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Gene Clark No Other Band to headline End of the Road Festival

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End of the Road Festival is thrilled to reveal that its final headliner will be the Gene Clark No Other Band, in a UK premier and a UK exclusive of a unique collaboration the likes of which is rarely seen in a live setting, joining a bill also topped by Flaming Lips and Wild Beasts.

The all-star ensemble is one of 34 acts – also including Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, St Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Jenny Lewis, Felice Brothers and Black Lips – announced today. A full A – Z list to come, but first some more on the new headliner…

The Gene Clark No Other Band sees Beach House's Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen and ex-Fairport Convention member Iain Matthews come together with members of Wye Oak and Celebration to reconstruct the Byrds’ Gene Clark’s 1974 masterpiece No Other.

Beach House have said of the show, which toured in the US earlier this year to huge acclaim:“No Other it feels like a special moment in Gene Clark's songwriting. Throughout the years, many have dug up the record and fallen in love with it. We, Beach House, are certainly two of those people and we hope that playing the record live will spread the album even more. We feel incredibly excited and lucky that we will be working with such a stellar group of singers, friends, and musicians without whose help this complicated and unconventional tour would never be possible.”

An A-Z list of all the new artists confirmed today is as follows:

Alice Boman
Archie Bronson Outfit
Arc Iris
Arrows of Love
Benjamin Booker
Black Lips
Celebration
Chad Vangaalen
David Thomas Broughton
Felice Brothers
The Gene Clark No Other Band
Jenny Lewis
Kiran Leonard
Laish
Lapland
Lau
Lonnie Holley
Lucius
Lyla Foy
Mazes
Otti Albietz & the voices
Phox
The Rails
Robert Ellis
Samantha Crain
St Vincent
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
The Districts
Theo Verney
Tides of Man
Tramms
tUnE-yArDs
Wye Oak
Zachary Cale

Public Enemy and many more added to Secret Garden Party lineup

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The Summer Festival Guide has another massive lineup announce from the Secret Garden Party's HQ.

This years Secret Garden Party have announced another headliner in the form of the legendary hiphop group Public Enemy who will be performing around Europe this summer.

Joining them on the lineup announcement today as well are New York based collective Hercules & Love Affair as well as the following:

Foreign Beggars – King Charles – Alabama 3 – Big Deal – Say Lou Lou

         Big Gigantic – Rae Morris – The Skints – Thumpers – Koven – John Fullbright – The Hics

Lxury – TCTS – Jacob Plant – Josef Salvat – Eagles For Hands

Nimmo And The Gauntletts – Ted Zed – Mad Professor – Coves – Jon Batiste – Melt Yourself Down – The Ramona Flowers

Losers – Arkon Fly – Ekkah – Killsonik – Wara – Plump Djs – Too Many T's

Max Cooper – Miraculous Mule – Rag 'N' Bone Man – Norma Jean Martine

Devon Sproule  – Gorgeous George – Si Cranstoun

Palace – Dandaluz – Cable Street Collective – Longy – The Future Dub Project – Beans On Toast

Animanz – Feral Mouth – The 45's – Cut Capers – The Meow Meows – Crinkle Cuts – Alexia Coley – Myles Sanko – General Skank

The Killers and Bastille set for Tennents Vital 2014

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Tennent’s Vital is back for 2014 and Tennent’s Lager and MCD are hugely excited to announce that The Killers will bring the bright lights of Vegas to Boucher Road Playing Fields on Thursday 21st August when they headline Tennent’s Vital 2014. Joining them on the bill will be the hottest breakthrough act of the past year – very special guests, Bastille.
 
One of the biggest bands in the world, The Killers have sold over 20 million albums, headlined festivals across the globe, performed at the White House and amassed countless prestigious accolades including BRIT, NME and MTV Awards. Each of their four studio albums has topped the UK charts (the band ranks in the Top 3 of Amazon’s biggest selling artists of the past decade). Their epic, synth-driven rock ‘n’ roll and incredible energy make them one of the greatest live acts on the planet, and their highly anticipated return to Tennent’s Vital (they last played in 2007) is sure to be the hottest ticket of the summer.
 
 
Joining them on the bill are the biggest breakthrough act of the past year, Bastille,who burst onto the scene when their anthemic single Pompeii charted at number two. It went on to become the second most streamed track of 2013, just behind Daft Punk’sGet Lucky. Their album, Bad Blood, entered the charts at number one and quickly achieved platinum status before going on to become the biggest selling debut album of the year (with over 2m copies sold worldwide to date), the most downloaded and the second most-streamed album of 2013. They began 2014 on a high, picking up a well-deserved BRIT Award for British Breakthrough Act and their return to Northern Ireland is hotly anticipated.
 
 
Sarah Shimmons, Beer Marketing Manager for Tennent’s NI, said:
 
“We’re very excited to announce the first two artists for Tennent’s Vital 2014 today. The Killers are undoubtedly one of the biggest bands in the world with a global reputation for their amazing live shows. They’ll be joined on the bill by Bastille, who have enjoyed massive breakthrough success in the past year and are one of the most exciting new acts around right now.
 
“Tennent’s Vital brings top international and homegrown talent to the heart of Belfast and since its return in 2011, it has well and truly cemented its place as a highlight of Northern Ireland’s music calendar. We’re delighted that our partners at MCD have once again secured some incredible acts for the Tennent’s Vital bill – it’s already shaping up to be a brilliant event and we can’t wait to see you there!”

Seth Troxler added to the SW4 lineup

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There are very few acts in electronic music history with the charisma and musical pedigree of Detroit’s Seth Troxler. Recognised as one of the industry’s most-loved characters, 2014 has seen Seth return to his nightclub roots and host a series of residencies at the world’s finest discotheques. With quarterly dates confirmed at Circoloco (DC-10), Output, Trouw, Fabric, Panorama Bar, Warung, Robert Jonson and more, he has had to cut back on the number of festival appearances he is due to perform at in the process. It’s therefore with great pride that Seth has selected South West Four for his only London festival performance this year. With music from his new label ‘Tuskegee’ set to be a huge part of his sets this year, Seth will no doubt provide one of SW4 2014’s greatest highlights.

This August history will be made, as SW4 welcomes the collaboration of underground titans Matthias Tanzmann, Davide Squillace and Martin Buttrich aka Better Lost Than Stupid for their UK debut. As individual artists these DJs have graced the world’s greatest clubs and festivals for many years but as Better Lost Than Stupid their appearances are rare to say the least. This trio of talent first spontaneously found themselves in the booth together at New York’s Electric Zoo and quickly realised the potential for serious artistic collaboration. After fully launching their new project in autumn 2012 with the promise of not only live performances but also original material, Tanzmann, Buttrich andSquillace’s most noticeable performances to date have been at Ibiza’s DC-10 and Serbia’s EXIT Festival.  Having established Barcelona as the centre of their creativity, Better Lost Than Stupid will make their way to London onSaturday 23rd August to demonstrate why their first ever UK performance is one you simply cannot afford to miss.

All good music should tell a story. Tales of experience. Tales of joy. Tales of love, lost and won. A Tale of Us.  This is the message that Berlin-based DJ and production partnership Karm and Matteo will be delivering as they make their hugely anticipated SW4 debut. Currently re-writing the rulebook for moving and emotive electronic sounds, their sonic vision pulls together key composing elements of house, techno, nu-disco and even rock. The past twelve months has seen Tale of Us’ profile rise to staggering new heights through their electrifying Ibizan residencies at ENTER and Circoloco, as well as their incredible productions such as tracks ‘Another Earth’ and their remix of Mano Le Tough’s ‘Primitive People.’ This brilliance has helped the duo enter Resident Advisor’s Top 100 DJs of 2013 at a commanding #2. Ranging from low-slung ambient tracks to more abstract compositions, Tale of Us can be regularly found in Berghain, Trouw, Robert Johnson and Watergate, clearly illustrating their dominant position within the underground scene.

With his mind-blowing Brixton Academy performance at Last Night On Earth on New Years Eve still fresh in our minds, Guy Gerber proved one of the first acts to be confirmed for the SW4 2014 bill. A natural at delivering gripping,melodic soundtracks, Guy strives towards a world of musical freedom, and absorbing the world’s intertwining cultures into his work. Over the past year, Guy has seen himself evolve into one of the undergrounds most creative assets thanks to the launch of his Wisdom of the Glove residency at Pacha Ibiza. Acting as a statement on the island, the night invited world class talent week in week out ranging from Nicolas Jaar to Four Tet to Cajmere and therefore cemented Guy as one of the White Isle’s favourite figures. Returning to SW4 for the first time since 2012, Guy’s beautifully crafted live set will deliver the most overpowering atmosphere as he once again takes our breath away.

