LEVELLERS JULY NEWS

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LEVELLERS FESTIVAL BEAUTIFUL DAYS 2010 - Almost Sold out - More bands - Ticket posting date
LEVELLERS ON THE FIDDLE - New freebie
LEVELLERS + Seth Lakeman - Greenwich
LEVELLERS - Rhuddlan Castle Rocks - Love Hope Strength Foundation - Climb Snowdon before the gig?
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The band have announced a “grass roots” tour in November 2010 taking in 18 towns and cities around the UK as they celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the original release, in 1990, of their debut album A Weapon Called The Word which is being re-issued in October 2010. The band are playing small and intimate venues and some are already close to selling out so get your tickets quick!

July
3 Sat Na Fir Bolg Festival - Vorselaar – Belgium www.folkfestival.be
9 Fri 3 Aretoa - Arrasate - Basque www.3aretoa.com
10 Sat Festival Cantabria Infinita - San Vicente de la Barquera - Cantabria - Spain
21 Wed Greenwich Summer Sessions - Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London - Levellers / Seth Lakeman 0844 847 2439
www.greenwichsummersessions.co.uk28-29 Unique acoustic event with Mark Chadwick and Dan Donnelly The Horseshoe Inn Bridges - Shropshire
August
6 Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival - Beauly - Inverness-shire www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk www.ironworksvenue.com
7 Sat Rhuddlan Castle - Featuring THE LEVELLERS Plus Mike Peters (The Alarm) and Nick Harper
8 Sun Wickham Festival - Wickham – Hampshire www.wickhamfestival.co.uk
14 Sat Taubertal Festival - Rothenburg – Germany www.taubertal-festival.de
15 Sun Open Flair Festival - Eschwege, Germany www.open-flair.de
20-22 Fri-Sat Beautiful Days Festival – Escot House Devon www.beautifuldays.org www.levellers.co.uk
September
4 Sat Stockwood Park Concert - London Road – Luton www.lutonarts.com
November
9 Tue POOLE Mr Kyps 01202 748945 www.mrkyps.net
10 Wed BRIDPORT The Electric Palace 0871 2200260 www.seetickets.com
11 Thu NORTHAMPTON Roadmender  0870 264 3333 www.gigbox.co.uk
12 Fri KENDAL Brewery Arts Centre 01539 725133 www.breweryarts.co.uk
13 Sat EDINBURGH Liquid Rooms 0870 264 3333 www.gigbox.co.uk
14 Sun DARLINGTON Inside Out  08444 771 000 www.myspace.com/amplified_insideout
16 Tue YORK The Duchess 01904 641413 www.theduchessyork.co.uk
17 Wed  SHEFFIELD The Leadmill  0114 221 2828 www.leadmill.co.uk
18 Thu BRIDGWATER The Palace 0871 2200260 www.seetickets.com
19 Fri  PONTARDAWE Arts Centre  01792 863722 www.pontardaweartscentre.com
20 Sat FALMOUTH Princess Pavilion  01326 211222 www.princesspavilion.co.uk
21 Sun TAVISTOCK The Wharf 01822 611166 www.tavistockwharf.com
23 Tue COLCHESTER Arts Centre 01206 500 900 www.colchesterartscentre.com NEARLY SOLD OUT
24 Wed SOUTHEND Chinnerys 0871 230 5595 www.kililive.com
25 Thu PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms*  023 9286 3911 www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk
26 Fri WREXHAM Central Station 01978 358 780 www.centralstationvenue.com
27 Sat SHREWSBURY Theatre Severn 01743 281281 www.theatresevern.co.uk
28 Sun STROUD Subscription Rooms 01453 760900 www.subscriptionrooms.org.uk

