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Camp Bestival 2011 first lineup announcement

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Also on the lineup for Camp Bestival is:

The Cuban Brothers | Beardyman  | The Correspondents  | The Wonder Stuff | Ms Dynamite | Wretch 32 | Ed Sheeran | Breakage feat. Jess Mills | The Selecter | Fenech-Soler | Frankie & The Heartstrings | Brandt Brauer Frick | Lau | Lucky Elephant | The Crayonettes | Smerins Anti Social Club | Two Wounded Birds | Caitlin Rose | Jaipur Brass Band | Kawa Circus | Bajah & The Dry Eye Crew | The Bad Shepherds | Marcus Foster | The Emerald Guard | Jellicle Cats | The Widow Maker | Kathryn Williams + lots more
 
Live Performances From: Mr Tumble | ZingZillas | The Sooty Show With Soo & Sweep
 
Festival Exclusives From: The Gruffalo (Live) | Hugh’s River Cottage Café | Gavin Turk’s House of Fairy Tales | The English National Ballet |
 
DJs Rob da Bank & Friends… Groove Armada present Redlight | Norman Jay | DJ Yoda | David Rodigan | London Elektricity | The Nextmen | Dub Pistols Soundsystem | Channel One Soundsystem | Krafty Kuts | A.Skillz | DJ Derek | Reggae Roast | Sunday Best Forum Allstars + many more 
 
Plus: 100’s of Free Things For Kids To Do | Gizzi Erskine | Medieval Fancy Dress |  Freestyle Sports Park | Super Family Campsites + so much more 


Blurring the lines between the Great British summer holiday and a fun-filled festival frolic, the multi-award winning Camp Bestival returns to Dorset’s idyllic Jurassic coast for our fourth festi-holiday, all set in the enchanting surrounds of Lulworth Castle, from July 28th to 31st. And boy do we have a breath-taking feast of treats lined up for your delectation. Spread across theCastle Field, Kids Garden, Big Top, Bollywood, Black Dahlia, East Lulworth Literary Institute, Freestyle Sports Park and more, this year will be even more jam-packed with entertainment, from stellar musical morsels and cultural delights to mind-melting sideshow attractions and lashings of family fun, including over 100 Free Things For Kids To Do. With plush camping facilities, hot showers and picnic areas plus a world of fabulous food concessions and free entry for kids under 10, it’s a unique start to the summer holidays and the ultimate family experience.
 
Festival-goers will be pleased to know we’ve listened to them and will be opening up campsites on Thursday now – Woo-hoo! We’re now a ‘4-day’ festi-holiday! They’ll need to purchase a Thursday Camping Ticket, which go on sale today in addition to your normal Weekend Camping ticket from the usual outlets. More info on  www.campbestival.net. All the campsites will be open from midday on Thursday 28th July with Car Parks open from 10am. And that’s just one of the many improvements we’ve made from the feedback they gave us in our exit survey (thanks!)…with a whopping 74% of Camp Besti folk saying they see our Dorset spectacular as a holiday we’ve strived hard to make sure Camp Bestival has all the best bits of a family campsite holiday but with a stellar line-up, world class kids entertainment and round the clock fun and games.
 
To keep up to date on news and developments from Camp Bestival HQ, or just to mingle with likeminded family festival types via the social ether, remember to follow us on Twitter@campbestival and on Facebook here. Festival-goers will also be able to follow our new Camp Bestival blog which will feature posts from all the Camp Bestival family including features on celebrity parents, DJ mixes to enjoy with the kids, top tips for camping with kids, weekend tips plus loads more fun and advice.
Camp Bestival Curator Rob da Bank Says:  ‘This year’s Camp Bestival is going to be the best ever – we’ve geared up Lulworth Castle to be a total festi-holiday experience, bringing back the spirit of the Great British Camping holiday with bells on. All this plus headline performances from Blondie and Mark Ronson, the return of the legend that is Mr Tumble – and even Sooty, Sweep and Soo are back to bring a bit of nostalgia to the weekend. We can’t wait here at Camp Besti HQ, so get your medieval costume in the bag and we’ll see you at the end of July to kick of the school summer holidays in style! Hi De Hi.’
 
Fronted by one of the world’s most iconic pop stars, Blondie are the first headliners out of the bag for Camp Bestival 2011 topping the bill on Friday night. With an almost endless canon of chart storming hits including ‘Rapture’, ‘Hanging on the Telephone’, ‘Heart of Glass’ and ‘Maria’spanning their 30 year career, Blondie will, without doubt, be the sing-a-long highlight of the weekend.  Mark Ronson and The Business Intl, who are currently riding a wave of love for the acclaimed ‘Record Collection’ album, which spawned the singles ‘Bang Bang Bang’, ‘The Bike Song’ and the sublime ‘Somebody To Love Me’, will be headlining the Saturday night at our Dorset jamboree. So, expect a cavalcade of top-drawer turns as the master himself performs his genre-defying alchemy. And we’ve still got one more headliner to announce which we’re really excited about, keep checking www.campbestival.net for more info.
 