Paco Osuna combines the dark and durable with intelligence and power through machinery and sophistication. As one of techno’s primary driving forces, Paco has seen his profile grow tenfold thanks to a series of exquisite performances as resident for Richie Hawtin’s ENTER party at Space Ibiza. As his sound continues to evolve by capturing the purest minimalistic sounds and combining them with depth and darkness, Paco’s clear passion andcreativity define him as one of the world’s greatest DJs.  As an indisputable part of Plus8’s ranks and founder of the illustrious Mindshake label (home to the likes of Paul Ritch, Barem and Carlo Lio), his ravenous appetite for fresh new sounds is unrivalled in the electronic community. As another act playing SW4 for the very first time in 2014, Paco Osuna guarantees to deliver an unforgettable journey through his vision of techno.

The Kooks join the Liverpool Sound City lineup

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Set to play on the final night of the UK’s biggest metropolitan music festival, the gig will take place in their iconic DIY underground carpark stage, which will be transformed into a mega industrial music venue for the three days of the festival. Lastyear saw Bastille play a stunning set in the same venue to an intimate audience of 800 festival goers.

Said Alex Simmonds, Marketing Manager at Sound City: “This a real coup for Sound City. The Kooks are back bigger and better than ever and they are joining the best bill we’ve ever had. It’s going to be an incredible sign-off to this year’s festival.”

The Kooks join an already mighty line up at Sound City 2014 including the likes of Kodaline, Gruff Rhys, Clean Bandit, Jagwar Ma, Public Service Broadcasting, Blood Red Shoes, Jungle, Wolf Alice, Darlia, Circa Waves, Thumpers, Jon Hopkins, Albert Hammond Jnr., The Hold Steady, Jimi Goodwin, Drenge, Mixhell, Royal Blood, The Wytches, Fat White Family, Superfood, San Farmin, Lyla Foy, East India Youth, Bipolar Sunshine,Pins, Glass Animals, Bird, Factory Floor, Ratking, Say Lou Lou, Sunshine Underground and many many more.

 

Field Day 2014 latest lineup information

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The Summer Festival guide has the latest lineup details for this years Field Day Festival which takes place in London's Victoria Park in June.

Leading this years lineup are electronic masters Metronomy on Saturday and The Pixes (only London show for 2014) on Sunday.

Ahead of her show in London this week, Field Day is extremely pleased to welcome iconic 80s legend Neneh Cherry, who will be playing as part of Saturday's line-up.  

Also joining them is a huge host of talented artists.

Saturday's lineup is confirmed as follows:

Arthur Beatrice, Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, Bake, Eyedress, FunkinEven (live), Jamie Isaac, Jamie xx, Jen Long DJ, Marc Riley DJ, Neneh Cherry & RocketNumberNine, Only Real, Phil Taggart DJ, ReviveHer, Tourist, Metronomy, All We Are, Blood Orange, Charlotte OC, Courtney Barnett, Danny Brown, DJ Barely Legal, Dusky, East India Youth, Éclair FiFi, Erol Alkan b2b Daniel Avery, Evian Christ (DJ), Fat White Family, George Fitzgerald, Gerd Janson, Ghostpoet, Huw Stephens, Innervisions: Dixon b2b Ame, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Jackmaster & Oneman present Can U Dance, Jagwar Ma, James Holden (live), Jessy Lanza, John Wizards, Jon Hopkins, Lunice, Money, Moxie, Omar Souleyman, Oneohtrix Point Never, Pawws, Ryan Hemsworth, SBTRKT, Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 , Simian Mobile Disco, Sky Ferreira, Slackk b2b Samename, SOHN , SOPHIE, Teleman, The Temper Trap, Tim Burgess (DJ), Todd Terje (live), Vessel, Warpaint + more TBA

Sunday's lineup is confirmed as follows:

Childhood, Drenge, Shy Nature, Telegram, The Bohicas, Pixies (Only London show in 2014), The Horrors, Temples, POND + more TBA

Its not just music that is coming to Field Day, check out Street Feast which brings London's premier night food market to the grounds of Victoria Park.

Street Feast has always had a festival atmosphere, so we’re very excited to be teaming up with Field Day this summer, to bring London’s best street food to one of London’s best festivals. Whether its Rainbo’s fresh & healthy gyoza or Hotbox’s 9 hour slow smoked beef ribs, there’s something for everyone, made by people with passion. From the moment the first band starts at midday there’ll be a range of great food on offer, so people can make a real day of it snacking on tacos, steamed gua bao, great pizza and spicy pulled pork naans. Field Day have always set the standard with their line up of bands and this year with Street Feast they’ll have a line up of food to match.

Street Feast

Parked in the middle of the Street Feast area, the lovely people of Greenwich based Meantime Brewery, will be drafting their freshest lager: Inside the Beer Tank are two maturation vessels holding brewery-fresh beer, which remains unfiltered and unpasteurized: it is still living, which allows it to continue to mature. Drinking Brewery Fresh Lager is second only to drinking beer direct from the brewery! 

But Meantime Brewery are not the only independent brewery on board this year: The London’s Brewers’ Market will be appearing at Field Day for the first time, presenting a round up of the very best of London’s craft brewing scene. The London Brewers’ Market will bring together the cream of the crop! Featured breweries will include the following, with more tba: The Five Points Brewing Company (Hackney), Hackney Brewery (Hackney), Beavertown Brewery (Hackney Wick), Fourpure Brewing Co (Bermondsey, London), Late Knights Brewery (Crystal Palace).

Last but not least, we are also very happy to welcome back Clapham Common’s Venn Street Market for the fourth consecutive year. The market will bring the most delicious food from around the globe, including Mamas Jerk, Mei Mei Street Cart, Taco Truck, Dhaba Lane, Wholefood Heaven, The Handmade Scotch Eggs Co, Anna Mae’s and many more!

Chic feat Nile Rodgers, London Grammar and more for Unknown Croatia

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This summer's Unknown Festival has revealed a another batch of artists joining the bill.  Unknown will be the first Croatian visit for Chic feat Nile Rodgers.  The Summer Festival Guide has the rest of the latest lineup news for this years event below:
 
Rising above the competition, Unknown offers the most eclectic programme of live and electronic acts in Croatia. Talent from across the musical spectrum will perform unforgettable shows across the festival's intimate forest and waterside stages including London Grammar, Clean Bandit, Disclosure, Chvrches, Wild Beasts, TEED, Erol  Alkan and Moderat. Unknown's idyllic beach stage will also provide the perfect scene for the incredible and timeless sounds of Chic Ft. Nile Rogers, who make their Croatian live debut.
 

Brand new to 2014, Unknown will be returning with a series of island parties hosted by the likes of Young Turks and Numbers. Taking place on secluded private islands and accessible only via a short boat ride, these amazing additions will offer revellers the chance to party with their favourite artists, in a truly unique setting. Elsewhere there'll be exciting new collaborations with top club promoters Bugged Out, Secretsundaze, Zutekh and Drop The Mustard, not to mention boat parties hosted by Resident Advisor and Hot Chip. Also new for 2014, Unknown will be opening the main stage for an entire extra day, allowing for even more surprises set to surpass the success of last year's sell out debut. 

Tinie Tempah, Robin Thicke and 19 more artists added to Wireless lineup

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With Wireless Festival being hosted in both London's Finsbury Park and Birmingham's Perry Park this summer, we can now reveal another massive 21 artists that will join headliners Kanye West, Drake and Bruno Mars.

Tinie Tempah, Robin Thicke, Sean Paul, Naughty Boy, Labrinth, Kid Ink, Wilkinson, Meridian Dan, Lizzo, Jon Bellion, Schoolboy Q, Javeon, Elli Ingram, Blonde, Rixton, Alec Benjamin, Say Lou Lou, Sinead Harnett, Indiana, All About She and Sasha Keable join the bill for what will be one of summer's biggest music festivals.

Dreamscape returns to the Milton Keynes National Bowl

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Legendary Dance music promoter ESP are delighted to announce that DREAMSCAPE will be returning to Milton Keynes, its city of origin this August 16th 2014.

