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State Champs announce fifth album, drop two new singles

Watch the video for State Champs’ lead single Silver Cloud, hear another new track Too Late To Say, and get the lowdown on the pop-punk titans’ fifth LP!

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State Champs announce North American tour with Knuckle Puck, Meet Me @ The Altar, Daisy Grenade

State Champs have unveiled details of a big 2024 North American trek, featuring support from Knuckle Puck, Meet Me @ The Altar and Daisy Grenade.

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State Champs, The Ghost Inside, The Blackout and more for Slam Dunk 2024

State Champs and The Blackout will be celebrating the anniversaries of The Finer Things and The Best In Town respectively at next year’s Slam Dunk, while elsewhere new bands announced include The Ghost Inside, Against The Current and Honey Revenge…

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Simple Plan announce UK and European tour with State Champs, Mayday Parade

Simple Plan are returning to the UK and Europe for their Hard As Rock tour in 2024 – and they’re bringing State Champs and Mayday Parade with ’em!

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Listen: State Champs have covered What’s My Age Again? by blink-182

Hear State Champs’ cover of blink-182’s pop-punk classic What’s My Age Again?

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blackbear announces 2022 Nothing Matters Tour with Waterparks, State Champs and more

blackbear is touring around the U.S. before heading to the UK and Europe for several dates this year – and he’s bringing some great supports with him…

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The big review: State Champs – Kings Of The New Age

Pop-punk favourites State Champs establish themselves as scene leaders on excellent fourth LP, Kings Of The New Age.

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State Champs: “We know we’re good at this sh*t. We know we’ve been here this long for a reason and we wanna showcase that”

For the past decade State Champs have been a pop-punk mainstay, always with one eye on bigger things. Now that the scene is making a bid for the mainstream, is new album Kings Of The New Age their chance to break through? Frontman Derek Discanio thinks so, and he doesn’t care who knows it…

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Watch the video for State Champs’ new single Eventually

State Champs have released the next single from their upcoming album Kings Of The New Age – listen to Eventually now.

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The new age of State Champs: “This album is us saying: ‘Hey, we’ve been doing this for a long time and we’re f*cking good at it’”

In looking ahead to the upcoming 10th anniversary of their brilliant debut The Finer Things, State Champs found themselves questioning their place in the pop-punk scene. Now, on fourth record Kings Of The New Age, not only do they know where they belong – but their confidence has never been higher…

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State Champs drop new single, Everybody But You, featuring Neck Deep’s Ben Barlow

Watch the video for Everybody But You featuring Neck Deep’s Ben Barlow, taken from State Champs’ upcoming fourth album Kings Of The New Age.

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State Champs have covered Fall Out Boy's Chicago Is So Two Years Ago

Hear State Champs' absolutely wicked cover of Fall Out Boy's Take This To Your Grave track.

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State Champs announce 2022 UK / European tour

Albany pop-punks State Champs have announced a 17-date UK and European tour for next May.

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Slam Dunk Festival announce main stage set times

Slam Dunk announce what times you can watch Don Broco, Waterparks, State Champs, Mayday Parade and more on the Rock Scene Presents powered by Amazon Music UK stage.

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Slam Dunk Festival announce September 2021 line-up

Slam Dunk have confirmed which bands will be playing this year's festival – which was recently rescheduled for September.

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12 bands who wouldn’t be here without My Chemical Romance

We examine My Chemical Romance’s direct impact on your favourite rock bands – from Creeper to twenty one pilots…

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Hear MGK and YUNGBLUD's I Think I'm OKAY in the style of blink-182, State Champs and more

Check out Machine Gun Kelly, YUNGBLUD and Travis Barker's huge 2019 single I Think I'm OKAY in the style of 11 pop-punk bands.

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State Champs announce fifth album, drop two new singles

State Champs announce North American tour with ﻿Knuckle Puck, Meet Me @ The Altar, Daisy Grenade

State Champs, The Ghost Inside, The Blackout and more for Slam Dunk 2024

Simple Plan announce UK and European tour with State Champs, Mayday Parade

Listen: State Champs have covered What’s My Age Again? by blink-182

blackbear announces 2022 Nothing Matters Tour with Waterparks, State Champs and more

The big review: State Champs – Kings Of The New Age

State Champs: “We know we’re good at this sh*t. We know we’ve been here this long for a reason and we wanna showcase that”

Watch the video for State Champs’ new single Eventually

The new age of State Champs: “This album is us saying: ‘Hey, we’ve been doing this for a long time and we’re f*cking good at it’”

State Champs drop new single, Everybody But You, featuring Neck Deep’s Ben Barlow

State Champs have covered Fall Out Boy's Chicago Is So Two Years Ago

State Champs announce 2022 UK / European tour

Slam Dunk Festival announce main stage set times

Slam Dunk Festival announce September 2021 line-up

12 bands who wouldn’t be here without My Chemical Romance

Hear MGK and YUNGBLUD's I Think I'm OKAY in the style of blink-182, State Champs and more

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State Champs announce North American tour with Knuckle Puck, Meet Me @ The Altar, Daisy Grenade