Enter Shikari in Middlesbrough

Enter Shikari are a British band formed in St Albans in 2003. They play post-hardcore and electronic rock driven by trance synthesizers and rave rhythms, and are known for the albums Take to the Skies, Common Dreads and A Flash Flood of Colour, as well as songs including “Sorry You’re Not a Winner,” “Juggernauts” and “Live Outside.” A 2016 performance at Alexandra Palace was documented on a live album during the touring cycle for The Mindsweep. The 2017 tenth-anniversary tour for Take to the Skies followed, revisiting the debut album in full and extending the band’s established run of theatre and arena shows. The band has made repeated appearances at Reading and Leeds and Download Festival.

The Callous Daoboys are an American mathcore band formed in Atlanta in 2016. Their knotty, abrasive take on hardcore and metalcore incorporates violin and abrupt stylistic turns; the albums Die on Mars, Celebrity Therapist and I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven, plus songs including “Star Baby,” established their catalogue. In 2023, the band joined Protest the Hero’s Halloween Is for Always tour across North America. They later supported Tesseract on the European War of Being tour, playing clubs and theatres. In 2024 they also performed at ArcTanGent and opened one of The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Calculating Infinity anniversary shows at the Brooklyn Paramount.