Friday, May 20, 2005

Summer festivals

Summer is coming and with it comes the festivals. Here are some (Rock genre) that aren't sold out yet (hurry, most would be gone soon, some papers has decided to publish summer festivals guides this week):

Bestival (Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight)
9-11 Sept
Line up: British Sea Power, Super Furry Animals, The Magic Numbers, Soulwax, The Earlies, Lee Perry, The Go! Team, Emiliana Torrini etc.
Tickets: 89 quid, 08700667753

Donington (including Ozzfest)
10-12 Jun
Line up: Motorhead, In Flames, Therapy?, Shadows Fall, Feeder, Garbage, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Velvet Revolver, HIM, Anthrax, System Of A Down, Slipknot, Slayer, Papa Roach etc.
Tickets: 127.50 quid with camping, 08704000822

Isle Of Wight Festival
10-12 Jun
Line up: Faithless, Razorlight, Supergrass, Idlewild, The Black Velvets, Morrissey, Roxy Music, Goldie Lookin Chain, Babyshambles, Ray Davies, REM, Snow Patrol, Embrace, Starsailor, The Magic Numbers, Subways etc.
Tickets: 90 quid with camping, www.isleofwightfestival.org

Summer Sundae Festival (Leicester)
12-14 Aug
Line up: British Sea Power, Lemon Jelly, Idlewind, Patti Smith, The Bees, KT Tunstall, Mylo, Yo La Tengo, Sons % Daughters etc.
Tickets: 70 quid, 01162333111

T4 On The Beach (Somerset)
19 Jun
Line up: Kaiser Chiefs, Rooster, Athlete, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Garbage, Rachel Stevens etc.
Tickets: 20 quid, www.ticketmasters.co.uk

Wireless (Hyde Park, London)
24, 25, 29, 30 Jun
Line up: Moby, New Order, Graham Coxon, Bravery, Basement Jaxx, Roots Manuva, LCD, Mylo, Keane, Supergrass, Kasabian, The Others etc.
Tickets: 100 quid for all four days, www.wirelessfestival.co.uk

2 comments:

Elaine said...

ouh cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok, now all i need is to be in the UK. hm,

Jon Choo said...

You are in Japan right? I heard from Jennifer that there are loads of gigs there. She used to attend Black Metal gigs when she was there in the mid 90s.