The final line up announcement of Bingley Music Live has revealed that Wilko Johnson has been added to the bill for this year’s edition of the festival.
The former Dr Feelgood guitarist was sadly diagnosed with terminal cancer in January. Fortunately he has remained healthy enough to undertake a series of live performances over the summer. This includes an appearance on the Main Stage at Myrtle Park on Saturday 31st August.
Since the 1970s the singer, guitarist and songwriter has been credited for his enormous contribution to the British rhythm and blues scene, firstly in Dr Feelgood and later as a member of Ian Dury and The Blockheads.
Widely hailed as one of the founding influences of the punk movement, Wilko conceded in a recent interview with The Guardian that his illness has lent him fresh perspective and given rise a particularly fertile creative period, admitting: 'I still feel like a hero on stage'.
Being a national rock'n'roll hero is what Wilko does best and Bingley can revel in Wilko’s distinctive choppy guitar sound and famous ‘duck walk’ one final time.
Wilko will be joined by the likes of Primal Scream, Chic feat. Nile Rodgers, The Human League, The Cribs, The Fratellis, The Neville Staple Band, Tinchy Stryder and Katy B during the much loved, three day Yorkshire festival which runs between Friday, 30 August and Sunday, 1 September.
Penrith, home to Kendal Calling, in its 8th year this small boutique festival transports you into a fantasy playground. Expect house parties, fancy dress, entertainers and an array of hidden gems that will brighten up the beautiful surronding’s that is Cumbria, the Lake District.
Spread across 8 areas – main stage, glow tent, calling out, chai wallah, house party, riot jazz, woodlands, jagermesiter, and songsmith solar, there is plenty of music and activities to chose from.
The site itself is conveniently laid out, and considering the size of the small size of the festival, it offers a wide varitey of activities to chose from. For families with young children, there is a ladybird kids area where parenets can relax whilst the kids have fun, and if ale is your chosen tipple, head straight to the ale tent where you will find a selection of local ales.
The main stage on Friday saw the likes of Clean Bandit, Willy Moon, Public Enemy and Basement Jaxx take to the stage whilst The Lightning Seeds played an acoustic set in the calling out tent, shortly followed by Theme Park. And if dance music is more your thing then head straight to the glow tent, where you were treated to music by Artwork, Jackmaster, Bondax, Oneman and Dismantle spinning tunes into the early hours of the morning.
Public Enemy provided an energetic performance that had the crowd jumping in unison. Flava Flav was last to make an appearance onto the 10 strong band line up, and he’s energy and stage presence was worth the wait. Working the crowd and jumping around, he entertained and the crowd followed pursuit. At one point he asked the photographers to stay for an extra song as he didn’t want them to miss out on the next performance. A hard act to follow, but Basement Jaxx were next on the bill, closing the main stage on friday, The brightly colourful dance duo walked onto the stage and blew the audience away. Playing an array of feel good anthems such as Romeo, Where’s Your Head At, Oh My Gosh and Rendevous along with special guests Vula Malinga and lisa Kekaula, a perfect ending to a sun kissed evening.
Saturday’s line up included Mickey P Kerr, Dutch Uncles, The Twang, The D.O.T, Ash, I am Kloot, The Charlatans, Dub Pistols and British Sea Power gracing the stages in the heavy down poor. Mickey P Kerr provided the audience with an entertaining set, including a track called Banned from Morrisons that had everyone joining in with the chorus and it wasn’t long before everyone was in fits of laughter.
Ash played a mixture of old classics and some tracks from their latest album that got everyone in the mood for the evenings headliner, The Charlatans. Playing a string of hits including The Only One I Know, One to Another, My Beautiful Friend, Tellin’ Stories and North Country Boy. An impressive set from a legendary band who proved why the main stage belonged to them and rocked the crowd into a frenzy.
By Sunday a lot of revellers had left the site due to the heavy rain, but the majority of people stuck it out in anticipation for seeing some iconic artists including the legendary Primal Scream. But before the nights headliners, a great selection of bands were on offer, including the witty Beans on Toast, who sang about sex, drugs, Tesco’s and politics. Entertaining the crowd, he had everyone in fits of laughter. Irish newcomers Kodaline took to the main stage to provide audiences with a selection of songs including High Hopes, to be shortly followed by The Mystery Jets.
The iconic and infamous Johnny Marr made an entrance onto the main stage and second song in he sang The Smiths classic Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before, followed by I Fought the Law and Bigmouth Strikes Again.
The amazing bluesman Seasick Steve wowed the crowds with his personalised guitars and soulful voice, whilst The 1975 had the teenage girls screaming for more. And as the sun settled over Lowther Deer Park Primal Scream made a late entrance onto the main stage. Singing their classic hits including Movin’ On Up, Loaded, Jailbird and Rocks, they entertained and closed the festival in style.
If you’re looking for a small family friendly festival then head to Kendal Calling, it offers everything you can expect from a festival with a fancy dress theme on Saturday. Let your fun side out and join in the fun!
Photos by Olivia Frayman from Kendal Calling are here
Following an absolute classic SECRET GARDEN PARTY last weekend organisers have decided to put EARLY BIRD TICKETS on sale today.
Organiser Fred Fellowes summed up :
‘I think this year had the best atmosphere yet. A lot of love came to the Party this year and I like to think we returned it with some great content, so a big thank you from the bottom of my heart to all our Gardeners for making it an outstanding event. Definitely a classic.’
Dates for next year are 24-27 July 2014. Tickets will be same price as Tier 1 tickets this year. (£137.50 plus booking fee). They can be purchased from Ticket link: http://sgp.seetickets.com
After releasing details of the epic new production set for Creamfields 2013, the UK’s biggest electronic festival has now issued their final ticket warning as the event is expected to be completely sold out in the next 14 days.
This will be Creamfields 5th consecutive sell-out which will attract a record 60,000 dance fans with performances from the likes of The Prodigy, AVICII, Tiësto, David Guetta, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Above & Beyond, Eric Prydz, Knife Party, Paul van Dyk, Groove Armada, Pete Tong, Annie Mac, Richie Hawtin, Loco Dice, Sub Focus plus more.
LOTF is your typical local festival and the title of the festival explains it all, you lounge on Merton farm and enjoy great music! So much so, there were sofas dotted around the farm for festival fans to relax and enjoy the atmosphere. As well as this, a variety of street food stalls from Indian, Mexican, Thai and even local Merton burgers from the farm were available. Not only was there music to enjoy over five stages, there was also a family funfair and craft stalls where sewing classes and craft classes were available should you wish to partake.
To kick Friday off, the line-up included, amongst others Coco and The Butterfields, who gave a quirky performance with their mix of hip-hop and folk sound; Beans on Toast, who sings about sex, drugs and politics… nevertheless, you cannot ignore the man’s witty song writing abilities which had the crowd both laughing and singing along at the same time and Lucy Rose who gave a chilled out performance, which captivated the audience and certainly had everyone excited for Friday’s headliner.
Whilst waiting for Seasick Steve to arrive on stage the crowd were surprised suddenly by a flash mob style brass band who started playing amongst them. The band played contemporary hits, with their own twist. They made several appearances over the weekend popping up all over the festival in various places to play their set to the festival go-ers.
Seasick Steve was the first headliner to perform on the main stage at LOFT. Performing with his many customised guitars and accompanied by his drummer, he gave an intimate and relaxed performance. His set included hits ‘Self-Sufficient Man’, ‘Don’t Know Why She Loves Me But She Do’ and ‘Started Out With Nothin’, which rounded off a great first day on the main stage.
However the festival still carried on until the early hours of the morning, so I checked out DJ legend David Rodigan’s performance in the Hoe Down tent. The tent was packed with people of all ages raving out to Rodigan’s selection of Reggae and Dancehall hits.
Saturday arrived and with it euphoric indie band, Eliza and The Bear, Tribes who rocked out the main stage, Willy Moon who gave a classy performance, which involved his hit ‘Yeah Yeah’, which most people would recognise from the Apple iPod advert. By the time Man Like Me took to the stage, the heavens opened and Lounge on the Farm was flooded with torrential down pour and thunderstorms. However this didn’t stop the crowd enjoying Man like Me’s energetic performance.
Although the wellies had to come out, by the time Jessie Ware graced the stage the rain eventually stopped, which topped off her performance. The up and coming star sang all her hits from her debut album ‘Devotion’ including ‘Wildest Moments’, ‘Imagine It Was Us’ and ‘If You’re Never Gonna Move’. Ware mentioned that LOTF was the first festival that she has headlined, with this in mind, I though she gave an excellent performance and was one of the highlights of the whole weekend.
After Jessie Ware’s performance and for a change of scenery I checked out the Boom and Bang Circus feat. Kitty Bang Bang. The show consisted of eccentric and show-stopping acts, including burlesque dancing, comedy acts and fire-eaters to name a few. It certainly was a different style of entertainment to see at a festival, but nevertheless extremely entertaining.
The last day of the festival arrived all too quickly and I must admit, I was a little sad by this point but excited at the same time as the last day consisted of a few musical legends. The day’s line-up included indie/rock band Siblings, Art Ferguson’s Big Blues Band, who gave an amazing show that had the crowd dancing merrily, Reggae legends, Aswad who gave a jammin’ performance and Dub Pistols, a lively show that had the crowd jumping and dancing throughout their entire set.
Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler closed the festival. Despite the late start, the group gave a performance worthy of their closing spot and rounded off the end of the festival nicely. Their set including their renowned hits ‘Keep on Movin’ and ‘Back to Life’ which had the older members of crowd dancing and singing along to their heart’s content.
It was hard to fault LOTF, it has the whole package for a small festival. I particularly liked the real local festival vibe, which some big festivals sometimes lack due to their size and the size of the attending crowd. Despite this year’s headliners not being as ‘renowned’ as the festival’s past headliners (Ellie Goulding, Emelie Sande, The Streets), I still feel the headliners this year gave top-notch performances all round and were worthy of their spots. The only criticism I could possibly give the festival, is the distance between the main stage and the crowd was unnecessarily wide, so much so Jessie Ware and Seasick Steve to name a few even complained at how far away they were from the crowd. This almost defeated the point of the intimate feel small festivals are meant to give, so let’s hope this is an improvement that is made for LOTF 2014!
For images of Lounge on the Farm 2013 please click here.
Due to Popular Demand Exclusive Ticketmaster Online Pre-sale Available this Monday
Stereosonic is pleased to announce a pre-sale available exclusively online via Ticketmaster this Monday 29th July, due to the unprecedented response to the line-up announcement. Patrons can purchase pre-sale tickets from the following url:http://bit.ly/1aLYaHz
Featuring the world’s most illustrious musicians, from all spectrums of the electronic community, Stereosonic fans have expressed overwhelming eagerness to purchase tickets to the Stereosonic experience. The immense support from Stereosonic fans to the line-up and two day format expansion, has encouraged the promoters to release an online Ticketmaster pre-sale before the public on sale date of Thursday 1st August.
The pre-sale will open from 9am Monday 29th July until 5pm (local Australian capital city time) Tuesday 30th July, unless sold out earlier. There is a four ticket per transaction, limit for the pre-sale. A limit of eight tickets per transaction is in place for the public release commencing Thursday 1st August.
General Admission and ‘Disco With The Lot’ (VIP) tickets are available in the exclusive pre-sale. Prices for General Admission tickets commence at $199.95. General Admission prices will increase as ticket releases are exhausted. ‘Disco With The Lot’ tickets are priced at $400 for patrons that prefer a premium experience that includes: access to VIP areas that include a viewing platform, exclusive private bathrooms and premium food and beverages.