A crowd-rocker par excellence, slapstick superstar Mr Tumble will be returning to his favourite festival for the third year running! One of the indisputable highlights of Camp Bestivals-past, Mr Tumble has caused paroxysms of pleasure every time he’s set foot on Camp Bestival’s main stage, entertaining one and all in his joyously inimitable style. 
Mr Tumble said: ‘I am really excited about returning to Camp Bestival 2011! This will be my third year and I just love it! The whole event is fantastic and I can’t wait to meet everyone again.  Roll on July!!’
 
The first wave of live acts joining our two announced headliners will include the recently reformed House of Pain who are sure to make you jump around, Sheffield funksters ABC, the hotly tipped Claire Maguire, dubstep’s first lady Katy B, the irresistibly hooky Eliza Doolittle, the one and only Cuban Brothers whose side-splitting soul and cheeky repartee are not to be missed, plus there’ll be beatbox genius and all-round top bloke Beardyman and swing hip-hoppers The Correspondents . There will also be performances from the eight legged groove machine that is The Wonder Stuff, Ms Dynamite, Wretch 32, Ed Sheeran, Breakage feat. Jess Mills, The Selecter,  Fenech-Soler, Frankie & The Heartstrings, Brandt Brauer Frick, Lau, Lucky Elephant, The Crayonettes, Smerins Anti-Social Club, Two Wounded Birds, Caitlin Rose, Jaipur Brass Band, Kawa Circus, Bajah & the Dry Eye Crew, The Bad Shepherds, Marcus Foster, The Emerald Guard, Jellicle Cats The Widow Makerand Kathryn Williams.
Crazy club vibes will come courtesy of the man like Rob da Bank with his famed beyond eclectic fare, plus the mighty Groove Armada will present Redlight, Norman Jay will to deliver the good times, arch scratch master DJ Yoda is sure to get the show jumping and the venerableDavid Rodigan will demonstrate just why he’s one of the most respected selectors on the planet. And there’ll be more booty shaking, speaker shredding action from the likes of London Elektricity, The Nextmen, Dub Pistols Soundsystem, Channel One Soundsystem, Krafty Kuts, A.Skillz, DJ Derek and Reggae Roast. There will also be three appearances from theSunday Best Forum Allstars a very special DJ collective formed from our very own Camp Bestival Forum (and if festival-goers fancy having a crack at playing for the Allstars, they can head over to the Camp Bestival Forum and look out for rseamer’s thread with details of how to get involved).
 
Another Camp Bestival favourite making an exclusive and very welcome return is The Gruffalo. After becoming one of the hits of last year’s show, we couldn’t resist getting the clever mouse, the fox, owl and snake and The Gruffalo himself back to Lulworth Castle to entertain the Camp Bestival kids of all ages with their amazing live show.   Even more kiddy fun will come from theSooty Show in a UK Festival exclusive.  A children’s classic and the star of the longest running children’s TV show in the UK, Sooty along with Soo & Sweep will be on hand with his wand invoking it’s powers with the magic catchphrase ‘izzy wizzy, let’s get busy’. Also joining the throng will be Panzee, Tang, Zak and Drum AKA the ZingZillas. The band will be monkeying around mixing up rock and soul, jazz and samba and could even drop in some big band sounds!
 
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage Café will be returning to Lulworth Castle for a Camp Bestival exclusive! The River Cottage Team are very excited to be working with Camp Bestival once again, they’ll have several of the River Cottage experts joining them to run workshops for kids and adults, plus they’ll be cooking up some fantastic River Cottage grub from their Canteen, with their famous spicy mutton burgers served from the barbeque as well as some fresh fish cooked in the wood-fired oven!
Rock ‘n’ roll chef, Gizzi Erskine, will also be joining Camp Bestival this year to help feed the thousands with some of her delicious recipes. The star of C4’s Cook Yourself Thin and Cookery School, who is a big  fan of Rockabilly and 60’s Garage, is excited to be setting up camp  this year and says:- ‘How cool that there is a festival the whole family can enjoy! I’ll be putting my stamp on this year’s Camp Bestival by bringing my 50’s and 60’s vibe to Dorset. Good food and good music is what I’m all about.’
 
After last year’s amazing spectacle, we’re over the moon that Gavin Turk’s House of FairyTales will be making an exclusive appearance at this year’s Camp Bestival. A treasure trove of creative play and enchantment, providing imaginative spaces for children to learn and play, the House of Fairy Tales will allow your little ones to explore the complex minefield of their hopes, dreams and fears on a self-lead journey.
We’re also thrilled that English National Ballet, one of the world’s leading ballet companies, is coming back to Camp Bestival for a third year with a host of expert ballet workshops in the ballet tent. There will be something for children of all ages; family sessions for tots, introductions for complete beginners and workshops for improvers! There will also be some other treats in store in this tent over the weekend, including ballet Pilates to de-stress and revive your weary festival bones and creative workshops so that you too can look like a proper ballerina. In between the workshops, you will have the chance to sit back and relax and watch screenings of English National Ballet’s very best shows or try on ballet costumes in dressing-up corner. Make sure you pop in and enjoy a taste of the magical world of ballet!
 
This year the fancy dress theme is all things Medieval, which means we should have an army of brave knights to save the myriad beautiful princesses that are sure to be at Lulworth Castle. There’ll be the traditional Fancy Dress Parade for everybody on Saturday in the Kids Garden, the Camp Bestival resident dressing up box will be stacked full of vintage princess dresses, hand-made costumes for all sizes, and next to the dressing up tent is the Camp Bestival catwalk where the little ones can parade and dance up and down to music all day – some have to be bribed to leave! Also in the Kids Garden you will find our huge face painting tent with a team of professional face painters to add the final touches to your costume or to transform you into the creature of your dreams!
 
There will be a variety of erudite pleasures on offer all weekend including the Satin Lizard Lounge Spoken Word line up curated by Scroobius Pip and hosted by absurdly talentedSound of Rum front-woman Kate Tempest.  There will also be guaranteed hilarity from a cavalcade of comics including Milton Jones, Andrew Maxwell, Marcus Brigstoke, Barry Castagnola and Craig Campbell.  Plus there’ll be Opera Up Close, Gideon Reeling Theatre, Heritage Arts Company and lots and lots more effortlessly enjoyable diversions to while away your fest-holiday.
 
As ever, we have some amazing premium camping space for you and yours to spend the weekend with top-notch facilities but for those looking for the peace of mind in knowing their spot is reserved Camping Plus will also be available once again following its huge success last year.  Designed with the larger families with enormo-tents in mind, Camping Plus gets you a reserved 70 square metre plot less than 200 metres from the Car Park entrance. All the plots can be individually booked so you can guarantee your whole party get to camp near each other, plus you’ll have quick and easy access to exclusive showers, flushing loos and a top notch café, so breakfast will only be a few brisk strides from your tent door all for £120.00 per plot. Camping Plus goes on sale from 10am Monday 21st February so be quick to ensure your space!
 
And helping you again this year is Mr Trolley - a trolley hire service to help you carry all your kit from your car to your camping spot and back. Located in the car parks will be trolley-hire points, this is where you can hire a trolley, load up and ease into the festival.
 
With all the best music, arts, entertainment and everything in between Camp Bestival 2011 is set to be a corker!
Remember to check www.campbestival.net for more details and the most up-to-the-minute news.
 
TICKET INFO
Ticketline: www.ticketline.co.uk/camp-bestival /// 0844 888 4410
Adult Weekend Ticket (inc. camping) – £170
Student Weekend Ticket (inc. camping) – £160
For full-time students only. Valid NUS or ISIC ID required at the box office – no other student ID accepted.
Age 11 to 17 Weekend Ticket (inc. camping) – £85.00
Age 11 to 17 Weekend Tickets are for anyone aged 11 to 17 on 29/07/2011. These ticket holders must be accompanied by a Ticket holding parent or guardian over the age of 21
Age 10 and Under Weekend Ticket (inc. camping) – FREE (BUT YOU MUST OBTAIN A TICKET)
One ticket holding parent or guardian can only accompany up to 4 people under the age of 18.
Campervan Ticket – £65 (per vehicle)
Advance Car Parking – £10 (per vehicle)
 
Thursday Camping Ticket details:
Ticketline: www.ticketline.co.uk/camp-bestival /// 0844 888 4410
Adult Thursday Camping Ticket – £10
Age 11 to 17 Thursday Camping Ticket – £5
Age 10 and Under Thursday Camping Ticket – FREE (BUT YOU MUST OBTAIN A
TICKET)**
All Tickets:
– will incur a booking fee.
– are non-transferable and cannot be re-sold.

Evolution Festival full lineup announced

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A veritable who’s who of the Best of Brits mixed with true Rock n’ Roll legends and of course the ever present sparkle of future talent - Evolution brings some of the greatest artists on the planet to the North East for an extraordinary weekend of musical excellence. 
 
And all for £35 for the weekend or £25 per day!
 
SATURDAY MAIN STAGE
The legend that is Iggy Pop will headline Saturday night bringing with him The Stooges and their incendiary raw power!
 
Add the meteoric Two Door Cinema Club and rock royalty The Kills and already you begin to get the picture.
 
SUNDAY MAIN STAGE
Plan B and Tinie Tempah need no introduction.  The two biggest crossover stars of the past 12 months are proof that UK music no longer lives in the shadow of its American counterparts.
 
With Example in support Evolution brings to the main stage some of the biggest exponents of the UK music scene.
 
Across the weekend the Baltic Stage plays host to Katy B, Caribou, Spank Rock,
Jamie Woon, Annie Mac, Sub Focus, Fenech Soler, Mount Kimbie, Zinc and a whole host more to ensure the Baltic crowd are kept dancing throughout.
 
Evolution would not be complete without a taste of the future….
 
Will Brother be the biggest band in the world?
Why are Bravestation being flown in especially from Canada?
Who exactly is the CocknBullKid?
What is Django Django?
Are Not Squares really not square?
 
