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As this years 2000trees festival line up is shaping up we thought we’d provide you with the latest up to date list showing you at a glance who’s appearing at this years festival which takes place between Friday 16th and Saturday 17th July 2010.

Glastonbury Festival organisers have announced that the re-sale of cancelled tickets for this year’s Festival will take place at 9am on Sunday, 11th April 2010.

Tickets will be sold online at www.seetickets.com/g2010 and via the Seetickets booking line 0844 412 4635. The numbers are limited and are expected to sell out quickly.

In order to purchase tickets in the re-sale, ALL ticket purchasers must be successfully registered by Wednesday, 31st March. Online registration can be made at glastonburyregistration.co.uk.

As well as standard Festival tickets (priced at £185), there will be a limited number of Combined Coach and Festival Tickets on sale. These tickets include either single or return coach tickets from a range of locations around the UK.

The ticket price includes includes a FREE programme, a useful cloth bag, and small around the neck guide.

Glastonbury organisers really want to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are produced in 2010. One of the biggest contributions comes from how ticket holders travel to the Festival – in fact, audience transport contributes to two thirds of the Festival’s total emissions.

A coach travelling to the Festival at full capacity is the most carbon efficient way to arrive. Travelling by coach produces 6.02kg of co2 per person. By comparison, trains produce 28.40kg/person and car/campervan 37.77kg/per person. Choosing to come by coach really is the greenest way to travel to Glastonbury. (If you do come by car, please try to make sure it is full of passengers to help reduce cars on the road and emissions.)

Combined Coach and Festival Ticket prices are listed below:

BRISTOL: Single (£207.50), Return (£221.50)
LONDON: Single (£216.50), Return (£239.00)
MANCHESTER: Single (£221.50), Return (£248.50)
LEEDS: Single (£223.50), Return (£253.00)
NOTTINGHAM: Single (£219.50), Return (£245.00)
TAUNTON: Single (£206.5), Return (£218.50)
WINCHESTER: Single (£215.50), Return (£236.50)

Please note:

• For all Combined Coach and Festival Tickets, it is mandatory that you travel on the coach.
• Only the Coach travel portion of combined tickets will be sent out in advance.
• Festival tickets will be handed out to the lead booker only by the coach driver at a point during the journey.
• All coaches are for travel to the Festival site on WEDNESDAY 23RD JUNE with returns on Monday 28th June.

Payment made for tickets by card for UK sales (both online and by telephone) will be by the following debit cards only – Visa Debit, Visa Electron, Switch/Maestro Domestic and Solo. Credit cards will not be accepted for UK sales. For the purpose of ticket sales the UK includes Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Debit card sales will be processed immediately in most cases and certainly within five working days of the sale being confirmed. Cheques will be banked as soon as they are received. Personal cheques are not accepted.

Next year’s event will mark the 40th anniversary of the Music and Arts Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, where Michael Eavis first opened his gates for business in September 1970. Glastonbury Festival runs for five full days from Wednesday 23rd until Sunday 27th June 2010 across over a 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside.

For more details about registering and ticket information click here.

Only headliners U2, and Jack Johnson, plus breaking talent My Luminaire, and John E Vistic are officially confirmed for the Festival. The ticket price includes includes a FREE programme, a 40th anniversary commemorative ticket, a useful cloth bag, and a small around the neck guide.

Excited about our favourite Green Festival 2000 Trees? We at wristband4festivals are bursting with excitement, and with their latest announcements you’ll see why.

Check out a video of last years 2000 trees fest on YouTube

Ticket sales have broken all records for the 2000trees Festival, amid rave reviews for its line-up, confirm the festivals organisers.

The event has enjoyed the fastest first month of ticket sales in its four-year history, while attracting ever-increasing media interest – including the label “one of the hottest tickets of the summer”.

Headliners The Subways and Frank Turner were announced last month, along with Bombay Bicycle Club (NME’s Best New Band 2010), Metronomy, 65 Days of Static, The Xcerts, Crazy Arm and local heroes Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun.

And today second stage headliners Your Twenties are among the many bands to that have been confirmed.

New acts for the Tree House (main stage) are: And So I Watch You From Afar, Three Trapped Tigers, Flashguns, and Skeletons and the Empty Pockets.

Leaf Lounge (second stage) additions include Little Fish, Orphans & Vandals, Vessels, Midnight Mile, A Genuine Freakshow, Lo-fi Culture Scene,
Cats and Cats and Cats.

And new acts for the Greenhouse (third stage) are Jake Morley, Shoes and Socks Off, Men Diamler, Daniel Conti, Side-step DJ’s, Aspen Sails, Oxygen Thief, May Fly Trio, Joe Summers, Ruth Bewsey, Carlos and the Jackal, Every Other Ones.

There will be around 60 artists on three stages at the award-winning event, which takes place at Upcote Farm near Cheltenham between Friday July 16th and Saturday July 17th.

There will also be comedy, DJs, Headphone disco and campfire sing-a-longs to keep the party spirit going till dawn – and an extra day of music and fun for the first 500 people on Thursday July 15.

The proud organisers are six friends and festival veterans who decided to start their own event in 2007, after growing frustrated with the mass-produced nature of the larger music festivals. And they believe their love of live music has helped them achieve a great start to 2010.

One of them, Andy Rea, said: “The first review I read this week touted 2000trees Festival as ‘one of the hottest tickets of the summer’ which was
a really great reward for our efforts. We think we’ve brought together our strongest line-up yet and we can’t wait to see them perform. Ticket sales
reflect that strength, but we also believe the intimate and friendly atmosphere of the event makes people return year after year.

“We know the giant festivals can afford to pull in the biggest acts of the moment, but we offer a different focus on discovering your new favourite
band, without some of the headaches that go with huge events. We’ve had over 1,000 band applications and every band we book we’ve seen live, so we
know the pedigree is there.”

Disillusioned by extortionate ticket prices with over-priced food and drink, these six friends vowed to take matters into their own hands and in true punk rock style, set about developing the perfect antidote. They also manage to be one of the greenest festivals, winning the national ‘A Greener Festival Award’ in 2008 and achieving 90% recycling at last year’s festival.

Rising stars play alongside more established acts to create an inspiring, chilled out, fun festival of good music and great atmosphere, set within the stunning Cotswolds countryside.

Tickets cost just £50 for a weekend camping pass and are available at www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk

Three more artists have been added to V Festival’s already stellar line up, Jamie T, Chipmunk and The Divine Comedy.

The newly announced artists will join the likes of Florence and The Machine, La Roux and Calvin Harris alongside headliners Kings of Leon and Kasabian.

The festival which takes place between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd August 2009 at Chelmsford, Essex and Weston Park, Stafford sold out in a record two hours, as reported previously on wristband4festivals, however site Gigs And Tours have just released a very limited amount of tickets.

To keep up to date with the line up and all the very latest from the festival check back on wristband4festivals.

Scotland’s festival fever is burning up…PENDULUM are revealed as the latest big name headliner bound for RockNess.

The Aussie maestros whose live sets enrapture rockers and ravers alike are set to make their momentous debut assault on Dores this June on the Friday night in the mighty Clash Arena, and one that coincides with the release of their third album ‘Immersion’.

Hinting on what to expect from the new material, frontman Rob Swire revealed on NME.com the band has “gone quite electronic again”, cryptically adding that there were collaborations with “major electronic artists” including one he thought it would be “impossible” to hook up with.

Speaking about their RockNess appearance – another Scottish festival exclusive - PENDULUM said “We can’t wait to hit Scotland again. Everyone knows the Scottish crowd is one of the best. Here we f*cking go!”. The summer beckons!

Joining PENDULUM is the ‘Baron of Techno’ DAVE CLARKE, an electro genius whose prolific output knows no boundaries and will be appreciated in heaps by the party loving RockNess crowd.

Commenting on the announcements, Festival Director Jim King said “This is an important announcement for the festival. Pendulum have been a hugely impressive band over the last year, their new album is amazing and looks set to take them even higher. There’s now no better reason to get to Loch Ness on the Friday than simply to check out their new live show in the Clash Arena. Nothing more can be said about Dave Clarke other than he is the master. His sets are legendary and Sunday is going to finish with one hell of a bang.”

This latest news comes hot on the heels of the reveal that VAMPIRE WEEKEND will support THE STROKES on the Sunday night, completing a double whammy of New York cool.

The most judicious dance and rock fans are well catered for this year with DOVES, IAN BROWN, HADOUKEN!, ENTER SHIKARI and FRIENDLY FIRES joining a dazzling proposition of the finest international electronic talent including THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, VITALIC, AEROPLANE, PLAN B, BOOKASHADE, THE JAPANESE POPSTARS, DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP, CHASE & STATUS, BOYS NOIZE, THE DUB PISTOLS and RockNess favourites THE CUBAN BROTHERS.

Five years since FATBOY SLIM staged the first RockNess, and following a sabbatical in 2009, he returns to headline this June. Joining him in a truly unmissable coup, and another brilliant Scottish festival exclusive, is LEFTFIELD – the first live performance in a decade.

BBC RADIO 1 is on board as the OFFICIAL RADIO PARTNER for 2010 too with the inimitable ZANE LOWE , ANNIE MAC and ROB DA BANK all Scotland-bound to each host an arena . Topping the fantasy DJ line up of clubbers far and wide, RockNess is also proud to announce the appearance of the world’s most exclusive DJ collective CLUB 75.  Part Justice, part Cassius, with the very best of the mighty Ed Banger Records thrown in, the all-French star line up is set to deliver what promises to be one of the hottest performances of the entire summer.

The monstrous ARCADIA ARENA makes its big, bold RockNess debut in 2010 in one of the few times witnessed outside of Glastonbury. This world class audio and visual feast of mind boggling post-apocalyptic pyrotechnics, dramatic podiums extending into the crowd, multi rave platforms and fire performance displays has to be seen to be believed. Set against the backdrop of Loch Ness, expect to be well and truly blown away. Watch this space for the Arcadia DJ line up coming soon!

RockNess takes place on Friday 11th – Sunday 13th June and returns as a three-day event following last year’s successful extension to three nights when the Main Stage got the party started on the Friday night for the first time.

Having expanded to a three-day event, adding Manchester’s musical heritage to the firmly established Bristol and Nottingham dates, Dot To Dot Festival is set to unveil the first acts for their fifth outing, taking place over the last bank holiday in May. Covering both the well-loved and established and the most exciting up-and-coming cutting-edge of the global music scene, Dot To Dot offers a unique experience for festival-goers, touring three of the UK’s most music-savvy cities.

Kicking off this year’s line-up will be the universally acclaimed Mystery Jets. With a brand new album due out on Rough Trade imminently, the Mystery Jets’ trio of appearances will be one of the first opportunities to catch brand new material as well as enjoy some of their lauded back catalogue, including ‘The Boy Who Ran Away’ and ‘Two Doors Down’.

BBC Sound of 2010 and Critics’ Choice BRIT Award winner Ellie Goulding will showcase the cut-up folktronic-pop that has caused such a sensation at both the Bristol and Nottingham dates and BBC Radio 1’s arbiter of all that is cool, Zane Lowe will be bringing his not inconsiderable taste to proceedings.

Irrepressible Cardiff 7-piece Los Campesinos! are confirmed for the 3-day, 3-city event, delivering the sort of frenetic stomp that can’t fail to get the crowd jumping and exalted dream-pop duo Beach House, whose third album ‘Teen Dream’ has catapulted them firmly into the limelight, will be leaving Baltimore behind to make appearances at the Nottingham and Manchester dates this year.

Mancunian three-piece rockers Twisted Wheel will demonstrate their anthemic credentials, American art-punk trio Liars visceral assault is set to stun and Blood Red Shoes whose second album ‘Fire Like This’ is currently earning them plaudits by the bucket-load will all be touring the triumvirate of towns.

Others acts confirmed to appear include woozy synth-pop from Ernest Greene aka Washed Out, Manchester’s brightest new hopes Egyptian Hip Hop, dubstep tour de force Jakwob the much-admired and widely tipped Chapel Club, teen-pop queen Daisy Dares You, Warp Records’ and Manchester-bred femme fatale Lonelady and Ibiza Rocks resident and pigeon hole refusenik Doorly.

With a deserved reputation as a festival that showcases the freshest bands around, Dot To Dot have teamed up with Fred Perry SUBCULTURE, the on-line home of all Fred Perry’s music activity globally, for this year’s event.

With a proud and unrivalled music heritage Fred Perry’s support for new music talent makes them a perfect partner for Dot To Dot. Fred Perry will also be bringing their unique “Fred Perry Table Tennis Club” to Dot To Dot giving customers and bands alike the chance to work on their forehand loops and backhand chops.

The festival will be announcing even more boundary pushing acts in the near future, who will join the ranks of Klaxons, Friendly Fires, Gallows, Ladyhawke, Laura Marling, Temper Trap, British Sea Power, Foals, Santigold, Glasvegas, Foals, Annie Mac, Erol Alkan, Kissy Selloutand many more who have all previously made early career appearances at Dot To Dot Festival.

Dot To Dot festival takes place in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester over the May Bank Holiday weekend which runs from Saturday 29th to Monday 31st May 2010. Tickets are on sale now.

The award winning Creamfields festival which takes place on August Bank Holiday weekend has been granted a 3 year license for its festival site in Daresbury, the first ever dance festival to receive an extended year license.

Creamfields which scooped the award for ‘Best Dance Festival’ in the 2009 UK Festival Awards was granted the license last night by Halton Borough Council’s regulatory committee.  Following last years sell out show which attracted a record breaking 60,000 people from across the UK, the team behind the festival have increased investment into site infrastructure for 2010, which will see bigger and better arenas and increased space and capacity in the campsites.

Event Manager Jim King from Loudsound said:  “This decision to grant the festival a 3 year license is a very important decision in that it clearly shows the confidence that the authorities have in Creamfields and it’s management team. The festival has now established itself at its new location in Cheshire as one of the largest, most popular and well operated electronic festivals in the world.”

In 2006 Creamfields relocated from Liverpool to its Daresbury home in the heart of the Cheshire countryside, and to coincide with its 10th Anniversary celebrations became a 2 day camping show in 2008. Line up for this years show to be announced soon.

Creamfields 2010 returns on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th August Bank holiday weekend, Early Bird camping tickets are on sale now.

V Festival tickets went on sale this morning and many outlets have already sold out for the twin festivals this August. The event which takes place between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd August, was said to have been so popular that phonelines in Wolverhampton came to a standstill.

However, if you couldn’t get your tickets in time, there’s no need to be disappointed – you can head to Viagogo and purchase your V Festival tickets safely and securely.

Click here to purchase tickets

The event takes place at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex and Weston Park in South Staffordshire, with Kings Of Leon and Kasabian headlining this year.

Following a surge in scam sites last year V Festival, who’s tickets go on sale on Friday March 5th, have released a list of official vendors who are fully authorised to sell tickets to the event.

This years tickets are priced as following:

Day Tickets: £78.50 (maximum booking fee £7.65)

Weekend NON Camping: £140.00 (maximum booking fee £8.95)

Weekend WITH Camping: £165.00 (maximum booking fee £9.75)

Again festival goers are reminded to be vigilant about touting sites and only buy from the official vendors listed below:

Gigs and Tours

0871 2200 260 – www.gigsandtours.com

See Tickets

0871 230 3179 – www.seetickets.com

Big Green Coach

0845 463 8361 – www.biggreencoach.co.uk

Star Green

0207 734 8932 – www.stargreen.co.uk

Ticketline

0844 888 9991 – www.ticketline.co.uk

Ticketmaster

0844 847 1670 – www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Essex Residents Ticketing Service

0844 579 0090 – more information

Millennium Concert Travel

01253 895555 – www.mct-online.co.uk

Bristol Ticket Shop

0870 444 4400 – www.bristolticketshop.co.uk

The Ticket Factory

0844 338 8000 – www.theticketfactory.com

BIC Ticket Shop

0844 576 4500 – www.bicticketshop.co.uk

Gigantic

www.gigantic.com

Wolverhampton Civic

0870 320 7000 – www.wolvescivic.co.uk

Roll up roll up one and all, this years fantastic V Festival line-up has been announced today. As confirmed this evening (Monday 1st March) from the official organisers, Virgin Media, here are the artists who will be rocking your weekend at Chelmsford or Staffordshire this year between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd August to celebrate it’s 15th year anniversary.

Kings of Leon

Kasabian

Stereophonics

Faithless

Prodigy

David Guetta

Pet Shop Boys

Paul Weller

The Kooks

Paolo Nutini

Florence and The Machine

Madness

Cheryl Cole

Editors

White Lies

Temper Trap

La Roux

Passion Pit

Shed Seven

Plan B

Mika

Groove Armada

Paloma Faith

Pixie Lott

The Courteeners

The Charlatans

Amy Macdonald

Newton Faulkner

Skunk Anansie

Chase and Status

Ellie Goulding

Sugarbabes

Tickets for the festival go on sale on Friday 5th March 2010. For more updates be sure to check wristband4festivals.com

For those festival goers that have put down the £50 deposit for Glastonbury Festival tickets, now have until 11.59pm on Tuesday, 2nd March to complete their transaction to purchase tickets.

Festival goers who paid the £50 deposit on a ticket for Glastonbury’s 40th Anniversary Festival, had a deadline of 23.59 last night. The vast majority of people who’d paid a deposit have now paid for their ticket in full, but Festival organisers have decided to offer a 48 hour grace period for those yet to pay the balance or forfeit the £10 deposit and their ticket allocation.

For those wanting to pay the outstanding balance of £135 per ticket, who have already reserved tickets using the deposit scheme, click here.

To pay the balance, ticket purchasers will need the registration number and postcode for each ticket they are paying for, that’s all registered adults (aged 16 years and over), and children aged 13-15 years old. To retrieve registration details, using a surname and postcode, click here.

Once the balance has been paid on at least one ticket, there is then an option to book parking, campervan or Tipi tickets. Car parking tickets can be bought at the same time and are priced at £15 per vehicle, and campervan tickets are priced at £75 per van.

Tickets have sold out for this year’s Glastonbury Festival which runs for five full days from Wednesday 23rd until Sunday 27th June 2010 across over a 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset. eFestivals believes the next sale of tickets will be sometime from the beginning of March, we will of course keep you updated of any news in the meantime.

Only headliners U2, and Jack Johnson, plus breaking talent My Luminaire, and John E Vistic are confirmed for the Festival. The ticket price includes includes a FREE programme, a 40th anniversary commemorative ticket, a useful cloth bag, and a small around the neck guide.

Oh the times they are exciting in the Bestival bunker as the intrepid Rob da Bank and his trusty team continue to conjure strange delights making special plans for another Isle of Wight adventure from September 9th – 12th; Bestival 2010, The Year Of The Fantastic!

Featuring some properly iconic acts and a visionary fancy dress theme, this year’s show is going to be an earthly paradise beyond compare.

Rob da Bank says: “When it’s the year of the Fantastic at Bestival it doesn’t get much more fanbleedingtastic than Roxy Music. A lifelong fan of it all from the Seventies and Eighties, Roxy have always been at the vanguard of creating imaginary worlds in music all backed up with some of the best music of the 20th century. Add in Besti faves Mumford and Sons, the legend that is Tricky, Nile Rodgers bringing possibly the funkiest band alive Chic to the Island and loads more from Cornershop to Sub Focus, Skream to garage god Todd Edwards and we’re really taking shape now. Come and join us!’

Musical giants Roxy Music will be playing a hit-packed set on the main stage on Saturday night. One of the most influential acts of all time, the punks, new romantics, electro-poppers and more that have followed in their wake all owe a huge sonic and sartorial debt to this truly timeless act.

Driven by the refined and effortless cool of Bryan Ferry, one of pop music’s most revered frontmen, Roxy Music’s catalogue of boundary-crushing songs, that include Virginia Plain, Street Life and Love Is The Drug are sure to blow the Bestival faithful away.

Commenting on their appearance Bryan Ferry said: “The Isle of Wight has a strong festival tradition so it’s great to be coming to Bestival with Roxy Music – it seems a great idea to have fantasy as this year’s theme. I’m also really looking forward to seeing Nile Rodgers and Chic again”.

Having kept it a closely guarded secret we can now unveil the incredible and much anticipated fancy dress theme for our Year Of The Fantastic… Rob da Bank says: ‘Roll up roll up tribe of the Bestivalites  descend from your starships, rise out of the seabed, fall from the stars, unleash the Magick and release your imagination into our 2010 world of FANTASY.

Open the gates and welcome in Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, The Lord of the Rings, hobbits, trolls, elves, fairies, the Odyssey, King Arthur, Merlin, the Dong with the luminous nose, William Morris, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Willy Wonka, Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, Harry Potter, Spirited Away, The Time Machine, Star Wars, the Incredible Hulk, magick, the supernatural, Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lord Ganesh, Fantasy Island, Caractacus Potts, Tarzan, Veruca Salt, Zombies!’ The only limit is how far your mind’s eye can see…

Staying very much with the fantastical there’s even more amazing music to be announced including, alt-folk sensations Mumford & Sons. Currently riding high on a crest of adulation for their acclaimed ‘Sigh No More’ album, the band is a renowned live sensation that will add a sublimely rustic rock vibe to proceedings.

One of Camp Bestival 2009’s most incandescent delights Chic Featuring Nile Rodgers are set to wow the Robin Hill crowd with their peerless disco-funk that spans not only their own amazing back catalogue but also takes in Nile Rodgers penned solid gold hits from the likes of Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, David Bowie and Madonna.

Plus there will be Bristolian rhyme messiah and all-round musical maverick Tricky who is currently mining a rich seam of form that will see him captivating one and all with his genre-smashing exploits. The Brown Punk don is a bona fide trailblazer who, from his debut album ‘Maxinquaye’ all the way through to the recent, lauded ‘Knowle West Boy’, has never failed to capture the imagination.

As if that wasn’t enough to get you writing off anything else but booking a trip across the Solent for the second weekend in September organisers have got so much more to tickle your fancy including Aussie atmospherics from The Temper Trap, live tear out action from Sub Focus, the majestic musical musings of sing-a-long geniuses, Cornershop, plus BBC Radio 1’s newest purveyor of late night beats Alex Metric playing live, heads-down psych-garage agents The Jim Jones Revue, off-kilter pop from Everything Everything, bloggers delight Memory Tapes, North London types Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, trad. Scottish and English folk turned on its head by Erland And The Carnival dysfunctional electro-pop from the incredible Example and mesmerising ensemble singing from Gaggle.

There’s also gruff and grungy folk from Deer Tick, bittersweet drama from Sparrow and the Workshop, alternative rockers Summercamp, the wild and unkempt folk poetry of Crystal Fighters and lush, cascading, scuzz-rocking from the hotly tipped Egyptian Hip-Hop. one-man indie folk/alt country band Phosphorescent, future jazz from Portico Quartet, Euros Childs’s Race Horses lo-fi ramshackleness from Neon Indian, the unprecedented sounds of North Atlantic Oscillation, Gallic new wave house from Mademoiselle Caro & Franck Garcia, soulful singer songwriter Jamie Woon and surf noir from The Bikini Beach Band.

Extra hands in the air DJ manoeuvres will come courtesy of the inimitable Mylo, techno don Dave Clarke, Erol Alkan’s phantasy sounds, the blissful Aeroplane, deck-wrecker DJ Yoda, the incredible Skream, liquid funkster High Contrast with MC Wrec, the visionary Tom Middleton, Garage doyen Todd Edwards, the legendary DJ Zinc, bass chieftain Joker, turntable virtuosos Jackbeats, junglist Shy FX, dubstep playas Caspa & Mc Rod Azlan, soundsystem warrior Adrian Sherwood, the inimitable MC Dynamite remixer du jour Jakwob, chill out maestro Chris Coco, heads down action from Villa, the killer riddims of Reggae Roast, The Autonomic Showcase featuring dBridge, Instra:mental and SP:MC, the devastating Breakage, the Feeling Gloomy crew, Bestival’s very own Fear of Theydon and Sombrero Sound System and freestyle spinner Paddy Freeform.

Bestival takes place between Thursday 9^th and Sunday 12^th September 2010 at Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight. Tickets are available now.

Bestival’s Fantasy Island

If you use unofficial outlets you take the risk of being scammed. You may not find out you have been scammed until you realise that your tickets have failed to materialise in the post.  If you do purchase tickets from an unofficial source festivals will not be able to assist you should you be scammed.  Festivals can only advise you to contact your bank and try and stop payment.

We have taken the step of listing below unofficial and potential scam sites that have cropped up on the internet.  We strongly advise you not to use these outlets, you cannot link through to these outlets from certain festivals website.

coasttocoasttickets.com

double8tickets.com

ebay.com

euticketshop.com

exciteticket.com

firstserveevents.com

getmein.com

play.com

soldouteventtickets.com

soldoutticketmarket.com

sold-out-tickets.net

stereoboard.com

stubpass.com

superticketshop.com

theonlineticketexchange.com

theonlineticketshop.com

TotalTickets.co.uk

ukticketfactory.com

v-2010.com (NEW)

vfestival2010.net

vivastreet.co.uk

worldticketshop.com

worldwideticketstore.com

ztickets.co.uk

The Office of Fair Trading has launched ‘Just Tick It’ which is a consumer awareness campaign aimed at increasing your awareness of ticket scam sites. Click here to visit their website.

If you find what you suspect may be an unofficial outlet or a scam site selling festival tickets you can alert us at editor@wristband4festivals.com putting UNOFFICIAL OUTLET in the subject box.

Virgin Media are giving two lucky winners the chance to snag a pair of weekend camping tickets to this year’s V Festival, for either Chelmsford or Stafford.

All you have to do is predict the two headline acts of the weekend, and the tickets could be yours. To enter follow @vfestival via Twitter, and send your guess including @vfestival and the two acts and wait for the prize draw! Couldn’t be simpler.

You’ve got from 23rd February until 11:59pm on 28th February to enter. Headline acts will be announced on 1st March and the winners will be drawn the same day. Tickets for the event officially go on sale on Friday March 5th.

So, channel your inner Mystic Meg and tell them what you think.

Terms and Conditions

V Festival Prize Draw – guess the headline acts

1. Enter the prize draw as directed.

2. Prize draw is open to UK resident Twitter users aged 18 or over (except employees or agents of the Virgin Media group of companies, their families or anyone connected with the promotion). Entry constitutes your acceptance of these rules. You can tweet as many guesses as you like, although only one correct guess will go through to the draw. No purchase necessary. The prize draw is governed by English law and by entering you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

3. Two winners will be drawn as directed. If there aren’t sufficient entrants who guess both headline acts correctly, then remaining winners will be drawn from those entrants that guess one headline act correctly. Winners will be notified by direct message to their Twitter account within 2 days of the draw; and you must respond as directed within 7 days of receipt of the email, otherwise we reserve the right to re-allocate the relevant prize.

4. 2 prizes – each a pair of V Festival weekend camping tickets for the winner and 1 guest. We only have one pair of tickets for Chelmsford and one pair of tickets for Stafford, so unfortunately you won’t be able to choose which site you’ll be going to – we’ll be allocating this at random. The prize does not include travel to and from the site or hospitality at the venue. The Promoter gives no guarantee as to the attendance of any person, VIP, celebrity or otherwise at this event. Winners agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the tickets when attending the event.

5. Winner will be sent tickets by special delivery in the week prior to the event taking place on the weekend of 21st and 22nd August 2010.

6. The judge’s decision is final and binding and no correspondence shall be entered into. If there are no entrants that correctly guess at least one headline act, the prize draw will be withdrawn.

7. Prizes are non-transferable. No cash alternative. A list of winners will be available by sending an SAE to the promoter: Virgin Media Limited, 160 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5QA.

8. Full V Festival information, including travel advice and on-site regulations, can be found here.

In yet another monster announcement for this years RockNess festival, VAMPIRE WEEKEND will be the second headliner on Sunday night supporting fellow New Yorkers THE STROKES. This not to be missed double of New York’s finest will blow Scottish revellers away, closing what is already being touted as the best RockNess yet.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND join the stunning line up of headliners including LEFTFIELD and FATBOY SLIM.

In a move sure to thrill even the most judicious dance and rock fans, DOVES, IAN BROWN, SOULWAX, ENTER SHIKARI and FRIENDLY FIRES are also confirmed and join a dazzling proposition of the very finest international electronic talent including THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, 2 MANY DJ’S, VITALIC, AEROPLANE, PLAN B, BOOKASHADE, THE JAPANESE POPSTARS, DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP, CHASE & STATUS, BOYS NOIZE, THE DUB PISTOLS and RockNess favourites THE CUBAN BROTHERS.

Another exclusive for the UK, is the appearance of the world’s most exclusive DJ collective CLUB 75.  Part JUSTICE, part CASSIUS, with the very best of the mighty Ed Banger Records thrown in, the all-French star line up is set to deliver what promises to be one of the hottest performances of the entire summer in a stunning UK debut at RockNess.

Bearing testament to the growing popularity of RockNess, BBC RADIO 1 is on board as the OFFICIAL RADIO PARTNER this year and the inimitable ZANE LOWE is revealed as the station’s latest hottest name set to head north to host an arena alongside ANNIE MAC and ROB DA BANK.

RockNess 2010 – The Monster Weekend – takes place on Friday 11th – Sunday 13th June and returns as a three-day event following last year’s successful extension to three nights when the Main Stage got the party started on the Friday night for the first time.

Tickets for RockNess are available the RockNess website and Ticketline – www.ticketline.co.uk, and on general sale via all other ticket agents. Prices are as follows:

2 Day Weekend Tickets (including camping) £130.00

3 Day Weekend Tickets (including camping) £149.00

Limited Student Offer: 3 Day Weekend Tickets (including camping and free travel) £139.00

Altitude Festival, set in Méribel the French Alps’ most picturesque resort at the heart of Three Valleys, is ready to announce even more top-drawer comedians and music acts for its third annual outing, which takes place between March 20th and 26th 2010. Twinning their love of the slopes with a good hearty laugh, festival curators Marcus Brigstocke and Andrew Maxwell have created one of the winter festival seasons most anticipated events that in two short years has already established itself as the après-ski destination for discerning snow lovers.

Having played host to some of the world’s funniest men, Altitude are delighted to announce that the amazing Al Murray will be joining the line up for 2010. A Perrier Award winner who was voted #16 on Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Stand-ups, the nation’s favourite publican and star of ITV1’s Al Murray’s Happy Hour, and Another Audience With…, The Pub Landlord will be stepping out from behind the taps to address a heady brew of topics with his imitable boozer-based logic and audience banter.

Also joining the throng will be the incredible Phil Kay a one time best newcomer at the Perrier’s, who will be delivering a high octane blizzard of surreal asides. Another former Perrier winner, Rich Hall, who has become one of QIs most featured guests will be returning to Altitude once again with his trademark deadpan delivery. And Jonathan Ross’s chat-show house band 4 Poofs & A Piano who regularly play-in the guests on the show to an audience of millions will be bringing their lauded show of ‘jaunty reworkings’ to the Alps.

Other acts displaying their not inconsiderable chops will include surrealism from Hyperdrive and Comedy Cuts’ Dan Antopolski, Late Edition and Now Show writer Nick Doody, Canadian veteran of Just For Laughs Craig Campbell, Irish stand-up Ian Coppinger who won audiences over with appearances on RTE The Panel, Micky Flanagan who was nominated for best newcomer in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, Rufus Hound who is currently on our screens battling Mr Brigstocke in Argumental, Washington DC’s finest Tony Woods, the self proclaimed German Comedy Ambassador for London Henning Wehn and the multi-talented Mark Walker.

Musical turns come courtesy of Devon’s finest The Quails, Daisy B, Gallie and Albenazawho will be joining acoustic alien Newton Faulkner, deck-wizard DJ Yoda, comedy-funk masters The Cuban Brothers plus a knock-out set DJ Set from Russ Cuban, The Dub Pistols Sound System feat. Rodney P and Barry Ashworth (DJ Set).

With perfect powder skiing and boarding in the beautifully warm spring conditions during the day and rip-roaring entertainment long into the night, Altitude is the perfect destination for the discerning winter sports fan who loves outrageous après ski. Hosting both the prestigious elite of comedy and the cream of up-and-coming stand ups, Altitude is the first chance to check out brand new and off the cuff material from some of the best comedians around before they take it on to the Edinburgh Festival.

Featuring over 50 shows and events after skiing this week long comedy, music, ski and snow party is the perfect way to end a day on the hill and in this case the perfect end to the almighty alpine ski season.

With more than 350 bands set to play in 30+ Brighton venues from May 13th to 15th, the team behind the most prestigious new music festival and Industry conference in Europe, The Great Escape, have been searching high and low, hand-picking even more incredible acts  to announce for its landmark fifth annual Brighton based event.

With the likes of Chase & Status, Broken Social Scene and Delphic already announced for this year’s festival, The Great Escape have announced that dance-pop trio Chew Lips are set to join the bill. Lauded by all the tomes in the know for making one of the singles of 2009, the band already has a number of high profile fans, marking them out as ones not to miss.

Hailing from the musical hotbed of Athens Georgia, Dead Confederate will be rocking out by the seaside and there will be high octane riff merchants Japanese Voyuers, lofi electronica from Dam Mantle, post-rock glam from Little Death and heads down action from Violent Soho.

Plus there will be sets from Anna Calvi, Eskimo Joe, Chateau Marmont, Pony Pony Run Run, Think About Life, Basia Bulat, Gringo Star, Paul Dempsey, Ganglians, John Smith, Kid Bombardos, Ghost Bees, Let’s go to War, Young Rival, The Dutchess & The Duke and Philadelphia Grand Jury.

As well as gathering together some of the most exciting bands currently on the scene, The Great Escape can also announce that day tickets for the festival are now on sale.

Tickets on Thursday will cost £22.50, Friday tickets are priced at £27.50 and Saturday tickets will be £30.00.

In other ticketing news, The Great Escape has set aside a good allocation of space for TGE wristband holders at the Chase and Status show. However, as with all our gigs, entry to it is subject to capacity and so if you’re a massive fan you’ll be pleased to hear that The Great Escape has also put specific Chase and Status tickets on sale, which will guarantee you access to the show.

If you’ve already bought your TGE wristband you can purchase a single Chase & Status gig ticket for £15. And if not you can buy a combined ticket which includes a TGE 3 day festival wristband as well as guaranteed access to the Chase and Status show for £60.

Early bird weekend tickets, that not only get you in to see all the bands but will also get you access to outdoor gigs, afternoon shows, club nights, after parties and much more, are still on sale from www.escapegreat.com for a mere £45.00

2000trees organisers are very chuffed this week, and why shouldn’t they be?

First they announced Saturday’s headline act Frank Turner and now The Subways have been confirmed as Saturday’s headline act.

The two headliners will now join bands Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun, Ben Marwood and The Dawn Chorus.

In 2008 2000trees joined the likes of Glastonbury and Latitude Festivals in winning the “A Greener Festival” award. According to AGreenerFestival.com, “all the award winners have demonstrated the ability to promote environmental efficiency and sustainability and that they have coherent green policies covering greenhouse gas emissions, traffic and transport, waste management, recycling, protecting the environment and water management.”

2000trees takes place between Friday 16th and Saturday 17th July 2010, tickets are on sale now.

Saturday 31st July 2010 will see the return of Field Day to London’s leafy green corner of Victoria Park. Embarking on their fourth annual outing, Field Day have an incredible array of acts lined up that will ensure that you’ll have no choice but to mark the date for one of this summer’s truly essential festivals firmly in your diary. Brought to you by London’s most forward thinking and bold promoters – Eat Your Own Ears, Adventures In The Beetroot Field, Bugged Out! – Field Day will once again deliver the freshest line up of bands and DJs of the 2010 Festival season, plus the Village Mentality, village fete area complete with Brass Band, tug o’ war, sack racing and much more.

Tom Baker of Eat Your Own Ears and main booker for Field Day says: “We are delighted to be back now in our fourth year, incredible how time flies; it seems so long ago that Field Day began. I am really excited to have Phoenix headline, a great live band and a band that will get you dancing and singing… The rest of the bill is really shaping up, there are so many great albums out in 2010, it feels like an exciting time for music…”

Starting with a bang, Field Day are proud to announce that Grammy award winning Gallic indie-pop sensations Phoenix will be headlining 2010’s event. With their fourth album ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix‘ gathering accolades left right and centre, whilst continuing to bowl over their fans and win them a whole new audience of admirers, the band’s irresistible blend of strutting disco and blissful euphoric pop all topped off with their effortless insouciant indie vibe will be the perfect end to what promises to be Field Day’s most amazing event yet.

Other acts to be unveiled include Amiina, the spellbinding Icelandic female four-piece who have graced the albums and shows of Sigur Ros, who will be showcasing their enchanting take on minimalist and contemporary classical music.

Beth Jeans Houghton will be performing her experimental folk with keyboards, xylophones and a looped choir of herself and will be joined on stage by her band the Hooves Of Destiny. 

Caribou, whose amazing new album ‘Swim’ (out in April) will be taking the dynamic interplay between visuals, electronics and live sound to the next level with a set of brightly textured, rapturous gems that gleam with astonishing production. 

Chilly Gonzales, the world record holder for the world’s longest solo performance, will be tickling the ivories in his own inimitable style and partaking in some mass audience participation.

Corsano And Flowers featuring Mick Flower (Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunroof, Magik Markers, Michael Flower Band) and Chris Corsano most well know for his incredible percussion work with Bjork, will be revelling in their virtuoso collaboration, drawing on influences from primitive blues, La Monte Young and John Cale. Strains of Kate Bush or Siouxie and the Banshees can be heard in the echoing, eerie vocals of Esben And The Witch who present the dynamics of post-rock in an bewitching, electronic, pop context. The Brighton three piece’s sound has also drawn comparisons with PJ Harvey, Portishead, Bjork, Radiohead and Cocteau Twins but present a dark, haunting music that is very much of their own.

Gold Panda started writing beats and collaborating a few years ago, working with the likes of Infinite Livez and Shuttle (both Ninja Tune) as well as creating his own beautiful, glitchy electronica, referencing a multitude of influences and born out of samples constructed partly from charity shop vinyl and VHS. This BBCs “sound of 2010″ and MTV-dubbed “remix king” created raved-about reworkings for the likes of Telepathe, Bloc Party, Simian Mobile Disco and Health.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble’s insanely catchy and upbeat instrumental hip-hop is sure to get your feet working as the 9-piece work up a frenzied sweat. Born in Chicago , with Phil Cohran (Sun Ra Arkestra) as their dad, the 8 brothers began their career as street musicians, busking on the sidewalks before they laid anything down on tape. Their jazz roots are evident, but jazz from 100 years ago, solid, dancefloor music which differs from the avant-garde offerings of their father’s community, but is as individual as anything you’ll ever hear. The group feature on the new Gorillaz album Plastic Beach‘ alongside Lou Reed, Bobby Womack, Mos Def and more.

The man to get even the most jaded dance music aficionado excited about music again, James Holden, will be dropping a superlative set that takes in elements of house, electro, breakbeat, techno and beyond. Plus there will be must-see appearances from Bristolian beat maverick Joker And MC Nomad who will be supplying the pressure.

The mighty Max Tundra will be throwing down an intricate mosaic of sounds and styles, and as anyone who saw him supporting Hot Chip on their last tour will testify, Max Tundra knows how to get the party started!

Memory Tapes will be dropping their cutting edge 80-s infused catchy, wistful grooves, electronic pioneers Mouse On Mars make a rare live outing to come and play Field Day, they are currently working on their brand new album, so expect new music and exciting new sounds.

Pantha Du Prince who has just released a brilliant new album, ‘Black Noise’, on Rough Trade, will be communing with nature playing his pastoral techno made with sounds sampled from the great outdoors. All the more appropriate that he should bring his shoegazey, psychedelic soundscapes in the open air of Victoria Park.

And the incredible psychedelic experimental synth genius Silver Apples, whose interstellar drones and driving, minimalistic music pre-empted krautrock, 70s electronica and 90s rock, will be bringing a healthy dose of New York attitude to the east end of London.

There will also be the return of ‘Village Mentality’, the off-the-wall Village Green area within the festival that supplies the masses with some bucolic treats away from the hubbub of the main festival. Inspired by summer sports days and country fetes – Field Day’s very own village green will host stalls and activities throughout the daytime, ranging from sack-racing, to whack-the-rat, Bowling for Bacon, you can try your luck on the tombola, crack a few nuts on the coconut shy – or just sit on some hay bales and stuff your face with homemade cake… and lots more to be announced, and as the country saying goes – “be like an ant in the days of summer”.

Field Day takes place on Saturday July 31st 2010, in London’s Victoria Park. Tickets are available now.

The full line up for ROCKNESS 2010 was revealed today with yet more stellar names added to the most exciting and inspired line up yet in the festival’s blossoming history.

Five years since FATBOY SLIM staged the first RockNess against the backdrop of iconic Loch Ness in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and following a sabbatical in 2009, he returns to headline this June. Joining him, in two truly dazzling coups for The Most Beautiful Festival In The World, NY garage rock kings THE STROKES and electronic pioneers LEFTFIELD are also lined up in a double whammy Scottish festival exclusive.

This tasty trio of headliners are joined by the latest wave of new acts announced today - every one guaranteed to officially get Scotland’s soundtrack to the summer off to a stunning start.

In a move sure to thrill even the most judicious dance and rock fans, DOVES, IAN BROWN, ENTER SHIKARI and FRIENDLY FIRES are confirmed and join a dazzling proposition of the very finest international electronic talent including THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, VITALIC, AEROPLANE, PLAN B, BOOKASHADE, THE JAPANESE POPSTARS, DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP, CHASE & STATUS, BOYS NOIZE, THE DUB PISTOLS and RockNess favourites THE CUBAN BROTHERS.

Bearing testament to the growing popularity of RockNess, BBC RADIO 1 is on board as the OFFICIAL RADIO PARTNER this year and the inimitable ZANE LOWE is revealed as the station’s latest hottest name set to head north to host an arena alongside ANNIE MAC and ROB DA BANK. Topping the fantasy DJ line up of clubbers far and wide, RockNess is also proud to announce the appearance of the world’s most exclusive DJ collective CLUB 75. Part Justice, part Cassius, with the very best of the mighty Ed Banger Records thrown in, the all-French star line up is set to deliver what promises to be one of the hottest performances of the entire summer in a stunning UK debut at RockNess 2010.

In true RockNess style, the proverbial envelope continues to be pushed to the max for 2010 with more new arenas added, including the monstrous ARCADIA ARENA that makes its big, bold RockNess debut in one of the few times witnessed outside of Glastonbury. This world class audio and visual feast of mind boggling, post-apocalyptic pyrotechnics, dramatic podiums extending into the crowd, multi rave platforms and fire performance displays has to be seen to be believed. Set against the iconic backdrop of Loch Ness, expect to be well and truly blown away!

RockNess 2010 - The Most Beautiful Festival in the World – takes place on Friday 11^th – Sunday 13^th June and returns as a three-day event following last year’s successful extension to three nights when the Main Stage got the party started on the Friday night for the first time.

Jim King, Festival Director: “We’re delighted with the RockNess line up this year – the best we’ve had to date, and we’re particularly looking forward to having BBC Radio 1 on board as our Official Radio Partner. We have some really great indie bands lined up with The Strokes, Doves and Ian Brown and there’s still more bands to add. The electronic acts are once again the very best you are going to hear anywhere in the world with Leftfield undoubtedly the must see gig of the year. We’re also injecting some real energy into the show with bands like Chase & Status and Enter Shikari. On top of all this Fatboy is back to his spiritual home where he’s never disappointed. RockNess is going to be the best and the biggest party in Scotland this summer and we can’t wait.”

Tickets for RockNess are available the RockNess website and Ticketline and on general sale via all other ticket agents.

Suzi Quatro, Juliette Lewis, and Marina and the Diamonds, are amongst the latest acts added to the Big Top line-up for the Isle of Wight Festival, which happens from Friday 11th until Sunday 13th June 2010 at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight.

Rock icon Suzi Quatro will headline what is being dubbed as ‘Ladies’ Night’ at the Nig Top on Friday. Joining her on the bill will be Juliette Lewis, Marina and the Diamonds, and the rollerblading Brit girl-pop duo Mini Viva. Also taking to the stage on the night are new supergroup Woman, comprising of Mazz Murray, Gina Murray, AJ Casey and Emma Kershaw, and I Blame Coco. They join the previously announced Shakespears Sister, fronted by Siobhan Fahey, and Daisy Dares You, the this year’s girls’ night out.

They join a line-up which has headliners Jay-Z, The Strokes, along with Pink, Calvin Harris, Orbital, James, Florence And The Machine, Squeeze, Doves, Calvin Harris, Vampire Weekend, Friendly Fires, Spandau Ballet, Ocean Colour Scene, Paloma Faith, The Saturdays, Shakespears Sister, N-Dubz, and La Roux.

Tickets are priced at £150 for adult camping which includes entertainment in the campsite on Thursday night, and £75 for a child ticket (aged 7 to 12 years). The price of an adult ticket without camping is £130 and £65 for children (aged 7 to 12 years). All children 6 years old and under on 11th June 2010 can go for free but must still have a ticket. A campervan permit is £250 (all occupiers must also have a valid Camping ticket).

To buy tickets, click here.

Folk-punk hero Frank Turner has been named for this summer’s 2000trees Friday night headliner.

The rising star returns for his third appearance at his favourite UK festival, following a stunning headline performance at the first festival in 2007.

Since then Frank, hailed as a latter day Billy Bragg, has played memorable performances on the Treehouse and Leaf Lounge stages, as well as in impromptu campsite set for a select lucky few, but this year’s star attraction is set to be a monumental, fun-filled and raucous performance from one of the nation’s most electrifying performers.

Saturday’s line-up is also starting to take shape as Sheffield’s finest experimental rock outfit 65daysofstatic will bring their mind-bending post-rock to 2000trees, taking place at Upcote Farm, near Cheltenham between Friday 16th and Saturday 17th July.

They were asked personally by Robert Smith to undertake a World Tour as special guests of The Cure in 2008, which saw them play venues spanning from Wembley Arena to Madison Square Gardens.

With two full days featuring over 50 acts on three stages, comedy during the day on the third stage, DJs, headphone disco and campfire sing-a-longs to keep the party spirit going till dawn, 2010 is shaping up to be the best year yet for the festival, with an extra day of music and fun for just 500 people on Thursday July 15th.

Promoting the finest homegrown talent emerging from the vibrant British music scene, 2000trees is the perfect place to unearth tomorrow’s stars today. With an eclectic line-up spanning many musical genres, this intimate and friendly festival has become a haven for music fans, many of whom discover their new favourite bands at the event.

Rising stars play alongside more established acts to create an inspiring, chilled out, fun festival of good music and great atmosphere, set within the stunning Cotswolds countryside.

Watch Frank Turner play 2000trees 2008 on YouTube

Organiser Andy Rea says, “Frank Turner is one of the finest exponents of folk-punk around and we have enjoyed watching him blossom as a solo artist ever since his memorable headline performance at the first 2000trees Festival.

“I’m sure there will be a lot of very happy people upon hearing this news and we can’t wait to welcome Frank and his loyal army of fans back again this summer.”

Tickets are on sale now.

This summer, discover the very best in new British music as 2000trees Festival returns to Upcote Farm near Cheltenham from Friday 16th  to Saturday 17th July for its fourth year running.

Tickets have already gone on sale for the event, as organizers are offering a match on last years prices for a very limited time only.

Not only that but one lucky person will bag a chance to win a Willy Wonka inspired Golden Ticket. The dream prize includes the chance to meet and announce the band of their choice on the main stage during the event.

And that’s not the only prize on offer, for everyone who buys a ticket before Valentines Day, will go into the competition draw to win backstage VIP access, free food, drink and merchandise (including t-shirt, posters, bags, programmes and a Cider Smiles official festival CD, as well as having their own slave to erect their tent while they sit back and enjoy a Badgers Bottom or two.

Promoting the finest homegrown talent emerging from the vibrant British music scene, 2000trees is the perfect place to unearth tomorrow’s stars today. With an eclectic line-up spanning many musical genres, this intimate and friendly festival has become a haven for music fans, many of whom discover their new favourite bands at the event.

Rising stars play alongside more established acts to create an inspiring, chilled out, fun festival of good music and great atmosphere, set within the stunning Cotswolds countryside.

In its short history 2000trees has established itself as one of the leading small festivals in the British summer calendar. Created by a group of friends in 2007, the festival was born out of frustration with the ever increasing corporate sponsorship and mass advertising nature of the larger traditional British festivals.

Disillusioned by extortionate ticket prices with over priced food and drink, this band of festival veterans vowed to take matter into their own hands and in true punk rock style set about developing the perfect antidote.

There are two full days of live music featuring over 50 acts on three stages, plus VIP early entry for the first 500 people to purchase early entry passes, for an extra evening of music and camping under the stars on July 15^th.

Festival organizer Andy Rea said, “2000trees is set to enjoy its best year yet and has built up a loyal following of passionate music fans because of the line-up.

“It is an affordable way to have a great time and be inspired about new British music, perhaps even to discover a new favourite band for the first time.”

Previous acts include Frank Turner, The King Blues, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Art Brut, Danananaykroyd and Red Light Company.

RockNess festival have announced that all ticket buyers for the forthcoming Hadouken UK tour will be automatically entered into an exciting prize draw taking place for each show. This is to celebrate the bands build up to their appearance at Scotland’s best summer festival, RockNess, taking place this June 11^th-13^th.

Prizes available to all entrants include:

• Meet & Greet with the band at the tour date of your choice
• VIP tickets to RockNess 2010
• Onstage Meet & Greet at RockNess with the band
• VIP Camping at festival

Hadouken were chosen for this Road To RockNess tour due to their reputation for explosive live shows, mixing the best attributes of rock and dance and always enthralling fans which RockNess organiser Jim King believed made them an ideal band to represent this unique Scottish festival.

Festival Director Jim King said on the tour, “The Road to RockNess idea is all about fans getting the chance to get close to the favourite band not only at their tour shows but also with exclusive access at the festival. This package gets the fans right into the heart of the tour and the festival with access back stage and the chance to hang out with us and the artists at our after party. It’s going to be great fun.”

Hadoukens’ second album For The Masses, recorded in Groningen, Holland with gilded producers Noisia sees Hadouken move on from their gold certified debut album to a harder, faster, stronger sound. With the band determined to make ‘immediate contact’ with their fans according to singer James Smith, the album delivers on all levels, with former single and Youtube video smash M.A.D and Turn The Lights Out showcasing the combination of insanely catchy hooks, blasting beats and crunching guitars that characterise the ten tracks.

Tickets are on sale now, and to see all available dates click here.

Zoot allores! Or, to use the more seasonal expression, ‘Sacre Bleau!” Preston’s Mad Ferret are only hosting  their 2^nd Punkmas Party on December 30^th. Crikey.

Mad Ferret’ gaffer and Chief in Charge of Everything, Fraser Boon, said, “Last year’s Punkmas was an amazing success, with all bands playing at the top of their game to a packed house. Following that was always going to be tough, but, with this year’s line up, I think we’ll just about do it”

Attendees’ lives will be forever divided into ‘Before Punkmas;’ and ‘After Punkmas’ from 8pm on the 30^th December, with attendance being absolutely, totally 100% free, (that’s right). As all bands are all equally brilliant, there’s no running order at the moment. However, turning up on time will get you:

Mr PotatoHed

Mr PotatoHed exploded on to the Preston punk scene in 1991 and burned like a supernova until catastrophically imploding under the weight of their own egos around the end of the millennium. Fully resurrected, completely reanimated and returning to Punkmas for the second year running, MPH are set to blow audiences away with a high octane mix of Punk Rock, 100MPH Beats, as well as the odd Gag and Funny. Some of which may involve a wheely bin.

Dennis Delight

Frank and Mick have been playing together under the Dennis Delight name since 1973. Both are now in their 60s and the band’s accumulated age is a majestic 166. From the 1970’s to the 1990’s, Dennis Delight have firmly established themselves as the stuff of legend around Preston, the UK and the world, (possibly even beyond that, too).

Ignition/UK

The second act to return from last year’s event, Punkmas will mark Ignition/UK’s return to the Preston and Manchester music scene after a lengthy four month lay off. Invaluable time, spent concentrating on solo projects, creative and diverse side ventures and watching every episode of All Creatures Great and Small. If you want to know just how good these guys are, check out a glowing review here.

Evil Blizzard

The contemporaneously named Evil Blizzard are one of the many side projects of Treehouse 3 drummer and Northwest music legend, Mark Whiteside. Evil Blizzard boast a raw, paired down sound of vocals, bass and drums. It’s a heady mix; on the one hand, seemingly avant garde, however, thanks to some excellent songwriting, some tight performances and some truly inspired gags, it’s a performance well worth catching.

Cigarette

Reforming after a near fifteen year hiatus, Cigarette look guaranteed to bring something of the Left Bank to this year’s Punkmas.

Mixing some laid back gothic rhythms with the off beat sounds of Jacques Brel, Cigarette are guaranteed to surprise and entertain. They tell jokes, too.

Fresh from winning the coveted Family Festival Award at this year’s UK Festival Awards, Camp Bestival is all set to continue its crusade to bring back the Great British summer holiday with bells on, returning to the salubrious surrounds of Lulworth Castle for another jam-packed jaunt bursting with bountiful excitement for all the family.  It might only be cold December but with Christmas on the horizon what better way to banish the winter chills than to treat the family by getting them something extra-special to look forward to for the first weekend of the school summer hols – July 30th to August 1st, 2010 – Camp Bestival is a wonderland of joy that not only promises myriad extra curricular pleasures but also has more musical thrills than Dorset’s Jurassic coastline has got fossils, all generously sprinkled with our very own, extra-special Bestival magic.

Bouncing with excitement Rob da Bank says: ‘‘It seems only yesterday that we were basking in the sun singing along to Mr Tumble and then watching PJ Harvey captivate the whole site with her extraordinary solo performance but it’s that time again to unveil what we’ve been planning thus far for 2010. From Saturday night headliners the nutty boys Madness to Bill Drummond’s inspirational new music project, from folk royalty Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick to DJ Yoda and Beardyman it’s looking like a typically random yet happy family. Hope to see you there’.

Kicking off the first announcement for what is destined to be our most barnstorming jamboree yet, we are overjoyed to be welcoming the nutty boys, Madness, to our family feast of fun! Undoubtedly a national treasure, Madness, who are riding the crest of a critically acclaimed wave for their recent ‘Liberty of Norton Folgate’ album, boast a back catalogue the envy of almost everybody, ever, their appeal knows no bounds so we can be assured of a rip-roaring knees up they take to the stage to play their Saturday night headline slot.  Commenting on the set the band said: “We love nothing more then a good old family knees up and if we get anywhere near the reception we got at Bestival in 2007 we’ll feel like kings of Lulworth Castle.”

Synth-pop overlords The Human League will be gracing Lulworth Castle with a superlative selection of their anthemic tunes. One of Steel City’s most enduring bands, The Human League’s faultless body of work is still as breathtaking as ever, never failing to create an exceptionally electric atmosphere wherever they perform. Also joining Camp Bestival’s ever-eclectic line up will be the living embodiment of Funk, George Clinton with Parliament Funkadelic. Famed for the mind-bending, coruscating live sets that span his entire career, George Clinton is one of nature’s true one-offs and a real living legend. Current king of the pop tree, Calvin Harris will be invading the stage and your brain with his indelible hooks, a sure-fire guarantee to put a smile on your face and get your feet moving and all-conquering, MOBO Awards winning Chipmunk will be in the zone to keep on rhyming and shining, whipping the crowd into a frenzy.

One of the revelations of Camp Bestival 2009 was the mighty Mr Tumble. He proved such an enormous hit with the kids (and, let’s face it, their parents!) that we just had to get him back for 2010! This time though, it’s so much bigger and better because we’ve got him for the whole 3 days of the event! With a series of slapstick and makaton sing-along performances and some extra-special meet and greets spanning the entire event, the tiny tots won’t know what’s hit them!

We always like something a bit different and special so we’re ecstatic that Camp Bestival will play host to one of the music and art world’s most intriguing maverick sons, Bill Drummond, giving you the chance to become part of an amazing musical art project. Bill Drummond the Choir Master – Become a member of The17: Bill Drummond’s (KLF, Timelords etc) choir. In this exclusive UK appearance, Bill will work with 10 groups of 17 people to record one of his scores. These will be combined and played back to the entire audience at Camp Bestival on Sunday night. To be part of one of the first 5 choirs to take part, email The17[at]campbestival.net to register now. All ages welcome!

The cultural pleasures of Camp Bestival are taking shape with a veritable smorgasbord of erudite delights. We are thrilled to announce that The English National Ballet will return for our 2010 show.  One of the highlights of 2009, we can’t wait to see what they’ve got planned for us this time!  You can also feed your brain with mind-treats at The East Lulworth Literary Institute where you can relish rare live interviews with the likes of film director Andrea Arnold; learn How To Be DJ Derek with the man himself; discover ‘ideas to live by’ through expert sessions from the School of Life; plus loads of other diverse and fascinating special guests and sessions to be announced soon. There’s also House of Fairytales a brand new art project headed up by renowned artist Gavin Turk, the Polka Tent – one of the massive successes from Bestival – few tents sum up the madness that the festival vibe can reach with wall to wall, end to end Crazy Hoedown music, Balkan Bangers, Speed Gypsy and Kleizmer chaos, plus The World Famous will be back with the awe-inspiring pyrotechnical pleasures of their Son et Lumiere extravaganza.

We’re exceedingly pleased to welcome back local heroes River Cottage Café. A huge hit with the Camp Bestival crowd in 2009, the River Cottage Café crew will return in 2010 with a sumptuous selection of rustic nourishment. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall commented: ‘Myself and the River Cottage Team had such a fantastic time at this year’s Camp Bestival! We are really excited to be involved again with the River Cottage Café in 2010!’

There’s even more music on offer with Reggae’s greatest living son Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry set to stoke his soul fire, arch Mancunian messiahs The Fall are a definite must-see band and the incredible Cuban Brothers will be causing musical mayhem and popping up in various incarnations across the site. Indulging in the pastoral vibes of Dorset, folk will be represented in its many flavours with the incredibly influential Martin Carthy & (a reinvigorated) Dave Swarbrick back together and kicking up a fiddle-driven storm, Fife’s finest James Yorkston will be exuding his resonant burr, the lauded Stornoway will add some ramshackle raggle-taggle spirit to proceedings and Beth Jeans Houghton will captivate with her blissful acoustica. There will also be some twitchy and glitchy, treats from Gold Panda and the  Countryside Alliance Crew will bring their bucolic beats for the Camp B massive.

The first names on the disco team sheet, charged with ramping up Camp Bestival’s dancefloor mayhem include DJ Yoda who will be crabbing, flaring and cutting up the beats and bass like only he can and head honcho Rob da Bank who will drop the musical manna from heaven in his own imitable style. Old skool warriors Ragga Twins, mash-up marvels Nextmen featuring MC Wrec, Reggae sound system legend DJ Derek, Dubstep don Joker, House touchstone Cooly G, Amiga adventurer Boy 8-Bit, harbinger of Hyper bass L-Vis 1990, Trunk Records’ supremo Jonny Trunk and super-charged 78 action from Greg’s Greats are all also set to appear. Plus we welcome the return of teen rave sensations Let’s Go Crazy who promise the sound of bouncy punishing bass, dark disco beats, pulsing basslines and infectious drum ‘n bass which will have the whole tent skanking.

Comedy comes courtesy of Bestival favourite Andrew Maxwell who will also be performing his infamous Maxwell’s Fullmooners, Australia’s finest Jim Jefferies who has made his mark on panel shows including Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Fighting Talk and Marcus Brigstocke & Andre Vincent who will be performing The Early Edition.

There’s plenty more Music, Comedy and Spoken Word to be announced soon as well as plentiful activities for the young and old including Arts & Crafts workshops, Dance lessons, 100 free things for kids to do, Jousting from the Knights of Lulworth Castle, the Freestyle Sports Park including Mountain Bike, Skate And Parkour displays, madcap merriment from our very own Bestival Bluecoats and a new Kids Garden, which has doubled in size from 2009 giving the bouncing bambinos even more space to cavort to their hearts’ content. Plus we have idyllic and spacious campsites, great family facilities, country fare, local foodstuffs and so much more to be enjoyed and all for a snip at just £145 for an adult weekend ticket. So make sure you have a fun-packed start to the summer hols and join us at Camp Bestival!

Combining their love of comedy, music and snowboarding Marcus Brigstocke and Andrew Maxwell have announced that the third Altitude Festival is due to take place between 20th and 26th March 2010.

Set in the fabulous skiers paradise of Les Trois Vallees – the largest skiing area in the world – right in the heart of the French Alps, (predominantly Meribel but also in Val Thorens and Courcheval), Altitude is without doubt the funniest show on snow.

With amazing powder skiing and boarding by day in beautiful warm spring conditions and fabulous entertainment by night, Altitude has become the destination for those who are serious about their winter sports but want their après ski to be riotously entertaining. Hosting both the prestigious elite of comedy and the cream of up-and-coming stand ups, Altitude is the first chance to check out brand new material from some of the best comedians around before they take it on to the Edinburgh Festival.

Previous Altitude festivals have featured global heavyweights of the international comedy circuit including Craig Campbell (Canada), Brendan Burns (Australia), Dave Fulton (USA), Henning When (Germany), Phil Jupitus (UK), Jenny Éclair (UK), Lee Mack (UK), Ed Byrne (Ireland), Omid Djalili (Iran), Christophe Aleveque (France), Rich Hall (USA) and Ardal O’ Hanlan (Ireland) and a host of other comedians who have notched up numerous Perrier / If awards, Chortle Awards, British Comedy Awards, Bafta’s, Emmy’s and Channel 4’s King Of Comedy award.

As hosts Andrew Maxwell and Marcus Brigstocke will both appear over the course of the week.  Andrew is the celebrated founder of the weekly comedy gig Fullmooners, an eclectic mix of comedians and vaudeville acts which has played host to the likes of Russell Brand, Simon Pegg, Tommy Teirnan and Ed Byrne.  His tumultuous and hedonistic observations and confessions have made him a ‘must see’ on the comedy circuit and his constant touring and TV appearance have led to him becoming one of the most significant comedians of his generation.

Marcus Brigstocke is a comic, writer, presenter and actor who coined the now legendary Pac Man joke*.  He works extensively in stand up comedy, radio and television, is the host of BBC 4’s Late Edition (Newsnight with jokes!), team captain for the hit TV show Argumental and a regular guest on shows like QI and Have I Got News For You.  His street wise social commentary has led to claims that he has topical comedy sewn up and he is sure to deliver a blizzard of killer lines.

The first batch of comedians announced for 2010 features Neil Delamere, one of the top acts working in the Irish comedy scene today.  His sharp observational eye and hilarious storytelling has seen him featured prominently on TV in his home country and he is a recurrent guest on Michael McIntyre’s renowned comedy show on Channel 4.  His set is eagerly anticipated as is that of Belfast’s Colin Murphy, a prolific comedian and writer who has had many shows broadcast on TV and radio in Ireland and appeared in the critically acclaimed, award winning film Divorcing Jack alongside David Thewlis.

Also appearing is Stephen Frost a veteran of the comedy scene and his famed improv shows are highlights of festivals such as The Edinburgh Festival and Glastonbury.  His extensive TV work takes in shows such as Blackadder, Mr Bean, Have I Got News For You and Never Mind The Buzzcocks.  Canadian comedy star Craig Campbell has performed live with Jim Carrey and at the renowned ‘Just For Laughs’ comedy festival in Montreal so expect a set of truly inventive storytelling and whimsical travel anecdotes coupled with a unique ability to find humour in the mundane.

Seriously upping the musical alpine ante Altitude welcomes platinum selling artist Newton Faulkner a stalwart of numerous traditional music festivals who will bring his acclaimed live show and renowned guitar playing style to the piste.  Mad cap funksters The Cuban Brotherswill provide visual and aural stimulation for the masses and if you’ve never seen breakdancing in the snow then you’re in for a treat.  Cut n’ Paste genius DJ Yoda is a man at the top of his game delivering eclectic AV sets that will ensure the peeks reached are not only those at the top of the mountain.

Fellow DJ and Dub Pistol don Barry Ashworth will be dropping some speaker worrying bass in a set so heavy they’ve already put the resort on avalanche warning.  Previous musical delights have included club nights by the likes of Ministry of Sound and Hed Kandi as well as performances by KT Tunstall and Norman Jay MBE.

With such an array of talent in the evenings it’s often easy to forget the entertainment that the daylight hours provide.  Perfect snow conditions, panoramic views from the mountain tops and some of the best runs in the world make this resort a skier and snowboarders paradise.  When not partaking all the family can check out the professionals at snowsports events such as the Jib session  which attract the best pro riders from around the world.  For those of a less serious disposition join in with the Wacky Races, fancy dress, three legged ski races, snowball fights and expression sessions.  Fun for all the family.

With over 50 shows and events after skiing this week long comedy, music, ski and snow party is the perfect way to end a day on the hill and in this case the perfect end to the almighty alpine ski season.

*“If Pac Man had affected us as kids, we’d all be running round in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to electronic music”

www.altitudefestival.com for the latest blog, venues, acts and travel information.

Tickets now available at http://www.altitudefestival.com/en/buytickets.php

RockNess have today announced CLUB 75 – featuring XAVIER DE ROSNAY from JUSTICE,CASSIUS,BUSY Pand DJ MEHDI - the world’s most exclusive DJ collective, is heading to Scotland.

Part Justice, part Cassius, with the very best of the awesome Ed Banger Records thrown in, the all-French star line up is set to deliver what promises to be one of the hottest performances of the entire summer in a stunning UK debut at RockNess 2010.

Topping the fantasy DJ line up of clubbers far and wide, the CLUB 75 collective commands the highest level of respect within the global dance scene and is responsible for the sound of a generation. The electro-chic wizardry and truly incredible soundtracks which saw this hippest DJ force explode on to the Paris club scene at the now legendary Social Club night, and rock Ibiza’s Pacha in an exclusive set which became a defining moment of last summer, has created a signature widely recognised to represent the most exceptional good taste.

CLUB 75 nights are as rare as they are lauded, and the RockNess appearance come June promises to be one of the most defining of the entire summer…anywhere!

Jim King, Festival Director said, “As far as I’m concerned its simply the most exciting dj collective ever. Where else would you get Justice meets Cassius meets Ed Banger’s finest, all in the same booth at the same time. If you miss this then you can’t be into electronic music. I’ve already booked 4 hours off to go and watch them.”

This latest announcement comes fast on the reveal that THE STROKES, 2manydjs and FRIENDLY FIRES are confirmed for what is shaping up to be the best RockNess ever. For the first time, BBC RADIO 1 is the festival’s Official Radio Partner and the station’s hottest names including ANNIE MAC and ROB DA BANK will host their own arenas. Expect an array of dazzling talent to be revealed over the months. In another first, the sensory overload known as the ARCADIA ARENA makes its big, bold RockNess debut. This world class audio and visual feast, which blew Glastonbury into orbit this year and was one of the most spectacular night time shows the festival had ever seen, is coming to Scotland for the first time. This is one of the very few occasions the Arcadia Arena will have been witnessed outside of Glastonbury, and set against the backdrop of iconic Loch Ness, expect to be well and truly blown away!

RockNess 2010 - The Most Beautiful Festival in the World – takes place on Friday 11th – Sunday 13th June and returns as a three-day event following last year’s success when the Main Stage got the party started on the Friday night for the first time.

FRONT ROW CAMPING Early Bird tickets are on sale now at £120 each for the weekend. Great news for those fast enough to secure their place closer to all the main arena, and late night action, not forgetting those awesome views down the magical loch. This offer will run for a limited period only so it’s advised to get in there quick to avoid disappointment. Tickets are on sale now as an exclusive pre-sale via the RockNess website and Ticketline – www.ticketline.co.uk, and on general sale via all other ticket agents this Monday 7th December at 9am.

Further tickets and prices will be on sale in the New Year.

Dot To Dot Festival will be returning bigger and better for 2010. Having been nominated for the Best Metropolitan Festival award at the UK Festival Awards for its superlative 2009 outing, Dot To Dot is expanding next year to a three-day event, adding Manchester’s fiery musical hotbed to the firmly established Bristol and Nottingham dates.

With a growing reputation as the festival that showcases the most cutting edge new, up-and-coming bands the fifth Dot To Dot will push boundaries even further delving deep to reveal even more artists who will join the ranks of Klaxons, Friendly Fires, Gallows, Ladyhawke, Laura Marling, Temper Trap, British Sea Power, Foals, Santigold, Glasvegas, Foals, Annie Mac, Erol Alkan, Kissy Sellout and many more who have all previously played Dot To Dot Festival.

Earlybird tickets are now on sale for all three dates for a mere £20.00 (plus booking fee). That’s just a score to enjoy some of the most cutting edge sounds around.

Visit www.dottodotfestival.co.uk for all ticket info.

VENUE INFO – BRISTOL
O2 Academy
Thekla
Louisiana
Cooler
Fleece

VENUE INFO NOTTINGHAM
Rock City
Rescue Rooms
Trent Uni
Stealth
Bodega

VENUE INFO – MANCHESTER
Manchester Academy 1
Manchester Academy 2
Manchester Academy 3
Club Academy
Deaf Institute

All venue info subject to change at this early stage.

Renowned as the premium new music festival and industry conference event in Europe, The Great Escape, which will take place once again in Brighton on 13-15th May 2010, prides itself on unearthing the finest up-and-coming bands from across the globe. Each year the event partners with a country to shine the spotlight on their freshest talent and this year it will be Australia that basks in that glory as The Great Escape joins forces with Sounds Australia.

Sounds Australia is Australia’s national music export initiative, established to deliver a cohesive and unified platform at international showcase market events, supported through a financial partnership between both Federal and State governments, along with peak music industry bodies whose aim is to help Australian musicians and artists pursue their dreams on the global stage. The festival’s partnership with Sounds Australia will see a litany of Australia’s most exciting musical offerings making the journey to the UK’s south coast to join up with 350+ bands performing in 30 venues spread across Brighton over the course of three days. For more info on Sounds Australia please go to: http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/MusicCreators/SoundsAustralia.aspx.

With success stories from countries as far a field as New Zealand, Canada, Japan and India, The Great Escape’s track record as a global showcase is already firmly cemented. Earlybird Delegate tickets, which ensure you have access to the full conference program including debates, networking events and parties plus priority access to the gigs, are now on sale for the bargain basement price of £150 visit www.escapegreat.com to take advantage of the deal. Last year’s national and international event attendees included: A&R Scouts, Agents, Broadcasters, Colleges, Composers, Digital and Online Companies, Distributors, Event organisers, Festival Bookers, Financial advisors, Labels, Lawyers, Managers, Merchandisers, Media and Marketing Agencies, PR Agencies, Producers, Print and Online Entertainment Press, Promoters, Publishers, Sponsors & brands and many more.

Artist Registration for The Great Escape 2010 is now open for Australian bands too. All you have to do is go to www.escapegreat.com/artistregistration and complete the online application form to be considered for a spot at a truly global showcase.

The countdown to ROCKNESS 2010 officially commenced today with the announcement that THE STROKES - recent recipients of ALBUM OF THE DECADE by NME for ‘Is This It’, the seminal work that defined a moment and sent the band on a trajectory to global acclaim - are confirmed to headline the Highland music festival in June.

Widely acknowledged as one of the finest exponents of alternative garage rock in a generation and renowned for their electrifying live shows, the band’s RockNess assault signals an end to a four year hiatus and comes with the tantalising news of a new album on its way.

In a hugely exciting new development, which bears testament to the kudos and blossoming popularity of RockNess, BBC RADIO 1 is today announced as the OFFICIAL RADIO PARTNER to the festival. The station’s hottest names du jour including Annie Mac and Rob da Bank are all set to head north with the two each hosting their own unique arenas. Expect an array of awesome talent to be revealed over the coming months!

In true RockNess style, the proverbial envelope continues to be pushed to the max for 2010 with more new arenas added that once again promise to deliver an exceptional soundtrack signalling the start of summer as well as the most festival fun to be had over any weekend.

In a monstrous Scottish festival exclusive, the spectacular sensory overload known as the ARCADIA ARENA makes its big, bold RockNess debut. This world class audio and visual feast, orchestrated by the Arcadia collective of artists, technicians and engineers, blew Glastonbury into orbit this year with the brand new Afterburner Mk2 set and was one of the most spectacular night time shows the festival had ever seen. Now the extravaganza is heading to RockNess where a mind boggling array of post-apocalyptic pyrotechnics, dramatic podiums extending into the crowd, multi rave platforms and truly awesome fire performance displays will all be set against a cutting edge music offering from the world’s top DJs including Bestival’s Rob da Bank . This is one of the few times the ARCADIA ARENA will have been witnessed outside of Glastonbury, and set against the iconic backdrop of Loch Ness, expect to be well and truly blown away!

In customary RockNess tradition, the very finest electronic and dance music will be represented in full force for 2010. Back by overwhelming demand and in a move sure to generate mass excitement, the mighty 2 MANY DJS are lined up as the official house band of this year’s festival in a unique new production that is yet to be unveiled, but promises to take their great live reputation to another level. In a weekend-long sonic assault, the prolific duo are confirmed as hosting 2 MANY DJS live in their own arena on the Saturday and performing live as SOULWAX on the Sunday. What’s more, the good time vibes and exemplary mash ups will continue throughout the weekend with the news that for the first time RADIO SOULWAX will be broadcast online from the site.

Rounding up this exciting first announcement is the news that FRIENDLY FIRES, the Mercury-nominated electro popsters will be bringing their epic soundscapes to The Highlands in another RockNess debut.

Jim King, RockNess’ Festival Director said on the announcement:

“We’re definitely going to have our best ever line up this year with some of the strongest new acts to be announced over the coming months. We’re also targeting acts that have been hugely influential over the last decade and none come bigger than The Strokes.

We’re also really excited about 2 Many DJs playing live and they have some extra special production announcements to make in the New Year. There’s a lot still to be unveiled and I’m actually as excited about Arcadia’s Afterburner coming to RockNess as I am about some of the acts. When I saw it at Glastonbury I thought it was the most amazing installation I’d ever seen at a festival. It’s going to blow people’s minds. We all think 2010 is going to be a really great year at RockNess.”

RockNess 2010 - The Most Beautiful Festival in the World – takes place on Friday 11th – Sunday 13th June and returns as a three-day event following last year’s success when the Main Stage got the party started on the Friday night for the first time.

This year in another first, FRONT ROW CAMPING Early Bird tickets are being launched at £120 each for the weekend. Great news for those fast enough to secure their place closer to all the main arena, and late night action, not forgetting those awesome views down the magical loch. This offer will run for a limited period only so it’s advised to get in there quick to avoid disappointment. Tickets go on sale at 9am this Thursday 3 December as an exclusive pre-sale via the RockNess website and Ticketline – www.ticketline.co.uk, and on general sale via all other ticket agents next Monday 7 December at 9am.

Further tickets and prices will be on sale in the New Year.

To continue with the celebrations of their 10 Years of ATP, organisers are have secured one of their previous curators from across the Atlantic back to provide curatorial duties in the UK. Matt Groening, genius behind the Simpsons and Futurama returns after his amazing 2003 festival at The Queen Mary, Long Beach, California to curate ATP UK Weekend 1 on May 7th – 9th.

Tickets are priced at £160pp for room only and £170pp for self catering and go on sale this Friday 16^th October at www.atpfestival.com
See below for full information on Early Bird and Instalment Tickets…

EARLY BIRD SPECIALS + GENERAL ON SALE

Full price tickets go on general sale at 9:00am on Friday October 16th. With the general sale we will also be offering a small amount of early bird tickets at a £10 discount, (early bird tickets £150pp room only and £160pp self catering). These will be available until the following Friday October 23rd (unless they run out first). You will be able to purchase full price tickets at any time from October 16th.

INSTALMENT TICKETS

ATP will again be running a deposit scheme for the festivals to make it easier for some people to pay. They are offering a limited number of 4 berth apartments, both room-only and self-catering to be paid for with a small deposit upfront, and the remaining amount to be paid by the end of January 31st 2010. Both come with a booking fee of £7.50 per person (£30 per apartment). These apartments will be sold at £160 per person room only or £170 per person self catered.

People who would like to hold a 4 berth room only, must pay a deposit of £60 per person, (£240 for the apartment). The remaining £107.50 (£430 for the apartment) must be paid by January 31st.

People who would like to hold a 4 berth self catering, must pay a deposit of £70 per person, (£280 for the apartment). The remaining £107.50 (£430 for the apartment) must be paid by January 31st.

All deposits will be non-refundable, so please only apply if you are sure you can pay the remaining amount when it is due in January.

If you are able to pay through a normal ticket agency upfront for your whole apartment, then please do so and leave the deposit scheme for those people who find it harder to get the full amount together in one go. Also, remember those using this scheme will not receive the early bird discount tickets!

You will be required to pay both instalments by either cheque or paypal. Please note, that all cheques must be received and cleared within 5 days of you being accepted into the deposit scheme. If your cheque does not clear, or is not received, your application will go to the bottom of the queue which may mean you do not get to participate in the scheme this year.

Please email deposit@atpfestival.com with MATT GROENING WEEKEND in the email subject line if you would like to take part in the deposit scheme. Please include: your name, address, which type of room you want (room only or self catering) and which payment method you would like to use (paypal or cheque). You will then be notified if your application was successful and details of how to pay by your chosen method, or if you are in a waiting line. Applicants in the waiting line may be accepted if earlier applicants fail to make the first deposit in time. Deposit applications will be granted on a first come first serve basis.

ABOUT ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES

All Tomorrow’s Parties has been promoting festivals and concerts throughout the world for the last ten years. It was founded in the wake of Belle and Sebastian’s Bowlie Weekender, with Mogwai curating in the unusual setting of Pontins Holiday Camp, Camber Sands. Since then the festival has appeared every year and has expanded across the globe continuing to set itself apart from large scale corporate festivals by staying intimate and fan-friendly. The line-ups are chosen by significant bands or artists which results in eclectic events that combine performances by legendary and influential acts with appearances by the latest crop of experimental artists from any (and every) musical genre. The festival has become more successful with every passing year, and ATP events have taken place in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia, with past curators including Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mike Patton, My Bloody Valentine, Portishead, Sonic Youth, Slint, and Tortoise.

For ten years ATP has set itself apart from other festivals by embracing seemingly disparate artistic genres, with events featuring art exhibitions, cinema programmes, spoken word performances and stand up comedy. It’s been called ‘Unforgettable’ by Spin and ‘the most enjoyable festival experience of our reporter’s life’ by Pitchfork. It has spawned an acclaimed concert series (Don’t Look Back), a record label (ATP Recordings), and the release of a feature length documentary about the festivals from Warp X, titled All Tomorrow’s Parties, out on DVD in November 2009. For more information and the trailer click here.

ABOUT THE VENUE

Butlins, Minehead looks out across a superb sandy beach. The site is equipped with a supermarket, newsagent, cash points and restaurants. Onsite facilities include a cinema, Splash Water World – a sub-tropical environment that has a huge wave pool, a swimming pool, 3 flumes and also a flume based raft ride – Ten-pin bowling and amusement arcade. Sports include Archery, Football, Basketball, Darts, Petanque, Fencing, Kwik Cricket, Netball, Rounders, Table Tennis, Outdoor Bowls and Crazy Golf.

Room Only accommodation is available in 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 berths and offers either double, single or bunk beds with private bathroom and TV, but no kitchen facilities or lounge, more like a hotel room. (£160 + booking fee per ticket)

Self Catering accommodation is available in 4, 6 and 7 berths and offers private bathroom, full kitchen facilities and separate lounge area with TV. (£170 + booking fee per ticket)

Thursday 5^th November:

Irish Village
Human League / Doves / The Futureheads / The Farm / Aslan / The Dirty Skirts (SA) / Sound of Guns / Bicycle Thieves / Tim Hassall + August Company / Road to Dubai Sound City (winner) / Evergreen

Alpha
Foreign Beggars / Jaxxma / Nerm & D-Code / Ezra Bang & Hot Machine / DJ Shero (DJ)

Chi – Main Room
Layo & Bushwacka! (DJ Set)  / The Whip (Live)

Chi – Red Room
Mr Mr (Audiotonic)  / Raxon (Audiotonic) / Vas Floyd (Audiotonic)

Chi – White Room
DJ John / David Craig

Dubai Festival City
Fatiniza / Dan Mangan / Road to Dubai Sound City (runner up) / Tom Fox-Davies / Honey Ryder / Priest J

Warehouse
Kae Sun / Dan Mangan / Honey Ryder

Apartment
Schooly (Soulful Sessions) in the Lounge / Audio Inn with DJ Philip Jo and Afroboogie (in the Club)

Friday 6^th November

Irish Village
Happy Mondays / Ocean Colour Scene / De La Soul / The Courteeners / The Automatic / Gabrielle Cilmi / Skank Sinatra / We Have Band / Wave Machines / Sound / Beat Antenna

Alpha
Ladytron (DJ)  / We Have Band (live)  / Da:Funct (live) / Zahra / Rude Larry

Chi – Main Room
Bloc Party (DJ)  / DJ Mark Evans

Chi – Red Room
Step on DJ’s/ DJ Mach 4 / Charl Chaka

Chi – White Room
DJ John / David Craig

360
Audio Tonic / Vas Floyd / Francois Dubois (LIVE on Radio 1) / Mr Mr / Raxon

Dubai Festival City
Sound of Guns / Bicycle Thieves / Desert Heat / Evergreen / Road to Dubai Sound City (runner up)

Warehouse
Priest J / DJ Tushar

Apartment
DJ Maseo (De La Soul DJ) / Kae Sun / Rone Jaxx  / DJ Shero / Ali Mak (Virgin Radio)

Saturday 7^th November

Irish Village
Echo and the Bunnymen / Super Furry Animals / The Wombats / Alphabeat / Nitin Sawnhey / Outlandish / The Parlotones / Dan Black / Post War Years / Meerkats / Recipe

Alpha
VIP Closing Party
Will Sergeant (DJ) / The Automatic (DJ) / Slutterhouse / Priest J

360
Soulful Session
Schooly (LIVE on Radio 1) / Tristan Bain / Kristian Valdini / Victor simonelli

Dubai Festival City
Wave Machines / Qu’sai and the Jeddah Legends / Gayathri / Slutterhouse / Dan Mangan / Kae Sun

Ticket Info: http://platinumlist.ae/dsctickets/

For further information please contact Bruce Hay at Get Involved – bruce@getinvolvedltd.com / 020 7604 2944 / 07967 502751

New Dawn
New Dawn is a Dubai based entertainment company who have over 8 years experience in Dubai and vast experience in large-scale event production, event management and marketing in the UAE. New Dawn currently own or are in partnership with several venues across Dubai including:

•     Alpha – Le Meridien  Dubai – Timeout awards “Best Club in Dubai”.

•     360º  – Jumeirah Beach Hotel – 58th “Best club in the world” – DJ magazine top 100 clubs.

•     The Apartment – Jumeirah Beach Hotel.

New Dawn promote over 40 unique events every month across Dubai bringing the coolest International House and R&B DJs and the hottest new bands from all over the world. These events attract over 7000 people a week and through these events New Dawn has established a huge database of music lovers from across the UAE. New Dawn will be the event organisers in the UAE.

Liverpool Sound City
Liverpool Sound City will return for it’s third consecutive year 19th-22nd May 2010. The 4 day event has quickly grown to become the UK’s largest new city centre music festival and business conference. Focused on showcasing some of the worlds most promising artists, zeitgeist talent and the cream of the local region, Sound City welcomed over 30k visitors to the city in 2009. Artists who have performed include The Zutons, White Lies, Little Boots, Ladyhawke, Enter Shikari, Juliette Lewis, Florence and the Machine

Official Dubai Sound City website
www.dubaisoundcity.com

Official Liverpool Sound City website
www.liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk

NewDawn website
www.newdawn.ae

Dubai Sound City on Facebook
www.facebook.com/dubaisoundcity

Dubai Sound City on Twitter
http://twitter.com/dubaisoundcity

MySpace
www.myspace.com/dubaisoundcity

With just one week to go until Dubai Sound City opens its doors the first time, organisers New Dawn and Liverpool Sound City can unveil the full extent of the event’s incredible and eclectic line up, venue by venue and day by day.

With the Irish Village, the event’s main venue playing host to sets from Happy Mondays, Human League, Echo and the Bunnymen, Super Furry Animals, Nitin Sawhney and The Wombats amongst many others, the inaugural Dubai Sound City will also feature shows spread across several venues in the city including Alpha who will entertain Foreign Beggars and We Have Band, the stunning 360 which will see sets from the likes of Francois Dubois aka Funk D’void, The Warehouse which will host Priest J and DJ Tushar, The Apartment which will treat festival goers to performances from Kae Sun and  Rone Jaxx and Chi where Layo & Bushwacka! and The Whip will be heading up the entertainment.

Dubai Sound City will also have its own under 21 stage, Festival City featuring bands from around the world, including Dan Mangan, Honey Ryder, Evergreen and Sound of Guns, who will play on a fabulous floating stage at Dubai Festival Marina; a 21st-century structure epitomizing the thriving and visionary spirit of the community.

Conference highlights will include panel discussions and networking sessions with some of the music industries highest profile global players including Brian Message: Radiohead’s manager and the man behind the revolutionary marketing of In Rainbows, he is also behind Polyphonic – one of the most exciting industry developments for artists in recent years, Kimitaka Kato – Head of International Universal, Brent Grulke: Artistic Director of SxSW, the biggest music industry festival in the world, Michael Chugg: voted the world’s top promoter by Pollstar magazine, Naoki Shimizu: CEO of Japan’s biggest promoters bringing artists like Beyonce, Linkin Park, Green Day to Japan and Bobby Talwar: Director of Only Much Louder – India’s fastest growing promoters and management company, amongst many others.

Dubai Sound City takes place from Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th November 2009. Tickets are still available here.

The organizers from Liverpool Music Week 2009, are pleased to announce the jam packed schedule for this years Liverpool Music Festival, and unleash the highly anticipated free music agenda.

The festival which kicks off on 29th October, and runs through to 16th November, is now in its 7th year, and has grown from a single venue event to a burgeoning, nationally recognised event, and has become the UK’s biggest indoor winter music festival. It has also attracted some of the worlds biggest acts.

This year’s line up is by far the biggest and most diverse to date, covering every genre imaginable, from rock, indie, dance, folk, leftfield and beyond.

Acts already confirmed to perform include The Specials, Kasabian, Seasick Steve, Calvin Harris, Super Furry Animals, The Enemy, Reverend & The Makers, The Gallows and Brand New Heavies.

However, the ethos behind the festival still remains, which is to support new music and offer a performance platform for fresh emerging talent. In fact, Liverpool Music Week has catapulted the careers of many artistes that have gone onto dominate the airwaves and music press.

This year is no different, as well as the big name acts, there is a world of entertainment to be discovered at the array of free shows which will be happening across 20 city centre venues, during the 2 week festival.

Highlights include Wild Beasts @ Alma on Tuesday 3rd November, who are set for international success next year, and this year received a 5* review in the Sunday Times for their highly acclaimed album.

For the dance heads, BBC Radio 1 favourite, Jaguar Skills, performs live for his Liverpool Music Week debut at Bumper on 14th November.

At The Masque, Kurt Cobain’s hero and favourite songwriter Daniel Johnston, an artiste with 30 albums already under his belt, this will be his debut at the festival and is set to be one of the biggest events on the Liverpool Music Week calendar. He will be performing his set with memebrs of Wave Machines and Hot Club De Paris, as his backing band.

Maps will be making their Liverpool Music Week debut at Bumper on 7th November and will be performing material from their Mercury nominated new album.

Bombay Bicycle Club make their debut at the festival, performing a free show at The Masque on 4th November. 2009 has been their biggest year to date, with a Summer of high profile events. They also managed to beat off the likes of La Roux and The White Lies as NME readers ‘Best 2009 New Festival Band’ award.

Adding some blues flavour to the diversity of this years festival is Son Of Dave, who will be jetting off to America after playing his gig to record his new album with legendary producer Steve Albini.

The Klaxons favourite new band, Chrome Hoof, make their Liverpool debut with a full 12 piece band. Expect a trippy, futuristic disco performance from these guys.

Other free show highlights on the bill include Crazy P, Killa Kela, Field Music, Grammatics, The Holloways, Jay Reatard, Dananananaykroyd and Israel funk band The Apples.

Go to www.liverpoolmusicweek.com for further info.

Tickets have already sold out for Glastonbury Festival which runs for five full days from Wednesday 23rd until Sunday 27th June 2010 across a 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset.

The scramble for tickets for this year’s festival started at 9am yesterday morning, with the whole allocation of tickets selling in just over 12 hours. Due to the speed with which tickets were sold, some confirmation emails took over 11 hours to be confirmed. For those who want to confirm they have purchased tickets, there is a ticket checking facility available.

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Tickets for next year’s Glastonbury Festival will go on sale at 9am on Sunday 4th October priced at £185 + £5 booking fee (plus £4.95 postage).

Next year’s event will mark the 40th anniversary of music and arts festivals at Worthy Farm, Somerset, where Michael Eavis first opened his gates for business in September 1970.

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Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault on a man at V Festival, Chelmsford on the last day of the festival.

The incident took place between 4pm and 8pm on Sunday 23rd August in the Arena Stage tent. A 50-year-old from Chelmsford was punched in the face after asking a man to stop bothering a group of girls. When the victim fell to the floor the suspect jumped on the man’s left leg, breaking it in two places.

The suspect is described as a man in his 30s of large build with short brown hair and a tanned complexion.

wristband4festivals would like to point out that this sort of assault at festivals occurs rarely, and hopes the scumbag who perpetrated the attack is caught. If anyone witnessed this assault, or has any information about the assault, they are asked to call Chelmsford CID on 0300 333 4444 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

The Chelmsford V Festival took place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd August this year.

V Festival returns next year on Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd August 2010.

Following the phenomenal demand for tickets, Liverpool music week organizers have announced that the sell out Liverpool Music Week event featuring Calvin Harris has now moved to a bigger venue.

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The uber cool Super Furry Animals are to headline this years Liverpool Music Week festival. The Super Furry’s who will be performing at Nation on Thursday 5^th November are the final big name act to be announced for this years festival, and will see them joining an array of world class artistes to form one of the biggest line ups the festival has produced since its inception in 2003. Other bands confirmed this years include Kasabian, The Specials, Calvin Harris, Seasick Steve, Reverend & The Makers, The Enemy and Gallows, The Bays & Twisted Wheel.

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DATES ANNOUNCED SO FAR:-

Super Furry Animals @ Nation, Courtyard

Thursday 5th November

Tickets on sale 9am Friday 18th Sept / www.ticketline.co.uk / Tel: 0844 888 4401

Price: £17.50+BF

Notes: Over 18’s Only / Doors 8pm

Calvin Harris @ Liverpool University ***VENUE CHANGE***

Tuesday 10th November

***EXTRA TICKETS ON SALE NOW*** Tickets on Sale now from www.ticketline.co.uk / Tel: 0844 888 4401

Price: £14 + BF Doors 7:30pm

Notes: Under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult

The Specials @ Olympia Theatre

Thursday 29th October

Tickets on sale now / £32.50+BF / www.ticketline.co.uk / Tel: 0844 888 4401 / www.ticketmaster.co.uk Tel: 0844 847 1788

Notes: Under 14’s to be accompanied by an adult / 7pm – 11pm

Seasick Steve @ Liverpool Olympia Theatre

Saturday 7th November 2009

Tickets on sale now / Tel: 0844 847 1727 / www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Price: £17.50+BF

Notes: Under 14’s to be accompanied by an adult / Doors @ 7pm

Reverend And The Makers @ Nation ‘Courtyard’

Saturday 7th November

Tickets on sale Now / £12+BF / www.seetickets.com / Tel: 0871 22 00 260

Notes: Over 18’s Only / 8pm – midnight

The Enemy @ Liverpool University

+ Support acts: General Fiasco / Akeal

Sunday 8th November

Tickets on sale now / £18+BF / www.seetickets.com / Tel: 0871 22 00 260

Notes: Under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult / Doors 7:30pm

Kasabian @ Echo Arena

Monday 16th November

Tickets on sale Now / £25+BF / www.livenation.co.uk / Tel: 0844 800 0400

Notes: Under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult

The Gallows @ Academy 2

Saturday 28th November

Tickets on sale now £12+BF / www.ticketweb.co.uk / Tel: 08444 77 2000

Notes: Under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult / 7pm – 11pm

The Brand New Heavies @ The Masque Theatre

Monday 3rd November

Tickets £16.50+BF

www.ticketweb.co.uk / 08444 77 1000

Tickets are £16.50 for BNH

Soft Toy Emergency @ O2 Academy

Saturday 31st October

Tickets £6+bf

www.ticketweb.co.uk

FREE SHOWS ANNOUNCED

Twisted Wheel @ The Masque

Friday 6th November

Free Entry

Notes: 7pm – 11pm

The Bays @ The Masque

Friday 13th November

Free Entry

Notes: 8pm – midnight

Other ticket outlets for Kasabian include Echo Arena www.echoarena.com / Tel: 0844 8000 400. Other Ticket outlets for The Enemy / The Specials and Reverend And The Makers are: www.ticketmaster.co.uk / Tel: 0844 847 1788 / www.ticketline.co.uk / Tel: 0844 888 4401 / www.skiddle.com / Tel: 0844 884 2920 / www.seetickets.com / Tel: 0871 2200 260

Info: www.liverpoolmusicweek.com / www.myspace.com/liverpoolmusicweek

The number one chart topper, Calvin Harris, is the latest addition for this years Liverpool Music Week.

The self proclaimed re-inventor of disco will be performing at the Liverpool 02 academy on Tuesday 10^th November, tickets go on sale from Ticketline at 9am Thursday 10^th September.

This will be the Scotsmans 2nd visit back to the city this year following his main stage performance at this years sell out Creamfields festival which saw him join fellow collaborator Dizzee Rascal on stage to perform their track ‘Holiday‘ which hit the No.1 spot last weekend.

Calvin’s 80s infused dance tunes have captured the attention of dance heads across the UK over the last few years with tracks ranging from ‘Girls’ and ‘Acceptable In The 80’s’ both of which landed themselves in the Top 10 and he has been the highlight of many festival line ups in 2009.

Calvin Harris is the latest act added to this years ever growing all star line up, other acts include Kasabian, The Specials, The Enemy, Reverend & The Makers & Seasick Steve.

We traveled to Daresbury in Runcorn to visit Creamfields, one of the UK’s biggest dance festivals, to give you the low down on the highs and the lows and what the festival has to offer.

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wristband4festivals went along to Weston Park on Sunday to find out just why V continues to be so popular despite accusations of heavy handed security, commercialised music and hefty ticket prices.

V Festival is known for it’s eclectic line-up and this year provides the best of recent years. Of the six stages there’s plenty to cater to any musical pallet.

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Through its beginnings in club nights in Brixton the Grammy-award winning dance duo have fused Bollywood inspired beats, ragga and house and shaped the dance scene with anthems like ‘Where’s Your Head At?’

