Summer Festival Guide

Steve Angello added to SW4 2012 lineup

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Completing the most diverse main stage lineup in SW4 history, Steve joins the likes of Skrillex, Public Enemy, Diplo and Crookers on Sunday 26th August for his final UK festival performance of 2012. This summer has unquestionably been the greatest of his career with headline performances at Tomorrowland, Hackney Weekend, T in the Park and Rock in Rio, plus an all conquering residency at Ushuaia in Ibiza. The huge success of his Milton Keynes Bowl show this past weekend witnessed 60,000 clubbers turn a venue traditionally reserved for the world’s greatest rock bands into the UK’s biggest dancefloor.

Steve Angello

In addition to his DJ exploits alongside Axwell and Ingrosso, Steve has been trailblazing a hugely successful solo career as both producer and record boss. From the charts to the club floor, somewhere along the lines you have heard Steve’s sounds. His heartfelt diligence and workhorse studio ethics have firmly placed him at the top of the game, with tracks like ‘One’, ‘Antidote’, ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’ and ‘Save The World’ all storming into the UK Top 10 charts. Further to the game changing chapters of his musical legacy, Steve’s ambitions with Size Records has seen him invest in artists such as An21, Max Vangeli and Tim Mason, whilst championing the digital market with wave-upon-wave of enigmatic global talent. His performance at South West Four is years in the making and set to induce goose bumps on all present. Get ready for this larger than life outing…

Joining Steve is one of the breakthrough artists of the past twelve months. Taking to the Subliminal arena on Saturday 25th August, Dutch electro singer-songwriter Eva Simons recently found herself at the top of the UK singles charts, having provided the lyrics for the Will.i.am / Steve Angello produced hit ‘This Is Love.’ Eva’s powerful vocals will feature on more tracks from Will.i.am’s upcoming ‘#willpower’ album and have also been heard on LMFAO's single ‘Best Night.’ Her own productions have also gained huge worldwide recognition including ‘Take Over Control’ (produced with Afrojack), ‘I Don’t Like You’, ‘Silly Boy’ and her new dub-inspired banger ‘Renegade.’ Having welcomed the likes of Katy B, Yasmin and Ms Dynamite in recent years, Eva represents the next female superstar in the making to be showcased at South West Four.  

Completing our trio of lineup additions is Fehrplay. Recently signed by Eric Prydz to the Pryda family, 2012 looks set to be a great year for this exciting new talent. His debut single ‘Incognito’ was recently released on Pryda Friends, having featured on Eric Prydz’s first podcast and Pete Tong’s Radio 1 show. With Ibiza performances coming before his set in the Together arena at SW4, Fehrplay is set to make a big impact this summer. With his huge sound and impeccable DJ skills he is definitely one to watch.

SW4 SATURDAY LINE-UP

SW4 MAIN STAGE IN ASSOCIATION WITH LAST.FM:

CHASE & STATUS [LIVE]

CARL COX · KNIFE PARTY · BENNY BENASSI

MARK KNIGHT · ZANE LOWE · JOHN DAHLBÄCK

+ VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

LET THE MUSIC PLAY

[WORLD EXCLUSIVE]

DJ MAGAZINE ARENA HOSTED BY SUBLIMINAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH VIEW LONDON:

ERICK MORILLO

SYMPHO NYMPHO

FEAT. ERICK MORILLO, HARRY ‘CHOO CHOO’ ROMERO & JOSE NUNEZ

A-TRAK · AN21 & MAX VANGELLI

FUNKAGENDA

SUNNERY JAMES AND RYAN MARCIANO

EVA SIMONS [LIVE] · TIM MASON

+ VERY SPECIAL GUEST

ROGER SANCHEZ

THE GALLERY PRESENTS EVOLUTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH RADIO FG:

PAUL VAN DYK

MARKUS SCHULZ

GARETH EMERY

ALY & FILA

JOHN O’ CALLAGHAN

RICHARD DURAND

CLAUDIA CAZACU

GARY PROUD

BEDROCK IN ASSOCIATION WITH MIXCLOUD:

JOHN DIGWEED

JORIS VOORN

ÂME · GUY GERBER · ROBERT BABICZ

LAURA JONES · JOZIF · MIXCLOUD DJ COMPETITION WINNER

 

SW4 SUNDAY LINE-UP

SW4 MAIN STAGE HOSTED BY UKF BASS CULTURE

IN ASSOCIATION WITH LAST.FM:

SKRILLEX

[LONDON FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE]

PUBLIC ENEMY

[THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY WORLD TOUR – UK FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE]

SKREAM & BENGA

DIPLO · DJ FRESH · CROOKERS

FOREIGN BEGGARS · RUDIMENTAL

+ VERY SPECIAL GUEST

STEVE ANGELLO

DJ MAGAZINE ARENA HOSTED BY TOGETHER IN ASSOCIATION WITH VIEW LONDON:

2 MANY DJS (DJ SET)

ERIC PRYDZ

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (DJ SET)

EROL ALKAN

GREEN VELVET

BRODINSKI & GESAFFELSTEIN B2B

JEREMY OLANDER & FEHRPLAY B2B

PETE TONG PRESENTS

ALL GONE PETE TONG

IN ASSOCIATION WITH PULSE RADIO:

SASHA

SETH TROXLER

MAYA JANE COLES

DYED SOUNDOROM

EATS EVERYTHING

JAYMO & ANDY GEORGE

JESSE JAMES & JOHNNY BLOOMFIELD

RAM 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN ASSOCIATION WITH DRUM & BASS ARENA & GET DARKER:

ANDY C: ALIVE

FLUX PAVILION · JACK BEATS · BORGORE · FRICTION

DELTA HEAVY · LOADSTAR · DOCTOR P · DILLON FRANCIS

 

Glastonbury 2013 tickets on sale October 7th!

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Tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2013 will go on sale at 9am, Sunday 7th October 2012.

Don't forget you need to register if you haven't already in order to be able to purchase tickets to Glastonbury.

If your new to Glastonbury, click here to view our helpful guide!

See the notes taken from the Glastonbury website:

"Every person (aged 13 or over) who intends to purchase a ticket must have their own valid registration number. You will need the registration number and postcode for each person for whom you are booking a ticket.

You can register online at  www.glastonburyregistration.co.uk or visit https://glastonbury.seetickets.com/registration/lookup, to check whether you have an existing valid registration.

There is also now an option to edit or delete an old registration, which you can do here:glastonbury.seetickets.com/registration/Edit

Online registration only takes a few minutes, but needs to be completed by 30th September 2012 if you intend to purchase tickets on October 7th. Please allow time for your photo to be approved. You will need to provide basic contact details and to upload a passport-standard photo. Once your photo has been approved, you will be emailed a unique registration number that you will need to quote to book your ticket.

Tickets for Glastonbury Festival are non-transferable. Resale of tickets is strictly prohibited and will result in the cancellation of your order. Each ticket will feature the photograph of the registered ticket holder. Security checks will be carried out to ensure that only the person in the photograph will be admitted to the Festival."

For more info, head over to the Glastonbury website: http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/tickets/2013-ticket-info

Wall of Sound showcase added to The Secret Garden Party!

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LINEUP

KILLAFLAW – ADAMSKI – MEKON
STARZ ANGELS -ECHOES
BB – BEATFOX
MARK JONES

The man responsible for signing Royksopp, Propellerheads, Stuart Price (aka Jacques Lu Cont), Reverend & The Makers, Grace Jones, I am Kloot, The Wiseguys (aka Theo Keating aka Fake Blood), Scala, Tiesto, The Bees and many more top acts is hosting the opening night of the newly named and beautifully reformed dance stage, 'The Temple of Boom'.