If past years at Evolution bear any testament these artists will be the next generation of musical superstars whose credentials will be on display in full effect over Evolution weekend.  Don’t miss them!
 
Away from the throng in the Big Top on Ballast Hills, amongst the holistic healing and the hand pumped ale, Billy Bragg, recent winners of Best Act and Best Live Group at the Folk Awards,Bellowhead, Ron Sexsmith, Kathryn Williams and Smoke Fairies, give the event a different feel and journey.
 
Yet again, Evolution brings the most prolific and diverse musical talent to the North East and further cements its burgeoning reputation as a key date in the international festival calendar.
 
Festival Director, Jim Mawdsley explains, ‘We are continuing to build this event into a major music festival for the North of England. We have been working solidly since September to pull this line up together and it is without doubt the strongest and most varied to date. I’d say ‘see you at the front’ but I’m personally spoilt for choice and haven’t a clue what stage I’ll be at when!’  
 
More Bands for your Buck™, the ticket price remains the keenest and best value of any outdoor music event in the UK calendar at £35 + bf for a Weekend ticket!  For details of where to buy tickets visit www.evolutionfestival.co.uk
 
The biggest cultural event in the North East,
Evolution attracts 33,000 people per day.
 
Evolution Festival Full Lineup
SATURDAY 28TH MAY
SPILLERS STAGE

IGGY AND THE STOOGES
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
THE KILLS
BROTHER
HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR
FLASHGUNS
BRAVESTATION
WAITING FOR WINTER
VINYL JACKET

BALTIC STAGE
KATY B
SPANK ROCK
JAMIE WOON
FENECH SOLER
COCKNBULLKID
GAGGLE
DJANGO DJANGO
LOOSE TALK COSTS LIVES
MAMMAL CLUB

BALLAST HILLS
BILLY BRAGG
CW STONEKING
SMOKE FAIRIES 
PETE MOLINARI
KARIMA FRANCIS
GOOD LOVLIES
CATTLE AND CANE

SUNDAY 29TH MAY
SPILLERS STAGE
PLAN B
TINIE TEMPAH
EXAMPLE
DARWIN DEEZ
DETROIT SOCIAL CLUB
THE CUBAN BROTHERS
SPARK
NOT SQUARES
VIVA CITY

BALTIC STAGE
CARIBOU
ANNIE MAC
SUB FOCUS (DJ SET) AND MC I.D
MOUNT KIMBIE
ZINC
BREAKAGE live feat. JESS MILLS
DOORLY
PROFFESOR OJO
PEOPLE GET REAL

BALLAST HILLS
BELLOWHEAD
KATHRYN WILLIAMS
MAMA ROSIN
ELLEN AND THE ESCAPADES
HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF
SAM CARTER
DELTA MAID

 

Lineup announcement for Wireless Festival 2011

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The news of Pulp’s return late last year was met with worldwide excitement and tickets for their only confirmed UK headline performance are selling fast! TV On The Radio, Foals, The Horrors and Metronomy are the first of many big name artists to be announced to play across the Park’s four stages on Sunday 3 July.

 
Brooklyn-based boys TV On The Radio make a long awaited return after a year hiatus. Defined by their mix of post-punk and electronic melody they shot to fame with the self-release of their debut album ‘OK Calculator’.  The band are one of the most innovative bands of the 2000s and have won critical praise across the board, in 2004 they were awarded the prestigious Shortlist Music Prize in the US.  They are currently putting the finishing touches to their sixth studio album, ‘Nine Types of Light’, which is set for release later this year.  Their evocative epic stage show is set to entrance when they hit Wireless with Barclaycard this summer.
 
Oxford quintet Foals arrived in 2008 with the release of their debut album, ‘Antidotes’, which crashed straight into the top ten at number three.  Second album, ‘Total Life Forever’, was released in the UK last year and also debuted in the top ten, it was nominated for the Barclaycard Mercury Music Award and recognised as one of the Top Ten albums of 2010. With their hauntingly gritty tunes and energetic stage presence, Foals are set to put on an unforgettable show.  Hailed as the best band in the country when they exploded onto the UK scene, The Horrors, led by the enigmatic Faris Badwan are sure to perform a show stopping set. Their third album, the follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘Primary Colours’, will be out this year.   The electro-pop charms of Metronomy are certain to get the masses dancing, proving it’s possible for electronic bands to put on shows as mindblowing as any rock band in the process.  The band’s highly anticipated third album, ‘The English Riviera’, is coming soon.
 
With an already enviable array of talent confirmed and many more acts to be announced in the coming weeks Wireless with Barclaycard is set to be jam-packed with the biggest sounds of the summer.
 
