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Liverpool Music Week – First acts announced
One of the headline acts for this year’s Liverpool Music Week, is one of the world’s most iconic electronic acts LEFTFIELD who close the 2010 festival at Liverpool University. After a series of outstanding summer festival performances Neil Barnes returns with a new live show. The band who trailblazed their unique sound in the early 90’s and took John Lydon back to the top of the charts, are back after over a decade. Leftfield’s debut album ‘Leftfism’ was voted ‘one of the greatest albums of all time’ by Q Magazine, and their follow up album ‘Rhythm & Stealth’ went to Number 1 spawning the techno anthem ‘Phat Planet’.
Another of this year’s headline acts will be CHASE & STATUS, after a hugely successful outing at this year’s summer festivals. Currently celebrating the release of their latest hit single “Let You Go”, from their forthcoming (and yet to be titled) 3rdalbum, they headline the o2 Academy on Saturday 13th November.
Another act confirmed for LMW 2010 is the highly acclaimed EFTERKLANG who have recently released their third album entitled Magic Chairs on 4AD. This will be the bands Liverpool debut, and will be flying in from Copenhagen especially to perform during LMW at o2 Academy on Sunday 7th November.
DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP is the next act to be announced for this year’s festival. Since their Liverpool debut at Liverpool Music Week 2007, they have gone on to become one of the best known names in revolutionary new music. On the back of a blistering festival run and their second critically acclaimed album, ‘Le Sac v Pip’ will take on their biggest Liverpool show yet at o2 Academy on Wednesday 3rd November.
Further hip hop & electronic beats will come in the form of improvisation sensationBEARDYMAN. Having won the UK beatboxing championships twice in a row, winning best MC at the Breakspoll awards, will make his LMW debut on the opening night of this year’s festival at the Stanley Theatre on Friday 29th October.
Two other acts to play shows at the Stanley Theatre are HADOUKEN and K’NAAN. A huge favourite in the city, dance-rock-ravers Hadouken will follow on from their second album ‘For the Masses’, and make their LMW debut on the Saturday 30thOctober.
Somali poet & rapper K’naan will make his much anticipated city debut following his huge summer hit Waving Flag, (the official song of the 2010 World Cup) and is touring his new groundbreaking album Troubador, hitting Liverpool on Saturday 13thNovember.
Liverpool Music Week began in 2003 and over the last 8 years has gone onto become a nationally recognised event and highlight of the music calendar. Resulting in Liverpool Music Week becoming the UK’s biggest indoor winter music festival, a musical showcase that features big name acts and gives a performance platform for fresh emerging talent, a number of which have gone on to reach nationwide success. Last years event attracted a record breaking 65,000 people to the city and is a combination of free and ticketed shows. The winning format returns in 2010 to stage over 80 events and play host to over 400 live bands.
LMW Director and founder Mike Deane said: “As we head into our 8th festival, there have been several landmark announcements, but in particular it’s been a serious long-term ambition for me to see Leftfield on the line-up for Liverpool Music Week. We’re also really pleased to have persuaded Efterklang to make their Liverpool debut. They will be flying in especially to play the festival. These are just the first of several exciting announcements for Liverpool Music Week 2010.”
DATES ANNOUNCED SO FAR:-
Leftfield
Thursday 25th November
Liverpool University (Mountford Hall)
£24+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.00pm
Chase & Status
Saturday 13th November
02 Academy Liverpool (Main Room)
£14+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm
Efterklang
Sunday 7th November
02 Academy Liverpool (Main Room)
£10.00+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 8.00pm
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Wednesday 3rd November
02 Academy Liverpool (Main Room)
£14.50+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm
Beardyman
Friday 29th October
Liverpool University (Stanley Theatre)
£10.00+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm
Hadouken
Saturday 30th October
Liverpool University (Stanley Theatre)
£12.50+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm
K’naan
Saturday 13th November
Liverpool University (Stanley Theatre)
£12.50+BF / Age: 14+ / Doors: 7.30pm
Tickets available from www.ticketline.co.uk / Tel: 0844 888 4401. More acts to be announced over the coming months.
Only 8 days till Bestival!
