As Lovebox approaches this weekend, the addition of Jay Electronica makes this even bigger that it was before. Jay wil be joining Dizzee Rascal, Roxy Music and Grace Jones as well as Elle Goulding, Hot Chip, Paloma Faith and alot more.
FRIDAY‘s after party in association with Mega Mega Mega, will see the Count & Sindenjoining the party, whilst Brodinski will be dusting himself off for another round following his appearance at the festival, along with French whizz-kid Surkin and local boy Harry James plus a DJ set from Mystery Jets.
SATURDAY‘s after party, in association with Magic and Medicine, will have a Germanic flavour with the appearance of Seth Troxler and Dixon (Innervisions); while Azari & III who were responsible for one of our favourite house tracks of ’09 (Reckless With Your Love) will repping the other side of the pond. Finally, where would any Lovebox party be without Lovebox soldiersHot Blood and their trusted understudy and Jaded resident Mouj?
SUNDAY sees us switch operations over to Fabric for the Official Lovebox After Party presented by Wet Yourself and Trailer Trash. Making full use of all of Fabric’s 3 rooms and sound systems. An exclusive live performance from GAISER from Richie Hawtin’s m-nus label for an exclusive live performance, alongside DJ sets from the 2 Bears house legend Larry Heard who will be heading over from the park after their earlier Festival sets.
To celebrate PUMP UP THE VOLUME hosting their own time transporting VIP arena on Saturday 28th August, beaming us to the 90’s when the noise levels hit 1.21 Gigawatts, L.E.D are encouraging all festival goers to dig out their 90’s clobber and fully submerge themselves into the 90’s! Those with the best outfits will win an upgrade for them and their mates into the exclusive PUMP UP THE VOLUME VIP Arena . So if you want to dress to impress make sure your jeans are baggy, your tops are cropped and t-shirts carry a smile.
PUMP UP THE VOLUME has already received acclaim as the new night about town, holding sporadic parties at Visions in Dalston and with some awesome warehouse bashes in the pipeline too.
If you’re bored of the 80’s revival and want to remember that last decade of the 20th Century before everything went all ‘digital and download’ then PUMP UP THE VOLUME is the place to be. Hear records by the likes of TLC, Altern 8, Whitney Houston, Rhythm is Rhythm, Bizzare Inc, En Vogue, Jazzy Jeff, Lucy Pearl, Vanilla Ice, Gang Starr, Madonna, Q Tip and a whole lot more.
Tickets on sale now: For further information please go to: www.ledfestival.net.
Friday 27th August Bank Holiday Weekend David Guetta Soulwax Calvin Harris Axwell ‘Heart Show’ Sebastian Ingrosso Tiga Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 Audio Bullys Afrojack Zombie Nation (Live) Kim Fai AN21 Boy 8-Bit Max Vangeli Ocelot Azari & III Phil Faversham Dean Rigg Sarah Louise Nathan Lee Dean Oram on Percussion Annie on Sax More names TBA
Saturday 28th August Bank Holiday Weekend Leftfield Goldfrapp Friendly Fires Special Guest: Aphex Twin Annie Mac Sub Focus Professor Green Boy Better Know Die Antwoord Shy FX Zinc Pump up the Volume All Stars More Names TBA
L.E.D FESTIVAL 2010 TICKET PRICES AND INFORMATION: Friday 27th & Saturday 28th August Bank Holiday Weekend Victoria Park, London, Info: www.ledfestival.net
Cheryl Cole was set to headline The Arena stage on Saturday 21st August Hylands Park and 22nd August Weston Park.
The official statement from V Festival is below:
V Festival sadly informs fans that Cheryl Cole will no longer be performing at this year’s festival. Our thoughts are with Cheryl at this time and we wish her a quick return back to full health.
The Summer Festival Guide wishes Cheryl a quick recovery and we look forward to seeing her back on her feet performing again soon.
Headlining this years V Festival is Kings Of Leon and Kasabian, they are joined by David Guetta, The Prodigy, Groove Armada, Pet Shop Boys, Chase and Status and many more.
SFG: When did you decide you wanted to run your own festival? Lee: A big group of us were sitting in my garden in the summer of 2006 feeling pretty bored. My parents had gone away and said ‘no house parties’. When someone made a joke about running a festival in the back garden instead, we went for it! Haven’t looked back since.