There are seven weeks to go until Beautiful Days 2010 - we are now VERY close to selling out and can announce the last few acts for the main two stages include the return of Dreadzone who are back by popular demand, Arthur Brown, Kathryn Williams, Boppin’ B, Kassidy, The Last Republic and, of course, The Fabulous Good Time Party Boys. We’re also delighted to announce ‘Scary Dave presents’ on the Saturday and Sunday daytime in the Little Big Top with hours of stand-up comedy from Paddy Lennox, Pierre Hollins, Liam Mullone, Hils Barker, Woody Lee, Brian Damage & Krystal, Doozer, Attila the Stockbroker, Sully O'Sullivan, Del Strain, Debra Jane Appleby, Dan Cardwell, Ian Cognito, Gareth Berliner, Rich Allen, Paul Pirie and Mitch Benn. The NEW AREA at the festival this year replacing the Pussy Parlure is DIRTY DAVEY’S which will feature a bandstand and real ale bar with outdoor seating area and food stalls. DIRTY DAVEY’S will play host to a huge range of really diverse acts, speakers and groups during the weekend to be announced very soon. In the meantime though we are holding some slots on the Dirty Davey’s Bandstand for YOU! If you want to perform on the bandstand then please email info@beautifuldays.org with 'bandstand' in the subject line and tell us what you do - we're not just looking for musicians - comedy, magic, dance, theatre - all acts will be considered!

We're all very excited at Beautiful Days HQ with new additions to the festival this year and with the line-up of acts already announced including James, The Wailers, Levellers and many, many more. The full line-up of acts announced so far can be found www.beautifuldays.org/artists/x. The running orders for the stages will be posted soon.

We promised we would warn you so here you are – the tickets for Beautiful Days 2010 are very close to selling out! Please don’t leave it too long if you want to come to the festival as we are honestly going to sell out VERY soon. Tickets are on sale now from www.levellers.co.uk, www.seetickets.com and www.artistticket.com and, due to demand, we are releasing a very small number of EXTRA CAMPERVAN TICKETS next week on Wednesday 7 July so if you are one of the people who missed out then please go to www.seetickets.com from 9am on the Wednesday - they are limited and are sure to be snapped up very quickly. All festival tickets will be posted out from 12 July onwards so please look out for your postman that week for your tickets. If you miss the delivery then a card will be left for you to collect your tickets from your local sorting office.

Beautiful Days has music across five stages plus a huge children’s area in the centre of the festival, walkabout theatre, amazing site art, comedy, food & craft stalls, a village shop and pub-price bars run by Otter Brewery. We’ve also added a healing area at the festival this year. The Body and Soul Area will be located near the Tiny Tea Tent and will have a dedicated team of qualified therapists and healers, each bringing their own unique skills and energies to Beautiful Days. On offer is a wide range of treatments for you to relax, unwind and to enjoy some blissful peace. Visit the circle early to ensure a booking or come and ask questions about what is on offer. Our site art team are busy building, painting and planning to adorn Escot Park with the weird and the wonderful this year.  They are looking for your photographs from past festivals to be part of a giant mosaic which will be displayed at the festival. Please email your photos to info@beautifuldays.org with MOSIAC in the subject line if you want your photo to be used. 

If you have any general queries about the festival then please either visit the website and the constantly updated FAQ page at www.beautifuldays.org or email info@beautifuldays.org if you can't find the answer you're looking for. www.beautifuldays.org | www.myspace.com/beautifuldaysfestival

On The Fiddle members receive our fantastic new Levellers freebie - limited edition hand printed silk screen artwork of the Levelling The Land LP cover, numbered and signed by the artist, Levellers bass player Jeremy Cunningham.
Members will also get discount on Levellers merchandise in our website shop, a membership card and, if we have your email, monthly newsletters.
On The Fiddle members are entitled to discount on adult tickets to Beautiful Days Festival 2011 (maximum two per member) by purchasing tickets in the members priority discount period. The discount time for this year’s festival has finished now.