Line Up So Far:
 
Friday July 1
The Black Eyed Peas
Plan B
Tinie Tempah
Example 
 
Saturday July 2
The Chemical Brothers
Chase & Status
Aphex Twin
Chromeo
Battles
The Whip
Justin Robertson
Nero
Janelle Monae
 
Sunday July 3
Pulp
Foals
The Horrors
Metronomy
TV On The Radio
 
 
Ticketing Information:
Tickets for Sunday 3 July are priced at £48.50 plus booking fee.  Tickets for Friday 1 July and Saturday 2 July are priced at £49.50 and £48.50 respectively, 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.

 

Field Day – first acts announced

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With Wild Beasts confirmed, steely art-funk is the order of the day, enthralling festival goers with their erotic, suggestive and abstract music and sense of theatre. Front man Haydon Thorpe’s performances are pure liquid energy and the band will be performing tracks from their mercury nominated album ‘Two Dancers’ as well as premiering tracks from an eagerly anticipated new record.
 
Reverence is guaranteed for iconic statesman John Cale, founder of the Velvet Underground and all round music trailblazer combing rock, classical and drone in various measures for a rare festival performance. Rarer still of late have been Electrelane who have been on a self imposed musical hiatus since 2007 and return to bring their high density, hypnotic, prog rock for an exclusive festival performance. Starting with giddy synth pop and ending in crackling Krautrock this band venture into music places that few others dare and it’s set to be one of the highlights of the summer festivals to have them on stage at Field Day.
 
No strangers to these parts of London, Field Day are thrilled to welcome back The Horrors with Farris and his band returning for another incendiary live performance of sophisticated and beautiful, psychedelic darkness. The promise of new music from their highly anticipated third album, released this summer, suggests this is the moment that The Horrors go supernova. Masterful, country tinged psychadelia and wild vintage sounds come courtesy of The Coral whose wit, mercurial charm and extensive back catalogue of classic folk rock will be a big festival highlight.  Irrepressible Super Furries front man Gruff Rhys also returns to Victoria Park for a solo show having premiered his musically unorthodox Gruff Rhys vs. Tony Gattorra side project to glittering reviews at Field Day last year. Expect gentle, heartfelt musings this time around from a true music pioneer.
 
World music has always has a significant presence at Field Day and this year is no exception with performances Omar Souleyman, the prolific Syrian musician who has released over 500 live and studio recordings. His vocals veer from impassioned chanting to a tender croon and they sit over a folk infused dance music which has been modernised with distorted guitars, keyboards and four-to-the-floor drums. A truly remarkable performer Omar Souleyman’s performance will be one of the must-see moments of this year’s festival. From the Democratic Republic of Congo, Konono No.1’s percussion and chanting vocals echo traditional trance songs driven by national instrument, the Likembe. This group achieved international recognition with a Grammy nomination and their DIY aesthetic appeals to many international fans of rock and electronic music.
 
 
Almost speaking from the heavens will be the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra whose live performance encompasses almost the entire history of jazz from ragtime to swing music, from bebop to free jazz. They will be spreading their cosmic message of love across East London whilst Tortoise’s brawny and visceral post rock is a sure fire destination for those of a more intense music bent looking to check out one of the most influential acts of their generation, inspiring many bands that have formed in their wake
 
Beats to the fore with Mount Kimbie who never forget to tweak the bass bins live, for that euphoric head rush with their breathtaking widescreen sweep of sound and Factory Floor whose sound is that of an underworld disco, all nihilistic industrial, beats pulsating through a compelling live set. Roska’s unique take on UK Funky, Pearson Sound’s game changing bass music, enigmatic and elusive art terrorists Hype Williams and Oneohtrix Point Never’s drone heavy psychadelia keep the beats fresh and sculpt music into impossible shapes right in the air between the speakers. Matthew Dear takes to the decks for some prolific techno, Trophy Wife showcase their office disco / commuter pop and Ducktails play dirty garage, psychedelic rock.
 
Stripping everything back to basics will be Willy Mason whose introspective folk, rich voice and charming ramshackle musicianship are underpinned by a dour humour. Ariel Pink was the undisputed god father of the 2010 lo-fi scene and he will be playing tracks from his critically acclaimed, frazzled oddity of a debut album ‘Haunted Graffiti’. Twin Shadow will be performing a set full of world beating, danceable hooks with a surfeit of style while Actress bring their glammy electro disco fever all the way from sun kissed L.A.
 
Bright, breezy colourful pop songs are the staple of CocknBullKid as her band raise merry funk hell whilst spiritual traveller in soulful sound, Jamie Woon’s delicate post dubstep soulful sound takes the maligned pop soul genre somewhere special. Front man of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters, Mark Kozelk offers up his revered brand of folk rock.
 
Promoter Tom Baker of Eat Your Own Ears comments, ‘I’m so excited by the line up for Field Day 2011. I know that everyone says each year that their line up is the best yet…! but I really think that this one is! With the likes of Jon Cale, Tortoise (who I’ve been trying to book since year one) Konono No. 1, alongside Jamie Woon, Electrelane’s come back show and Wild Beasts it makes for a colourful and must see event.”
 

With many more acts to be announced over the forthcoming months as well as details of the celebrated Village Mentality area, Field Day confirms it position as the capitals coolest one day’s knees up.