In addition, the Secret Garden Party is pleased to announce  a very limited number of ‘production’ tickets have been released for sale  SGP sold out in record time this year, when the final ticket went in March.  However, this is now the opportunity for Gardeners who missed out on the main ticket sale, to still come and play in two weeks time.  These tickets are not expected to last long, so hurry!

http://www2.seetickets.com/secretgardenparty/price.asp?code=571285&filler1=id1secretgarden&filler2=multiid1secretgarden&dpts=|29|&filler3=10THBIRTHDAY

MAIN HEADLINERS:

ORBITAL – EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS  – CARAVAN PALACE – LITTLE DRAGON – ALABAMA SHAKES – TIM MINCHIN – LITTLE ROY – LAMB – LIANNE LA HAVAS

BAXTER DURY – THE JIM JONES REVUE – KING CHARLES

KT TUNSTALL – PLUS MANY MANY MORE

Rhythmtree Festival POSTPONED till August 2012

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See the press release from the organisers below:

"It is with regret that we have to announce the postponement of the Rhythmtree Festival.

With this years unprecedented weather bringing unrelenting rainfall to the festival site we have been spending weeks putting into place contingency plans to allow the festival to go ahead.
However in the last week it has become obvious we cannot now commence the site build planned to start today Thursday 12 July.
 
With the ground in its present waterlogged condition the site build itself would destroy what is a beautiful setting for this years festival.
The Rhythmtree is very much an all age festival and this has also influenced our decision.
The last thing we would want is that our existing and potential ticket buyers attend a festival on a site already damaged and churned up by the necessary vehicles involved in the delivery of everything from the main-stage to the portaloos.
We have been using the best weather forecasting websites we can find and of course, like all those with planned events in the next few weeks, had hoped for a dramatic change in the present weather pattern. 
 
There is no evidence that the current high rainfall levels will relent in the next few days and there is very little probability that there will be even a brief period of dry weather to allow the site to recover from its present condition.
 
We have therefore taken the decision to postpone and set a new date for the festival on the 24/25/26 August. 
 
All tickets already purchased will be valid for the new dates.
 
All ticket buyers who have purchased on-line from Red Funnel or WeGotTickets will be notified by email of this postponement and be offered refunds if it is not possible to attend on the new dates.
 
If you have bought a ticket from one of our island outlets we need a few days to organise a refund procedure. 
We have an agreement with our outlets that they will not be responsible for ticket refunds and the refund process will be by postal application to Rhythmtree Promotions Ltd. 
 
An application for refund of tickets will be available on this website within a few hours and we will also place application forms in all the outlets by this week-end.
 
All ticket money is secure and available for refund on request. 
 
The Rhythmtree has built up an exceptional reputation for fair dealing and good organisation in the last three years and we are not about to destroy that by delaying or prevaricating about refunds for those of you who cannot attend the festival in August. 
 
The Rhythmtree has not and will not be cancelled or abandoned.
 
We hope to see as many of you as possible in August"

Hard Rock Calling Weather Forecast

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Check out the weather forecast for this years Hard Rock Calling at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

This London Olympic Park South weather forecast is generated by the Met Office Weather Widget

 

Chase & Status to headline Brighton’s Shakedown Festival

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These superstar DJ’s are known for their eclectic blend of genre defying styles and are one of the most potent forces on the dance scene.  Famed for their incendiary DJ sets, this irrepressible duo will be armed to the teeth with a plethora of dance floor anthems and underground classics.
 
Chase & StatusChase & Status  have earned international recognition through their monumental album ‘No More Idols’ which crashed into the charts in 2011, amassing over 300,000 sales  and  spawning a  stream of chart topping singles including collaborations with Plan B, Tempa T, Maverick Sabre and Dizzee Rascal to name but a few.
 
Supporting Chase & Status in the Supercharged Arena will be the much lauded Knife Party and Zane Lowe, back by popular demand at Shakedown for a second year after a jaw dropping set at the inaugural event.  Local boy and Drum & Bass heavyweight DJ Friction will also perform alongside pioneering producer and godfather of UK Bass, Shy
FX.  Multi award winning Ms Dynamite and will also join the succession of artists on stage alongside rapidly emerging production duo The Prototypes.
 