Tickets available in the public release can be purchased from all Ticketmaster channels (online, via phone 136 100 or from store outlets) from Thursday 1st August.
The promoters strongly advise Stereosonic fans to purchase their tickets at their earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
2013 Lineup:
David Guetta Calvin Harris Armin van Buuren
Above & Beyond Acid Jacks Afrojack Alesso Aly & Fila b2b John O’Callaghan Andrew Rayel Andy C Axwell Bingo Players Boys Noize Breach Bryan Kearney B U R N S Cajmere Claude VonStroke Clockwork Destructo DJ Falcon Djedtronic Doctor P Dog Blood Drumsound & Bassline Smith Empire of the Sun Feenixpawl Ferry Corsten Flight Facilities Fritz Kalkbrenner Gareth Emery Generik Giuseppe Ottaviani Hot Natured Hot Since 82 Infinity Ink Jamie Jones Jochen Miller Justin Martin Kaz James Krewella Labrinth Late Nite Tuff Guy Lee Foss Lemaitre M4SONIC Maceo Plex MaRLo Mat Zo Matrix & Futurebound Nero Nick Thayer Nicky Romero Noisia & Foreign Beggars present I AM LEGION R.L Grime Robert Delong Sebastian Ingrosso Shockone Showtek Solarstone Solomun Stafford Brothers Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano The Bloody Beetroots TJR Tommie Sunshine Tommy Trash Tritonal ƱZ W&W What So Not Will Sparks Zedd
Arenas:
Full on Ferry Hot Creations Hard UKF
Stereosonic Event Dates:
SYDNEY: Saturday 30th November & Sunday 1st December, Sydney Showground PERTH: Saturday 30th November & Sunday 1st December, Claremont Showground* ADELAIDE: Friday 6th December & Saturday 7th December, Adelaide Showground MELBOURNE: Saturday 7th December & 8th December, Melbourne Showgrounds BRISBANE: Saturday 7th December & 8th December, RNA Showgrounds *subject to council approval
With only 3 weeks to go until crowds of music fans descend upon its gates, V Festival 2013, sponsored by Virgin Media, announces that John Newman, Idris Elba, Naughty Boy, Seasick Steve and Lawson will join this year’s stellar line-up. V Festival takes place across two sites, on 17 &18 August and is headlined by Beyonce and Kings of Leon.
Brit singer John Newman shot straight to the top of the charts earlier this month with the hit single ‘Love Me Again’, and is ready to bring some soulful vibes to crowds at both sites. He’s joined by man of the moment Idris Elba, who is taking time out from leading roles in the forthcoming blockbuster ‘Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom’ and BBC detective series ‘Luther’ to perform at this year’s festival. The Brit, Golden Globe winning actor and critically-acclaimed musician will make a debut festival appearance bringing some hip-hop, dance grooves to crowds.
Fresh from a string of highly anticipated summer appearances, Naughty Boy will be making his way to V Festival, and Seasick Steve returns for a second time to perform his brand of blues/rock. Popsters Lawson have also been announced performing hits including their recent Top Ten smash ‘Brokenhearted’.
V Festival prides itself on the quality of artists that perform each year, aside from headliners Beyonce and Kings of Leon other incredible acts across the weekend include Stereophonics, The Script, Emeli Sandé, Calvin Harris, Beady Eye, Jessie J, Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines, Basement Jaxx, Olly Murs, Paloma Faith, Jesse Ware, James, Rita Ora, The Courteeners, FUN., Labrinth, Ellie Goulding, Rudimental, James Arthur, Little Mix, and Laura Mvula.
2013 once again sees a wide spectrum of acts playing across the stages, guaranteeing yet another year of unforgettable appearances. The popular Glee Club Comedy Tent will also make a return this year, with side-splitting performers to be announced. There is something for everyone at V Festival.