Ticket Information

www.seetickets.com 0870 264 3333
www.ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 1000

Coldplay to headline Glastonbury 2011

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The following statement was taken from the Glastonbury website:

“We’re very pleased to confirm that Coldplay will be the Saturday night Pyramid Stage headliners at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

“Coldplay have played such a major part in the Festival over the last 10 years or so,” said Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis. “As their popularity grew around the world I was so proud of them. This is the triumphant return of a band that everyone here feels part of. They’re one of the greatest phenomena to grow from these fields.”

This will be the world-conquering group’s first Glastonbury show since their triumphant 2005 performance. In 1999, Coldplay made their Glastonbury debut in the New Bands Tent, weeks after signing their record deal. Just three years later, they made their first appearance as Pyramid Stage headliners, shortly before the release of their Rush Of Blood To The Head album propelled them to global success. We can’t wait to welcome them back again.”

 

Isle of Wight 2011 lineup additions

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The Isle of Wight Festival is the first major Festival of the summer and will see headline performances from three of the biggest bands in the world; Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters and closing the weekend Kasabian. Newly reformed Pulp will also make their first UK festival appearance ahead of the Foo Fighters on Saturday.we are scientists
Joining Kings of Leon on the iconic Main Stage on Friday June 10th are The Courteeners, Band of Horses and We Are Scientists. Rounding up Saturday’s Main Stage line up are Big Country and Mike + The Mechanics.

Under the Big Top on Friday is girl-group Wonderland and London girl Edei, while The Cult play a much-anticipated performance on Saturday. Various Cruelties and Springbok Nude Girls also take to the Big Top on Sunday. Finally ABC join Boy George for Thursday at the Isle of Wight Festival 2011.

The Isle of Wight Festival takes place 10th – 12th June at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight.

First acts announced for Larmer Tree Festival

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Original ‘Brit girl’ Sandie Shaw is the latest in a long line of top international acts to support Jools Holland for his opener at Larmer Tree Festival. Sandie is all set to take up the mantle previously bestowed upon the likes of Lulu, Alison Moyet, and Mark Almond. Described by many as the barefoot pop princess, Sandie Shaw boasts a bevy of hits recognised globally. She was the first UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with the song Puppet on a String and last year Dagenham-born Sandie sang the title track to the British hit and feel-good film Made In Dagenham.
 
As well as Jools Holland there are a few other familiar faces confirmed for the festivities this year: Larmer Tree Festival are pleased to welcome back folk’s most celebrated big band ensemble – Bellowhead. Fresh off tour promoting their latest album ‘Hedonism’ and revelling from their recent four nominations for BBC Folk awards, including Best Live Act, Best Group and Best Album; Bellowhead will bring their combination of jazz and funk mixed in with marching band brass enthusiasm that culminates in a unique and high octane reworking of British folk. Founding members Jon Boden and John Spiers will also be performing their award winning mix of traditional music and stories in the ‘punky English folk’ style.
 
Also returning to the lush Larmer Tree gardens are folk stalwarts, Show of Hands. After nearly two decades at the forefront of acoustic roots music, these demi-Gods are bringing their insightful, passionate and ‘life affirming’ music back to Larmer where they are always received with gusto.
 
Mark Kermode will be returning with his highly successful Film Club where the UK’s most opinionated and outspoken movie critic gets to curate an intimate visual event at his favourite festival. Each evening from Thursday to Sunday, double bills of some of Mark’s all time favourite films will be screened.
 
Other acts confirmed for the bill this year include; punk, ska and Balkan folk outfit Penny Black Remedy, the modern blues of C W Stoneking, Mark Kermode’s skiffle band The Dodge Brothers, the traditional folk and ‘ramshackle pop’ of Skinny Lister, Cabaret-style acoustica and Gypsy swing from the four-piece of Moscow Drug Club along with, Boppin’B, My First Tooth, Polly and the Billets Doux, Rosie Doonan, ahab, The Mopes  and Disco’s Out (Murder’s In). 
 
Larmer Tree is an innovative festival that delivers high quality with a buzzing atmosphere and eccentric antics. Experts in their field and with an event steeped in tradition, Larmer Tree Festival has over 80 acts showcased on six stages, 150 free workshops, award winning international comedians, quirky and unique street theatre, an onsite night club and late night jam sessions; all located in one of the most beautiful festival sites in the country.
 
Watch this space for upcoming announcements on headliners and new areas.
 
Tickets are now on sale with options ranging from individual day tickets, 3-day, 4-day or a full 5-day option, all with camping and car parking included. For more information on tickets please visit the website: http://www.larmertreefestival.co.uk/tickets.html

Fleet Foxes to headline Green Man Festival 2011

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Get yourselves in the mood with a free download from the Fleet Foxes website: http://www.fleetfoxes.com/helplessness-blues.html

Tickets for Green Man 2011 go on general sale TODAY!