Straight from Bestival HQ here is the latest:
“With Bestival just around the corner we’re counting down to the 2010 Year of the Fantastic. This week’s been nuts – we’ve launched our new registered charity The Bestival Foundation with our ‘Adopt A Bottle’ scheme which will see every Isle of Wight schoolchild aged Under 16 presented with a free Josie da Bank designed fully recycled water bottle. This is part of a 3 year programme run in conjunction with the Footprint Trust that will teach local Isle of Wight schoolchildren about saving water with a series of fun workshops and help move local schools towards their eco-school goal.
Rob da Bank commented about the launch of The Bestival Foundation; “We’re chuffed and proud to announce the creation of The Bestival Foundation as a way of giving something back to worthwhile causes. To kick off we’re focusing on a 3 year plan to support schools across the Isle of Wight giving young ‘uns a free recycled bottle to get them thinking about water saving and water usage, which is an important issue for the local Island community and beyond.”
As well as good deeds aplenty we are also very pleased to announce the comedy line up for Bestival’s Year of the Fantastic as programmed by GetComedy.com will include a veritable smorgasbord of side-splitters including Rufus Hound, Andrew Maxwell , Craig Campbell, Andre Vincent, Tiffany Stevenson, Chris Cox, Benny Boot, Eric Lampaert, Joel Dommett, Rob Beckett, Luke Benson, Pete Walsh, Lewis Costello, Barry Castgnola, Wayne Deakin, Colin Owens, Matt Kirshen, Tiernan Douieb and Paul McCaffrey. As well as all the comedy you’ll be able to prod your brain with the Fashionable Pub Quiz or the Sound Familiar Music Quiz. Delight in the fabulous cabaret stars Frisky and Mannish, Agent Lynch and the one-man theatrics of Bane. Get messy with Underground Rebel Bingo, jive to the Correspondents on Saturday and don your headphones at the witching hour for the DJ battles of the epic Silent Disco.
Continuing our people power vibes at Bestival 2010 we’re giving you the chance to shine like the star you are at the Cabaret tent with Whose Talent Is It Anyway? For the first time we are opening our sparkly curtains to the ultimate talent show where you, yes you, are the stars of the show. Whether you can warble like Whitney, shake it like Shakira or pull a disco bunny out of the hat, we need you. If you have the sexy-factor bring yourself, your talent and your friends and put it to the test. All talents are welcome! We will be signing up starlets from Midday on Friday 10th September and early arrival is advised as we expect gargantuan X-Factor style queues. Shows will take place at 1.15pm and 2.45pm. Your hosts will be the fabulous ladies The White One and The Brown One. Fairy Tash will be keeping score and the delectable Delilah will be on the decks. The winner of Whose Talent Is It Anyway will get a coveted slot to perform on the Plugged In Solar-Powered Bestival Bandstand in the Tomorrow’s World Field later in the weekend!
We can also let you know that anyone who needs a place to take a breather from the festival mayhem is very welcome to chill at SingStar’s Cocktails & Dreams tent where you’ll be able to grab a cocktail created by one of their specialist mixologists, then sit back and chill with your mates under the open sky – Cocktails & Dreams has a retractable roof – or, if the mood takes you, release your inner legend with some vocal action on stage or, if you’re a bit shy in one of the private SingStar booths. After the sun sets the party SingStar party really kicks off, with resident DJ’s, MC’s and surprise special guests keeping things going well into the night with appearance from super-special guests Vanilla Ice, Limahl from Kajagoogoo, Katrina from Katrina and the Waves and The Cuban Brothers, Peter Frank Raooowsht and Halifax Hospital radio legend Barry Peters – make sure you don’t miss out.
We have some very important practical info about this year’s Bestival for you, starting with a word from Rob da Bank: ‘I don’t wanna sound like Constable da Bank but entrance is gonna be v. strict on under 18s travelling solo and in groups… the rules are below just so we don’t get anyone saying we didn’t spell it out. Evenin’ all‘.
And here are those rules: All persons under the age of 18 must be accompanied at the festival by a parent or guardian over the age of 21. Plus, no more than four under 18s are allowed per parent or guardian. If you are lucky enough to look under 21 you might be asked for ID at the entrance and at bars as part of the Challenge 21 initiative – so please bring photo ID with you.