Headlining the main stage is the UK’s ultimate showman Dizzee Rascal.  Armed with an arsenal of hits, Dizzee is arguably the best live act in the country right now; an artist at the top of his game and his set will be a defining Shakedown moment. Professor Green will
take to the stage at Stanmer Park performing all the hits from his albums, Alive Till I’m Dead and ‘At Your Convenience’ whilst girl about town and queen of the underground Katy B showcases her mix of dub step, funky, house, garage and r n’ b to mesmerising effect.
 
Hotly tipped Stooshe are embracing mainstream success with their brash, bolshy and infectiously catchy brand of urban pop whilst Clement Marfo and The Frontline provide an endless supply of gargantuan pop hooks and sweet neo-soul vocals.
 
Hed Kandi, the most stylish name in house music have been confirmed to host the VIP Arena with a spectacular production and a host of DJ’s including Freemasons, Seamus Haji and Phil Faversham.
 
Shakedown Festival 2012 brings the most exciting names in contemporary music to Brighton for one last festival outing.  With such an indepth line up of talent, Shakedown is the perfect end to an incredible summer of festival fun.
 
TICKETS £40 + bf
 
http://www.shakedown.co.uk/tickets
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/
http://www.seetickets.com/
http://hmv.com/
http://www.viewbrighton.co.uk/
http://www.brightondome.org/
 
VIP TICKETS £75 + bf
Available now from the Hed Kandi bar on West Street, Brighton and http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F004787ACD2AF57

Newton Faulkner new album and UK tour dates announced!

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It’s been over three years since 2009’s ‘Rebuilt By Humans’ and in that time he’s toured the world, started a family (he has a one year old son, Beau Henry Faulkner-Richards) and some might say helped usher in a new generation of singer-songwriters. Ed Sheeran, Ben Howard and Michael Kiwanuka might be stylistically diverse, but their ‘have-guitar-will-travel’ approach surely flows from the trailblazing example of Newton.

Newton Faulkner

Now, after invention, innovation, reinvention and creation, comes his third album, Write It On Your Skin. This one man band (in every sense) has opened himself up to the talents of other writers and players working with his brother Toby (a former drum and bass MC), hip hop fan Sam Farrar (Phantom Planet) and production writing pair Nexus.

The result? An album bristling with spontaneity, the best kind of DIY imagination, and songs from unlikely sources but with a very likely-lad appeal.

He is the feelgood man of the season, the summertime troubadour who brings singalong vibes. As he says now with a laugh, despite his trademark rust-red dreads, he only seems to get recognized when it’s sunny outdoors:

 “For some reason if it’s raining it can’t be me – but if the sun’s shining, then it’s definitely me! I’m completely affiliated with the sun. I get that now.”

Newton has previously sold over 1million albums in the UK alone. His debut ‘Hands Built By Robots’ spent over 10 months inside the Top 40 Album Charts and become one of the Top 20 Biggest Selling UK digital albums of all time.

Check out the Album sampler below:

Buy your copy of the Album here:
iTunes – http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/write-it-on-your-skin-deluxe/id534802330
Amazon – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Write-It-On-Your-Skin/dp/B008DBM69G

YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/user/NewtonFaulknerVEVO
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/newtonfaulkner
Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/newtonfaulkner

Tour dates:

October dates are:

1st        Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
3rd        Glasgow O2 ABC
4th        Inverness Ironworks
9th        Newcastle O2 Academy
10th      Manchester O2 Apollo
11th      Liverpool O2 Academy
12th      York Barbican
14th      Leeds O2 Academy
15th      Oxford New Theatre
16th      Leicester O2 Academy
18th      Birmingham O2 Academy
19th      Bournemouth O2 Academy
20th      Exeter Great Hall
22nd      London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

0844 811 0051 // www.gigsandtours.com // www.gigsinscotland.co.uk

Get your tickets now:

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Newton-Faulkner-tickets/artist/1196943

BT London Live Update

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These events include: Have-A-Go-sports, watching every medal and all the Olympic sporting action beamed in live, courtesy of the BBC on giant, state-of-the-art screens and enjoying amazing live music performed by some of the best of Britain’s musical acts, all absolutely FREE! Hyde Park will open from 28 July – 11 August and Victoria Park from, 27 July – 12 August.

At Hyde Park: visitors will enjoy various sports participation activities (Badminton, Netball, Tennis, Modern Pentathlonamong others) as well as cultural and musical performances on the BT Vision Stage, attractions including face-painting at The Sun Bus, or moving into the Great Games Zone in Cadbury House to get a taste of what it’s like to be in the shoes of an Olympic athlete, head to head in a virtual race with Rebecca Adlington before receiving a celebratory chocolate medal. There will also be other music and retail opportunities around the Serpentine Bar and Bandstand. The Main Stage in Hyde Park will feature a host of great musical artists including: Tom Jones, Rebecca Ferguson, Alexandra Burke, Amy MacDonald, McFly,Saint Etienne, The Overtones and The Temper Trap. BT London Live is proud to announce that Ocean Colour Scene, Ren Harvieu, Cover Drive, The Enemy, Lemar and The View have all been added to the main stage line up presented by Absolute Radio (Official national radio station of BT London Live)- and Magic FM (Official London radio station of BT London Live)

In Victoria Park: visitors will be able to enjoy an amazing array of family-friendly Have-A-Go sports and cultural entertainment with a 55m high BT Observation Wheel giving views of the Olympic Park, amazing outdoor spectacles, Bungee Trampolines, Zip Lines and land and water Zorbing. On the main stage inVictoria Park, visitors will enjoy performances by top UK acts including Norman Jay and Friends, Club De Fromage, Alexandra Burke, Alyssa Reid, Jazzie B and Friends plus BT London Live is proud to announce new additions to the calendar presented by Kiss FM (Official London radio station of BT London Live)- Sway, Skepta,  Yasmin, Misha B, Conor Maynard, Soul II Soul and Brand New Heavies

For BT London Live sites book your Guaranteed Entry Ticket in advance (there is a transaction fee of £3.50 for a maximum of 4 tickets per booking) or just walk up on the day for free entry (subject to capacity).

In addition, in Hyde Park, there are also two Celebration Concerts with a ticket price of approx. £55. BT London Live will open with an Opening Ceremony Celebration Concert in Hyde Park on Friday 27 July withDuran Duran, Paolo Nutini, Stereophonics and Snow Patrol, all performing. Blur, The Specials, New Order,Bombay Bicycle Club are playing the Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert in Hyde Park on 12 August.

BT London Live’ is a partnership between the Mayor of London, The Royal Parks and The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and is a key part of the citywide programme of events being organised by the Mayor of London to celebrate theLondon 2012 Games.

Log on to www.btlondonlive.com for full details.

WHO ELSE IS PLAYING?

Youwill be able to watch some of the best acts in the UK perform free in Hyde Park and Victoria Park this summer.

Hyde Park

·       Saturday 28 July – Sir Tom Jones, Newton Faulkner

·       Sunday 29 July –, Nell Bryden, We Will Rock You

·       Monday 30 July – Ren Harvieu, The Feeling

·       Tuesday 31 July – Rebecca Ferguson, Cover Drive

·       Wednesday 1 August – The Levellers The Beat

·       Thursday 2 August – Alexandra Burke, Lawson

·       Friday 3 August – Amy MacDonald, Dodgy, Cast

·       Saturday 4 August – McFly, Saint Etienne

·       Sunday 5 August – Alyssa Reid

·       Monday 6 August – Lemar

·       Tuesday 7 August – Kenny Thomas

·       Wednesday 8 August – Nik Kershaw

·       Thursday 9 August – The Overtones, The Enemy

·       Friday 10 August – The Temper Trap, Ocean Colour Scene, Feeder

·       Saturday 11 August – Paul Carrack, The View

Victoria Park:

·       Friday 27 July – TBA

·       Saturday 28 July – Swing Patrol, John Wean, Fat 45, Norman Jay and Friends + Don Letts

·       Sunday 29 July – Halfway To New York, Busk Off Pro – Robbie Boyd Band, East London Reggae

·       Monday 30 July – Jive Aces, Club De Fromage, Scams, Rising Tide, Jangles, Bigga Fish, Tenors of Rock

·       Tuesday 1st August – Scams, Rising Tide, Bow Jangles, Bigga Fish, Theatre Tol.

·       Wednesday 1 August – Brassroots, Jazz Umbrella Presents Courtney Pine and Trevor Watkis trio and Loz Speyer Quartet, Goldheart Assembly

·       Thursday 2 August – Alexandra Burke, Eliza and the Bear, London Contemporary Orchestra, Talvin Singh, Misha B.

·       Friday 3 August – Grande Union Youth Orchestra, Hackney Colliery Band, Sounds From of the Asian Underground from Bobby Friction, Crowns.

·       Saturday 4 August – The Asps, Rising Tide, Rhythms of City Samba, Guilty Pleasures

·       Sunday 5 August – Alyssa Reid, Hudson Taylor, The Fontannas, Swing Zazou, Electro Swing Club, Sway

·       Monday 6 August – Romani Rad, Gypsy Soundclash – Trans Siberian Marching Band, Alejandro and The Magic Tombolinos, Gypsy Hill, The Thirst, Horsemeat Disco

·       Tuesday 7 August – KAV , Jive Aces, Katy Carr and The Aviators, Movimientos Sounds of Latin London Remixed – Lokkiterra, Wara, Ska Cubano, Los Chinches

·       Wednesday 8 August – Laura Steel, Bikini Beach Band, Grande Union Youth Orchestra, African Routemaster 21st Century London African Sounds

·       Thursday 9 August – I Dream In Colour, Natty Bo and Congeroos, Premises Studios and Moshi Moshi Records, The Fabulous Lounge Swingers

·       Friday 10 August – Acid Jazz Presents 25th Anniversary Special including Matt Berry and Gino Washington, Colour The Atlas.

·       Saturday 11 August – Mount Fabric,  Perhaps Contraption, Jazzie B and Friends, Skepta

·       Sunday 12 August – Cuttashine Hoedown, Kidnap Alice, Imagined Village Spectacular

For artist performance times please visit http://www.btlondonlive.com/

WHAT ATTRACTIONS ARE PLANNED?

A plethora of fun activities for everyone across both sites.

HYDE PARK:

·       Five Giant screens – BT London Live welcomes Londoners and visitors to watch the BBC's coverage of The Games beamed live into the sites and enjoy an exciting range of entertainment. BT London Live Hyde Park will show the BBC’s Olympic Games coverage on five giant screens, (the largest at 144m2) between 11:00 – 0:00hrs daily. 

·       Exclusive appearance from Team GB Medallists –The BOA (British Olympic Association) is partnering with BT to give fans an exclusive opportunity to see Team GB medallists in person during the Games. The official Team GB Fan Zone will be where British medal winners first gather to publicly celebrate their success with Team GB fans this summer. For Team GB’s Olympic medallists this will be an amazing opportunity to celebrate in front of their home crowd in the heart of the city.

·       Main Stage – The main stage screens will separate two or three times a day, dependent on the sporting schedule, to reveal top acts performing every night, with approx performance times of 5pm – 7pm and 9:30pm – 10:30pm.

·       Have-A-Go in the Sports Arena with 300-seat grandstand – The Sports Arena will operate three sessions every day from 11:00 to 14:30, 14:45 – 17:45 and 18:00 – 21:00. It will have something for all ages. Activities include: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Football, Handball, Judo, Lacrosse, Modern Pentathlon (Shooting Range and Fencing), Netball, Tennis, Volleyball and Wheelchair Basketball. Sessions all attended by sports professionals.

·       BT House and BT Vision Stage – BT House will offer people the opportunity to meet sporting legends; listen to live musicperformances on the BT Vision stage; win tickets every day to the London 2012 Games, including Closing Ceremony, Athletics and Gymnastics, by playing London 2012 – the Official Video Game of the Olympic Games; or to just relax and get online with free BT Total Broadband and BT Wi-Fi.

·       Cadbury House –Walk into the Joyville tasting zone to experience the deliciousness of Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, before continuing into the Chocolatrium to take part in five Cadbury experiences The journey then moves into the Great Games Zone to get a true taste of what it’s like to be in the shoes of an Olympic athlete including the chance to go head to head in a virtual race against with Rebecca Adlington before receiving a celebratory chocolate medal.

·       Sun Bus – (The Sun, Official Print Partner of BT London Live) chill out on deck chairs and enjoy a wholehost of family fun including face painting, pose with your head through funny photo boards, watch magicians and have fun with balloonists. Plus The Sun Cheerleaders will be helping Hyde Park celebrate in style

·        The Times and Sunday Times Lounge (The Times and Sunday Times, Official Print Partners of BT London Live) will allow Times + members to relax in a hostedenvironment which includes a bar, café and garden area

·       Absolute Radio – (Official London Radio Partner of BT London Live) Every day from 5pm, Absolute Radio’s latest signing Johnny Vaughan will broadcast live from BT London Live at Hyde Park (Absolute Radio, Official London Radio Partner of BT London Live). Set to feature interviews with famous comedians, musicians, presenters and Olympians the show will reflect the big events, the obscure sports and the day’s talking points on and off the track.

·       Magic – (Official London Radio Station of BT London Live) Magic 105.4’s Breakfast Show  presenters Neil Fox and Verity Geere will be broadcasting live from BT London Live on Friday 27 July from 4-7pm in the lead up to the Opening Ceremony Celebration Concert. The show will reflect the atmosphere, artists and preview the sporting action to come. Magic will also capture the excitement from Hyde Park for the duration of the Olympic Gameswith interviews from artists appearing each day and updates of all the medalmoments.

·       Bandstand – regular music programme every day from 12noon to 10:30pm with a mixed line up from Live Connection www.live-connection.co.uk and Gigs www.molpresents.com/gigs

VICTORIA PARK

·       Giant Screens – 3 screens set up across the park to watch the BBC's coverage of The Games beamed live into the sites.

·       Multi-purpose Sports Courts: sports include Badminton, Tennis, Wheelchair Basketball, Handball, Judo, Volleyball, Basketball, Table Tennis, Lacrosse and Athletics.

·       Main Stage presented by KISS (official London Radio Station of BT London Live): line up includesNorman Jay and Friends, Soul  II Soul, Brand New Heavies, Yasmin, Alexandra Burke, Skepta, Sway, Misha B and Conor Maynard.

·       BT Hot Air Balloon:  free tethered flights (dependent on weather)

·       Sun Pub  -(The Sun, Official Print Partner of BT London Live) a space to have a drink and watch the Games on multiple plasma screens.

·       Sun Bus – -(The Sun, Official Print Partner of BT London Live) chill out on deck chairs and enjoy a whole host of family fun including face painting, pose with your head through funny photo boards, watch magicians and have fun with balloonists. Plus The Sun Cheerleaders will be helping Hyde Park celebrate in style

·       Kids Zone: Activities will include sporting themed craft activities for children aged 2-8 years for up to 600 young children every day from 11am – 5pm.  Activities include torch and medal-making and sports themed story -telling

·       Showtime: between 8 – 12 August a taster of some of the exciting artists taking part in Showtime, which has been commissioned by the Mayor of London and is the biggest festival of outdoor arts ever staged in the Capital . Artists range from Red Poppy (female Chinese Drum ensemble from Beijing) tocomedy & magic shows.

·       Theatre Tol: the leading outdoor arts company from Belgium will perform a late evening 45-minute cycling based aerial spectacle. Nightly performances will be staged from 27 July – 1 August.

·       Fanfare, all the best show choirs from the USA, with varied performances from three different schools every night in the Sports Arena between 3 & 7 August

·       Cirque Bijou & The Boxettes, an urban performance of parkour and dance nightly with interactive workshops through out the day on 6 & 7 August

·       In the Zone, a Wellcome Trust initiative inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, It provides a fun, free and fascinating way of using science to discover how our bodies work during sport, activity, movement and rest.

·       Big Dance will be running mass participation dance events ranging from Dirty Dancing, Bollywood, Disco Fever, Tango and many more themes in nightly performances in the Sports Arena between 28July & 2 August.