We promised you big news and we’re giddy with excitement to reveal the first headliner for our ninth annual shindig – but the stellar supporting cast is taking shape too…

Bellowhead have been voted Best Live Band at the BBC Radio Two Folk Awards an unparalleled FIVE times! The 11-piece band, complete with brass section, bagpipes and bouzouki, are sure to be one of the highlights of Green Man 2011.

The Burns Unit is a new “carnival rock/pop supergroup” featuring our old friend King Creosote, ex-Delgados singer Emma Pollock and Scottish indie legend Future Pilot AKA. Not to be missed.

Villagers released the Mercury-nominated Becoming A Jackal on Domino Records last year, a spine-tingling debut album packed with gripping poetry and spine-tingling melodies.

Wild Nothing – aka Jack Tatum – counts My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins as influences for his dreamy synth-pop songs, while Sic Alps bring some lo-fi, Pavement-esque experimentalism to the party from across the pond.

Polar Bear need little introduction, led by drummer Seb Rochford and featuring members of Acoustic Ladyland, electronics whizz Leafcutter John and one of the greatest saxophonists in Britain.

Robyn Hitchcock is one of England’s best-loved songwriters, a cult hero who has played with the likes of Nick Lowe, Gillian Welch, Graham Coxon and REM’s Peter Buck over a varied 30-year career.

All of this plus hotly-tipped newcomers and old favourites alike, including: Ellen & The Escapades, Our Broken Garden, Emily Barker, The Gentle Good, 2:54, The Travelling Band, Bleeding Heart Narrative, The Ramshackle Union Band, Mancub Babywoman and more!

Why not join them in the Brecon Beacons on August 19-21?

Trust us, this is just the beginning.

The message board and Facebook page are going mad with requests of who you want to see play at Green Man 2011.

Fear not – we’ve got two more phenomenal headliners and over 100 other amazing acts up our sleeves for what promises to be the most diverse and downright devilish Green Man yet.

Ticket Details:

£135.00 for an adult weekend pass (18 and over)

Student £115 – can only be purchased with proof of an NUS card or ISIC card.

Teenage ticket (13 – 17) £60.00 – teenagers can only come into the festival accompanied by an adult

Holiday ticket (40.00) can only be purchased with a weekend adult pass. It enables people to arrive four days early, camp in the Green Man’s spectacular site in the Brecon Beacons National Park, and combine the festival with a holiday in magical Wales.

Children 12 and under go free but must be accompanied by an adult (18 and over)

Camper Van (£50)

Car park (£5.00)

Tickets through http://www.ticketline.co.uk/green-man-festival-tickets

 

Limp Bizkit return for Sonisphere Knebworth 2011

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Armed with new songs off of the forthcoming “Gold Cobra” album, the appearance marks the first opportunity for fans to hear the new songs live in this country, as well as smash hit singles like “Rollin”, “Nookie”, “Break Stuff”, “My Way” and many more.
 
The last time THE SISTERS OF MERCY played at an outdoor UK festival, shell-suits were being swapped for baggy jeans, home taping was the biggest danger to the recording industry and the world wide web had just been made publicly available on the internet for the first time. A lot has changed since then, but the unclassifiable blend of rock, pop, punk, dance and psychedelia that THE SISTERS OF MERCY are famous for has stood the test of time, becoming classic in its own right. It is with huge pride and excitement that we welcomeTHE SISTERS OF MERCY to SONSIPHERE for this rare festival appearance – their first in the UK in 20 years – and the midnight outing of unforgettable songs such as “Dominion”, “Temple Of Love” and “This Corrosion”.
 
Welsh rockers KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES join the SONISPHERE line up this year. As an unsigned band, KIGH garnered a huge amount of support from the rock press and media, more than many established bands could hope for. Having played alongside the likes of Lostprophets, Manic Street Preachers, 30 Seconds To Mars and many more , demand for the band was stratospheric by the time their debut album was released in 2008. In the few short years since then, their ascent shows no sign of slowing down and with work on a new album set to commence in the near future, there’s a chance fans at SONISPHERE could be hearing some brand new tracks alongside favourites such as “Me Me Me”, “Easy Tiger”, “Give Me What I Want” and “Matters At All”.
 
GALLOWS are no strangers to SONISPHERE, having lain waste to BOHEMIA last year. It’s been quite a year for the Watford punks; performing at RATM’s victory parade in London, secret sets at Reading and Leeds and revisiting their roots on the “Back To The Dives” tour, culminating in an extremely moving and emotional set at London’s Electric Ballroom at the end of last year. In 2011, the beast is being freed from the cage, with GALLOWS leaving the tent behind for the great outdoors. Guitarist Lags comments: 
 
“Now we’re playing outdoors which means there’s even more space for you, yes YOU, to get wild with us on the Saturday.”
 
Towards the end of 2003, the UK lost one of its most prized possessions when ONE MINUTE SILENCE announced they were taking an indefinite break. With a fanbase built largely on the reputation of their live shows where anything could (and did) happen, where roofs were once raised and walls shook with the raw energy of OMS’s politically charged alt-metal their absence was felt in venues across the country,. Now, after an eight year hiatus, ONE MINUTE SILENCE return to fill the void at SONISPHERE. Frontman Yap warns:
 
“Been too long. Missing the pit, missing the vibe, missing the fans. Time for round two. Unfinished business. Expect mayhem.” 
 