As we’ve had a bit of a site move around, we have some very important new Bestival travel info that you need to be aware of so please read this. We have moved the main camping car parks this year so please look out for and follow the ‘CAMPING CAR PARK’ signs as you approach the festival. Campervans will be in the same place as 2009. Please follow sign for ‘CAMPERVANS’. All Tipi Field / Boutique campers – please look out for ‘BOUTIQUE CAMPING’ signs so you know where to park for easiest access. We are working closely with both Red Funnel and Wightlink ferry companies to reduce congestion at the ports on Monday. You must help to play your part by turning up for your scheduled ferry on time, but NO EARLIER THAN 1 HOUR BEFORE YOUR FERRY TIME – THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! There will be NO SHUTTLE BUSES AT THE ROBIN HILL ENTRANCE this year, this area will be for TAXIS AND DROP OFFS / PICK UPS, BESTIVAL DIRECT COACHES and BIG LEMON COACHES only.SHUTTLE BUSES (from the ferry ports and island towns) will now be dropping off and picking up very near to the main entrance to the campsites. We have moved this to give us lots more space to hold more buses on Monday.
When you are arriving and, more importantly, when you are leaving Bestival, please stay tuned in to BESTIVAL FM on 87.7FM to get the latest traffic and travel info.
Lastly, we are very pleased to announce that Bestival will be on TV, so if you missed out on tickets or, are coming along and want to relieve your Year of the Fantastic you’ll be able to catch all the action as Channel 4 will be showing a 60 minute Music on 4 special and a half hour T4 special both on Sunday 19th September plus there will be four 15-minute artist specials to keep an eye out for!”
Lots more info at www.bestival.net
South West Four 2010 Review
Saturday 28th August had finally arrived and it was the first day of the SOLD OUT South West Four weekender. Extended to a two day festival this year we were delighted to see the sun shining after a week of rain.
We made our way to the infamous Clapham Common, home to SW4 for many a year. As we picked up our passes and walked in, we manage to catch the end of Alex Metric finishing up his live set on the main stage.We make our way to the front of the main stage to see Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong. A regular at SW4 he was to kick things off in typical Tongy fashion, busting out massive track after track and showcasing why he is still one of the most in-demand DJ’s in the world. Dropping the massive Swedish House Mafia “One” brings the crowds running into the main stage area in their hundreds, by far one of the biggest tunes of the year.
Over to the other side of the park to catch Gareth Emery in the TimeOut Gallery Arena who is playing a nice selection of uplifting trance to an already very busy tent. The Gallery Arena has been one of the most popular tents at SW4 and with a lineup including Judge Jules, Sander Van Doorn and Paul Oakenfold it was bound to be packed like a sardine can!
We quickly head over to the DJ Mag Bedrock Arena to see Mutant Clan (Timo Maas and Santos) who are busy on their setup of 8 CDJ’s and 2 mixers. They seem to work seamlessly together to blend track after track.
Moving onto the Toolroom Knights arena, we catch Dirty South who has had another productive year in the studio releasing the popular “Phazing” which is doing the damage around clubland. Sticking to his electro / uplifting house style he rocks the crowd in one of the tents that I quite enjoyed throughout the day. We also catch Funkagenda in the Toolroom Knights arena and he rocks the crowd with a massive set.
As the sun continues to shine on through the afternoon, the crowd was building up to its maximum 20,000 capacity. We see smiles all around us as we walk through the crowd back to the main stage to catch Laidback Luke, one of the busiest DJ’s / Producers in the business. Pumping out track after track we were very excited to see him for our first time. His style is a mix of uplifting / progressive house and electro. His blend of tracks at SW4 gathers a massive crowd in the main stage area.
Erick Morillo as energetic as always teases the crowd with a great intro track and then busts into his unique style of Latin / Miami style house music. It’s been a while since I last saw Erick on a big stage and he always plays with a high amount of energy, constantly dancing and grooving behind the decks. By the end of his set, there is a mass of friends and colleagues gathered on the stage partying with Mr Morillo.As we mill about the press area we catch a glimpse of Paul Oakenfold and Tall Paul having a chat before Oakey heads off to the Gallery Arena, quite the site to see the two legends together.
