For our first festival of 2022 we headed off to Temple Newsam in Leeds for the Northern leg of the alternative/punk/emo/metal/hardcore Slam Dunk Festival. Back at familiar grounds and overlooked by a stately home, thousands of fans poured into the site for a day of the top alternative acts arounds headlined by none other than Canadian pop-punk giants Sum 41. Before that though, we had a whole day of great music to get through and, as the new kid on the block Cassyette kicked off her set with “Dear Goth”, the sun shifted out from behind the clouds and started to beat down on the crowd bouncing along with her as Slam Dunk well and truly rocked into life. A quick dash across the field had us catching Sydney pop-punk favourites Yours Truly on the Rock Sound stage. Sadly, the first major clash ...
