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Kylie Minogue to headline British Summer Time Hyde Park 2015

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A fabulous and fierce line up will throw the party of the summer in London’s iconic Hyde Park with music legends Kylie Minogue, Grace Jones and Chic feat Nile Rodgers 
 
Prepare for an unforgettable day of floor-filler hits with two queens of the club and the man who pioneered disco, performing tunes you just can’t get out of your head. With many more incredible hit-makers to be announced in the coming months, Your Disco Needs You!
 
The universally adored Kylie is unquestionably one of the top pop entertainers on the planet, famed for her fabulous and extravagant live shows. She took her awesome Kiss Me Once tour around Europe last year, featuring glittering renditions of her heart thumping greatest hits.
 
And she is once again causing palpitations on her latest collaboration with disco legend Giorgio Moroder. ‘Right Here, Right Now’ the first track to be released from his forthcoming album.
 
Kylie comments:
“I'm so excited to perform at Hyde Park this Summer. I have great memories of playing shows there and am looking forward to doing it all again! Given the amazing artists performing and that it will be the longest day of the year, I can't wait!”
 
The Australian pop siren has sold over 70 million records worldwide in a career spanning over 25 years, boasting the kind of success and longevity most performers only dream of. 
 
Kylie has clocked up 33 UK Top 10 singles, including seven #1 hits including ‘I Should Be So Lucky’, ‘Spinning Around’, ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ and ‘All The Lovers.’
 
Also taking to the stage on Sunday June 21st and performing live for the first time in 2015, will be the one and onlyGrace Jones. Since releasing her first single ‘I Need A Man’ in 1975, Grace has become one of music’s singular icons, known as much for her incredible outfits, on stage hula-hooping and larger than life character as she is for her ground-breaking club hits ‘Pull Up To The Bumper’, ‘Slave To The Rhythm’ and ‘Nightclubbing’.  When Grace is around, anything can happen.
 
Grace Jones comments:
"I'll bring the Jekyll to Hyde Park"
 
And returning to Hyde Park are Chic feat Nile Rodgers. Back by popular demand, after a now legendary mid afternoon set at the inaugural Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park in 2013, Nile and his band will once more be whipping the crowd into shape (and on to the stage!) with the hits that invented disco – ‘Everybody Dance’, ‘Good Times’, ‘We Are Family’ and ‘He’s The Greatest Dancer’. 
 
Other headliners already announced for Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park are Taylor Swift, joined by Ellie Goulding and John Newman on June 27th and The Who, with Paul Weller, Kaiser Chiefs and Johnny Marr on June 26th.

Music Legend Chaka Khan Joins Grace Jones & Chic at Lovebox!

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The Queen of Funk will take to the main stage and belt out her feel-good grooves across Victoria Park which include the classic worldwide hits: “I Feel For You”, ‘Through The Wire”, ‘I’m Every Woman’ and the 80’s number one ‘Ain’t Nobody’.
 
Chaka now completes the ultimate disco line up alongside headliner Grace Jones and special guest Chic ‘Le Freak’ for the hottest disco inferno to hit London. These US megastars are set to take the Lovebox crowd on a musical journey back to the worldwide early 80s disco phenomenon, firmly cementing Sunday Lovebox as the best disco of this decade of love.
 
Chaka Khan
 
Across the three-day weekend, Victoria Park, Hackney will come to life as Lovebox celebrates its 10th birthday with a multitude of the world’s best artists and DJs that will be taking to the many stages and arenas in June. Festivalgoers are in for an unforgettable experience.

Grace Jones to headline Lovebox 2012

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Grace JonesHailed as showcasing one of the greatest ever performances from the past decade of Lovebox, the outrageous diva is back to recreate a stage masterpiece and maintain her love affair with Lovebox.

Grace Jones has been saluted as the best ever performer to take to the stage over the 10 year span of London’s Lovebox.  Grace, famously known for her unique and explosive style, took to the stage in 2010 where she spun out tracks from her critically acclaimed greatest hits, going down in history as one of the greatest Lovebox sets, never to be forgotten by the 20,000 that witnessed her on stage. Now, in 2012, she will go ‘all out’ once again and go down in London’s history as she brings the biggest disco ever to a crescendo.

Commenting on her performance, Grace says: “Brace yourself!”

Along with Grace Jones, this year’s headliners Hot Chip and Friendly Fires return to the Lovebox stage bringing their respective magic back to the hottest summer East London festival. What better way to celebrate a decade of love with three of the most talked-about and explosive performers who truly represent the past 10 years of the beating heart of Lovebox.

The Sunday spectacular – with Grace Jones headlining alongside already announced very special guests Lana Del Rey and Holly Johnson – welcomes the Brit and Grammy winner, multi million record sales recording artist, Mika. After a recent collaboration with Madonna, Mika will now take to the Lovebox Sunday ‘This Is Circus’ stage hosted by Jodie Harsh, to bring pop to life and to perform his worldwide hit ‘Grace Kelly’.

