Boomtown is the UK’s premier ska and reggae festival in Hampshire and it returns for its fourth year over the weekend 9th-12th August 2012.
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The 2011 event saw the festival sell out for a third time in its three year history with the festival goers bringing 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 Lions Den!
Year-on-year Boomtown Fair receives thousands of requests from unsigned acts from around the region (as one of the premier festivals in Hampshire) and across the UK applying to play at the festival, but spaces are always limited. So, for the first time, the Hampshire Festival has joined forces with the Live and Unsigned competition to give festival gigs to at least two acts to perform at the award winning festival! The lucky winners will be chosen from the Live Showcase Finals, to play a slot at Boomtown Fair.
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Cotton Steadman of Boomtown Fair says; ‘Here at Boomtown we are excited to be working alongside Live and Unsigned. As a grassroots festival it's all about supporting up and coming artists and new music and keeping the scene new and fresh. We are really looking forward to discovering some new talent!’
Live & Unsigned is the biggest unsigned music competition for original unsigned bands and artists in the UK. It offers the winning act the chance to play at The O2 in London alongside some of the UK's best musicians as well as £100,000 in prizes, including an additional new main cash prize of £10,000 for the winning act to spend on development.
Auditions will begin in January 2012 and all acts in the competition are auditioned live. Acts that make it through the audition stage will get to perform to industry judges, A & R associates and celebrity guests. Judging last year’s competition and hopefully set to join the panel again in 2012 include Radio 1 DJsAnnie Nightingale, Ras Kwame, Tom Deacon and Daniel P Carter, Kerrang’sAlexBaker and Happy MondaysstarBez.
If you are interested in playing the best festivals in Hampshire and beyond in 2012, click here to check out all the festival partners for Live and Unsigned 2012.
Fri Apr 27 Adelaide – Planet Cream, Adelaide Ent Centre (8pm – 4am) Sat Apr 28 Melbourne – Creamfields, Melbourne Showgrounds (12pm – 10pm) Sun Apr 29 Sydney – Creamfields, EQ – Showring, Coachbay & Hi-Fi (12pm – 10pm) Sat May 5 Perth – Creamfields, Supreme Court Gardens* (12pm – 10pm) Sun May 6 (Long Weekend) Gold Coast – Creamfields, Parklands Gold Coast (12pm – 10pm) * Subject to council approval
Please check website closer to event for early gate opening times and public transport information
Creamfields Australia is back for its biggest show in 2012!
David Guetta #1 DJ in the World (Top 100 DJ Magazine 2011)
Some of the biggest acts in their genre and a mix of new acts
New Venue and location in Queensland: Parklands Gold Coast
Totem Onelove is committed to bringing the best acts and stellar production, but always at the right ticket price. Our national tickets are the best priced festival tickets
In its third year, Creamfields is our boutique festival that continues to grow and grow
We would like to thank all those who supported Stereosonic in 2011, we had record numbers nationally and it was an amazing party
Check out our website and social media for some amazing Creamfields competitions and prizes throughout the coming months
In terms of the word ‘headliner’ Creamfields is proud to present quite simply, the most in-demand DJ, producer and genuinely one of the biggest artists in the world over the past 2 years:
David Guetta Globally, ‘Nothing But The Beat’ has already surpassed 1.4 million album sales and a staggering 6 million plus single track sales. The album was only released 16 weeks ago! Locally, ‘Nothing But The Beat’ has fired past platinum sales, ‘Where Them Girls At’ single is double platinum, ‘Little Bad Girl’ (feat. Taio Cruz & Ludacris) single is platinum, top five smash hit ‘Titanium’ (feat. Sia) is triple platinum and current single ‘Without You’ (Feat.Usher) is now double platinum. Keep an eye out for ‘Titanium Feat. Sia’ remixes soon by Alesso, Nicki Romero, Arno Cost and Gregori Klosman.
Guetta has over 25 million fans on Facebook, over 1.6 million followers on Twitter and has over half a billion views on YouTube, more than any other electronic artist, making him one of the most watched people on the planet.
Above & Beyond are back after performing sellout stadium and club shows across Australia. Dirty South after blowing crowds away this Summer at Stereosonic joins the Creamfields on the main stage and is joined by the “next big thing” Alesso whose productions and remixes are being charted and dropped by all the big acts worldwide. Historically, Creamfields has always had a strong trance lineup and this year alongside Above and Beyond, we welcome Giuseppe Ottaviani, his GO! album was one of the most popular trance albums to date, along with W&W who have been tipped by Armin van Buuren as “the best up-and-coming production duo out there”; Sied van Riel with his countless big remixes and productions and has had a massive year including playing a “Full on Ferry” party in London; Tritonal, as one of the most recognisable names on the modern trance and progressive world stage, MaRLo has had a massive 2011, beatport charts, ITM #1 Victoria DJ and has been asked to play ASOT Party with Armin in 2012. Congo Rock has had a huge year of touring, productions and remixing some of the worlds best, Excision and Downlink who are massive dubstep acts and cohorts with Stereosonic Star Datsik are bringing the bass. Crowd favourites ShockOne and Bombs Away and our main stage will be hosted by the official unofficial voice of the party MC Stretch.
