Wristband 4 Festivals

Domino’s Promotion

Wristband 4 Festivals — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:48:01 +0000

We at wristband4festivals just love a bit of pizza at the end of a long day. Put down your bags, take off your muddy wellies and get yourself a quick tasty meal.

Hungry? Order piping hot pizzas online from Domino’s Pizzas via Domino’s Widget!

Full 2000trees Line Up

Wristband 4 Festivals — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:37:34 +0000

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 Re-Sale Tickets Announced

Wristband 4 Festivals — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:13:33 +0000

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.

2000 Trees Line Up Announced

Wristband 4 Festivals — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:54:38 +0000

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

More Announced for V

Wristband 4 Festivals — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:46:48 +0000

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.

Pendulum to Headline RockNess

Wristband 4 Festivals — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:45:39 +0000

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.

Dot To Dot Festival Unveils First Acts

Wristband 4 Festivals — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:42:04 +0000

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.

Creamfields Granted 3 Year License

Wristband 4 Festivals — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:23:58 +0000

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 Still On Sale

Wristband 4 Festivals — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:57:17 +0000

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.

V Festival Tickets on sale

Wristband 4 Festivals — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:55:58 +0000

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: