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Celebrating its 10th birthday in 2012, you can expect big things for last years winner of the Best Medium Size Festival Award.
No one throws a party quite like Green Man, so the 10th anniversary of Britain’s friendliest festival is guaranteed to go with one almighty bang…
“Earlybird” tickets for Green Man 2012 go on sale from 9am next Tuesday (November 15th), and once again we’re offering you the chance to join in all the fun at specially discounted prices!
But hurry, this exclusive offer is available for a limited period only and WILL sell out very quickly!
Please note that due to the huge popularity of Green Man’s family-friendly ethos, we’ve had to introduce a small charge of £5 for 12s & under this year to keep all other ticket prices as low as possible.
And to minimise traffic congestion, any vehicle using any of the three main car parks (General, Family and Holiday Camping) at Green Man 2012 will need a £5 parking ticket. Be warned, there are a very limited number of tickets available for the Family Camping car park, so make sure you get yours soon.
We’re still buzzing from the spellbinding success of this year’s festival, but rest assured that Green Man has plenty of exciting plans up his sleeve to make sure his 10th annual summer shindig is truly the stuff of legend!
So consider yourself invited to the (birthday) party of the year, and keep your eyes peeled for more exciting Green Man 2012 news coming soon…
Her appearance at Open’er is the first festival performance to be announced for 2012 anywhere in the world and is sure to be another very special moment for the festival. Taking place from the 4th to the 7th July 2012 at Kosakowo Airfield, Gdynia, Björk will perform to over 60,000 festival goers and will be a highlight of what promises to be a stellar year for Open’er.
On her new album, Icelandic singer-composer-producer-sound-fetishist Björk moves deeper into the sonic abyss of her own creation, a so-called secret place that with each passing release seems to crystallize her aesthetic even further. An hourlong work that twinkles and shimmers, “Biophilia,” her seventh release, continues to explore a universe she's built from scratch. If you're even vaguely familiar with the singer over the last two decades, you know what you'll be getting in a new Björk full-length — at least musically: expansive electronic/acoustic structures that move in Frank Gehry-esque swoops as digital shards of rhythms and pretty sounds fly through your ears.
Mikolaj Ziolkowski, Alter Art commented: “We are starting a new decade of Open’er Festival and we have started it just as we dreamed it – with a performance from an artist that is exquisite, unique and truly one-of-a-kind. An artist that uncloses and transgresses searches and inspires. An artist that is charismatic and daring. We are proud and honoured to be the first to announce an artist that is going to be a major feature of the 2012 global festival scene. An artist, a revolutionnaire – Björk to headline Open’er 2012!”
Ticket Information
Early bird tickets for Klub Alter Art Members available until 30th of November 11:59 pm:
4 Day ticket (4.07-7.07.2012) – 340 PLN / £66
4 Day ticket w/camping – 380 PLN / £74
2 Day ticket (6.07-7.07.2012) – 260 PLN / £50
2 Day ticket w/camping – 300 PLN / £58
1 Day ticket (any day) – 165 PLN / £32
General release tickets go on sale from 1st December and are priced as follows:
Unless you’ve had your head buried in the sand for the last five decades, the godfather of theatrical rock needs no introduction, and needless to say, organisers are delighted to have such a prolific and legendary artist join the BLOODSTOCK line up. Festival booker Vicky Gregory comments:
"As Bloodstock organisers but more importantly Huge fans of Alice Cooper, we are thrilled to have such an iconic artist close proceedings on the Sunday night! We have been after Alice for a number of years and are extremely excited to see him grace the Ronnie James Dio stage and guarantee this will be a performance not to be missed"
An ALICE COOPER concert is always a memorable event, and there are few artists out there capable of putting on such a thrillingly entertaining show. BLOODSTOCK attendees are in for quite a treat if the recent shows are anything to go by. From the moment he takes to the stage as a giant spider your senses are assaulted with fireworks, mock executions, simulated sex (with the dead of course), snakes, monsters and zombies, asALICE delivers hit after hit from his decades long career.
With a back catalogue that includes timeless classic such as “Schools’s Out”, “No More Mr Nice Guy”, “Welcome To My Nightmare”, “Hey Stoopid”, “Feed My Frankenstein” and recent single “I’ll Bite Your Face Off”, ALICE’s set at BLOODSTOCK will be impossible to not enjoy, and will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of the festival’s history for many years to come.
With a world class headliner already in place and two more to be announced – as well as over 100 bands from across the world of hard rock and metal – there is no festival offering better value, with four day weekend camping tickets available at just £90 if booked before 15th December.
BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2012 takes place at Catton Hall August 9th – 12th. Four day camping tickets for next year’s event are available now at bloodstock.uk.com for just £90 (plus booking fee) until 15th December.
With Early Bird tickets SOLD OUT the 2012 line-up is sure to excite, including the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Jamie Jones, Annie Mac, Pearson Sound, Erol Alkan,Claude Von Stroke, Skream, Skrillex, Four Tet & Caribou and many more confirmed to appear. With increased capacity, added parties and more, Hideout 2012 is cementing its position as the biggest new European dance festival in the calendar; truly giving Ibiza a run-for-its-money as the hottest destination in the world for electronic and dance music.
Having completely sold out of all 7,000 tickets for this summer’s inaugural event and due to the extreme demand electronic music fans across the UK
and Europe, Hideout Festival capacity in 2012 is being increased and a fourth venue is being added to the festival. In addition to Papaya,Aquarius 1 and Aquarius 2 dance fans will also be able to experience their favourite artists, producers and DJs in Kalypso, Zcre Beach’s most infamous nightclub, right next to the sea and surrounded by palm trees adding an exciting new dimension to the festival layout. In addition to this, to accommodate the extra capacity, Hideout Festival will now have even more apartments available in the town of Novaljia and surrounding areas – just down the road from the action and right next to all the bars, pubs, restaurants and the beach.
In line with the festival’s rapid expansion, the team behind Hideout Festival 2012 are pulling out all the stops with the music programme and are proud to present what will be one of the biggest line-ups of dance and electronic artists anywhere in the world. Sound Channel and The Warehouse Project are delighted to be welcome Chilean minimal tech genius Ricardo Villalobos, who will be making his debut at Hideout Festival next year. Joining Ricardo in the minimal tech and deep house corner are Crosstown Rebels contingent including Jamie Jones andDamian Lazarus both of which appeared at last year’s Hideout. Robert James is returning this year to resonate the Hideout airwaves with his underground house and techno joined by forward thinking Soul Clap who will bring their creative genius to the shores of Croatia as they remix to the rising sun.
Also confirmed for debut appearances at Hideout Festival 2012 is one half of Magnetic Man, Skream and Artwork, and drum ‘n’ bass legendsHype and DJ Fresh, none of which needs any introduction, while dubstep superstar de jour Skrillex has confirmed to make a very special appearance at Hideout next year. Jack Beats will be back once more, the multiple award winning DJ duo made up of Niall Dailly (DJ Plus One of Scratch Perverts fame) and Ben Geffin (The Mixologists), will no doubt cause dance floor mayhem.
Elsewhere in the line-up some familiar faces return to Hideout Festival 2012 having debuted at this year’s inaugural event. Annie Mac, Erol Alkan, Julio Bashmore and Andy C have all been confirmed for next year’s bigger and better festival while Hideout Festival is excited to be welcoming for the first time the much-loved purveyors of eclectic electronic Four Tet & Caribou, Norwegian ‘space disco’ pioneer Prins Thomas, David Kennedy’s Pearson Sound, dirtybird records founder and all-round nice guy Claude VonStroke and New Boston upstart Kyle Hall.
French icon, Brodinski is set for Hideout Festival 2012, bringing with him his eclectic taste in everything electronic; unlike his Parisian piers, Louis Brodinski encompasses all from noisy techno to heavy house, ensuring clubbers will never know what is coming. After much success in the Drum and Bass game, Camo and Krooked will hit Hideout Festival this year, the two producers are now opening their minds up to a whole lot of their past influences, exploring deep house and techno, Hideout Festival is most definitely in for a treat. Adding once again to the experimental feel of Hideout Festival 2012 is Maceo Plex, who is on a mission to bring feeling to the electronic genre, pioneering a totally new sound his presence ensures Hideout Festivals credentials once more.
Benjamin Pettit, better known as DJ Zinc will be bringing the crack house experience at Hideout Festival 2012. Hot Natured resident and part of the Hot Creations inner circle, home-grown talent Richy Ahmed is hotly tipped by our personal favourites such as Jamie Jones, making him a must see at this year’s festival. Canadian born Heidi will also be debuting this year at Hideout Festival.