Founder Alex Trenchard comments: "This is the first time weekend tickets have sold out and I'm utterly thrilled. Thank you to all I've worked with for keeping the faith. Standon Calling might be a smaller festival but this season is seeing some of the independents making big waves. Bring on next weekend's celebrations."
Headliners Digitalism, Band of Skulls and De La Soul head to Hertfordshire 2nd – 4th August for what is set to be Standon Calling’s best year yet. The headliners are joined by some of the most successful young bands and the hottest up-and-coming names around including Bastille, AlunaGeorge and London Grammar. See below for a full day and stage split.
Alongside the music extravaganza is the 2013 theme, ‘Running Away From The Circus’. Fans are no doubt beavering away to create their costumes as we speak. The bravest of punters are signed up to ‘Standon People’s Circus’ which will be putting on shows over the weekend, others will be sky high courtesy of Gorilla Flying Circus and their outdoor trapeze rig offering 90 minute classes and ‘pay per fly’ options.
For families favourites including crafts, Maurice’s reggae nursery rhymes, ‘You and Me photo booth, yoga, storytelling and more take place within the special kids area. Elsewhere more ‘grown-up’ talks and workshops include Art Macabre Life Drawing, the Science of Building a Human Pyramid, the Art of Whipping and more can be enjoyed in The Strongman’s Arms, Standon Calling’s onsite pub. Last but no means least canine friend’s star in Standon Calling’s annual dog show and as always the onsite swimming pool will be open for business.
Weekend tickets are now sold out however day tickets to Friday and Sunday can be purchased for £50 from the Standon Calling website. Ticket holders for Sunday will also be able to purchase a £15 add on ticket allowing them to camp that evening.
Line up
MAINSTAGE
FRIDAY Digitalism Bastille Shields Lazy Habits & Miss Baby Sol Mary Epworth & the Jubilee Band Maddox TBC (Gig Review Competition Winner) SATURDAY Band Of Skulls King Charles The Correspondents The Skints Josephine Silvermoths Autoheart Carnival of Souls SUNDAY De La Soul Gentleman’s Dub Club Dizraeli & The Small Gods London Afrobeat Collective Mary Epworth Lips Choir Dancing Years Vardo & The Boss
THE BIG TOP FRIDAY The Joy Formidable Toy Revere Bibelots Rockaoke Standon People’s Circus SATURDAY DJ Yoda+Trans-Siberian Marching Band The D.O.T. Dutch Uncles Public Service Broadcasting A Band Of Buriers Lazarus & The Plane Crash Standon People’s Circus She’Koyokh Standon People’s Circus SUNDAY AlunaGeorge London Grammar Chloe Howl Stills Rotten Hill Gang New Groove Formation Rockaoke Standon People’s Circus
THE BIG TOP – LATE NIGHT FRIDAY Mele Nina Kraviz Roy Davis Jr Two Inch Punch Debian Blak Benin City SATURDAY Orgy Banton Pusherman Simian Mobile Disco SOPHIE Tuesday Born Shox SUNDAY Craig Charles DJ Set Smoove & Turrell Soundsystem
THE COWSHED Count Sizzle’s Whoop Whoop Circus Gilles PetersoN DJ Format Greg Wilson Natty Bo (Ska Cubano) Count Sizzle Count Skylarkin Leo Beckford Cleen Boys.
THE LORDSHIP STAGE FRIDAY Lucy Rose Emily And The Woods Sivu Thomas J Speight Alev Lenz The Title Sequence Lowpines Gibson Bull Matthew Neel SATURDAY Danny & The Champions Of The World Treetop Flyers The Rockingbirds Pete Bruntnell Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou The Dreaming Spires Case Hardin Silver Darter SUNDAY The Willows Fred’s House Boo Hewerdine Reg Meuross The Folk Delirium Tremens Said the Maiden Annie Dale Flaming June Roxanne de Bastion Interiors Indi Forde Zoe Wren Rob Finlay Minnie Birch Noel Cowley Josiah
Boardmasters never fails to attract the biggest names in skateboard and BMX and this year will not disappoint!
