Zane Lowe set to close this years Live Fest

With some of the hottest acts from the UK music scene performing, this is the festival for those who love great music but want to avoid the mud this summer!

Acts on the star-packed bill include R&B star TINCHY STRYDER, Urban Music Award-winning London based collective ROLL DEEP, grime sensation TEMPA T, and indie pop sensations THE HOOSIERS. There are also DJ sets from post hardcore rockers FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, alternative rock quintet KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES, indie rock act GUILLEMOTS, and Gary Powell from The Libertines.

Zane LoweFestival-goers are in for a treat with Radio One presenter Zane Lowe behind the decks playing his usual eclectic brand of alternative music, including rock, punk, drum and bass and hip hop.

Other acts confirmed are PEGASUS BRIDGE, British indie five-piece MISSING ANDY, PARADISE POINT, SATURDAY NIGHT GYM CLUB and MY ELECTRIK. Tickets for the event are priced at two-for-one for a limited period and can be purchased from the Live Fest website.

Programming will be spread over five venues within the famous London O2, from the glamorous Proud2 to Union Square, Inc Club, IndigoO2 and ASBaG, Live Fest has a huge variety of music genres to suit any tastes – so whether you’re into urban beats or rock, pop and hardcore, this is the festival for you!

As if this wasn’t enough, the IndigO2 hosts the Grand National Finals of the Live and Unsigned competition. All the best unsigned acts from across the UK will take to the stage in a bid to be crowned the best Live and Unsigned Act of 2011.To find out more about Live and Unsigned visit www.liveandunsigned.uk.com.

Live Fest’s Intergalactic Alien, Bob said: “Zane Lowe is sure to give the Live Fest audience the perfect end to the perfect day. Tinchy Stryder will blow the crowd away and alongside him we’ve got a great line up of top acts. We can’t wait to bring it on and rock the O2!

Due to X Factor commitments N-Dubz have been cancelled from this event.
For more information and tickets to this summer’s hottest indoor festival, visit the Live Fest website

A new arena, Jack Beats, Aeroplane and more for Lovebox 2011

Check out the Bang the Box Sound Cloud Set below!

BANG THE BOX – LOVEBOX, FRIDAY 15th JULY 2011 by Lovebox Official

With an eclectic spread of DJs, producers and crews over the course of all three days culminating in unforgettable ultimate finales where the crowds will see 3 DJ greats join forces behind the decks for a one off – never before heard ‘BACARDÍ Together Set’.
AeroplaneIncluded in the impressive BACARDÍ Get Together line up is Italian-Belgian maestro, Aeroplane, founders of legendary Glasgow club night and celebrated DJs in their own right, Optimo, renowned bass heavy electronic house duo Jack Beats, purveyors of the New York Disco scene In Flagranti and DFA Records’ Euro-disco, Detroit techno and Chicago house influenced The Juan Maclean.
 
A festival first, Rinse FM will be bring their underground sound right back to its roots.  To many fans of underground music, Rinse FM is London – without Rinse, dubstep, grime, UK Funky and the current wave of “post-dubstep” creatives wouldn’t exist the way you know them. FWD>>RINSE will be bringing one third of Magnetic ManSkreamKode9, Roll Deep and many more to their arena. 
 
Jack BeatsBusy P is boasting an Ed Banger party not to be missed offering Friday-goers sets from SebastiAn, Cassius and more. Notorious culture magazine, Vice’s arena gives us appearances from Spank Rock, Flying Lotus and Hudson Mohawke and the Gaymer’s main stage offers performances from MetronomyBeardymanExample and Washed Out. You’d be hard pushed to find better value at £28.50 for a ticket.
 
Sunday on the Relentless Energy Drink Arena will be taken over by Jodie Harsh’s Circus, where she will be bringing her famous parties out of the warehouse and into the park. The London icon and life and soul of the party will be joined by an immense line-up of friends, including Filthy DukesFred Falke and Style Of Eye.
 
Over on the main stage, festival goers will be treated to appearances from Swedish dance sensation, Robyn, the wildly flamboyantScissor Sisters, mixing maestros 2 Many DJs, music and style icons Blondie and R&B star Kelis.
 
As if that isn’t enough, Lovebox 2011 will also see the return of NYC Downlow, the infamous US import which fuses cabaret, performance and music in one strikingly unmissable individual space and which can only be witnessed in all its eye-popping glory here. Horse Meat Disco residents James HillardJim Stanton and Filthy Luka, will be throwing a gloriously messy party alongsideTensnakeSeverino and The Shit Robot Show (Live)
 
Saturday’s Music Safari will see Hospitality hosting the Relentless Energy Drink Arena, with performances from two of the original pioneers of the jungle and drum & bass scenes High Contrast and Shy FX and legendary reggae DJ, David Rodigan. Saturday-goers can expect plenty of cheap thrills and infectious pop from Holy Ghost!’s BACARDÍ Get Together performance.  Mulletover aren’t afraid to take risks, winning the heart of the London underground scene and this year is no different – they return to Lovebox to host the Dance Arena, and bring with them world-renowned UK electronica duo and Lovebox founders Groove Armada, alongside Canadian futuristic, synth-driven, underground talent Art Department.  Together, Warm and Electric Minds will be programming the NYC Downlow, weaving through deep house, techno and bass music, by bringing together the likes of Ame, Sebo K, MCDE, Appleblim andFloating Points
 
FRIDAY 15TH JULY / BANG THE BOX – LOVEBOX FESTIVAL
 
GAYMERS STAGE
THE WOMBATS
EXAMPLE
METRONOMY
BEARDYMAN
ED SHEERAN
WASHED OUT
ALEX CLARE
 
RELENTLESS ENERGY DRINK ARENA HOSTED BY ED BANGER:
BUSY P
SEBASTIAN
CASSIUS
UFFIE
CARTE BLANCHE (DJ MEHDI & RITON)
 
FWD >> RINSE FM STAGE
SKREAM
Ms DYNAMITE
ROLL DEEP / DJ & MC SET
ZINC
KODE 9
GEENEUS & TIPPA
ROSKA & JAMIE GEORGE
PLASTICIAN & P MONEY
N-TYPE & YOUNGSTA
BRACKLES
SCRATCHA
MONKI
CRAZY D
POKES
* RINSE FM BROADCAST
 
VICE / NYC DOWNLOW
FLYING LOTUS / live
SPANK ROCK
HUDSON MOHAWKE
HERVE
PHOTEK / live
 
THE BACARDI GET TOGETHER
AEROPLANE
JAYMO & ANDY GEORGE
ALAN BRAXE
GRUM
TOM STAAR
STOPMAKINGME
MIGHTY MOUSE
KIWI
 
WORK IT  /  VIP STAGE
SMUTLEE
WORK IT GIRLS
MAXWELL JAYE
MOTIVE
MARTELO
LIVIN’ PROOF DJS (DJ Rags, DJ Khalil, DJ Snips and Budgie)
RADI DADI
RIVAH KRAY
BLACKFOOT PHOENIX



SATURDAY 16th JULY – LOVEBOX FESTIVAL
MAIN STAGE
SNOOP DOGG PERFORMING DOGGYSTYLEFT DAZ DILLINGER AND KURUPT (THA DOGG POUND), RBX, LADY RAGE, WARREN G AND JOE COOL
JESSIE J
SANTIGOLD
KATY B
FENECH SOLER
ZIGGY MARLEY
BAG RAIDERS
JESS MILLS
MAVERICK SABRE
SOUND OF ARROWS
ROSS ALLEN (DJ)
 
GAYMERS STAGE
THE DRUMS
LYKKE LI
THE JOY FORMIDABLE
CHERRYGHOST
DRY THE RIVER
THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION
FOSTER THE PEOPLE
VIOLENS
MALPAS
 
RELENTLESS ENERGY DRINK ARENA HOSTED BY HOSPITALITY:
HIGH CONTRAST
DAVID RODIGAN
LONDON ELEKTRICTY (FT ELSA ESMERELDA)
DANNY BYRD
NETSKY
SHY FX
CAMO + KROOKED
STARKEY
LOGISTICS (FT NATALIE WILLIAMS)
NU:TONE
SIGMA
WAH WAH 45’S SOUNDSYSTEM
MC’S – DYNAMITE, WREC, AD, SP:MC, STAMINA
 
THE BACARDI GET TOGETHER
JACK BEATS
THE MAGICIAN
HOLY GHOST!
RESET!
RUSS CHIMES
STARSMITH
THE C90s
KIWI
 
LOVEBOX DANCE ARENA HOSTED BY MULLETOVER
GROOVE ARMADA PRESENT RED LIGHT
SETH TROXLER
ART DEPARTMENT
GEDDES
ITCHY

NYC DOWNLOW HOSTED BY WARM / ELECTRIC MINDS
AME
SEBO K
MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE
APPLEBLIM
FLOATING POINTS
MARK E

VIP ARENA HOSTED BY NORMAN JAY AND GUESTS

 
SUNDAY 17th JULY  – LOVEBOX FESTIVAL
 
MAIN STAGE:
SCISSOR SISTERS
2MANYDJS (CLOSING MAIN STAGE DJ SET)
BLONDIE
BETH DITTO
MARC ALMOND
AZARI & III
HARD TON
FERAL AKA MC KINKY
JONNY WOO
DR NOKI FASHION SHOW
 
