Wakestock at Woodstock

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27th - 29th June / Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
4th – 6th July / Abersoch, North Wales

TICKETS ON SALE: Friday 29th February at 9am

Wakestock 2008, Europe’s largest and most successful wakeboard music festival, is proud to announce Groove Armada, The Streets, Supergrass, Funeral for a Friend, The Hoosiers, Hadouken, Young Knives, Metronomy, Jazzie B and Audio Bullys plus a load more are all confirmed to perform this year. Not only this, but Wakestock, sponsored by Relentless Energy Drink, have also announced a second date and a new prestigious location within the amazing grounds of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, from 27th – 29th June 2008. It is the first time that a contemporary music festival has been held within the grounds of Blenheim Palace and the Wakestock organisers are thrilled to have found such a fantastic venue for their second festival.

Now in its 9th sell out year, Wakestock Abersoch, North Wales (4th – 6th July 2008) and the new Wakestock Blenheim Palace promise to serve up a double helping of strong rip roaring music, world class wakeboarding, on-site camping and a weekend full of exhilarating on and off water entertainment. Better than that, whichever Wakestock visitors choose this year, the best scenery and the coolest festival sites are guaranteed.  Abersoch boasts stunning beaches with some incredible shore breaks, and the site at Blenheim Palace sits within the awe-inspiring Parkland next to the picturesque lakes.

Wakeboarding is the world’s fastest growing watersport with over 3 million participants worldwide. Wakeboarding began back in the 1970’s when surfers who were bored of waiting for the waves began pulling their boards behind a speedboat with a ski rope. The summer equivalent to snowboarding, wakeboarding has now grown hugely over the past 10 years and is no longer the little brother of the boardsports world. If you add on the wakeskating community you have a boardsports family that outnumber surfers by more then two to one.  The riding you see at Wakestock includes an elite selection of some of the world’s best riders, you get the opportunity to see them throw down massive tricks, and hit some of the biggest slider rails in any competition right in front of the crowds. The spectators are able to see every slide, every trick and every stack whilst standing only metres away from the action – wakeboarding at this level is an awesome spectator sport.

“2008 is going to be the Year of Wakestock!” says Wakestock Founder, Mark Durston. “We’ve built the festival up over the last 8 years in Abersoch to be a really cool mix of the world’s best wakeboarders, bands & DJ’s right at the forefront of the live music scene and a lifestyle that is unrivalled by any other festival! With the help of Stuart Galbraith, CEO of Kilimanjaro, to develop the festival and to add a second venue as stunning as Blenheim Palace was an opportunity we’ve relished. The grounds at Blenheim Palace, as a festival venue, are first class. Add to this a stunning lake sat right in front of the Palace and you have the perfect setting to showcase the coolest sport on water”.

The creator of Download and Wireless festivals, Stuart Galbraith, believes Wakestock represents the future of festivals: “Everyone knows the British festival calendar is getting busier each year and promoters need to deliver more than just a good stage line up. Wakestock combines this package with its programme of world class wakeboarding, music and full on entertainment that music artists have been keen to sign up to”

It’s the first time that Blenheim Palace has played host to such a unique event and Chief Executive, John Hoy, believes that the World Heritage setting provides an ideal backdrop for Wakestock “We are delighted to have the opportunity to add this exciting event to our calendar and to stage an event geared specifically for the younger audience who will attend. We are really looking forward to working closely with the organisers and to welcoming all visitors to the event”.

Tickets will officially go on sale on Friday 29th March at 9am with a “weekend” ticket priced at £85 and a “weekend with camping” ticket at £110 (booking fee and P&P not included)

Ticket master: Blenheim 0844 847 2437 Abesrsoch 0844 847 2439

www.ticketmaster.co.uk






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T-Mobile Team up with Great Escape 2007

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The Great Escape Festival is delighted to announce that it has a new headline partner for 2007. T-Mobile Street Gigs are joining forces with The Great Escape as the event moves into its second year.

T-Mobile Street Gigs are famed for their surprising and unique take on music and gigs. Intimate and extremely credible, Street Gigs have changed many people’s perception about what is the perfect gig. Head of Sponsorship for T-Mobile, Toby Hester has identified why The Great Escape is the perfect partner. “Although there may be over 5000 people attending across the 3 days, the gigs will take place predominately in small venues, this is similar to Street Gigs, but what we really want to do is surprise people. We will be introducing guest appearances, secret performances and exclusive sets all set in unusual locations across Brighton. We really want everyone to go away having had the best experience ever and I’m sure they will”.

Previously T-Mobile have performed Street Gigs in the Natural History Museum with The Strokes, The Streets in a Lighthouse, Mika in a Circus Tent and The Rakes in a kebab shop. We can’t wait to see what they’re planning for The Great Escape – more details to come soon!

The Great Escape Festival, which, as you all know by now returns on the 17th-19th May and looks set to bring the best of live music from across the World back to Brighton is proud to announce 586 (UK), (We Are) Performance (UK), The Airborne Toxic Event (US), The Alones (UK), British Sea Power (UK), Damn Arms (Austrailia), Dananananaykroyd (UK), The Dykeenies (UK), The Early Years (UK), Findlay Brown (UK), From The Wreckage (UK), Future of The Left (UK), The Holloways (UK), James Yorkston (UK), Karima Francis (UK), Last Gang (UK), The Lawries (UK), The Loose Salute (UK), Luke Toms (UK), Make Good Your Escape (UK), Maps (UK), Maths Class (UK), Micah P Hinson (US), One Night Only (UK), Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man (UK), Polytechnic (UK), Reverend And The Makers (UK), Robots In Disguise (UK), Rosa Fears (UK), Sam Isaacs (UK), Scouting for Girls (UK), Sergeant (UK), Small White Light (UK), Soho Dolls (UK), The Sonic Hearts (UK) and South Central (UK) have all been added to this year’s ever growing line up of hot talent.

