Vote for the greatest pop punk song ever
We're playing the countdown out over the first May bank holiday
Last updated 24th Apr 2023
Ah pop punk! The soundtrack to a hundred 00s movies, and those heady days at school in the UK drizzle imagining we were actually at school in the US sunshine.
Some dismissively called it a fad, but pop punk has stayed the course. From its first explosion in the mid 90s with the likes of Green Day and The Offspring, through to the mainstream glory of the 2000s where you couldn't move for blink-182, Bowling For Soup, Fall Out Boy and Avril Lavigne tunes.
Since the 00s, bands like Neck Deep and State Champs have reinvigorated the genre, with the modern-day scene looking stronger than ever, as new groups like Meet Me @ The Altar sit alongside the rejuvenated (and in some cases reunited) old guard like blink and Paramore.
With festivals like When We Were Young and Slam Dunk putting pop punk acts front and centre, there's never been a better time to ask this vital question...
What's the best pop punk song ever?
All you need to do is tell us your suggestions for the greatest pop punk song of all time, and we'll collect all your answers and reveal the winner.
It'll all go down on bank holiday Monday 1st May 2023, when we'll be soundtracking your long weekend in style!
Enter here:
14 rock and metal festivals to look forward to in 2023:
Bearded Theory 2024
When: Thursday 23rd - Sunday 26th May 2024
Where: Catton Hall, Derbyshire
Headliners: Jane's Addiction, Amyl and The Sniffers, Future Islands, Sleaford Mods, Orbital and Dinosaur Jr.
The multi-award-winning four-day festival will return for 2024. Other performing artists include Bob Vylan, New Model Army, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jane Weaver, Pip Blom and Panic Shack.
Slam Dunk Festival 2024
When: Saturday 25th May 2024 (Hatfield Park) & Sunday 26th May 2024 (Leeds, Temple Newsam)
Where: Hatfield Park and Leeds, Temple Newsam
Headliners: You Me At Six, The All American Rejects, I Prevail, Funeral for a Friend and Boys Like Girls.
The UK's biggest independent rock festival, Slam Dunk, will return in 2024. Alongside the headliners, huge pop-punk, emo, metal and alternative music acts such as Asking Alexandria, Waterparks, Palaye Royale and Pale Waves join the bill. You Me At Six's headline performance will serve as their final UK festival performance.
Download Festival 2024
When: Friday 14th June to Sunday 16th June 2024
Where: Donington Park, Leicestershire
Headliners: Queens of the Stone Age, Fall Out Boy, Avenged Sevenfold, Royal Blood, The Offspring and Limp Bizkit.
The festival organisers have announced that it will return to its traditional format of three days next year. 2023's 20th anniversary extravaganza saw the main arena open for four days for the first time in the festival's history. Other acts include Pantera (their first UK show in 20 years), Corey Taylor, Those Damn Crows, Machine Head, Sum 41, Fear Factory, BABYMETAL, Lord of the Lost, While She Sleeps, Billy Talent, Biohazard and Bowling For Soup. A further eight acts were announced in March 2024 - including Slayer legend Kerry King, Welsh power trio Florence Black, gothic rockers Creeper, New York punk rockers Bayside and more.
The Bristol four-piece Mallavora will also play Download Festival 2024, after winning our competition The Deal.
Glastonbury Festival 2024
When: Wednesday 26th June – Sunday 30th June 2023
Where: Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset
Headliners: Dua Lipa, Coldplay, SZA and Shania Twain top the bill, with other acts including Paloma Faith, Avril Lavigne and Nothing But Thieves.
One of the most anticipated music festivals of the year, Glastonbury brings some of the biggest music acts together. Expect some huge names in rock and pop music to take to Glastonbury's fields next year - with more names such as Cyndi Lauper, Bombay Bicycle Club and The Last Dinner Party joining the bill.
Hellfest 2024
When: Thursday 27th - Sunday 30th June 2024
Where: Clisson, France
Headliners: Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Megadeth, Royal Blood, Tom Morello and Mass Hysteria.
The blockbuster 179-band line-up for France rock and metal institution Hellfest is a sight to behold. Attended by more than 60,000 people in 2022, it's fair to say 2023's iteration was even bigger and better - and more hellish.
2000trees 2024
When: Wednesday 10th - Saturday 13th July 2024
Where: Upcote Farm, Gloucestershire
Headliners: The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats, Manchester Orchestra, Kids In Glass Houses, Creeper and Hot Mulligan.
This independent festival returns to bring together the best of new and underground British music. The three-day extravaganza will again take place in the Cotswold Hills, promising no genre distinction, with the caveat that 'most of the bands do tend to hold guitars.'
Steelhouse Festival 2024
When: Friday 26th - Sunday 28th July 2024
Where: Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm, Ebbw Vale, Wales
Headliners: King King, Elles Bailey, Oli Brown & The Dead Collective and The Zac Schulze Gang (Friday). Skindred, The Almighty, Living Colour, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons, Dan Byrne, Mr. Big, The Last Internationale, The Commoners, Jared James Nichols, James And The Cold Gun, Creeping Jean and Zac & The New Men, Accept, The Warning, South of Salem and Cassidy Paris (across the weekend).
Steelhouse Festival returns in 2024, and has announced that it will include Berniefest Friday - a day of celebration of the life and music of Bernie Marsden.
Bloodstock Open Air 2024
When: Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th August 2024
Where: Catton Park, Derbyshire
Headliners: Opeth, Architects, Amon Amarth, Hellripper, Igorrr, Korpiklaani, Infected Rain, Soen, Raised by Owls, Ignea, Deitus and more.
Also confirmed for the Ronnie James Dio main stage at next year's Bloodstock are Rotting Christ, The Night Flight Orchestra, Malevolence, Unleash The Archers, Septicflesh and Green Lunch.
ArcTanGent 2024
When: Wednesday 14th - Saturday 17th August 2024
Where: Fernhill Farm, Bristol
Headliners: And So I Watch You From Afar, Plini, Red Fang and Three Trapped Tigers.
Critically acclaimed independent festival ArcTanGent celebrates all things heavy with their three-day festival. Showcasing the best math-rock, post-rock and noise rock acts around, the festival will also include a silent disco till late.
Reading & Leeds Festival 2024
When: Wednesday 21st - Sunday 25th August 2024
Where: Reading's Richfield Avenue and Leeds' Bramham Park
Headliners: Fred again.., Lana Del Rey, Blink-182, Liam Gallagher, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Gerry Cinnamon.
The epic festivals will return for 2024, with headliners, as usual, playing over three days. On top of the huge six headliners that were announced in November 2023, it was also revealed that 21 Savage, Raye, Skrillex, Spiritbox and Digga D will be performing.