The colourful live experience is a visual and aural delight for old and new fans alike. With jaw-dropping stage shows, chaotic carnival presence and a back catalogue of worldwide smash hits Basement Jaxx drive their electronica, house party wagon right into the heart of Cheshire, and are geared up to eclipse their roof-raising performance back in 2005.

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As summer draws to a close it’s time to look forward to one of the most commercially successful music festivals of them all, the V Festival. This year the frivolities take place between the 22nd and 23rd August at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park Staffordshire.

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Ever wanted to know what life is like the other side of the holy festival barriers? Wanted to know if hospitality is full of genuine celebrities or has been soap actors? Well wonder no more. Wristband4festivals has exclusively teamed up with winner of Channel 4’s Orange Unsigned Act, Tommy Reilly’s drummer, Matthew McIvor. He’ll be keeping you lucky readers up to date with this years festivals, and providing a sneak peak into the wonderful world of the VIP.

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The hugely iconic band, The Specials, are returning to the stage for one final time in celebration of their 30th Anniversary. Their appearance will not only be the opening event for Liverpool Music Week 2009, held at the stunning Liverpool Olympia Theatre, but will also be the first date on tour for the legendary Ska outfit.

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The hugely iconic band, The Specials, are returning to the stage for one final time in celebration of their 30th Anniversary. Their appearance will not only be the opening event for Liverpool Music Week 2009, held at the stunning Liverpool Olympia Theatre, but will also be the first date on tour for the legendary Ska outfit.

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Ever wanted to know what life is like the other side of the holy festival barriers? Wanted to know if hospitality is full of genuine celebrities or has been soap actors? Well wonder no more. Wristband4festivals has exclusively teamed up with winner of Channel 4’s Orange Unsigned Act, Tommy Reilly’s drummer, Matthew McIvor. He’ll be keeping you lucky readers up to date with this years festivals, and providing a sneak peak into the wonderful world of the VIP.

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Glastonbury, undisputedly the daddy of English festivals, was back this year bigger and better than ever. The impending thunderstorms and regular mudbaths, the national pandemic of Swine Flu threatening to cancel the event, and even Micheal Jackson’s passing away couldn’t tarnish the weekend. Here, Karen Jago, rates Glastonbury Festival 2009. Continue reading »

Since evolving from a solitary tent at Glastonbury Festival into a standalone festival, Glade has reigned supreme as the UK dance festival from its home in Berkshire. That is, until now. 2009 saw Glade taking up residence in Winchester’s beautiful Matterley Bowl. But how did this change of venue affect the festival?
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Ever wanted to know what life is like the other side of the holy festival barriers? Wanted to know if hospitality is full of genuine celebrities or has been soap actors? Well wonder no more. Wristband4festivals has exclusively teamed up with winner of Channel 4’s Orange Unsigned Act, Tommy Reilly’s drummer, Matthew McIvor. He’ll be keeping you lucky readers up to date with this years festivals, and providing a sneak peak into the wonderful world of the VIP.

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As Superman balances a pile of cans in his arms, and stands inspecting the recycling bin stickers, it’s immediately obvious that you’re at a different class of festival. 2000trees (or 200 trees, as the road sign suggested) didn’t win the Greenest Festival Award for nothing!

From the plant starch cups to the eco friendly loos (that’s hay bales to you and I), 2000 trees are doing the environment proud.
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Ever wanted to know what life is like the other side of the holy festival barriers? Wanted to know if hospitality is full of genuine celebrities or has been soap actors? Well wonder no more. Wristband4festivals has exclusively teamed up with winner of Channel 4’s Orange Unsigned Act, Tommy Reilly’s drummer, Matthew McIvor. He’ll be keeping you lucky readers up to date with this years festivals, and providing a sneak peak into the wonderful world of the VIP.

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As the crowds continued to fill Hyde Park, the obvious future starts of rock, The Gaslight Anthem, belted out there hits and although they were quite unknown to many they managed to create an awesome connection with the crowd, they had a good vibe on stage and they were energetic and charismatic throughout.
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The weekend began ominously. Forked bolts of lightning threatened to bring down the hillside pylons, taking out the Pyramid stage along with many of the unprecedented 100,000 punters that turned up during the opening 24 hours.

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Ever wondered what Glastonbury is like on the other side of the fence? Ever wondered what a celebrity would have to say about Britians most famous festival? Wonder no more, because Dominic Masters, lead singer of British indie pop band, The Others, shares with wristband4festivals his weekend’s experiences.

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With a hog roast bun in one hand and rather strong real ale in the other, Piccadilly Circus seems the perfect way to while away a lazy Saturday.

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Ahead of, what is set to be, a legendary weekend at this years Creamfields Festival, top DJ Paul van Dyk speaks about his ultimate festival line up and his love of horses. Yes. His love of horses.

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Creamfields Hospitality ticket holders are preparing to be pampered as the UK’s No.1 dance festival unveils an all new VIP experience!

This year Creamfields will reveal their fancy new ‘Trispan’ structure which looks remarkably like the Cream logo!

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The world is currently in a state of shock as one of the most iconic musicians of the past 100 years has passed away.

Paramedics were called to Michael Jackson’s home around midday US local time on Thursday after he stopped breathing and suffered a cardiac arrest. He was rushed to a local medical centre, but his death was announced shortly afterwards.

The singer’s death is already being compared to that of Princess Diana’s and has captured the same measure of shock from a global audience who stared in disbelief at their TV and computer screens.

Tributes have poured in for the 50-year-old, who will go down in history as the king of pop.

Close friend Uri Geller was one of the first to speak of Michael’s death: “I’m absolutely devastated and shocked… I really have no words. I pray that his soul is up there now. It’s too surreal for me to absorb that Michael is no longer with us.”

Jackson’s ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley said: ”I am so very sad and confused with every emotion possible. I am heartbroken for his children, who I know were everything to him and for his family. This is such a massive loss on so many levels, words fail me.”

Music producer Quincy Jones told MSNBC: “I am absolutely devastated at this tragic and unexpected news.” He said Jackson “had it all – talent, grace, professionalism and dedication. I’ve lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him.”

Former bodyguard Matt Fiddes commented: “He’s the most misunderstood man in world. Everyone thought he was this weird freak but when you’re with him he’s as normal as everyone else. I don’t think he felt he was as famous as everyone else thought, he didn’t know any different.

“He was a very caring guy who would go out of his way to help the sick. One night in London he wanted to see some homeless people. He sent them loads of pizzas in secret. The guy had a good heart.

“We used to dress him up and sneak out of hotel room and do normal things in shops, people wouldn’t know who he was but we wanted to give him a taste of the real life.”

Ashton Kutcher wrote on his Twitter account: “RIP. Sending love and light to family and friend but especially his kids. Plea to the press to respect his wishes of maintaining the anonymity of his children. I plea to the public to refuse to consume media that does not respect the anonymity of Michael’s children.”

P Diddy had this to say: “”Michael Jackson showed me that you can actually see the beat. He made the music come to life! He made me believe in magic. I will miss him!”

A spokeswoman for The Outside Organisation, which was organising the publicity for the shows, said she had no comment at this time.

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The BBC’s Lizo Mzimba reports from the Glastonbury festival on how music fans are taking the news of Michael Jackson’s death.

Garage star Mike Skinner swapped the Streets for the fields as his face was pictured in a gigantic “crop circle” to welcome festival goers to Glastonbury.

The singer decided to make the huge work of art because he wants his face “to be seen from space”.

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Glastonbury festival organiser Emily Eavis has announced that there will be a series of tributes at the festival held to Michael Jackson, who died in Los Angeles of a heart attack yesterday (June 25).

The festival is taking place from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th, with Eavis explaining that tibutes would be paid to the singer throughout the Worthy Farm site.

Writing on the official Glastonbury Twitter page, Twitter.com/glastofest, Eavis explained that tributes would be paid, but has not revealed specific details yet.

“So sad to hear the news about MJ,” she wrote. “There will be tributes all over the site all weekend. A truly great artist. Emily.”

Glastonbury reacts to Michael Jackson’s Death – The Guardian

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Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star and set the world dancing to exuberant rhythms for decades, died on Thursday 25th June 2009 after being taken ill at his home, the Los Angeles Times said. He was 50.

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The singer suffered a cardiac arrest at his home and arrived at hospital in a coma, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Captain Steve Ruda, of Los Angeles Fire Department, said in reports paramedics responded to a call at Jackson’s home around 12.26pm.

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In an unprecedented move, electronic music’s premier outfit, Swedish House Mafia, have announced they’ll be taking over London’s Brixton Academy on 7th November 2009. Last year at Creamfields their arena was one of the biggest parties on the site!

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Glastonbury festival-goers should brace themselves for “torrential thunderstorms” over the weekend, forecasters have warned.

Michael Eavis opens the doors of his 900-acre home in Somerset today as thousands arrive early for the music and performing arts extravaganza.

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After a sell out gig at the HMV Forum in April, Ben Harper and Relentless7 are returning to the UK for Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park. The band will be playing on the main stage along with Fleet Foxes, The Pretenders, Seasick Steve and the legendary Neil Young on Saturday 27th June 2009.

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wristband4festivals interviewed Andy Rea, organiser of this year’s 2000trees festival. The family freindly festival raises awareness of green issues and aims to be an ethical alternative to the more mainstream music events.

This year looks to be a blinder for the festival, with the introduction of the headphone disco (they’re sooo now don’t you know) and appearences from the likes of British Sea Power and The King Blues.

There’s even the introduction of day tickets for either Friday or Saturday at just £28 a pop, and even though one of their top acts, Baddies, have pulled out, they’ve been swiftly replaced with the wonderful country-punkers Crazy Arm.

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This years Glade Festival takes place between the 16th and 19th July at Matterley Bowl near Winchester. With acts such as Booka Shade and Underworld raving it up, here Rob Dale explains why Glade has become the hottest ticket in town for dance fans.

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Getting ready, and packing up for your festival?

Be sure to stop by at wristband4festivals checklist, and here’s an amusing look from Stuff.tv at this years essential festival gadgets.

Yes – you read it right, unfortunately. The second-ever Camp Bestival has sold out with a whopping 5-weeks to spare!

Festival organiser Rob da Bank said: “Wow, we sold out! Big up respect to all the mums, dads, kiddywinkles, rebellious teens and hangers on that got a ticket, and thanks for supporting the Camp Bestival massive.

From PJ Harvey’s only UK solo show, to Bon Iver, Mercury Rev, Chic and Tinchy Stryder, the music is all over the shop in a good way. Bung in SpongeBob, River Cottage, the National Ballet and Mr Tumble, and we’ve hit a weird but surprisingly attractive formula. See you next month!” – click here to see the full line up.

A very limited amount of day tickets and weekend only tickets are available: click here.

Camp Bestival takes place between Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July, at Lulworth Castle in Dorset.

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About 2000trees

“A green festival. An ethical festival. A music festival.

“For us, 2000trees is all about achieving a friendly and intimate festival experience, so for this year’s festival tickets will be strictly limited to 2,500. You’ll get two nights camping under the stars in the stunning Cotswolds, plus three stages featuring over 50 bands and DJs.”

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Well…. turns out Swansea is officially the new home of rave, and if you were there – congratulations on making it through.

If not, be sure to keep reading for wristband4festivals official review. In the meantime check out our gallery to see if you’ve been spotted!

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…yes it is Mathew Pritchard!!!

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Reading and Leeds have announced more acts, along with their Festival Republic Stage acts, and by the looks of things, this year is going to be massive.

Scot rockers The View have been named to play the main stage of Reading festival on Sunday 30th of August, whilst they appear at Leeds festival 29th August.

Other newly named acts include Marmaduke Duke, Black Lips and El Bronx. To see the full line up click here.

Organisers have also named the acts for the hugely anticipated Festival Republic stage. Acts include, Lightspeed Champion, La Roux, Pulled Apart By Horses and The Hot Rats.

Reading Festival 2009 will take place at Little Johns Farm, Reading, while Leeds Festival 2009 is set to be held at Bramham Park, Leeds.

Both run from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August during the Bank Holiday weekend. Tickets are now sold out, yet organisers are encouraging people still wishing to obtain tickets to use their official partners Viagogo.

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Rock Ness have completed their full line up!

The Flaming Lips, the critically acclaimed, multi-Grammy-winning kings of psychedelia are revealed as the hotly anticipated Friday main stage headline act for this summer’s Rock Ness festival.

Basement Jaxx, the kings of the carnival atmosphere headline Saturday main stage with Dizzee Rascal, the electrifying beat master adding kudos too.

Sunday main stage sees kings of the old cool, The Prodigy headline and, to get your fires started, Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro.

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To see more pictures of the festival head on over to our gallery!

As DJ Dom takes the decks, it’s time to reflect on Jenerator ’09, Alsager’s very own independent festival.

Event organizer Jenny Evans, 24, from Alsager, who is hosting the event for pets charity PDSA said,
“I have been wanting to do something like this for a couple of years but more in the style of a large gathering of friends and family to raise money for charity. It hasn’t been very easy to organize, but I loved every minute of it.”

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The Go Dutch Arena makes a welcome return to Creamfields this August Bank Holiday weekend bringing a plethora of Hollands finest, including Marco V and a very special performance from the legendary Dutch DJ / producer Ferry Corsten.

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As the sun beams down on Stoke On Trent, the air is alive with today’s message, Love Music Hate Racism.

The line up on today’s bill is brimming with artists from every genre, from Dance to R’n'B, Rap to Indie, it’s a mixed bag, but with tickets costing just £10 a bargain was had by all!
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As many musicians untie against racism in Stoke-On-Trent, the bill is looking bigger than ever!

wristband4festivals recently reported about the addition of Pete Doherty to the event, but now there is the addition of a Sugarmill Stage (the city’s local indie/rock/punk nightclub) which will feature all the heat finalists from The Road to Britannia; The People Involved, Heart of the Sun, Bleached Wail and One horse Race, plus Ryan Whitmore performing as winner of the Singer Songwriter competition.

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