Creamfields Australia brings its best lineup so far featuring:
David Guetta Above & Beyond Dirty South Alesso Excision W&W Giuseppe Ottaviani (Live) Congorock Vitalic Sied van Riel Tritonal Downlink Shockone MaRLo Bombs Away MC Stretch
Ticketing Ultra-limited First Release from Thursday 22nd December at 10am in your local city
Adelaide 1st release $80.00 inc GST and B/F* Available from Ticketek http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CREAMFIE12
*plus card surcharges
Tickets are available from: ONLINE moshtix.com.au PHONE 1300 GET TIX (phone sales) OUTLETS All Moshtix national outlets (except Adelaide, Ticketek only) Oz Tix (Brisbane Only) Ticketek (Adelaide only)
Line-up is subject to change without notice. All events are over 18s, photo ID is required. Line-ups slightly vary in each state. View state information at the creamfields.com.au website for more details.
So it's almost the end of 2011 and what better way to ring out the year then to the sounds of one of the best bands of the year; The Horrors. Their third album 'Skying' has enjoyed a healthy critical and commercial (No.5 in the UK album charts) response and it was brilliantly showcased at the Fred Perry Subsonic night at the Garage in Islington.
The Horrors were not the only impressive aspect of the night as their support came from Toy. A new band that helped create an atmosphere that would pulsate through the night. With a similar style to The Horrors, I'm sure many of The Horrors fans in attendance will be left curious by Toy as it's rare that support band leaves such a strong impression; a great advert for them.
The Horrors came out and frontman Faris Badwan explained that he hadn't been feeling too well recently, even having to cancel several recent performances. Faris would therefore be restricted to sit on a stool throughout the gig. This was not really an inconvenience and even seemed to compliment the raspy modest vocals that Faris contributes to The Horrors. Opener 'Changing the Rain' was a great indicator of things to come and songs such as 'Still Life' and 'Sea Within a Sea' kept the mood ticking brilliantly. The Horrors set however came to a close with 'Skying' Centre piece and set highlight; 'Moving Further Away'. This elongated version saw guitarist Joshua Hayward showing his raw ability before the songs epic conclusion, leaving everyone wanting more. However, that was it from The Horrors as a band, with the rest of the night being taken care of by guest DJ's (one being Horrors bassist Rhys Webb)
All in all it was a fantastic night at The Garage and the people at Fred Perry Subsonic will be hoping that this great success will continue throughout 2012.
Also joining the line up on Sunday 24th are alternative rock band Band of Skulls and award winning singer and guitarist Joan Armatrading.
For the first time, on Friday 22nd June the Isle of Wight Festival 2012 will host a dance night in the atmospheric Big Top and headlining are the unique Groove Armada present Red Light who will bring their 4-deck, multi F-X, audiovisual DJ experience to the Festival. Watch this space, as more top acts will be announced in the New Year. Sunday 24th June sees the loud guitars and larger than life drumming of Black Stone Cherry, Spector, Zulu Winter, The Milk and Switchfoot turn up the heat.
Appearing on the Garden Stage will be festival favourites the Brit Floyd who are headlining on Thursday 21st June. The exceptional Crystal Castles will headline on Friday 22nd June withPenguin Prison. Headlining on Saturday 23rd June will be The Charlatans, an inspirational force in British music who will be performing their iconic album Tellin’ Stories in full. American punk rock band X and singer-songwriter Terry Reid also join the line-up.
For those wanting to celebrate the summer in style, look no further than the Isle of Wight Festival2012! Known around the globe as one of the most important dates on the cultural calendar and famed for being a truly remarkable weekend of eclectic music & fun, this year’s Festival will be no exception… To get up to the minute tweets and all the latest updates, exclusive news, videos & interviews on the Festival head over to the official Isle of Wight Festival Facebook site Facebook.com/iwfestivaland follow us on Twitter @IsleofWightFest.
