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Last month, Slam Dunk organizers finally offered an update on the festival’s plans for this year. In a statement, they reassured ticketholders they are doing everything they can to make the festival happen this year.
“Currently, we are waiting for more government guidance on when events can return and when we know that we will take the action required,” the update read. “We are absolutely determined to not let you go another year without a festival. Please bear with us and we thank you for your patience.”
Then, at the end of February,
Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled England’s four-step plan to ease out of COVID-19 restrictions. If all goes according to plan, the country could be completely out of lockdown by late June.
Speaking to Kerrang! when Broco were initially announced as Slam Dunk headliners before the pandemic hit, frontman Rob Damiani enthused of making that step up in their career, “It’s insane! When you’ve been a band for a while and you’ve worked your way up to it, I think it makes it even more special. I remember when we first started the band and we would try and book shows. We’d be Googling stuff like, ‘Who puts on shows in Leeds?’ and it’s like, ‘Oh! Slam Dunk Festival organisers put on shows there.’ We were emailing people out of the blue trying to get gigs.