Sum like it loud and live

BEATS:

IF you like your music live and loud, head to the Manchester Academy on Monday for the Eastpak Antidote Tour.

The line up for the annual tour - now in its sixth year - features Sum 41, The Black Pacific, The Riverboat Gamblers and Veara.

The tour will take in 27 cities across 13 countries over two months.

Headliners Sum 41 are hitting the tour hard on the heels of the release of their latest album “Underclass Hero”.

The quartet, known for hits such as “Fat Lip” and “In Too Deep”, are renowned for their cheeky charm.

The Black Pacific are sure to raise both eyebrows and heartbeats amongst hard-core punk-rockers.

After 20 years with Pennywise, vocalist and songwriter Jim Lindberg has transformed the aggression and energy typical of the Californian group and sent it in a whole new experimental direction.

Recruiting drummer Alan Vega and Far guitarist and producer Shaun Lopez, Lindberg’s fresh young crew have already forged a debut album, “Side One Dummy”, that is set to send shockwaves throughout the punk community.

No strangers to the punk-rock scene, The Riverboat Gamblers will also be pumping out their ballsy, in-your-face sound.

Vocalist Mike Wiebe will be belting out tracks from the group’s latest album “Underneath the Owl”. Combining the “garage DIY scrap and brawl” of their self-titled debut album the band’s latest offering is set to send shivers through the eardrums of even the hardiest of rockers.

Undoubtedly the find of the tour, opening act Veara brings a unique breed of mosh-pop charm to the mix.

The group’s debut album “What We Left Behind” has already blown the lid off the punk-rock scene with its explosive cocktail of edgy punk riffs and catchy pop tunes.