2012 LINE UP:
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS · PEARL JAM · BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND · GROOVE ARMADA PRESENT RED LIGHT · THE DARKNESS · ELBOW · BIFFY CLYRO · NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS · EXAMPLE · TINIE TEMPAH · NOAH AND THE WHALE · THE VACCINES · FEEDER · MADNESS · LABRINTH · BAND OF SKULLS · JOAN ARMATRADING · PROFESSOR GREEN · WRETCH 32 · BLACK STONE CHERRY · LOICK ESSIEN · CLEMENT MARFO & THE FRONTLINE · SPECTOR · ZULU WINTER · THE MILK · SWITCHFOOT · BOYCE AVENUE · BRIT FLOYD · CRYSTAL CASTLES · THE CHARLATANS TELLIN’ STORIES · PENGUIN PRISON · THE CHRISTIANS · TERRY REID
Based in the idyllic countryside setting at Cattows, a picturesque 300 acre farm, the festival will take place on August 10th-12th. Following two hugely successful events in 2010 and 2011, the team behind Strawberry Fields Festival 2012 insist that next year’s festival will be bigger and better still.
Strawberry Fields Festival 2012! Having welcomed the likes of Kelis, Example, Beardyman, Rizzle Kicks, Mystery Jets, Kissy Sell Out, Jaguar Skills and many more in the last two years, Strawberry Fields Festival boasts a diverse and unique mix of established and emerging acts across a wide range of genres, and is now for the first time offering two lucky Live and Unsigned acts the opportunity to play on the Strawberry Jam Stage at next year’s festival. Mike Beck, event manager at Strawberry Fields Festival, said; "We're delighted to be a festival partner with Live & Unsigned this year. We're passionate about offering unsigned and emerging artists a platform to showcase their talent to a wider audience and we look forward to finding two brilliant acts from this year’s competition to play at Strawberry Fields Festival 2012."
Win Festival Slots Live & Unsigned is the biggest unsigned music competition for original unsigned bands and artists in the UK. It offers the finalists the chance to play at The O2 in London alongside some of the UK's best musicians at Live Fest, London’s biggest indoor festival. There’s also £100,000 worth of prizes to be won, including an additional new main cash prize of £10,000 for the winning act to spend on development. Auditions will begin in January 2012 and all acts in the competition are auditioned live. Acts that make it through the audition stage will get to perform to industry judges, A & R associates and celebrity guests. Judging last year’s competition and hopefully set to join the panel again in 2012 include Radio 1 DJ’s Annie Nightingale, Ras Kwame, Tom Deacon and Daniel P Carter, Kerrang’s Alex Baker and Happy Mondays star Bez.
If you are interested in playing the best festivals of 2012, including Strawberry Fields Festival 2012, click here to check out all the festival partners for Live and Unsigned 2012.
The festival is a celebration of Gloucestershire, its landscape, its art, its music, its food and drink, its culture (both contemporary and traditional) and of course, its people. It’ll feature 100’s of attractions, including a Main Stage hosting 10 bands each day, the best music Gloucestershire has to offer, combined with headline acts from across the country. As well as large Performance Tent which will host acoustic music, poetry, comedy, children’s acts and much more.
There will also be a delicious locally produced food and drink stalls, a bar with a wide selection of real ales and ciders, and a vibrant craft market. There will also be arts and crafts workshops and exhibitions from local community groups, arts organisations and clubs. The entire 3 days will be packed with entertainment for children and adults, not just a bouncy castle (although we will have that too) but; painting, sculptures, model boat making, wood-crafts, performance arts, costumes, theatre, audience interaction, puppet shows and more. Genuinely interesting, educational and fun activities that both adults and children can engage in as well as the all the other stalls and attractions you might expect.
Times –
The festival will run from 12noon – 11pm, saturday 2nd – monday 4th June (with extra entertainment such as acoustic music and a silent disco for weekend ticket holders until 2am each day). Weekend ticket holders are given the opportunity to camp the friday, saturday, sunday and monday in a beautiful field adjacent to the arena.
Price –
The Hullabaloo Festival has ensured the event is priced extremely affordably, for more information regarding tickets or to book your ticket please visit www.hullabaloofestival.co.uk
Further Info –
As well as providing both adults and children with high quality entertainment we also aim to support and promote local community groups, clubs and associations in the area with particular emphasis on (but not limited to) live music, arts and performance arts. We will also be raising funds for a brilliant local charity 'Artshape' who work with individuals, communities and organisations to combat exclusion from the arts, with a particular focus on working with adults facing barriers to participation.
The Hullabaloo Festival will be a sustainable festival, maximising the use of reusable/recyclable/bio- degradable products wherever possible. Recycling waste wherever possible, disposing of non-recyclable waste in a responsible way and encouraging visitors, performers and contractors to do the same. We will also provide and encourage the use of public transport to and from the event and wherever possible source all products, services and equipment locally.
Norfolk’s newest music festival is held at the Norfolk Showground over the course of two days towards the end of the summer, and since its debut last year has already began to rival some of the bigger, more established festivals.
Norfolk Spectacular! Last year Norfolk Spectacular received thousands of requests from unsigned acts across the UK applying to play at the festival, but spaces were limited. So, for the first time, Norfolk Spectacular has joined forces with the Live and Unsigned competition to offer festival slots to three acts! The lucky winners will be chosen from the Live and Unsigned Grand Final at The O2, and will include the overall Live and Unsigned 2012 champion.
Norfolk Spectacular may be Norfolk’s newest music festival, but make no mistake – it is not a small festival. Around 40,000 festival goers attended Norfolk Spectacular’s debut in 2011 to witness the range of incredible acts the music festival had to offer. The main stage was headlined by Chase and Status and N-Dubz, and also played host to Example, Chipmunk, Eliza Doolittle, Professor Green, Tinie Tempah, Taio Cruz and Tinchy Stryder over the course of the weekend. The Arena Stage meanwhile saw a range of local and unsigned artists take to the stage to showcase their talent. Win Festival Slots
Live & Unsigned is the biggest unsigned music competition for original unsigned bands and artists in the UK. It offers the finalists the chance to play at The O2 in London alongside some of the UK's best musicians at Live Fest, London’s biggest indoor festival. There’s also £100,000 worth of prizes to be won, including an additional new main cash prize of £10,000 for the winning act to spend on their development.
Auditions begin in January 2012 and all acts in the competition are auditioned live. Acts that make it through the audition stage will get to perform to industry judges, A & R associates and celebrity guests. Judging last year’s competition and hopefully set to join the panel again in 2012 include Radio 1 DJ’s Annie Nightingale, Ras Kwame, Tom Deacon and Daniel P Carter, Kerrang’s Alex Baker and Happy Mondays star Bez.
If you are interested in playing the best festivals of 2012, including Norfolk Spectacular, click here to check out all the festival partners for Live and Unsigned 2012.
In their 31st year, with 13 albums to their name, New Model Army still possess an insatiable creative ambition. As one of the Amigo’s favourite bands this promises to be one of the best closing nights Strummercamp Festival has seen.
Other confirmed acts include:
Goldblade,Neck, The Lovely Eggs, V Thirteen, Stand Out Riot, Beat The Red Light, Revenge Of The Psychotronic Man, Hated Til Proven, Acid Drop, Faintest Idea, Only Strangers, Bootscraper, Rising Strike, Run Out The Guns, Ducking Punches – many more acts to be added
The Stone Roses were one of the pioneers of British guitar pop’s ‘Madchester’ era, ruling the scene of the late 80’s and early 90’s. Their comeback was announced in October 2011 and quickly hit major music media headlines with the plan of their forthcoming world tour. The first triple-gig of the tour is set for Heaton Park in Manchester, with the initial 2 nights selling out in less than 15 minutes. Not a bad sign, considering the capacity of 150.000. Another revealing piece of data: The Stone Roses record sales grew with an unbelievable 1000% after announcing the reunion.
Rumor has it that the band is already thinking about recording a new album, so you better prepare for a total conquest of The Stone Roses, peaking at the 20th Sziget Festival.
Sub Focus AKA Nick Douwma, has quickly risen through the ranks of underground jungle to become a major player in electronic music. Initially known for dancefloor dismantling drum & bass, Sub Focus is now known for being synonymous with music that draws from all corners of the electronic landscape. His new single Falling Down is available for free download from his Facebook fanpage. No doubt Sub Focus’ return to the Isle of Pag will raise the roof at Hideout Festival 2012.
Having announced herself onto the electronic music scene in 2010, Maya Jane Coles has had unbelievable few years since, earning 9th best DJ in the world in Resident Advisor¹s 2011 top 100 DJs poll. A bright talent with more than a couple of strings to her bow, Maya Jane Coles will bring something very different and exiting to Hideout 2012.
Breakage, who will be making his 2nd visit to the festival, moves effortlessly through styles from drum and bass to dubstep and has proved to be one of the most versatile operators in either scene to date. His recent single Fighting Fire was endorsed by Zane Lowe as Hottest Record In The World and further support has come from Hideout favourite Annie Mac.
Kerri 'Kaoz' Chandler, a deep house music originator, has been injecting soul into music since the early nineties and unparalleled in his ability to bring an intoxicating spirit and sparkling soul to the genre, his signature sound has always stayed true to his jazz and soul roots, ensuring Kerri Chandler will light up Zcre Beach this summer.
As one of the year’s brightest techno stars Ben Klock is welcomed with open arms to Hideout 2012. The Berghain resident has been touring the globe, as well as releasing records on Ostgut Ton and his own label Klockworks and has mounted an international reputation over the last few years making his name synonymous with the rise of techno throughout the world.
Finally, Hideout 2012 welcomes Toddla T to Croatia, 2011 has been another huge year for Toddla T. He has produced tracks for some of the UK urban scene¹s biggest stars, is putting the finishing touches to his second album, DJs around the globe, has a slew of remixes under his belt and has now landed his very own weekly Radio 1 show.