Previously The Great Escape Festival announced that the The Magic Numbers will be accompanying the finest up and coming UK artists to be added to this year’s bill including The Rakes, Mumm-Ra and many more. They will join the cream of new talent from around the World including Sex Panther (Australia), Goose (Belgium), CSS (Brazil) Patrick Wilson (Canada) On No Ono (Denmark) Magenta Skycode (Finland), Nouvelle Vague (France), Polarkreis 18 (Germany), The Immediate (Ireland), zZz (The Netherlands), Die Die Die (New Zealand), 12 Days (Norway), 1990’s (Scotland), Nude Girls (South Africa), Hello Saferide (Sweden), Navel (Switzerland), and Willy Mason (United States).

Also included in this exciting selection of the most hotly tipped artists from around the globe for 2007 are:

that Tiny Dancers (UK), Captain (UK), Candie Payne (UK), Consequences (SWE), Cut Off Your Hands (NZ), Foals (UK), Gallows (UK), Jason Pegg (Clearlake) (UK), Land of Talk (CAN), Look See Proof (UK), The Midway State (CAN), Minotaurs (UK), The Moths (UK), Palladium (UK), The Race (UK), These New Puritans (UK), The Young Plan (UK), Children Collide (AUS), Dance With Voices (AUS), Hilltop Hoods (AUS), Bonde do role (BRA), Circlesquare (CAN), Dan Mangan (CAN), Land of Talk (CAN), Les Breastfeeders (CAN), Patrick Watson (CAN), The Besnard Lakes (CAN), We’re Marching On (CAN), On No Ono (DEN), Adele (UK), Air Traffic (UK), Ali Love (UK), Archie Bronson Outfit (UK), Art Brut (UK), Black Ghosts (UK), Cherry Ghost (UK), Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip (UK), Does It Offend You Yeah (DJ Set) (UK), Fear of Flying (UK), Foals (UK), Frank Turner(UK), Friendly Fires (UK), Gallows (UK), Ghosts (UK), Good Shoes (UK), Hadouken (UK), Help She Can’t Swim (UK), Hot Club De Paris (UK), I LiKE TRAiNS (UK), I Say Marvin (UK), I Was a Cub Scout (UK), Indigo Moss (UK), Jack Penate (UK), Johnny Panic (UK), Kate Nash (UK), Kid Harpoon (UK), Kubichek (UK), Laura Marling (UK), Mechanical Bride (UK), Metro Riots (UK), Mr Hudson (UK), Mumm-Ra (UK), Neil’s Children (UK), Neon Plastix (UK), Orange Lights (UK), Passenger (UK), Peggy Sue and the Pirates (UK) The Pigeon Detectives (UK), Ripchord (UK), The Dash (UK), The Draytones (UK), The Enemy (UK), The Heights (UK), The Hours (UK), The Kissaway Trail (UK), The Metros (UK), The Moths (UK), The Noisettes (UK), The Rakes (UK), The Sigma (UK), The Strange Death Of Liberal England (UK), The Whip (UK), Trailing Laces (UK), Vincent Vincent and the Villains (UK), Xerox Teens (UK),Yes Boss (UK), Yourcodenameis:milo (UK), Youth Movies (UK), Damn Seagulls (FIN) Rubik (FIN), Peter Von Poehl (FRA), Spleen (FRA), Daniel Benjamin (GER), Jakobinarina (IRE), Channel One (IRE), Textures (HL), Adjagas (NOR), The Lionheart Brothers (NOR), We Are The Physics (SCO), Johnossi (SWE), Elvis Perkins (USA), The Envy Corps (USA) and The Prayers (USA).

The Great Escape Festival will be making regular announcements over the coming weeks as more and more bands and speakers are confirmed for this highly anticipated event.

The Great Escape Festival will continue every night into the wee hours with parties hosted by some of the most respected labels, DJs and club promoters – more details to come soon!

There are a very limited number of tickets still for sale through The Great Escape website: www.escapegreat.com/tickets. You can also purchase tickets from our box office: 08700 400 076, Rounder Records: 19, Brighton Square, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1HD Tel: 01273 325440 and from Resident 28, Kensington Gardens, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 4AL Tel: 01273 606312.

Good news for Londoners attending The Great Escape

Thanks to a special new night train service which leaves Brighton at 23.19, you can soak up all the entertainment at this year’s Great Escape Festival with no worries about getting back to London. The train will stop at East Croydon and Clapham Junction and arrive at Victoria just after midnight in time for the last tubes home.
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King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut launches record label

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Legendary Glasgow music venue King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut (and, to my mind, still one of the best named music venues in the country) have announced they are launching a record label. The first signing to the new venture will be The Dykeenies, a Glasgow based art-pop five piece - with their first single, the ‘New Ideas/Will It Happen Tonight’ double a-side, out via iTunes on 10 July, and in record shops on 17 July. The King Tut’s people discovered the band via their Your Sound initiative, a programme that aims to support new music talent by providing a forum for them to network with other artists, share their demos and get free advice on making it in the music business.

Commenting on the label and their first signing, King Tut’s Recordings’ Dave McGeachan told CMU: “Signing The Dykeenies to our brand new label is a really exciting step for us and the buzz surrounding the band now, certainly indicates that we discovered the hottest new act around! The label will give King Tut’s a platform on which to offer even more of a helping hand to unsigned acts and I for one am very much looking forward to unearthing some more of the fantastic new talent out there”






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