Metalcore leading lights Knocked Loose have announced two stand-alone UK headline shows while out supporting Metallica’s M72 Tour. The gigs in Bristol and Nottingham this summer were announced after the band’s crushing co-headline sets at last weekend’s Slam Dunk festivals.
Kentucky’s Knocked Loose are currently one of the biggest hardcore punk-adjacent bands in the scene, having burst through to a large audience thanks to mainstream TV coverage and high-profile live shows. While their sound is unflinchingly heavy, they’ve become unlikely fan-favourites at California’s Coachella festival, they’ve performed on late-night talk show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’, and their single ‘Suffocate’ featuring singer Poppy was nominated for a Grammy – now they’re at the top of British festival bills and supporting the biggest metal band in the world.
Last weekend’s closing sets at Slam Dunk festival in both Hatfield and Leeds saw Knocked Loose compete with iconic main stage headliners Good Charlotte for fans’ attention, which is enough of a challenge in itself, but currently they have royally thrown themselves into the deep end by opening for Metallica. The legendary thrashers have hand-picked all of the support bands on their historic M72 tour, which has been running since 2023 and has included a list of supporting acts including Limp Bizkit, Evanescence and Architects. Knocked Loose will be opening select shows before France’s biggest metal exports Gojira, while other dates will witness dramatic Swedish group Avatar and reunited US groove metal titans Pantera open the festivities.
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The UK and Ireland leg of the tour consists of shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff and London across June and July, but due to the format of Metallica’s stadium tour, Knocked Loose are left with several days between gigs to fill. They had previously booked solo shows for several stops around their trip of mainland Europe and Ireland on the M72 Tour, but this week they have announced their two bonus UK headline shows for the summer. The first is at Electric Bristol on the 29th of June, the day after their shows with Metallica at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, and the second is at Nottingham’s Rock City on the 30th of June. Their last show of the tour is with Metallica at the London Stadium on the 3rd of July. Knocked Loose’s full run for the UK and Ireland is shaping up like this:
• 21 June – Aviva Stadium, Dublin w/ Metallica and Gojira
• 22 June – Limelight, Belfast
• 23 June – Dublin, The Academy
• 25 June – Hampden Park, Glasgow w/ Metallica and Gorjia
• 28 June – Principality Stadium, Cardiff w/ Metallica and Gojira
• 29 June – Electric Bristol
• 30 June – Rock City, Nottingham
• 3 July – London Stadium w/ Metallica and Gojira
Tickets for the Bristol and Nottingham dates go on sale this Friday, the 29th of May at 10am. In other news, the Nottingham venue Rock City made the headlines today due to a small fire during planned maintenance works at the site.
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