SFG: What inspired you to start this festival and how did you go about starting Lee Fest? Lee: The area we live in is real suburbia and there really isn’t much going on for kids around here. I guess we combined that boredom with our love for live music and came up with the perfect solution! In terms of starting it all we needed were a few local bands, lots of crates of beer, and a (very unsteady) wooden stage!
SFG: What was the very first act to play the first Lee Fest? Lee: Tough to remember the first act of the first day, but i remember who played last – it was a band called Isobel which was a few of my mates – sadly they have split up now but that is a good lasting memory!!
SFG: Lee Fest a non-profit festival, what is your chosen charity and why? Lee: For the last two years we have chosen to work with Kids Company. LeeFest is all about young people and the work they do with under privileged children in London is absolutely fantastic. When we first met with them it really clicked and they have been so supportive ever since.
SFG: What type of crowd can be expected at Lee Fest? Lee: Our capacity this year is 2000 so let’s hope it’s a sell out! We’ve only got enough room for 500 campers though so make sure you get a ticket fast if you’re keen to camp.
SFG: From the lineup for 2010 who are you most looking forward to seeing and why? Lee: I’m overwhelmed by our line-up this year, the two boys booking the bands have done such a great job. Obviously The Futureheads are a huge band so i can’t wait to see them on our stage. At the moment i’m listening to Johnny Foreigner a lot – they’ll be headlining in our live tent, and also Marcel Legane, who is one of our local acts and played a fantastic set last year.
SFG: Who is your dream headliner for future Lee Fests? Lee: As a Beckenham boy himself, and a rock icon, it has to be David Bowie. Someone told me recently that he set up his own festival here when he was young – let’s hope he hears about leefest and comes along one day!
SFG: What do you enjoy most about Lee Fest? Lee: Every year there is about a minute when I stop running around frantically during the headline act and just watch. That is the climax of so much hard work and it’s an incredible rush. To see a huge band entertaining hundereds of people on our own stage makes it all worth it.
SFG: What is the funniest thing you have seen at Lee Fest? Lee: Last year a group of guys bought a blow up beer pong table! It went down very well – you have to spit table tennis tables into big beer glasses for points!
SFG: What is the worst thing you have seen / experienced at Lee Fest? Lee: Luckily we’ve avoided any real disasters! Last year the hoplloways dressing room (which was in fact just a small gazebo, managed to fly away in the wind! That was pretty embarassing – at least they were all dressed!)
SFG: What would be your advice to up and coming events / festival promoters? Lee: If you are driven to achieve something it will happen. Make sure you have a committed team working with you though, trying to do this on my own would not be possible!
And for good measure we threw in a couple of random questions!
SFG: What do you do when your not busy organising Lee Fest? Lee: Somehow i managed to get a physics degree! And theatre, i love acting in and going to the theatre.
SFG: What is your favourite drink? Lee: In the summer? Pimms.
SFG: What other festivals will you be heading to this year? Lee: Lots hopefully! Secret garden party & green man are two i’m really looking forward to.
SFG: Sum up the BP Oil Leak in one word? Lee: Slippery
Chase & Status [ 19:45 – 20:35 ] Tinie Tempah [ 18:30 – 19:10 ] Wiley and Roll Deep [ 17:30 – 18:10 ] Professor Green [ 16:50 – 17:15 ] Wale [ 16:10 – 16:35 ] J Cole [ 15:25 – 15:50 ] DJ Blame [ 14:40 – 15:05 ] Fugative [ 14:00 – 14:25 ] DJ Yasmin [ Playing between sets ]
I Blame Coco [ 18:45 – 19:20 ] The 88 [ 18:00 – 18:30 ] Ramona [ 17:15 – 17:45 ] My Toy Box [ 16:35 – 17:00 ] Alan Pownall [ 16:00 – 16:20 ]
Magnetic Man [ 19:40 – 20:40 ] New Young Pony Club [ 18:10 – 18:50 ] Darwin Deez [ 17:20 – 17:50 ] The Hundred In The Hands [ 16:30 – 17:00 ] Kids On Bridges [ 15:40 – 16:10 ] Diagram Of The Heart [ 14:50 – 15:20 ] Pretty Lights [ 14:00 – 14:30 ]
The rap newcomer has had to cancel many of his European dates, and is unfortunately unable to be in the UK over Wireless weekend.
The show must go on however, and with over 50,000 tickets sold and an unbeatable line up including the one and only JAY-Z, his protege J.Cole, pop princess Lily Allen, D12, and a plethora of homegrown urban talent including recent chart toppers Tinie Tempah, Roll Deep and Chipmunk, the event promises to be one not to be missed!
