LEVELLERS JULY NEWS

Please add otf@levellers.co.uk to your address book. This will ensure our emails to you get delivered into your Inbox (not your bulk or junk folders).

New Studio Album Out  11th August in the UK
Levellers next release from Letters From The Underground is a track called Before The End on 28th July. The band premiered the song live at this year's Glastonbury Festival and Before The End has just received its first UK national play on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans show.
Up until now On The Fiddle recordings has leaked free tracks from the album (A Life Less Ordinary, The Cholera Well & Burn America Burn) onto the internet via the download site www.lettersfromtheunderground.com
Burn America Burn will still be available for a few days if you haven't already got it.
Letters From The Underground will be available in four formats:
Limited Deluxe Edition – comes in special packaging with a bonus disc with three exclusive new acoustic songs and the animated Burn America Burn video that plays on Mac & PC. (Currently UK only)
CD , 12 “Vinyl and Download
We have set up a special offer that includes the single, two advance tracks sent to your inbox and some limited autographed cds with our friends at Townsend records.
Townsend records
www.townsend-records.co.uk
Some other places where you can pre-order Letters From The Underground. Your pre-orders count towards first week charts.
Play.com
www.play.com
HMV.com
hmv.com
Amazon.com
www.amazon.co.uk
If you want to buy from outside of the UK we will have links for you to buy locally soon from our distribution partners.
And finally, if you missed getting A Life Less Ordinary and The Cholera Well for free they are now available to buy from ITunes.
phobos.apple.comand as a CD at www.levellers.co.uk/shop with the 20th Aniversary Scrapbook

albumlaunch in aid of the big issue

Letters from the Underground album launch at the Proud Gallery in Camden Chalk Farm Road London on 22 July.
The band will be playing tracks from the new album at this exclusive and intimate show in aid of the Big Issue.
‘The Big Night’ plus supports
Tickets are £12 and will be available from 0115 959 7908 www.gigantic.com

Arley hall arundel castle and bowood house

Levellers will be playing at ‘A Beautiful Day Out’ on Saturday 12 July at Arley Hall in Cheshire. Joining them on the bill for a full day of music are Seth Lakeman, Chumbawamba Acoustic, Dreadzone, 3 Daft Monkeys and Nick Harper. Seth and the 3 Daft Monkeys will also be joining Levellers at Arundel Castle 22 August and Bowood House on 12 September. Tickets are available from www.imlconcerts.co.uk and www.easternbreeze.co.uk.
Seth Lakeman's new album, Poor Man's Heaven is out now and available on CD and to download. The album has been receiving some amazing reviews - "A New Folk Hero" The Times, "A rip-snorter of a record" Observer Music Monthly, "Memorably melodic, propulsively rhythmic, and sometimes hair-raisingly dramatic" CD of the Week, The Telegraph. Poor Man’s Heaven is available from Amazon, iTunes and all good record shops!

BEAUTIFUL DAYS 2008 - LAST FEW TICKETS

The festival is VERY close to selling out so please get your tickets quickly if you want to come! Tickets available from www.levellers.co.uk and www.seetickets.com – don’t forget to buy a parking pass if you are coming in your own vehicle. Details about public transport are on the website. Tickets will be posted to arrive on the 1st or 2nd August.
Acts announced so far for the Main Stage, Big Top and Little Big Top:
Squeeze – Supergrass – Levellers - Nouvelle Vague - Flogging Molly – Idlewild – Fishbone - Alabama 3 - Gabriella Cilmi - Turin Brakes - Ross Noble - Stiff Little Fingers - Cage The Elephant - Xavier Rudd - The Brakes - Seth Lakeman - Zion Train – Oysterband - Arthur Smith - Pama International - Tofu Love Frogs - Transglobal Underground - John Cooper Clarke - Salsa Celtica - Kathryn Williams & Neil McColl - Freestylers DJ’s - The Rhythmites - Sancho Panza Sound System with special guests - Divokej Bill - Eat Static - Balkan Beat Box - Justin Sullivan - 12 Stone Toddler - Bella Hardy - Dengue Fever – The Sugars - Damien Dempsey - Hybrid (DJ set) – Dan Donnelly - Enter The Haggis - Nick Harper – Megson - Nuala & the Alchemy Quartet - Foy Vance - Blood & Whiskey - New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack - Los Albertos - Frank Turner - Dennis Hoppers Choppers - Liquid Ross - Tongue & Groove – Sheelanagig - The Fabulous Good Time Party Boys.
More acts for the Pussy Parlure and Bimble Inn will be announced nearer the time. The running orders for each stage/day will be posted on the festival website soon.
Beautiful Days is the Levellers’ festival set in the heart of Devon. The festival has music across five stages, a huge children’s area in the centre of the festival, amazing site art, local real-ale bars, food and craft stalls, family camping, comedy and walkabout theatre. More info and photo galleries on www.beautifuldays.org & www.myspace.com/beautifuldaysfestival
Adult weekend camping tickets and discounted children’s weekend tickets are available now from www.levellers.co.uk. Campervan tickets have now SOLD OUT. Please don’t forget to purchase a car parking pass in advance if you’re planning to drive to the festival