Sasha takes to the decks as the crowds begin to darken as a few rain drops being to fall. With his progressive style Sasha starts off slow and slowly builds the journey up to a style that only Sasha is capable of. A couple tracks in and the rain beings to come down, however this doesn’t affect the crowd, they are more up for it than ever! A few umbrella’s go up and jackets go on, some of the crowd try and pack into the tents but the majority enjoy the rainfall which lasts only 20 or 30 minutes.
We head back to the Bedrock Arena to catch John Digweed who to my surprise is playing a rocking set to a fully packed out tent. Playing a more uplifting set than I expected I quite enjoyed seeing Digweed back here again.
With a muddy ground and nite falling, headliner on the Main Stage Armin takes to the decks to massive applause, most of the crowd have been waiting for him and they have their dancing shoes ready. Armin gets right into the stride and the hands are up in the air from the very first beat. The world’s number one DJ never disappoints and his set is typically Armin, a journey through some of the biggest trance tunes of the moment and a selection of Armin classics.
We leave before the end of Armin’s set to avoid the mass exodus, having enjoyed quite an awesome day at SW4. With most of the day quite pleasant before the rain, a great lineup and crowd to suit, SW4 once again shows why it is one of the most popular dance music based festivals in the UK.
You can see more photos here in our Facebook album.
L.E.D Festival Review
L.E.D Festival held it's inaugural 2 day event at London's Victora Park on Friday 27th August and Saturday 28th August 2010. Brought together by heavyweights Cream, Loudsound and Goldenvoice, the lineup spoke for itself which included friday headliner David Guetta and Saturday headliner Leftfield.
With a bit of rain during the week and on Friday morning, we were happy to see it dry up a little before we arrived there.
 | We walked in just in time to catch the Audio Bullys with Simon Franks on the mike. As the crowd slowly builds out by the main stage, a massive roar is heard when the Audio Bullys play "Shot You Down". |
 | Newcomer Afrojack is one of the hottest talents coming out of Holland at the moment and he took to the decks for the next hour. He took things up a notch with a very energetic performance. As the sun starting to shine out through the clouds, Afrojack dropped his new tune "Take Over Control" featuring the lovely vocals of Eva Simmons and to finish, tune of the moment Swedish House Mafia's "One", to see the crowd run to the main stage to join in made for a great end to a very impressive and enjoyable set. |
 | Calvin Harris took to the decks next performing a DJ Set. Its been a while since I have seen Calvin DJ however his skills on the decks are second to none. Geting the crowd going with his latest tune "You used to Hold Me" Calvin played a uplifting house set before making way for the exceptional SoulWax. |
Soulwax took to the crowd with a full band setup and rocked it like they do. Soulwax are well known for their energetic and non-stop performances and didn't disappoint at L.E.D.
Moving to the Planet Turbo tent we catch the end of Zombie Nation just as they drop the always brilliant Kernkraft 400. Headlining the Planet Turbo tent was none other than Turbo Recording label boss Tiga. With a loyal following Tiga kept the tempo up with a typical uplifting Tiga set.
 | Headliner David Guetta takes to the Main Stage with a massive stage setup. Perched high above the crowd in a stage built full of led lighting, he kicked off with his latest successful collaboration with Fergie (from the Black Eyed Peas), Chris Willis and LMFAO "Gettin Over You" Going through his plethora of tunes we also heard his new collaboration with Kelly Rowland "Commander". For me David Guetta was the highlight of the day, closely followed by Afrojack. |
Overall we quite enjoyed the first edition of L.E.D Festival in London, we look forward to seeing it back at Victoria Park next year.
Photos for L.E.D Festival can be found here
Set Time Infomation for South West Four / SW4
Taken from the South West Four website:
“With so much to cram into an amazing weekend, there are great acts playing from start to finish. On the Saturday trance comes thick and fast in The Gallery arena as soon as the gates open with Jerome Isma-Ae on at 1pm followed by UK sensation Gareth Emery. Be in the Toolroom Knights arena before 2pm and check out Dave Spoon before the fantastic Dirty South takes to the stage. Take your place in the Bedrock Worldwide arena by 3pm to see Joris Voorn who follows a two hour set from Mutant Clan (Timo Maas & Santos). Over on the Kiss Main Stage, Alex Metric performs Live at 1pm before a special afternoon set from Pete Tong.
