Not Just Boys Fun: Shooting Daggers and Supernova weekender
Mega Wild Weekender: Shooting Daggers x Supernova
We managed to catch the final day of the Shooting Daggers x Supernova Weekender, tearing through Birmingham, Manchester, and London and honestly what a way to close it out. Shooting Daggers is one of those bands I never want to miss when they hit London. Pure Queercore power and top-notch stage performance. And Supernova has been high on my list ever since they started shaking up the hardcore scene. Finally seeing them live was everything I hoped for.
Saturday in Manchester was also the Lev-Day fundraiser, and I’m genuinely gutted to have missed it. The lineup was insane: False Reality, Stiff Meds, Cruelty, Shooting Daggers, Supernova and more bands all smashing it together for a powerful cause. Every penny from that show is going towards reviving Gaza. It’s hard to miss such a heavy, meaningful night, both musically and politically.
Kicking off in London, the night began with standout sets from So Far So Good, Freak and Higher Walls. The culmination of the show was Supernova's explosive promo release
Supernova lit up the stage with raw, unfiltered energy. Throat-shredding vocals, crushing riffs, X fists and kicks flying in every direction. But don’t get it twisted: while the hardcore scene often gets labeled as macho, Supernova isn’t here for the toxic side of that. They call out the bullshit. They take a firm stand against abuse and toxic masculinity, creating a space where women and queer voices are respected and heard. The crowd fed off the energy, erupting into full-throttle moshing that matched the band’s fierce, unrelenting presence.
Finishing off the night were Shooting Daggers, the London-based queercore trio who delivered a set that was both powerful and unapologetically queer. Their sound hit like a surge of raw energy and defiance. They come in heavy, fast, and brutally sharp. Some of the crowd was Queer AF, and in the middle of it all was someone who caught my eye: Harry, in sick silver boots, dancing like a force of nature. We’d never met before, but watching them mosh and move in those high-heeled boots filled me with pure admiration. I had to go over and give them props. The boots were gorgeous. And later on Raquel, the drummer of Shooting Daggers, was telling me Salomé, lead singer and guitar, has the exact same pair of heels.
Their set blended raw sound with a clear message: fight back, stand tall, speak loud. At one point, Bea, the bass player, took the mic and called out the macho bullshit still lurking in the hardcore scene, speaking out against violence toward women and reminding everyone that “hardcore is for all of us”. No exceptions. No silence. Just truth, rage and solidarity.