Large scale parties will be hosted throughout the festival by the likes of Crosstown Rebels, Manchester’s Drop The Mustard, London’s prolificMulletover and more will join the cream of clubbing to spread Hideout into a weeklong party. Hideout Festival will see so much more than a three day electronic extravaganza, a single £99 festival ticket includes pre-parties that kickoff from 26th June and continue all the way up to 29th June, meaning clubbers can expect a week long music epidemic all for much less than a UK festival ticket.
Lineup so far
RICARDO VILLALOBOS SKREAM ANNIE MAC JAMIE JONES Special Guest: SKRILLEX — ANDY C ARTWORK BRODINSKI CLAUDE VON STOKE DAMIAN LAZARUS DJ FRESH EROL ALKAN FOUR TET & CARIBOU HEIDI HYPE JACK BEATS PRINS THOMAS SOUL CLAP ZINC — CAMO AND KROOKED JULIO BASHMORE KYLE HALL MACEO PLEX PEARSON SOUND RICHY AHMED ROBERT JAMES
CLUBBING PARTNERS: CHIBUKU CROSSTOWN REBELS DROP THE MUSTARD FACE JAUNT JUST JACK METROPOLIS MONO CULT MULLETOVER SONIDO RESIDENT ADVISOR WAX:ON ZUTEKH
She said: “I’m so excited to be headlining Barclaycard Wireless next year! My UK fans rock and I can’t wait to see them at Hyde Park!”
Rihanna is currently on her sensational ‘Loud’ tour throughout Europe. Her incredible live reputation has resulted in staggering ticket sales in excess of 320,000 for her UK dates, which include a record breaking ten shows at London’s O2 arena. Rihanna now boasts the longest ever run at the venue for a solo female artist since it opened in 2007. The boundary breaking Barbados native has released five spectacular albums since she burst onto the scene in 2005 including her latest chart topper “Loud”, “Girl Like Me”, and “Good Girl Gone Bad”. Her brand new album “Talk That Talk” is set for release on November 21. With five UK number one’s, “Umbrella”, “Only Girl (In The World)”, “What’s My Name”, “Take A Bow” and the current smash “We Found Love”, she is set to give an explosive headline performance at Barclaycard Wireless in 2012.
2011’s acclaimed line-up saw a record breaking 140,000 people descend onto London’s Hyde Park to enjoy the most successful Barclaycard Wireless yet, with triumphant sets from headliners The Black Eyed Peas, The Chemical Brothers and Pulp. Previous headliners have included Jay-Z, P!NK, Daft Punk, and New Order.
Entering its eighth consecutive year Wireless promoter Steve Homer from Live Nation is looking forward to another outstanding year in the capital. He said, “Following our most successful Wireless to date in 2011, we are delighted that Rihanna will headline the festival on Sunday 8 July 2012. Confirming Rihanna for her only UK performance next year reinforces our reputation as a major player on the festival circuit."
Dan Mathieson, Head of Sponsorship, Barclaycard, added, “We're very excited to be sponsoring Wireless for the fourth consecutive year and this announcement that Rihanna is the headline act on Sunday shows that the Barclaycard and Live Nation partnership continues to draw quality artists to this ever growing event. We will be continuing to provide our customers with great experiences and valuable benefits from when tickets go on sale through to on-site next summer and can promise a fantastic event next year.”
Hyde Park has been home to London’s most sensational summer concerts for over four decades, an iconic location for some of the greatest names in musical history. Acts that have performed include Morrissey, The White Stripes, Kanye West, Aerosmith,Eric Clapton, and Foo Fighters.
Barclaycard Wireless is a dazzling open-air live music experience in the heart of bustling London. It offers a chance to experience the excitement of watching the best in popular music right on your doorstep; with many more acts and details still to be unveiled, Barclaycard Wireless 2012 is certain to be the biggest and best event on the summer’s musical calendar.
Ticketing Information:
Tickets go on sale Friday 18th November at 10am and are priced at £52.50 plus booking fee.
Barclaycard customers have the exclusive opportunity to purchase limited two for one tickets, on sale Wednesday 16th November at 9am viawww.barclaycardunwind.com followed by a 48 hour presale.
Vodafonecustomers can buy tickets 48 hours before they go on general sale. Get yours from 9am, Wednesday 16th November atwww.vodafone.co.uk/vip
Having recently announced their ‘live resurrection’ to the delight of dedicated fans across the globe, The Stone Roses will undoubtedly provide THE seminal music moment of the summer with their hugely anticipated headline performance at T in the Park 2012.
A limited release of tickets for the 19th T in the Park will go on general sale at 2011 prices at 9am on Friday 2nd December From www.ticketmaster.co.uk and by calling 08444 999 990
Next year’s event will take place across the weekend of 6th – 8th July.
Boutique camping options are available in The Residence at T in the Park. The Residence offers festival goers a bespoke, luxury experience where all their accommodation needs are taken care of -www.tinthepark.com/residence
More information on all ticket prices/packages at www.tinthepark.com. Ticket buyers should only purchase from the official outlets published on this website.
Not only that but they will be delivered wrapped in a beautiful Christmas card designed specially for us by Woody from British Sea Power! This is a chance to get a Kendal Calling ticket in loved ones stockings before tickets go on general sale in early 2012 (normal price 99).
Kendal Calling is an award winning festival set in the rolling hills of the Lake District, described by many as the Glastonbury of the North; last year played host to headliners Blondie, Chase & Status and the Cribs. With multiple stages and areas, Kendal Calling has something for everyone and is loved by families and groups of friends alike. About more than the music, Kendal Calling revellers love dressing up and flock in their fancies for 3 days of dancing, juggling, contortionists, comedy, site art and much more on top of the world class line up.
The Kendal Calling film crew were working hard in the fields this year, capturing favourite festival memories and the video is now live at www.kendalcalling.com, and whilst you’re there, check out all the lovely revelers at this years event in the photo gallery, enough to warm up our winter mittens for next years festival season.
Also the charity auction is now live! With instruments signed by Kendal Calling headliners under the hammer, bidding began on eBay on Tuesday 1st November. The auction will raise money for Cancer Research, Sue Ryder North West, NSPCC, Tiger Awareness and the WWF.
Up for grabs are unique guitars signed by headliners at this years festival. Artists to tag the instruments included Blondie, The Cribs, Levellers, Frank Turner, Craig Charles, Beardyman, Kitty Daisy & Lewis plus many more. Instruments include a bright pink electric guitar signed by legendary New York band Blondie, for more details go to www.kendalgiving.com
Ticket info:
Limited weekend tickets: 95
General tickets: 99
Children 11 – 15: 50
Children under 11: Free
Early birds onsale 9am Friday 11th November via Ticketline only
General ticket release will be early 2012. Please keep checking website, sign up to KC newsletter via the website and join the facebook/twitter to keep in the loop for date of tickets onsale.
Joining the bill for what will be a night to remember are: Ben Howard, Emile Sande, Michael Kiwanuka and Bebe Black. Tickets go on general release from 7 November with an exclusive presale for subscribers from 4 November. Sure to sell out fast subscribe NOW at www.littlenoisesessions.org.uk.
Due to unprecedented demand Mencap have also released additional tickets for the following SOLD OUT shows: Tuesday 22 November with Elbow, Maverick Sabre and Ren Harvieu. Friday 25 November with Goldfrapp andAlpines. Saturday 26 November with Example, Ed Sheeran, Birdy and Fenech Soler. Also performing at this year’s Little Noise Sessions are Marina & The Diamonds, Icona Pop, Spark on 23 November and Sinead O’Connor andKing Creosote on 27 November.
This year Mencap’s Little Noise Sessions are heading to a new home St. John-at-Hackney to once again showcase a series of stunning stripped back performances from some of the hottest names in music. Our new iconic venue is set in the heart of Hackney, with over 700 years of history and now plays host to it's FIRST EVER music festival.
Chris Martin said; "Jo does amazing work for Mencap, we are thrilled she asked us to play and are honoured to be part of this special night"
Mencap ambassador Jo Whiley said; “We are delighted to welcome the return of Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland to headline an extra special night for Mencap’s Little Noise Sessions. With a week of unbelievable shows, this year is set to be one of the most exciting and inspiring we’ve had to date. I can’t wait!”
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THE LINE UP SO FAR:
* OPENING NIGHT – Elbow, Maverick Sabre solo performance, Ren Harvieu
* WEDNESDAY 23 NOVEMBER – Marina & The Diamonds, Icona Pop, Spark
* THURSDAY 24 NOVEMBER – Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland, Ben Howard Emile Sande, Michael Kiwanuka, Bebe Black
* FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER – Goldfrapp, Alpines
* SATURDAY 26 NOVEMBER – Example, Ed Sheeran, Birdy, Fenech Soler
* SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER – Sinead O’Connor, King Creosote
The Boomtown architects have plans fully underway for reshaping, renovating and renewing the town for the Fair’s annual pilgrimage. With expansion plans afoot to take over some of the wasteland on the outskirts of town, 2012 will see the festival grow into its surroundings and squeeze in even more weird and wonderful shenanigans!