Ahead of his performance, Mika says: "I've spent many amazing, lost nights at Circus and I couldn't think of a better way of taking part in Jodie's night than doing this performance.”

Also joining the Sunday spectacular is legendary American DJ/Producer Felix Da Housecat, famous for his Chicago ‘Electrikboy’ beats; Felix will bring his distinctive flare to Vicky Park to seal an eclectic musical Sunday fest.

Across the three-day weekend, Victoria Park, East London will be shaken to its core this June with an array of sound, colour and vibes combining the old and the new for the ultimate 10 year birthday party.

Lovebox Festival will take place on June 15th, 16th and 17th June 2012. 

Grace Jones to support Pulp at Wireless Festival

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The Naked and Famous, Roky Erickson, Devotchka, The Like and Summer Campalso join the bill.  With The Black Eyed Peas headlining Friday 1, The Chemical Brothers headlining Saturday 2 and the likes of Plan B, Tinie Tempah, David Guetta, The Streets and Bruno Mars also confirmed across the weekend, this yearsWireless with Barclaycard is set to be the event on the summer’s musical calendar.

Grace Jones is undoubtedly one of the most iconic and cutting edge artists of our time, the imitable Jamaican born musician and style icon is firmly entrenched in pop culture history. Her distinct fusion of new wave, pop, reggae and R & B has seen her infiltrate night clubs for the past 30 years while her striking androgynous image scored her the enviable title of Andy Warhol’s muse.  Renowned for her enthralling live shows Grace Jones at Wireless with Barclaycard is a must see performance.

grace jonesJoining Pulp and Grace Jones along with the already announced TV On The Radio, Foals, The Horrors and Metronomy Kiwi quintet The Naked and Famousare winning serious praise.  One of the most exciting, vibrant and interesting Antipodean acts to the hit the UK scene this past year their debut single ‘Young Blood’ became the first debut single by a Kiwi band to reach number one in their home country for 16 years.  In the UK they were recently awarded a highly coveted place in the BBC’s Sound of 2011. Denver based group DeVotchKa also join Sunday’s line-up.  Having developed a powerful distinctive sound, blending a variety of eastern European, Latin and US Southwestern music, with more mainstream rock and punk sounds. Their swelling powerful and reflective ballads, married with the tender crooning of Grammy-nominated front man Nick Urata, has seen the band create the evocative soundscapes for a growing list of films including four-time Academy Award nominated film Little Miss Sunshine, I Love You Phillip Morris and The Joneses.  DeVotchKa’s latest studio album, 100 Lovers was released this month.

Sunday’s line-up now also boasts Texas singer-songwriter Roky Erikson, a living legend. His 1960s band, the 13th Floor Elevators, have been called the pioneers of psychedelic rock, influencing the likes of Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead, and later covered by REM, Primal Scream and even ZZ Top. Making a long-awaited and triumphant return to the recording studio last year after a 14-year hiatus, the imitable rocker released ‘True Love Cast Out All Evil’, a powerful biographical album of harrowing growl and grit which received widespread acclaim.  Five years after their first appearance at Wireless with Barclaycard, LA bred female four piece The Like will be making a welcome return to the Hyde Park stage. With the release of their new album ‘Release Me’, produced by Mark Ronson, the group has developed an entirely new retro-neuvo sound, kindling significant buzz amongst the UK music press.  Enigmatic London based duo Summer Camp are also confirmed and are set to bring their dreamy synth  pop to the stellar Sunday line-up.

Line up so far:
Friday July 1                                                              
The Black Eyed Peas                    
Plan B                                                    
Tinie Tempah 
Bruno Mars                                       
Example     
Wretch 32
Far East Movement
Labrinth
Yasmin   
Plus special guest
David Guetta
                                     
Saturday July 2
The Chemical Brothers
Chase & Status
The Streets
Aphex Twin
Chromeo
Katy B
Janelle Monae
Battles
Devlin
Digitalism
The Whip
Justin Robertson
Nero 

Sunday July 3
Pulp
Grace Jones
TV On The Radio
Foals
The Horrors
Metronomy
The Naked & Famous
Roky Erickson
DeVotchKa
The Like
Summer Camp

Ticketing Information:

Tickets for Friday 1 July are priced at £49.50 plus booking fees.  Tickets for Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 July are priced at £48.50 plus booking fees.

Tickets are on sale now at www.wirelessfestival.co.uk

Multi-day tickets are available.  2-day tickets are priced at £92 plus booking fees, and 3-day tickets are priced at £130 plus booking fees.

All Barclaycard Customers who purchase via www.barclaycardunwind.com have the chance to win a VIP upgrade.  

Purchase a Carbon Offset for 50p as an add on to your order to negate the environmental impacts of your travel to and from the festival, these funds will be used to invest in environmental projects in local schools. More details are available onwww.wirelessfestival.co.uk 

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