Not really leaked, actually, but it was the best we could do to keep the headline alliterative. Anyway, the lineup for laid-back Cambridge-based folk festival Lodestar has been announced. Highlights include Idlewild (you know, the ones with the whiny but catchy American English song) and The Rakes headlining on Saturday 1st September, and Badly Drawn Boy, who - no joke - MCT once mistook for a tramp in the middle of London, working the crowd on the Sunday.
The full line-up is available here.
Weekend tickets are still available now at
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Shinykatie on
Thursday May 31st, 2007 at
10:57 pm
If you happen to be in the Teesside area this weekend you would be a fool - a fool, I say! - not to check out this year’s Middlesbrough Music Live. Apparently funded entirely by the local council (are you reading, Barnet?) the free one-day event has a tradition of featuring soon-to-be-huge acts; recent years have seen Razorlight, Keane and Editors grace the stage.
All Tomorrow’s Parties Nightmare Before Christmas, being held at Butlin’s in Minehead, Somerset from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th December and being curated by Portishead (who will also perform) has announced the first acts.
Confirmed are Aphex Twin, Julian Cope, Black Mountain, Sparklehorse, Oneida, Seasick Steve, as well as Team Brick, Crippled Black Phoenix, and Fuzz Against Junk from Geoff Barrows Invada label. This is of course in addition to Portishead who will not only curate the event but also play exclusively at it. Let’s be honest. This looks like it will be the event of the year!
Tickets are on sale, and as normal with these roomed accommodation events, tickets are booked per room or per chalet. The rooms - which offer either double, single or bunk beds with private bathroom and TV, but no kitchen facilities or lounge (more like a hotel room) - are now only available to book as 4 or 5 berths, and work out at
Posted by
Stuart Waterman on
Wednesday May 30th, 2007 at
3:13 pm
To me, more than Hendrix, The Who… Country Joe MacDonald’s performance at Woodstock is the archetypal festival performance. His rousing rendition of ‘I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die’ struck a bigger chord than Jimi’s histrionics and certainly unified more people than Pulp singing Common People. Watch and sing-a-long!
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Stuart Waterman on
Wednesday May 30th, 2007 at
3:04 pm
The Croissant Neuf Summer Party, taking place at a beautiful, but secret location (approximately 3 miles from Usk in Monmouthshire) August 17-19th is a festival all about the future. As the festival says, “we’re all standing at the absolute edge of tomorrow and we need to make the right choices if our world is going to stay the beautiful and unique jewel that it has been up until now.”
So how are they addressing this? By running a festival completely run from Solar Power! Bands include Banco De Gaia, Global, The Egg, Kirsty Almeida and Le Grand, Descarga, Dragonsfly, Mankala, The Boat Band, Biggles Wartime Band and more! Click here to find out more
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Stuart Waterman on
Wednesday May 30th, 2007 at
2:52 pm
Glastonbury Festival organisers are hoping to get 100,000 people to sign up to the I Count climate change campaign. Festival-goers attending the event will be given a special wristband with the “I Count” message,
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Stuart Waterman on
Tuesday May 29th, 2007 at
3:00 pm
The Green Man Festival - which is taking place at Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August - has confirmed more acts for this year. Newly announced are Battles, Fridge, The Aliens, Malcolm Middleton, Clinic, Seasick Steve, Misty’s Big Adventure, Nancy Elizabeth, Charlotte Greig, Jane Weaver and Pete And The Pirates.
They join the already announced acts of headliners Joanna Newsom, Robert Plant, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks… not to mention Vashti Bunyan, Gruff Rhys, The Earlies, Euros Childs, Tunng, Arborea and many, many more - click here for the full details.
Tickets are on sale, with adult weekend tickets costing
Posted by
Stuart Waterman on
Tuesday May 29th, 2007 at
2:48 pm
The festival season is well and truly ready to pop… Have you got all your camping gear sorted? If you haven’t, or maybe you just want some new stuff, you may be interested in this ace floral sleeping bag… and you may be surprised that encouraging you hippies to spend a night under the stars is none other than Marks & Spencer.
It’s part of a range of kit in this 70s-style floral design, which also includes a tent - although that seems to be aimed at children, so probably not ideal for your time trying to sleep next to the dance tent / toilets. The sleeping bag is full-size and lined, made from a cotton and polyester mix and easily folded up when not in use. Going for a reasonable
Posted by
Stuart Waterman on
Tuesday May 29th, 2007 at
2:37 pm
Perhaps the most famous and incredible festival performance of the past decade or so is Nirvana’s headlining spot at Reading in 1992. The show had everything… Cobain faking his own death / collapse… attitude… unity… chaos… and most importantly - the tunes. Watch in awe as they scream through Aneurysm while at the peak of their powers. Amazing.
Posted by
Stuart Waterman on
Tuesday May 29th, 2007 at
2:15 pm
Not really leaked, actually, but it was the best we could do to keep the headline alliterative. Anyway, the lineup for laid-back Cambridge-based folk festival Lodestar has been announced. Highlights include Idlewild (you know, the ones with the whiny but catchy American English song) and The Rakes headlining on Saturday 1st September, and Badly Drawn Boy, who - no joke - MCT once mistook for a tramp in the middle of London, working the crowd on the Sunday.
All Tomorrow’s Parties Nightmare Before Christmas, being held at Butlin’s in Minehead, Somerset from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th December and being curated by Portishead (who will also perform) has announced the first acts.
The Croissant Neuf Summer Party, taking place at a beautiful, but secret location (approximately 3 miles from Usk in Monmouthshire) August 17-19th is a festival all about the future. As the festival says, “we’re all standing at the absolute edge of tomorrow and we need to make the right choices if our world is going to stay the beautiful and unique jewel that it has been up until now.”
Glastonbury Festival organisers are hoping to get 100,000 people to sign up to the 
The Green Man Festival - which is taking place at Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August - has confirmed more acts for this year. Newly announced are Battles, Fridge, The Aliens, Malcolm Middleton, Clinic, Seasick Steve, Misty’s Big Adventure, Nancy Elizabeth, Charlotte Greig, Jane Weaver and Pete And The Pirates.
The festival season is well and truly ready to pop… Have you got all your camping gear sorted? If you haven’t, or maybe you just want some new stuff, you may be interested in this ace floral sleeping bag… and you may be surprised that encouraging you hippies to spend a night under the stars is none other than Marks & Spencer.