Having performed at numerous shows on the European leg of SONISPHERE 2010, VOLBEATmake their KNEBWORTH debut this year after being forced to cancel last year’s scheduled UK tour. Frontman Michael Poulsen can hardly contain his excitement:
 
“We’re delighted to be at Sonisphere in the UK this Summer; we did appear at some of the Sonisphere events in Europe last year, playing on the same bill as The Big 4, which was an amazing experience. And now we feel like spoilt kids cos we’re getting the chance to do it all over again in the UK! This show means a lot, because we had to cancel the UK tour we had lined up late last year. We were really upset not to be able to come over, but I saw the doctor after a show in Hamburg and he advised me not to continue with the tour – I was having terrible pains in my chest and down the left side of my body, I could hardly breathe… Anyway, we’re back on track now – see you at Sonisphere!”

Making their only UK festival appearance of 2011, French metal powerhouse GOJIRA join the line up at SONISPHERE KNEBWORTH. With sonically dense sounds and bludgeoningly heavy rhythms, GOJIRA have let their music do the talking, working their way through the underground while prolific contemporaries champion their cause, resulting in tours alongside the likes of Lamb Of God, Children Of Bodom and even being hand-picked by Friday night headliners METALLICA to support them on their US tour in 2009. Their set at KNEBWORTHpromises to be one of the hardest hitting of the weekend, and one not to be missed.

Homegrown heroes InMe return to SONISPHERE this year, after having had such a blast last year. “We’re honoured and absolutely over the moon to be returning to Sonisphere!” say the band, who ended 2010 performing all four studio albums in their entirety at four separate sold out shows. “The show last year was easily one of the best times we’ve ever had as a band and we hope to step things up even more in the Bohemia Tent this year. People overuse the word ‘epic’ but last year’s Sonisphere weekend was exactly that, in capitals. EPIC! Colossal love to all of the Sonisphere team from InMe!”

Fresh off a UK tour with Darkest Hour, Canadian prog-metal mentalists PROTEST THE HEROcome to SONISPHERE for the first time, armed with a heap of new songs from the forthcoming “Scurrilous” album, released next month. Guitarist Tim Millar states:
 
“We haven’t played many festivals in Europe and hear so many amazing things! I’m stoked to be a part of Sonisphere and getting a full European festival experience this summer. Not to mention all the great bands we will be performing alongside”

SONISPHERE KNEBWORTH takes place 8th – 10th July 2011 at KNEBWORTH HOUSE. For tickets and more info go to www.sonispherefestivals.com

Line Up So Far

THE BIG 4 – METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX
BIFFY CLYRO
SLIPKNOT
AIRBOURNE
ARCHITECTS
DIAMOND HEAD
GALLOWS
GOJIRA
IN FLAMES
INME
KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES
LIMP BIZKIT
MASTODON
MOTÖRHEAD
ONE MINUTE SILENCE
PARKWAY DRIVE
PROTEST THE HERO
THE SISTERS OF MERCY
VOLBEAT
WEEZER

Pendulum to headline SW4 2011

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2010 was a defining year for SW4. For the first time, we took over Clapham Common for a whole weekend. The likes of Fatboy Slim, Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Boys Noize, Andy C and Skream & Bengacemented South West Four as the UK’s premier inner-city festival.  A prime showcase of the best dance talent, we return – literally bigger, better and louder! It’s the bank holiday date of Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th August, where the clubbing fraternity will once again congregate al fresco. There is no better way to end the Summer, with both EXCLUSIVE headliners confirmed.

 

YOUR SW4 SUNDAY HEADLINERS ARE…
PENDULUM
[FULL LIVE SHOW]
[EXCLUSIVE LONDON APPEARANCE OF 2011]
 
“We have seen the support bill for the festival and it’s absolutely massive. Can’t wait to play this event!” Rob Swire (Pendulum)
 

For nine years, Pendulum have fused ideas from a plethora of musical genres. With gigs on all six continents, the trio understandably caught the ‘Blightly’ bug – now calling London home. 2005 saw debut album‘Hold Your Colour’ storm the charts, following up with ‘In Silico’ and latest offering ‘Immersion’, all equally as devastating.
 
Pendulum’s main draw is their live show. Jaw dropping manipulation of beats, which became folklore of Glastonbury, Leeds, Reading, Pukkelpop, Monegros, Bestival, Ultra and and T in the Park. However, last year’s performance alongside Prodigy at MK Bowl – superseded all that went before. Pure genius that succeeded in uniting all EDM lovers as one.
 
Continuing the trail of destruction, 2010 saw the acclaimed ‘Immersions’ tour sell out Wembley Arena, pushing production and visual boundaries. This success led to plans for an upcoming tour Stateside, with none other than Linkin Park. For their ONLY London show this year, Pendulum close the South West Four Weekender, one of the most sought after slots in festival land….