It is 25 years since DREAMSCAPE launched with the pioneering dance music event moving to The Sanctuary in Milton Keynes on December 9th 1991. The DREAMSCAPE brand soon became one of the biggest phenomenons in Dance Music history, with thousands of dance music enthusiasts making the pilgrimage to enjoy some of the biggest and best parties of the 1990’s.

“It’s so exciting to be bringing ESP and DREAMSCAPE home for the 25 year reunion. Our fans have never left us throughout the years and we couldn’t ignore their requests for a reunion or let this monumental anniversary slip by without marking it in some way.” Explains Jim Tang, ESP Promoter.

LOCAL ECONOMY

“We have the original team behind this event with many DJ’s who have performed at DREAMSCAPE throughout the ages literally gagging to get involved in the new dance festival. We haven’t even announced the headline acts yet and the tickets are selling like hot cakes. Word from the tourist board is that there isn’t a hotel room that hasn’t been booked already for this weekend. We are bringing 20,000 festivalgoers into the area which can only be a great thing, impacting positively on the local economy. The event itself will provide part time work for temps actually at the National Bowl.”

As well as 1990’s favourite DJ’s like Top Buzz, Grooverider, Mickey Finn, Seb Fontaine and Jon Pleased Wimmin, The Big Reunion will also have 4 arenas for DREAMSCAPE, Whizzkid Presents a Fastrack to Rollers, Accelerated Culture and of course MK’s longest running house night, UltraVegas.  

ULTRA VEGAS

Marc Carter, UltraVegas owner says “I am humbled and very proud to be involved with such an iconic brand as Dreamscape and with an event as important as Dreamscape The Big Reunion @ The Bowl, as Dreamscape has come home, so as UltraVegas – back to our roots. The UltraVegas arena will provide 12 hours of sumptuous house music from 3 decades… delivered to you by residents and headline artists all focused on one thing – rockin’ the house!!! – This will be a day and night to remember for all the beautiful people” 

Ultra Vegas favourites will include Richie Long, Bruce B, Pat Bedeau, Lawrence Daffurn, Jason Hodges, Tom Antenucci, Johnny G, Sonny Wharton, Doorly and Codec and DJ Spatts of The Criminal Minds.

Rock Werchter 2014 completes its lineup

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The Rock Werchter 2014 programme is set and includes 79 names. Fourteen new names complete the picture. Radkey and Bombay Bicycle Club have been added to the line-up on Thursday, July 3. Coely, Puggy and Paolo Nutini have been added on Friday, July 4.  Altrego, Jonny Lang, Twenty One Pilots, tUnE-yArDs and Ozark Henry will perform on Saturday, July 5. Oscar & The Wolf, Kuroma, Royal Bloodand Lykke Li complete the programme on Sunday, July 6.  The time schedules will be announced soon. 

Here is an alphabetical list of the 79 names that grace the Rock Werchter 2014 line-up: Agnes Obel, Altrego, Angus and Julia Stone, Arctic Monkeys, Arsenal, Babyshambles, Bastille, Biffy Clyro, Birdy, Bombay Bicycle Club, Chase and Status, Coely, Crystal Fighters, Damon Albarn, Daptone Super Soul Revue featuring Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires, Antibalas, The Sugarman 3 with special guests Saun and Starr and Master of Ceremonies Binky Griptite, Dropkick Murphys, Eels, Ellie Goulding, Foals, Foster The People, Franz Ferdinand, George Ezra, Gesaffelstein, Haim, Imagine Dragons, Interpol, Jack Johnson, Jonny Lang, Katy B, Kings of Leon, Kodaline, Kuroma,  London Grammar, Lykke Li, Major Lazer, Melanie De Biasio, Metallica, Metronomy, MGMT, Midlake, Miles Kane, Milow, Moderat, Oscar & The Wolf, Ozark Henry, Paolo Nutini, Parov Stelar Band, Parquet Courts, Passenger, Pearl Jam, Pixies, Placebo, Puggy, Radkey, Reignwolf, Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Royal Blood, Rudimental, Sam Smith, SBTRKT, Skrillex, Stromae, The 1975, The Black Keys, The Naked and Famous, The Opposites, The Strypes, The Subs, The Temperance Movement, The Wombats, Trentemøller, Triggerfinger, Trixie Whitley, tUnE-yArDs, Twenty One Pilots, Valerie June, Warpaint and White Lies.