GAYMERS STAGE:
ROBYN
KELIS
MEN
BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB
PLANNINGTOROCK
RETRO/GRADE
MONARCHY
VIKTORIA MODESTA
 
RELENTLESS ENERGY DRINK ARENA HOSTED BY CIRCUS:
JODIE HARSH’S CIRCUS
STYLE OF EYE
FRED FALKE
FILTHY DUKES
KRIS DI ANGELIS
BOWSKI
WARBOY
SCOTTEE’s EAT YOUR HEART OUT
 
THE BACARDI GET TOGETHER
OPTIMO
THE JUAN MACLEAN
THE GLIMMERS
VILLA
IN FLAGRANTI
PSYCHEMAGIK
BICEP DJs
DAN BEAUMONT
 
TRAILER TRASH/HOT BOY DANCING SPOT
IN MY CORNER
THE LOVELY JONJO
RORY PHILLIPS
HELLO MOZA
HANNAH HOLLAND
MIKKI MOST
IAN ROBINSON
 
DISCO BLOODBATH/DIRTBOX
BEN PISTOR
DAMON MARTIN
GIBSON
THE DUCHESS OF PORK
PRINCESS MICHAEL OF C*NT
 
NYC DOWNLOW / HORSE MEAT DISCO
THE SHIT ROBOT SHOW LIVE
TENSNAKE
SEVERINO
JIM STANTON
JAMES HILLARD
LUKE HOWARD AKA FILTHY LUKA
 
 
Ticket Details
 
Tickets are available from www.lovebox.net as well as from Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.co.uk or by calling 08448472436.) and hmv  tickets (www.hmvtickets.com
 
Day tickets from £28.50, tickets on sale now.

 

Full lineup for Live Fest announced

Acts on the star-packed bill include mighty urban and hip-hop headliners N-DUBZ, R&B star TINCHY STRYDER, Urban Music Award-winning London based 

tinchy stryder

collective ROLL DEEP, grime sensation TEMPA T and  D’n’B massive DAN LE SAC Vs SCROOBIUS PIP. As well as DJ sets frompost hardcore rockers FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, alternative rock quintet KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES andindie rock act GUILLEMOTS.
 
Other acts confirmed are PEGASUS BRIDGE, British indie five-piece MISSING ANDY, PARADISE POINT, SATURDAY NIGHT GYM CLUB and MY ELECTRIK. Tickets for the event are priced at an early bird cost of just £25 and can be purchased from xxxxxx.
Programming will be spread over five venues within the famous London O2, from the glamorous Proud2 to Union Square, Inc Club, IndigoO2 and ASBaG, Live Fest has a huge variety of music genres to suit any tastes – so whether you’re into urban beats or rock, pop and hardcore, this is the festival for you!
 
With a range of stages and an out-of-this-world chill out space, festival goers can dance away into the early hours, or relax with a massage from the Famous Ibiza Angels whilst catching up on all the best acoustic sets – the possibilities at Live Fest are endless!
As if this wasn’t enough, the IndigO2 hosts the Grand National Finals of the Live and Unsigned competition as part of this massive indoor festival. All the best unsigned acts from across the UK will take to the stage in a bid to be crowned the best Live and Unsigned Act of 2011 To find out more about Live and Unsigned visit www.liveandunsigned.uk.com.

Live Fest’s Intergalactic Alien, Bob said: “This is going to a massive festival and a great day out. Headliners N-Dubz are sure set to blow the crowd away and alongside them we’ve got a great line up of top acts, we can’t wait to bring it on in July and rock the O2!

Live Fest comes to the O2

n dubz

Programming will be spread over five venues within the famous London O2, from the
 glamorous Proud2 to Union Square, Inc Club and ASBaG, Live Fest has a huge variety of music genres to suit any tastes – so whether you’re into urban beats or rock, pop and hardcore, this is the festival for you!

With a range of stages and an out-of-this-world chill out space, festival goers can dance away into the early hours, or relax with a massage from the Famous Ibiza Angels whilst catching up on all the best acoustic sets – the possibilities at Live Fest are endless!

Line-up so far
  • N-Dubz
  • Tinchy Stryder
  • Roll Deep
  • Dan Le sac Vs. Scroobius Pip
  • Pegasus Bridge
  • Missing Andy
  • Saturday Night Gym Club
  • Paradise Point
  • Funeral For A Friend DJ set
  • Guillemots DJ set
  • Kids In Glass Houses DJ Set