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Music festivals...it's going to be an ace summer!
With the predictable news that RISE will not be on this year and coupled with Stokefest not happening this year...it's going to be a quiet year in our neck of the woods.
My sadness is short lived as a quick scout around the festival websites showed some excellent events. I already have Glastonbury and V tickets but I'm thinking that SW4 and Lovebox could be good one dayers. I saw David Guetta who is playing at SW4 last year at Pacha in Ibiza and he played an awesome set and Lovebox has Rodrigo and Gabriella and Duran Duran....ACE! What do others have planned, is there anything else going on worth getting tickets for to save us buying them outside from the odious touts?
I need all this to look forward to after the winter of crunch!
My sadness is short lived as a quick scout around the festival websites showed some excellent events. I already have Glastonbury and V tickets but I'm thinking that SW4 and Lovebox could be good one dayers. I saw David Guetta who is playing at SW4 last year at Pacha in Ibiza and he played an awesome set and Lovebox has Rodrigo and Gabriella and Duran Duran....ACE! What do others have planned, is there anything else going on worth getting tickets for to save us buying them outside from the odious touts?
I need all this to look forward to after the winter of crunch!
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Orbital at Get Loaded in Clapham should be good.
Shame Stokefest isn't on. Understand with no Unite support that RISE isn't on - but surely some kind of music event would be possible with council backing. Seems Council Tax just goes on depressing stuff nowadays.
Going to ATPvFans and (hopefully, social logistics permitting) the Nightmare before Christmas ones James mentions. Also Supersonic, even if that is in Birmingham. Ugh.
For something a little more mainstream, I'd like to get to one of either Latitude or Green Man too. Whichever one it rains at, that is the one I'll have chosen to go to, no doubt.
I just looked at their site and see they have Animal Collective playing at Brixton in August. That is going to be fantastic - their latest album -http://www.nme.com/reviews/animal-collective/10043 - is already being called the album of 2009! Get your tickets while they last....
Losing the free festivals is a sad state of affairs. Not an essential service, granted, but one of the few opportunities for a big community event across all backgrounds. Had a look on Haringey council website, nothing under their events calendar that I could see.
Found a link to 'Freerange Festival' (also at Clissold Park) but nothing for 2009. http://www.freerangefestivals.com/ Anyone any info on this?
Weather forecast: rain.
Didn't hear about Sundae In The Park now it's sold out which is a shame, haven't seen Teenage Fanclub in years. Maybe I should start reading Time Out rather than thinking 'I should cancel this cr@p, the columns aren't worth squits'. Doh.
@ Optimo - I've been to a few gigs on the common and there are always people with either too many tix selling their spares or touts so if you really want to go, head down there as sure you will get in.
Tonight, Pendulum at Somerset House and Lovebox this weekend - the experience of a festival...but with a bed!
You best get the beers in before Lovebox, the beer/tequila queues on the Saturday last year were *a joke* (30mins+!!). And watch out for the plain clothes, there are loads of 'em...