On Sunday Ed Banger Records leading lady Uffie takes to the main stage on Sunday at 1pm with the much anticipated performance from Salt N Pepa at 3pm. For those who can’t see M.A.N.D.Y. at the official SW4 after party should catch them at 1pm followed by Dubfire. All you Boys Noize Records fans out there should make sure you check out the labels up and coming artists as they take to the stage from the moment the arena opens. The arena will be closed by Erol Alkan and Boys Noize from 5.30pm to 8pm. The first lady of dubstep Mary Anne Hobbs plays the Together stage at 1pm before Plastician, with Skream & Benga on at 3pm before they head to Reading festival to perform as Magnetic Man. And speaking of Reading festival, look out for a very special surprise appearance from one of their headliners as they join Steve Aoki on the main stage at 3.45pm.“
South West Four opens its doors at 12pm sharp and closes at 9pm both Saturday and Sunday. Get there early and make the most of the day.
Look out for the Summer Festival Guide photographers, they will be there snapping away for the sites photo gallery.
As this stage the weather looks like its gonna hold up, there is no indication of rain and we are looking at a high of 21 degrees, see you lot tomorrow!
L.E.D Festival – Axwell & Ingrosso + more cancelled.
As taken from the L.E.D website:
“We regret to announce that the following artistes will not be performing at this Friday’s L.E.D Festival – Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Kim Fai, AN21 and Max Vangeli”
South West Four (SW4) Completely SOLD OUT
If you have missed out on these, make sure you’re a part of our official after-parties at the world famous Ministry of Sound. Saturday’s after party sees Pete Tong take over with his Wonderland showcase, at which he’ll be joined by Toolroom Records boss Mark Knight. On Sunday, we welcome London tech-house legends Layo & Bushwacka!, who play the Ministry for the very first time, where they’ll be joined by the fantastic M.A.N.D.Y. and Matthew Dear. Tickets are available from ticketmaster.co.uk.
SW4 2010 BROADCAST LIVE ON B@TV
South West Four is the sell-out event of the summer, boasting the biggest dance music line up seen in London this year. If you didn’t snap up a ticket, then make sure you check out B@TV (www.be-at.tv) as the website invites music fans across the world to tune in for a weekend of LIVE festival action from Clapham Common. B@TV (the world’s largest online community for electronic music) will be broadcasting LIVE from South West Four, a first for the festival and a first for headliners Carl Cox & Fatboy Slim. Music fans all over the world can bring the Weekender into their living room or from their i-phone or blackberry.
Helping workers beat the Bank Holiday hangover, B@TV will present its on-demand coverage of South West Four from Tuesday 31st August including exclusive sets from Adam Beyer, Benny Benassi, Laidback Luke, Mark Knight and Pete Tong… to name a few. And if two days of partying isn’t enough, B@TV has the technology to keep South West Four alive long after the gates close. Unique video tagging means festival-goers can personalise content, creating virals of their experiences to share and show off via facebook, twitter and Youtube.
THE LIVE LINEUP ON WWW.BE-AT.TV:
Saturday 28th Aug from 3pm: Judge Jules, Sander Van Doorn & Paul Oakenfold
Sunday 29th Aug from 3pm: Layo & Bushwacka!, Carl Cox & Fatboy Slim
Available Tuesday 31st Aug: Adam Beyer, Benny Benassi, Laidback Luke, Mark Knight and Pete Tong
FATBOY SLIM VIDEO MESSAGE!
THIS SUNDAY Fatboy Slim graces the glorious green grass of Clapham Common once again as he plays the closing set at SW4 2010. Playing on his Southern Fried Records main stage alongside Salt N Pepa, Armand van Helden, Zane Lowe, Steve Aoki, Herve Kissy Sell Out and many more this is history in the making!We caught up with Norman for a chat about his preparations and for a sneaky peak at the fantastic visuals we can expect as part of his performance.
CHECK OUT THE FATBOY SLIM PROMO VIDEO HERE:
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