Give it a Name

Give It A Name
Genre	Emo, Post Hardcore, Punk
Dates	27th - 29th April
Location(s)	London, England Birmingham, England Glasgow, Scotland Manchester, England (2006 only), Sheffield, England Paris, France Cologne, Germany, Berlin, Germany
Years active	2005 - present
Website	www.giveitaname.co.uk

Give It A Name, sometimes abbreviated to GIAN and named after an At the Drive-In song, is an annual British rock music festival, held on the weekend nearest to the end of April. The first festival took place on May 2 2005 at Alexandra Palace, North London. In 2006, Give It A Name became a paired, two day festival, taking place at the MEN Arena, Manchester, and Earls Court, London. 2007 saw the festival even more extended, to three days and six different locations, including events for the first time in Scotland, France and Germany. Give It A Name tends to feature post hardcore, emo and pop punk bands.

Give It A Name 2005

Main Stage

Saturday - London
Funeral For A Friend Finch Coheed & Cambria Rise Against Alexisonfire Mae The Lucky Nine Fightstar MC Lars mewithoutyou

Give It A Name 2006

Main Stage

Saturday - London Sunday - Manchester	Sunday - London Saturday - Manchester
My Chemical Romance The Ataris Atreyu Thrice Panic! at the Disco Underoath The Bled	Lostprophets Taking Back Sunday Angels & Airwaves Goldfinger We Are Scientists Aiden Silverstein

Give It A Name 2007

The line-up was announced via Punktastic on the 16/1/2007, and the Give It A Name website and Kerrang! magazine on the 17/1/2007:

Main Stage

Saturday 28th - London Sunday 29th - Birmingham	Friday 27th - London Saturday 28th - Birmingham Sunday 29th - Glasgow	Friday 27th - Birmingham Sunday 29th - London	Friday 20th - Cologne Sunday 22nd - Berlin	Tuesday 24th - Paris	Wednesday 25th - Paris
Brand New The All-American Rejects New Found Glory Motion City Soundtrack Enter Shikari Senses Fail Madina Lake	HIM The Used Alexisonfire Biffy Clyro (Glasgow only) Juliette and the Licks Mindless Self Indulgence Cry For Silence (London and Birmingham Only)	AFI Jimmy Eat World The Automatic (London Only) Sparta Hit the Lights The Receiving End of Sirens Boys Like Girls Attack In Black	Jimmy Eat World Sparta Senses Fail mewithoutyou One Fine Day The Sleeping Mindless Self Indulgence MxPx Voodoo Glow Skulls Zebrahead Gallows Grown at Home	AFI Jimmy Eat World Enter Shikari Motion City Soundtrack Aiden The Sleeping Tracy Gang Pussy	New Found Glory The Used MxPx Sparta Saosin Senses Fail mewithoutyou Minimum Serious

Give It A Name 2008

The line-up was leaked on the 15/01/2008, and the Give It A Name website and Kerrang! magazine are due to announce the line-up officially on the 16/1/2008:

Shortly after midnight, 16/01/08, the line-up was officially (partially) announced on Punktastic.

Tickets for the event will be released on the internet nationwide on Friday 18th January 2008 at 9 a.m.

Plain White T's are confirmed to be playing through All Time Low's Myspace. Where they are playing is presumed to be below Paramore due to the ticket information saying w/Paramore, Plain White T's.

Thrice are presumed to be playing Give It A Name due to the fact they are playing Groezrock Festival in Belgium on the Friday before Give It A Name.

Also rumoured to be playing are Plain White T's, Underoath, MC Lars (self-confirmation), Rise Against, From First To Last, The Blackout, +44 and New Found Glory.

According to the official Give it a Name forum, the next anouncement is to be made on Monday 28th January 2008, therefore the line-up below is up to date and correct. No bands will be added until the 28th.

On Thursday January 24th, flyers were given out at 30 Seconds To Mars first show of the 2008 UK tour in Newcastle, confirming more bands to the line up! - stu.

only problem is the dates are wrong on the flyer and it says 'MeD & Dia' which is a major spelling mistake.

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Proof of the early line up announcments.

Main Stage

Saturday - London Sunday - Sheffield	Sunday - London Saturday - Sheffield
Paramore Britney Spears?? Bob Marley Lmao Finch Set Your Goals Strike Anywhere Chiodos	30 Seconds To Mars Billy Talent Glassjaw Silverstein Cobra Starship?? The Blackout?? Envy On The Coast??

Side Stage

Saturday - London Sunday - Sheffield	Sunday - London Saturday - Sheffield
The Audition All Time Low My American Heart Kids In Glass Houses?? Mayday Parade Meg and Dia	Anti Flag Armor For Sleep You Me At Six Tokio Hotel?? The Color Fred Four Year Strong