcore punks Svetlanas, adrenaline charged thrashers ​ ​ Siberian Meat Grinder as well as the return of Moscow Death Brigade with their unique ​ ​ ​ politically charged blend of techno, rap and punk. Fresh out of East London, Nova Twins will be ​ ​ bringing their self proclaimed ‘urban punk’ to the festival with an energetic, bass heavy, grime influenced set. Pioneering independent record label Earache Records are back with their venue Earache ​ ​ ​ Factory dedicated to extreme and heavy sounds. Grindcore ambassadors Napalm Death head ​ ​ ​ up the line-up and are joined by Swedish melodic death metal masters At The Gates, Brummy ​ ​ industrial metallers Godflesh, Canadian hardcore punk act Cancer Bats and Japanese ​ ​ ​ ​ Crossfaith with their unique fusion of electronic with metalcore. ​ The Bunker brings a totally global ska line-up to the newly named ska hub; Brazilian ska-core ​ from Abraskadabra, reggae, rap, ska crossover from Italian 12 piece Shanti Powa, from ​ ​ ​ ​ France; ska-punk party starters Skarbone 14 and Beer Beer Orchestra and Spanish ska ​ ​ ​ ​ flavours from Limando. Representing the UK there is two-tone inspired ska pop from Death of ​ ​ ​ Guitar Music, raw, ballsy ska punk from Millie Manders & The Shut Up and lairy ska-soul ​ ​ ​ from Brighton’s The Meow Meows. Joining them will be heaps of Boomtown favourites ​ ​ ​ ​ including Skata Tones, Crinkle Cuts and The Midnight Zu and a very special set celebrating 40 ​ ​ ​ ​ years of two-tone from Wrongtom. ​ And don’t miss The Freak Boutique, tucked away in the alley they are one of Boomtown’s ​ ​ longest standing underground collectives and will be presenting a line-up stretching the breadth of punk subgenres with a taste of the scene’s best kept secrets. -ENDS- Please find below links to: CH11 Headline Line Up Poster / CH11 Diss-order Alley Poster / Diss-order Alley District ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Images / 2018 Press Images / Diss-order Alley Headline Artist Images / Environmental ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Mission / Sustainability Image Gallery ​ ​ District line-up announcements will follow every Friday and Tuesday onwards. For further information: Please contact: [email protected] ​ Follow us: Twitter, Facebook & Instagram ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Tickets Tickets available from www.boomtownfair.co.uk. ​ ● Standard Festival Entry Tier 3 - £234 ● Public Transport Saver Tier 3 - £229 ● Teen Tickets £176.00 ● 12s and under FREE ---------------------------- FULL DISS-ODER ALLEY LINE-UP TOWN CENTRE PROPHETS OF RAGE / SLAVES / GOGOL BORDELLO / KILLING JOKE / THERAPY? / ATARI TEENAGE RIOT / NEVILLE STAPLE BAND / ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION HANGAR 161 PRESENTED BY LAST GANG IN TOWN … PENNYWISE / LEFTOVER CRACK / KING PRAWN / SUBHUMANS / SENSER / GBH / ZOUNDS / EXTREME NOISE TERROR / INNER TERRESTRIALS / SIBERIAN MEAT GRINDER / RDF / MOSCOW DEATH BRIGADE / THE RESTARTS / UNION 13 / SVETLANAS / ABRASKADABRA / CHINA SHOP BULL / DROWNING DOG AND MALATESTA / NOVA TWINS / GROVE STREET FAMILIES / FAINTEST IDEA / THE INFESTED / SMILEY & THE UNDERCLASS / CALVA LOUISE / GRAVEYARD JOHNNYS / PIZZATRAMP / MATILDA’S SCOUNDRELS / THE DUB RIGHTERS / ROTTEN FOXES / INCISIONS / AERIAL SALAD / THE BARRACKS / THE MENSTRUAL CRAMPS / FFTP / WERECATS / SINFUL MAGGIE / CAPTAIN RUIN / ANARCHOPHONICA ​ ​ EARACHE FACTORY NAPALM DEATH / AT THE GATES / GODFLESH / CANCER BATS / CROSSFAITH / KAMIYADA+ MILK TEETH / BLACK PEAKS / BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL / TALLAH / BLACK FUTURES PALM READER /OHHMS / DEAD LABEL / LOATHE / ITHACA / THE MURDER CAPITAL / NOVA ​ ​ TWINS XENOBLIGHT THE BUNKER ABRASKADABRA / DEATH OF GUITAR POP / SHANTI POWA / SKARBONE 14 / BEER BEER ORCHESTRA / LIMANDO / NEW TOWN KINGS / RHYTHMITES / WRONGTOM (2 TONE SET) / COUNT SKYLARKIN / POPES OF CHILLITOWN / COUNTING COINS / MILLIE MANDERS & THE SHUT UP / BARE JAMS / THE MEOW MEOWS / KARL PHILLIPS AND THE REJECTS / THE ​ ​ DEFEKTERS / SKATA TONES / URBAN LIONS / JUNIOR BILL / THE STIFF JOINTS / CALL ME MALCOLM / EAT THE EVIDENCE / THE MIDNIGHT ZU / LEAD SHOT HAZARD / CRINKLE CUTS / GUNS OF NAVARONE / BIG RED ASS / THE ACTIVATORS / THE SPORADICS / THE MIGHTY JOHN STREET SKA ORCHESTRA THE FREAK BOUTIQUE THE INFESTED / PETROL BASTARD / OFFICER DOWN / LUVDUMP / 2 SICK MONKEYS / THE DANCING MORONS / CLAYPIGEON / CHINA SHOP BULL / RATBAG / BRASSICK / RISKEE & THE RIDICULE ANARCHISTWOOD / PRIMEVAL SOUP / DEAD HAPPY / MONSTEROMETER / DOGHOUSE / PUBLIC ORDER ACT / JUNKOACTIVE WASTEMAN AND HIS TINPHONIA / THE BLUNDERS / MOLLUSCA / RITA LYNCH .
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