·       The World in London Project, a visual art exhibition from the Photographers Gallery, with images of Londoners from all over the world depicting London’s diverse population and illustrating that all 204 competing nations in the Olympic Games will have ‘home support’

Paid for attractions (which can be obtained via www.btlondonlive.com when booking Guaranteed Entry Tickets) include:

·       Kiss FM Zip Line, (Kiss FM, official London Radio Station of BT London Live) zip down the 320m long, 45m high, 4 wire

·       BT Observation Wheel, first class view of the Olympic Park and the London skyline

 

Comedy Tent returns to Green Man Festival

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Here are the latest fantastic funny men and women heading to Wales’ breathtaking Black Mountains from August 16-19 for Green Man 2012:
 
Tom Wrigglesworth The Yorkshire funny man is an articulate and natural raconteur with an innate ability to riff with an audience like they’re old friends.
 
Colin Hoult Talented actor who excels in comedic character transformation; marvel at his acute ability to snap in and out of a multitude of hilarious personas.
 
Jordan Brookes Cardiff-based comedian who regularly intimidates tipsy people into nervous laughter; an unnervingly stable presence with smart one-liners.
 
Josie Long Much-loved Green Man favourite returns with her obsessive and ridiculous stories that leave audiences smitten with her innocent wonder.
 
Benjamin Partridge Rising star of Welsh comedy who has an intimate knowledge of the M4 thanks to regular gigs in London and Cardiff.
 
Steve Hall One third of BBC Three sketch group We Are Klang and an acclaimed solo live performer who supported Russell Howard on his sell-out national tour.

Dan Evans Accessible but childish surrealism from a comedian who continues to delight audiences throughout the UK and Ireland a decade in to his career.
 
Tom Bell Prolific sketch star and stand-up comic with an upbeat, surreal style – one of the most unique and exciting performers on the circuit.
 
Nadia Kamil Swansea comic born to a Welsh mother and Iraqi father, an Edinburgh Festival hit as one half of the acclaimed double act The Behemoth.
 
Chris Chopping Cardiff based comedian with an engaging anecdotal style who reached the Semi Finals of the Welsh Unsigned Stand Up Award 2011.
 
PLUS Jared Hardy, Danny Deegan, James Bland and a whole host of amazing undiscovered up-and-coming comedians in the daily Green Man New Act Hour!
 
And don’t forget, Green Man 2012 gets off to a flying start on Thursday night (August 16) as Adam Buxton presents Best of BUG: The Evolution of the Music Video – a hilarious compendium of outstanding video clips, astounding online nuggets and perhaps a few homemade musical gems of his own thrown in for good measure…

Catch some of the best stand-ups from around the world live on stage from 7pm to 2am daily as part of the 24 hour merriment you'll find at Green Man this summer!

Bloodstock Open Air Fancy Dress theme

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After MACHINE HEAD’s historic set on Saturday night, it’s time to get spooky, ugly and evil, to party the night away, as well as win one of three great prizes on offer. There’s also the small matter of some serious fun-times, with the 4 DJs of The Apocalypse and the infamous metal karaoke to entertain the morbid masses til the early hours.

The first prize for the most gloriously dressed is a pair of weekend tickets for next year’s festival, as well as a £100 cash prize. Second prize is £50 cash and a BLOODSTOCK goody bag, with the bronze medal earning you a goody bag.

Whether you’re a Goblin from middle earth, Errormon, the Nibenay Basin, the Green Goblin of New York or even Wychwood’s own Hobgoblin, Abaddon, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles or some other nefarious Demon or just an ugly, hairy Troll, there’s ample opportunity to get creative and take home the grand prize.

What’s more, anyone who purchases a weekend ticket between now and the 31st July (including anyone who has already purchased a ticket), will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win one of 25 pairs of tickets for BLOODSTOCK 2013 – for which one awesome headliner has already been confirmed.

Don’t forget – headliners MACHINE HEAD are letting fans pick five songs from Burn My Eyes – head to http://www.facebook.com/Bloodstock now to cast your vote.