on the fiddle

On The Fiddle members receive the new Levellers freebie, a CD of early demos and unreleased tracks from the new studio album Letters From The Underground. This will be sent out in September. Members get Levellers merchandise discount, receive a membership card and if we have your email, monthly newsletters.
On The Fiddle members can get discount tickets to Beautiful Days 2009 by booking in the member’s priority time. The priority discount time has finished for the 2008 festival. There’s Only One Way to ensure you are first in the queue for Beautiful Days 2009 and that is to Join On The Fiddle!
You can join OTF for £15 plus p&p on our website. www.levellers.co.uk

LEVELLERS LIVE

July
Fri 4 Guilfest www.guilfest.co.uk
Sat 12 Arley Hall Northwich. "A Beautiful Day Out"  Picnic Concert with Seth Lakeman, 3 Daft Monkeys, Dreadzone, Nick Harper & Firework Finale www.imlconcerts.co.uk
Thu 17 Larmer Tree Festival www.larmertreefestival.co.uk
Sat 19 Doncaster Live South Yorkshire - Free Event  www.doncasterlive.co.uk
Sun 20th Tolpuddle Martyrs http://www.tuc.org.uk Free Event
August
Fri 1 Cambridge Folk Festival www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk Sold Out
Sun 3 Stokes Bay Festival www.stokesbayfestival.co.uk
Fri 8 Cropredy Festival www.fairportconvention.com
Sun 10 Marktrock Festival Belgium www.marktrock.be
Fri 15 Sat 16 &-Sun 17 Beautiful Days Festival Devon www.beautifuldays.org www.levellers.co.uk
Fri 22 Arundel Castle Picnic Concert with Seth Lakeman, 3 Daft Monkeys & Firework Finale www.imlconcerts.co.uk
Box Office 01603 660444
Sat 31 Connect Festival www.connectmusicfestival.com
September
Sat 6th Stormin’ The Castle www.storminthecastle.co.uk
Fri 12th Bowood House Wiltshire Picnic Concert with Seth Lakeman & Firework Finale
www.easternbreeze.co.uk Box Office 0870 842 2230
Sat 19 Loopallu Festival, Scotland www.loopallu.co.uk
Thu 25 Royal & Derngate Theatre 01604 624811 www.royalandderngate.co.uk
Levellers Acoustic
Fri 26 Buxton Opera House 0845 127 2190 www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Levellers Acoustic
Sat 27 Royal Albert Hall London 0207 589 8212 / 0871 2200260
www.royalalberthall.com www.gigsandtours.com
Levellers Acoustic/Electric
First half acoustic, second half - full electric show! Once in a lifetime opportunity to see the band in one of the most stunning venues in the country
October
Fri 17 Musicport Fesival Bridlington Spa, East Yorkshire www.musicportfestival.com
November
Fri 7 Nosturi Helsinki Finland www.elmu.fi
Sat 8 Debaser Stockholm Sweden www.debaser.nu
Sun 9 John Dee Oslo Norway www.rockefeller.no
Mon 10 Tradgarn Gothenburg Sweden www.tradgarn.se
Tue 11 KB Malmo Sweden www.kulturbolaget.se
Thu 13 Musikzentrum Hannover Germany www.musikzentrum-hannover.de
Wed 19 Paradiso Amsterdam Netherlands www.paradiso.nl
Thu 20 Effenaar Eindhoven Netherlands www.effenaar.nl
December
Fri 19 The Academy 57 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1 www.ticketmaster.ie

levellers MeRCHandise

Visit the shop section of our website for loads of Levellers music, clothing & more. www.levellers.co.uk
We have got new merchandise items in the website shop.
20th anniversary scrapbook & CD, bags. 20th anniversay silver laminates, new adult & childrens T-shirts.

Metway Studios

Come and record your band at the famous Metway Studios, home of the Levellers. The boys have recorded many of their albums here. For a full spec of our equipment and what you can expect, go to www.metwaystudios.co.uk with top class engineers you cannot miss this opportunity.
For more information call Lois on 01273 698171

Contact

Levellers PO Box 2600, Brighton, BN2 0DX
PHONE 01273 608887 EMAIL: otf@levellers.co.uk WEB www.levellers.co.uk