Boomtown Fair is unlike any other festival: the legend of Boomtown tells it was once a small but prosperous retreat now overhauled into a land of lawless rebels, with only the town official’s to uphold its former glory. The 2011 event saw the festival sell out for a third time in its three year history with the festival goers brining as much of the entertainment to the show as the organisers.
With so much packed into the small town, last year’s highlights included; majestic headliner Gogol Bordello, late night shenanigans from the Arcadia crew in their custom built roaming ‘Bug’ stage, dance-offs, marriages and body shaking bass round the clock from Bassline Circus and The Lion’s Den!
Roll up, roll up for cheap tickets for the 2012 Fair, more details about next year’s show will be revealed over the next few months so watch this space..
BLOODSTOCK has got off to an incredible start with ANVIL, PARADISE LOST, WATAIN and ORANGE GOBLIN already confirmed, and this latest announcement only serves to reinforce what the organisers have proven since it’s inception – that each year will be bigger and better than the previous one.
On the RONNIE JAME DIO main stage, Norwegian Black Metal superstars DIMMU BORGIR return toBLOODSTOCK for their only UK show of 2012, taking next year’s first Special Guest slot. Undoubtedly Norway’s biggest Black Metal export, DIMMU BORGIR are one of the scene’s leaders, seamlessly blending ferocious metal with epic classical orchestration to create one of extreme music’s most instantly identifiable sounds. Gearing up for a very special UK tour next month, the band took time out from rehearsals to tell us:
"We are extremely excited to be a part of next year´s Bloodstock festival. It will be great to reconnect with our UK based friends and fans and party up a storm!"
Joining them are hardcore metal heroes HATEBREED. Ultra-aggressive and punishingly heavy, aHATEBREED show will demand – and command – your undivided attention with their brutal, boot-to-the-teeth heaviness. This Connecticut hardcore/metal institution has been demolishing its way around the globe since 1994. Not many bands can enjoy that kind of longevity, but HATEBREED have made being a “career band” look easy, gracing countless magazine covers, performing at some of the biggest metal festivals around the world and even receiving a Grammy nomination. Says band leader/vocalist Jamey Jasta of their only UK show of 2012:
"We're all very excited to play Bloodstock. It's fast becoming one of the best festivals for extreme music and this year's line up is going to crush. We are honoured to share the stage with such awesome bands and happy that we can come and play for our UK die hards!"
Another band who’s only UK performance of 2012 will be on BLOODSTOCK’s RONNIE JAMES DIO stage are none other than CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – or C.O.C for the initiated – who bring their original line up to CATTON HALL for a very special set. Together again after 25 years, Reed Mullin, Woody Weatherman and Mike Dean reunite to bring the spirit of 1985 to Derbyshire, with tracks from their hugely influential crossover classic “Animosity”. Says bassist Mike Dean:
"How can you go wrong playing at a festival with the main stage named for Ronnie James Dio?!!!"
Over on the SOPHIE LANCASTER stage, British Black metal BruisersANAAL NATHRAKH make their only UK festival performance of 2012. Created for one purpose – to be the soundtrack for armageddon, the audial essence of evil, hatred and violence, the true spirit of necro taken to its musical extremes – ANNAL NATHRAKH have released four albums to rapturous acclaim, and boast collaborations with such legendary figures as Attila Csihar (Mayhem), Shane Embury and Danny Herrera (Napalm Death), Nick Barker (Testament, Dimmu Borgir), Joe Horvath (Circle of Dead Children), and BLOODSTOCK fellow Sethlans Teitan (Watain). With appearances on BBC Radio 1 at the personal behest of sadly missed icon John Peel, a headline set at Inferno Festival in Norway, countless placings in ‘best album of the year’ polls and album of the month awards in the press, as well as cover appearances on leading magazines such as Terrorizer on their CV, ANAAL NATHRAKH’s status as one of the leading lights in extreme metal is undeniable. Says the band of their overdue appearance at Britain’s only true outdoor metal festival:
“It's been a long time coming, but finally the planets seem to be in the correct alignment for us to disgrace a stage at Bloodstock. We will also be sicking up a new album in the run up to the festival, so Bloodstock will likely be something of a release celebration/commiseration. Horrific. Good.”
BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2012 takes place at Catton Hall August 9th – 12th. Four day camping tickets for next year’s event are available now atbloodstock.uk.com for just £90 (plus booking fee) until xmas.
