Iggy and the Stooges are reuniting with Raw Power-era guitarist James Williamson, with their dates at All Tomorrow’s Parties on 2 and 3 May being his first gigs since leaving the band in 1974. He replaces former guitarist Ron Asheton who died in January aged 60.
Source: NME
Cancer Bats, Holy Fuck and Fucked Up are playing a new stage at Scottish festival T in the Park.
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A few new bands have been revealed for this years Reading and Leeds Festival. Plain White Ts and Mindless Self Indulgence join the Main Stage on Reading’s Sunday and Leed’s Friday, while Jeffrey Lewis and former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins will be on the alternative stage. Pete and the Pirates will be on the Radio 1/NME stage, and Tiger Army, The Briggs and Blackhole have been added to the lockup stage. The twin festivals take place on 22-24 August – tickets have already long sold out.
The Wax:On Live has been cancelled, citing the “credit crunch” as the cause. The festival was due to take place on 31 May. Ticket holders are advised to contact the place of purchase for a refund.
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Everyone’s favourite hippie-fest Green Man have announced further additions of their line-up. These include Fuck Buttons, Howlin’ Rain, The War On Drugs, Emmy The Great, Make Model, Pete Molinari, Grand Archives, Simone White, 9 Bach, Babel, Mumford & Son, Lou Rhodes, Cate Le Bon, Mary Hampton, Rod Thomas, Burning Leaves, Essie James, Jacob Golden, Pamela Wyn Shannon, Little Wings, City Reverb, The Gentle Good and Jane Weaver. The festival takes place on 15-17 August in Clyro, Wales.
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Liverpool SoundCity is a 4 day city-wide music festival taking place between 27-30 May. Tickets are currently available from £40. Bands include Hadouken, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Crystal Castles, Sons and Daughters, Lightspeed Champion, Adem, Mystery Jets, Hot Club De Paris, Silver Jews and a hell of a lot more. Check their website for full line-up and tickets.
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More acts have been announced for Suffolk-based festival Latitude. Newly announced artists include Beth Orton, I Am Kloot, dEUS, Black Kids and Guillemots. Days for the newly announced acts have yet to be confirmed. Read more for the newly announced artists.
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UK-based independent label Bella Union have their own stage at this years O2 Wireless Festival. The stage will run for each of the festival’s 4 days and artists include Adem and el Guincho. The 4-day festival takes place between 3-6 June at London’s Hyde Park. Read more for the full line-up so far.
Source: Drowned in Sound
The lineup to Bristol-based Indie-Rock festival Venn 2008 has been announced. Acts include Fuck Buttons, Why?, Matmos, Pole, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Philip Jeck, Black Devil Disco Club, Infinite Livez vs. Stade, Afrikan Boy, the Heliocentrics, Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities, Wildbirds & Peacedrums and more. The festival takes place throughout the city between 5-8 June. Tickets are on sale now from online from Bristol Ticket Shop and Ticketweb.
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If you like your music obscure, Derbyshire-based two-day indie festival Indietracks have announced that Los Campesinos will be headlining. The event take place at Midland Railway, Butterley, Ripley, Derbyshire on 26-27 July.
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Scottish-based festival T in the Park have announced 3 new additions. America’s biggest bar-band The Hold Steady and singer-songwriter Tom Baxter have been added to the Saturday lineup, while indie-rock Yeasayer have been added to the Future Stage on the Sunday. Sugababes have pulled out of their main stage appearance on the Saturday. The festival takes place on the 11-13 July. Read more for the full line-up so far.
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At Belgian punk-music festival Groezrock legendary post-hardcore band Thursday have replaced pop-punk band Good Charlotte at the last minute after a family emergency for singer Joel Madden. The festival takes place this weekend. Thursday will also be playing the Kagoma Festival in the Phillipines.
Stage times for the pop-punk-focussed festival Give It A Name have been announced. View them at the official site. The 2-day indoor festival takes place on 10-11 May in Sheffield and London with acts including Finch, Alkaline Trio, Paramore, Glassjaw, Billy Talent and 30 Second to Mars.
The theoretically metal-focussed Donnington-based Download Festival have announced 21 bands added to the line-up.
The newly added acts are Finger Eleven, Stone Gods, Saxon, Fall Of Troy, From First To Last, The Haze, Between The Buried And Me, Galvatrons, Last Supper, Beat Union, Blackhole, Rolo Tomassi, Malefice, Fighting With Wire, Mexicolas, Caimbo, Glamour Of The Kill, Cry for Silence, Sons Of Albion, Voodoo Six and Army Of Freshmen. The festival takes places between 13-15 June. Tickets are on sale now, with weekend camping tickets being £150 and day tickets £60-£65.
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Even more acts have been announced for this years Latitude Festival. The Suffolk-based festival has added Martha Wainwright, Julian Cope, Howling Bells and many more. The festival, that takes place between 17-20 July, is on sale now for £130 for a weekend tickets.
Source: Drowned in Sound
One-day indie-rock festival A Day at the Races has announced several acts including Four Tet, Elf Power and Múm. The 2-stage festival is taking place on Saturday 2nd August at New Century House, Manchester. Tickets are on sale now for £23 at the terribly-named We Got Tickets, and more information can be found at their MySpace.
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Bristol trip-hoppers Massive Attack are curating London’s Meltdown Festival between 13-22 June.
Set in the South Bank Centre near the London Eye, the venue will be filled with nine consecutive days of concerts, DJ sets, talks, films and visual art all chosen by Massive Attack. Bands playing include Elbow, Gang of Four and Grace Jones with curators Massive Attack both opening and close the festival. Concerts are now on sale with events ranging from £7 to £35.
Source: Pitchforkmedia
Last Shadow Puppets will be making their live debut on the NME/Radio 1 stage at Reading and Leeds underneath headliners The Cribs. The band is a side-project of Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane from The Rascals.
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More bands have been announced for the Hydro Connect Festival 2008 in Argyll, Scotland.
Acts added include Conor Oberst & The Magic Valley Band, Beardyman and The Gutter Twins. Previously announced acts for the festival, taking place between 29-31 August include Franz Ferdinand, Kasabian, Bloc Party, Sigur Rós, Elbow, Manic Street Preachers, Goldfrapp and Camera Obscura.
Tickets are on sale now for £120, or £140 including camping.
Source: Drowned in Sound
Beautiful Days is a 3 day festival organised by The Levellers taking place in Escot Park, Devon between 15-17 August 2008. Music headliners of the 5-stage festival include Squeeze, Supergrass and, as per tradition, organisers The Levellers. Other acts playing include Idlewild, Flogging Molly and Turin Brakes. Adult tickets cost £90 and are on sale now.
Source: eFestivals.co.uk
