Two years after the first, acclaimed edition, returns to Italy the Slam Dunk Festival! The June 2, 2025 the traveling festival will land in the Bel Paese again, this time at Overhead crane Of Sesto San Giovannion the outskirts of Milan.
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An event therefore returns, thanks to the renewed collaboration between Slam Dunk Festival UK and Hub Music Factory, which in its first edition with Sum 41, The Offspring and Rancid among the headliners saw over thirty thousand spectators attend the three days of concerts: “In 2023 a real rock festival landed in Italy, where a festival of that kind and quality had never been held before.” – says Alex Fabbro of Hub Music Factory – “In the first edition the success was significant, with an audience of enthusiasts arriving from all over Europe and even from overseas, 2025 will be a spectacle again!”
And in 2025 it's time to repeat the experience: no longer a festival spread over 3 days but a single, unmissable day-event full of concerts, with two stagesmany artists already confirmed, others still to be announced and an afterparty to end the day in style.
SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL ITALY 2025 – The bands
A DAY TO REMEMBER
The A Day To Remember they will be the headliners of the Italian edition of Slam Dunk. The band led by Jeremy McKinnon is one of the most influential groups in the metalcore/pop punk scene; during their long career they have sold over a million records, achieved more than800 million streams on Spotify500 million views on YouTube, won gold records and won the hearts of millions of fans around the world. They return to Italy for the Slam Dunk Festival 8 years after the last time they headlined in our country, the date on which they will present the songs from their latest album to the Italian public for the first time.You're Welcome' . There will be no shortage of hits from the past such as'The Downfall Of Us All' , 'All I Want' And'If It Means A Lot To You' .
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn-6eOxnEMI NEW FOUND GLORY Also in the line-up pop punk legends New Found Glory who return to Italy eleven years after their last concert in Milan. When New Found Glory had worldwide success with the release of their third album,
“Sticks & Stones” of 2002, were at that time the most important representatives of the pop-punk genre thanks to an inimitable mix of punk-rock, hardcore energy and distinctive melodic lines. 20 years, in 2004, the album “Catalyst”forever defined the “legend” of the
New Found Glory
not only as one of the most influential pop-punk bands ever, but also as a band ready to make the leap into the mainstream. With that album, with a more powerful, less sweet and pop sound, they became more popular than ever, thus carving out a unique space (still occupied by them) in the music market for years to come. Even today, New Found Glory remains one of the most loved bands on the scene, and in 2025, they will finally return to Italy! NECK DEEP Old acquaintance of the Italian public, i Neck Deep they return to Italy to confirm themselves among the main exponents of modern pop punk. Already on stage at Bay Fest last year, the Welsh pop punk band has sold millions of records worldwide. The last one,'Neck Deep'released in January 2024 on Hopeless Records, took them on tour around the world for over a year. From the fast pace of 'Dumbstruck, Dumbf*ck' and the overwhelming intensity of 'Sort Yourself Out', to the poetic introspection of ' They Don't Mean To (But They Do)' ,
'Neck Deep'
it's an album that boasts a song for almost every occasion. LANDMVRKS They could in all respects be the surprise of this edition of Slam Dunk: born in Marseille, over the years they have been able to create a unique sound space in the metalcore panorama. In 2016, i LANDMVRKS released their self-produced debut album “Hollow” which featured a new blend of modern metalcore with hardcore riffs and catchy choruses. In the following years it was a continuous crescendo, with a fan base increasingly fond of their intense energy both live and on record. After signing with Arising Empire in 2018, the band produced a more mature second album, incorporating 90s hardcore and punk-rock influences. The album will be released in 2021
has definitively consecrated the French band: in the album you can find, in fact, different influences with a metalcore musical carpet that is mixed with the most hardcore, pop-heavy and even hip hop sounds thanks above all to the incredible vocal ability of the singer Floren Salfati.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcKrGkiIuNw THE USEDThe Used are an American rock band from Orem, Utah. Recognized by all for their extremely versatile sound which includes many genres, including post-hardcore and alternative rock, they love to catalog themselves in such a specific way: “
We are a rock band. It's all we've ever been.”
At Slam Dunk Italy 2025 they will celebrate 25 years of activity since their foundation. THE ATARIS Considered by many to be among the most influential bands of pop-punk worldwide, The Ataris they achieved success at the turn of the 2000s thanks above all to the punk version of the 80s classic cover'Boys of Summer' contained in the 2003 album “
So Long, Astoria”
with which they won the gold record. After last year's tour for the twentieth anniversary of this album which remained in the annals, The Ataris return to Europe as part of the Slam Dunk Festival bill. ZEBRAHEADLast, but not least, are the
Zebrahead
already present in the bill of the 2023 Italian edition. The rapcore band from Orange County has been active for more than 20 years, with a dozen studio albums, over two million records sold from 1995 to today, and even a Grammy nomination for a collaboration with Motorhead. Zebrahead have an incredible blend of punk, hip hop and alternative rock that makes them absolutely one of the most fun and exciting bands at Slam Dunk Italy 2025.Tickets at this link > https://ticketmasteritalia.46uy.net/zxxKer
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM