Fans tackled wet conditions, but the sun did shine from time to time. Leeds’ Temple Newsam played host to one of the best dates in the UK festival calendar. Thousands made an upbeat trudge through the grounds of the hall to the hilly setting of SlamDunk .
Shortly before noon and with sound checks being completed, the festival’s North edition 2024 was underway. My first band of the day was Beauty School, who were making their UK festival debut at SlamDunk 2024. They opened up the festival on one of the smaller stages, but they caught a committed audience.
A Canadian band with a lot of punchiness, their performance on The Key Club Stage gave fans in this corner of the festival a fun start to what would be a long, potentially muddy day of music. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. The one indoor stage was The Kerrang Stage and on a drizzly start to the day it proved to be a good spot to dry off.
My first trip to the big blue tent was to see Honey Revenge. An LA-based band with Paramore vibes and plenty of energy from guitarists, Honey Revenge were also making their UK festival debut- another example of SlamDunk putting itself on the map. Their on-stage appearance had almost as much colour and flare as their tracks, and some synchronised high kicks from guitarists and lead si.