After their support slot for Bring Me The Horizon’s Halloween escapades Enter Shikari have some big shows of their own…
Set to headline next year’s Slam Dunk festival the band will be headlining the Birmingham, Leeds and Hatfield shows whilst also performing a small clump of dates in Ireland.
Not only that though but the band will be performing tracks from their landmark record Take To The Skies on each of the dates in celebration of its ten year anniversary. A brilliant album that the sixteen year old me loved, it was what really kick started the band’s career and their mental live performances!
Shikari elaborate :
“Slam Dunk is a festival that we’ve been attending from the very start – Slam Dunk South is actually on the campus of my old Uni in Hatfield!
It’s grown into one of the most important festivals in alternative music, and it will be an absolute honour to headline it in 2017.
We’re going to be celebrating the 10 year anniversary of our debut album Take To The Skies, which feels totally mental in and of itself.
The fact that we get to reminisce and relive tracks we recorded so long ago, and that are still held dear by so many, is something I could have never anticipated back then and fills me with appreciation for everyone that has supported this band over the years.
We’ll never write another album like Take To The Skies, as Enter Shikari isn’t really a band that looks backwards.
But as this is a special occasion it’s important for us to recognise the importance of this album to us, and for the family of people who have supported us since those early days. On a purely selfish note, I cannot wait to play some of the tracks we haven’t played since 2007, or even ever!”