Those familiar with the event will remember last year’s incredible set up and will be delighted to know Boardmasters will be providing the mini setup again including public open sessions and public jam competitions. Public Skate competitions will be taking place on Wednesday 7th from 11am at Fistral Beach with public BMX competitions take place on the Thursday with practice from 11am
From the PRO skateboard world you can expect to see the likes of Sam Pulley, Frank Faria, Ben Grove,James Threlfall, Adam Keys, Salar Kooshki, Isaac Maxwell amongst others. BMX enthusiasts can look forward to PROs including likes of Alex Coleborn, Tom Justice, Angus Gough, Anthony McGuirk, Luke Padgett and Tom Isted all competing for their share of the £10k prize pot.
For years now skating has been one of the main highlights of the Fistral Beach site, the competition always amassing a crowd. With the freedom to roll on the mini ramp, the stylish Boardmasters skaters take the competition to the limit, gapping and grinding to their heart's content. Whether you're new to the sport or a bonafide skate fan, the Fistral Beach skate competition is a must-see.
BMXing has been a massive part of the Boardmasters experience for years and with such a strong contingent of BMX talent in the South West, the turnout is always top-class. During the day the BMX athletes battle it out on our purpose built park to a backdrop of crashing waves and sun-drenched applause. There's no need to purchase a ticket to watch any of the BMX or skate events, so head down to the Fistral Beach site in your own time and take in the athletic displays.
Already worrying the plimsoll line with unutterably brilliant acts, there’s still room for more good shipmates aboard the trusty HMS Bestival including recent UK singles chart Number One holder, John Newman. No stranger to topping the charts having already hit the summit with fellow Bestival billed pop behemoth Rudimental, John’s soulful sounds are set to make him a truly big hitter. There’s also live action from dancefloor geniuses Simian Mobile Disco, genre hopping glitch chief Pretty Lights, rock n roll torch bearers and Bestival stalwarts, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, skank masters the Dub Pistols, another Rudimental collaborating Number One type Ella Eyre, barnstorming party starters Skinny Lister, uplifting rock and electronica-clash collaborators Mixhell, chap-hop don Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, Stockholm based quartet Kate Boy, dreamwave electro from Dream Koala, Southampton thrashers Polio, cosmic-pop chanteuse Zhala, Kent’s melancholic indie tunesmith’s Story Books and the impossibly young and talented Will Joseph Smith.
Stepping up to the decks on a mission to keep you dancing all weekend long are BBC Radio 1’s original dance music champion Pete Tong who returns to our Wight isle to host Bestival’s All Gone Pete Tong, Fabric resident and Scrutton Street shaker Daniel Avery, Wall of Sound top boy Mark Jones and deep sea bass warrior Mumdance. Plus there will be sets from Lovesick, ComfyPorn DJs, Dan Hayes, Propaganda DJs and Across The Tracks DJs.
For the fifth year running, we are opening our doors to you lovely Bestivalites on Thursday and for our 10th birthday, we’ve got even more top drawer behaviour than ever before, with a jam-packed line-up in the Big Top that includes the amazing M.I.A., Justin Robertson, The Correspondents, Mark Jones, Sunday Best Forum Allstars, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Bike To Bestival, Courtney Pine, and our Druids Opening Ceremony all hosted by Peter Tautz The Right Toastmaster.
The Replay with Rob da Bank stage, will kick off on Thursday night, with upfront sounds from the aforementioned Mixhell, Tythe, Man Without Country, East India Youth, Dog Is Dead and Feeling Gloomy. But that’s not all as there will be plenty of seafaring shenanigans across the site with a host of stages open including The Knees-Up Tent, Grand Palace Of Entertainment, Tomorrow's World, The Bandstand, Temple Island, Club Dadaand the Polka Tent.