You can join OTF for £15 plus p&p on our website. www.levellers.co.uk

Visit the shop section of our website for loads of Levellers music, clothing & more.
New Peace plane design long sleeved T-shirts for men and women in black and red, Chaos Theory Live CD, A weapon Called The Word T-shirts, Royal Albert Hall T-shirts, Beautiful Days festival shirts, a new wallet, children's shirts, a Zip-Up Hoodie, a hat and a bag large enough for a big laptop, a Levellers football scarf, fingerless gloves, Levellers leather belts with a solid silver chaos symbol clasp, lanyards, latest album on CD and signed vinyl, also lots of older stuff
In the non-Levellers section we have a new CD from Rev Hammer called Down The Alley.  www.levellers.co.uk

Levellers + Seth Lakeman - Greenwich
Tickets are on sale now for Levellers & Seth Lakeman at the Old Royal Naval College in London on Wednesday 21 July. This is an open-air concert at a stunning venue and part of the Greenwich Summer Sessions which are themed around the unique history of Greenwich. Seth Lakeman and The Levellers will bring to life the first theme of the festival, ‘Rebels’, in a distinct nod to Wat Tyler and the peasants revolt. As the leader of the English Peasants Revolt of 1381, Walter “Wat” Tyler led a force of 50,000 peasants from Blackheath straight into the heart of the City of London before gaining entry to the Tower of London and capturing and beheading Simon Sudbury the unpopular Archbishop of Canterbury. Mark Chadwick says “I’m really looking forward to playing at the Old Royal Naval College in July on a joint bill with Seth. It’s such a beautiful venue and it will be great to play at such a historical and famous landmark in London .” Tickets from www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Attention all Levellers fans wishing to climb Snowdon on the same day as Rhuddlan Castle Rocks!

On August 7th, The Levellers play a charity concert for the Love Hope Strength Foundation at Rhuddlan Castle, North Wales. The concert is preceded by a climb to the summit of Snowdon, led by The Alarm’s lead singer, Mike Peters and singer songwriter, Nick Harper. Any Levellers fans wishing to take part in the walk, please call Katrina on 07814 404877 or email katrinac@kcopping.fsnet.co.uk
(Coaches are available to and from Rhuddlan Castle/Snowdon for those Levellers fans wishing to take part in Snowdon Rocks).

For further information please see below....
SNOWDON ROCKS 4 / RHUDDLAN CASTLE ROCKS 2010  (Supported by Barclays)

Saturday August 7th, 2010

On Saturday August 7th 2010, Mike Peters, the internationally acclaimed singer of Wales' most legendary rock and roll band The Alarm will once again host 'Snowdon Rocks' (supported by Barclays) for an incredible fourth year running and as well as the now traditional daytime musical journey to the summit of Mt. Snowdon, Snowdon Rocks 2010 is expanding it's format to include Rhuddlan Castle Rocks, a first ever (post-climb) acoustic concert at historic Rhuddlan Castle with a very special headline performance by UK folk-rock outfit The Levellers plus additional musical appearances from acclaimed LHS Supporting singer songwriter Nick Harper and Mike Peters himself.

In addition Love Hope Strength Foundation will also be hosting ground breaking Bone Marrow Donor Drives (in conjunction with Anthony Nolan Trust). LHSF CO-Founder Mike Peters says, "We will be asking eligible and able bodied members of our community to come forward and put themselves on the Bone Marrow Donor list. Being a bone marrow donor in 2010 is a simple, painless and effective way of being a life saver. Together (with the Anthony Nolan Trust), we are hoping to break down the myths surrounding Bone Marrow Donation and show people that the new way to join the register and become a Bone Marrow Donor is as simple as performing a Saliva DNA Sample test (by spittting into a bottle). If you are fortunate enough to become a lifesaving match then, via a painless blood transfer process, you could be the one to save a life."

Mike Peters is once again calling on all members of the LHS community who are fit and able, to join him on the mountain for 'Snowdon Rocks IV'  (Supported by Barclays), "Together we can take the fight against cancer to new heights and this year with the support of Barclays, we hope to raise even more than ever and pledge that every penny raised will stay in Wales to benefit those members of our community who need support in their battle against this most terrible disease".

SPECIAL OFFER : SNOWDON ROCKS IV WEEKEND VIP TREKKER PACKAGE
Participants interested in taking part in this years event have the opportunity to take up a special VIP Weekend Trekker Package by pledging a minimum donation of £350 which will be fully inclusive of two nights accommodation at the magnificent Faenol Fawr Country House Hotel. Access All Areas tickets to a special acoustic performance for patients and staff at the North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre on the evening of August 6th before attending the (Black tie) Love Hope Strength Gala Summer Ball (sponsored by North Wales leading law firm Mackenzie Jones) that very same evening.

Day two will begin early on the morning of Saturday 7th with an escorted coach trip to Snowdonia to climb Mt. Snowdon (with appropriate trek and summit performances from Mike Peters and other renowned LHS supporting musicians), upon returning to the hotel, you will have a chance to recover from the trek in the hotel Spa prior to attending the Love Hope Strength Acoustic Festival which will be held in association with Barclays Bank inside the walls of the historic Rhuddlan Castle for Rhuddlan Castle Rocks featuring very special guests The Levellers, Nick Harper and Mike Peters who will be performing in one of Wales most dramatic settings. An Aftershow party will be held back at the Faenol Fawr with VIP passes for Snowdon Rocks VIP Trekkers.

SNOWDON ROCKS IV - £350 commitment includes:

- Two nights accommodation at the magnificent Faenol Fawr Country House Hotel and Spa
- Access All Areas tickets to a special acoustic performance for patients and staff at the North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre
- Tickets for the (Black tie) Love Hope Strength Gala Ball (sponsored by North Wales leading law firm Mackenzie Jones)
- Escorted coach trip to Snowdonia to climb Mt. Snowdon on the morning of Saturday 7th with appropriate summit acoustic concert.
- VIP passes for the LOVE HOPE STRENGTH Acoustic Festival - RHUDDLAN CASTLE ROCKS (with very special guests The Levellers).
- VIP access to the Rhuddlan Rocks Aftershow Party at the Faenol Fawr.

To join us via the VIP Weekend Trekker Package please call 011 44 7814 404877 to speak with Katrina at Love Hope Strength Foundation UK or email her via katrinac@kcopping.fsnet.co.uk

Snowdon Rocks IV event registration documents can also be obtained from Katrina by email at katrinac@kcopping.fsnet.co.uk

Tickets for the Rhuddlan Rocks Concert / Rhondda Rocks Unplugged concerts are both priced at £15.00 in advance and available now via 011 44 1745 571571 or online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk <http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/>  or www.seetickets.co.uk <http://www.seetickets.co.uk/>

Snowdon Rocks is the cornerstone event of the Love Hope Strength Foundation UK chapter, and as an individual event has so far raised well over £120,0000 which was been shared between The North Wales Cancer Centre at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd (funding helped build the Eira Suite antibody unit), The Alaw Unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd (which used it's funding to buy two Stem Cell Harvest Machines worth over £90,000) and other donations which have been shared amongst cancer care centres throughout North Wales.
All proceeds from 'Snowdon Rocks IV', 'Rhuddlan Castle Rocks' and 'Rhondda Rocks II', will go directly to support Cancer Care in Wales, the national health service organisation which diagnosed and successfully treated Mike Peters (a two times cancer survivor) for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) in 2005/06 and Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (1995). Mike Peters is still undergoing long term maintenance treatment at the Alaw Unit, Ysybyty Gwynedd with a view to finding a cure under the watchful eye of Dr. David Edwards who has been Mike's haemotologist throughout both of his cancer battles. Love Hope Strength Foundation recently secured the purchase of two Stem Cell transfer machines (worth over £90,000) which will be housed in the Alaw Unit. Dr. Edwards says “The current machines are approaching 10 years old & coming to the end of their functioning lives. The new machines are state-of-the-art and reflect all the technological advances made in that time. They will take us through the next decade and enable the service to be expanded across the whole of North Wales. Their faster processing-time means that we should get better yields more quickly and spare patients having to spend so long attached to the machine. They represent a major step forward in developing the service and we are delighted that “Love Hope Strength” have made this possible.”

Love Hope Strength Foundation UK has this year attracted the support of Barclays Bank who are getting behind both events by offering financial support and encouraging staff and customers from within the banking community to get involved and climb a mountain in support of the cancer care initiatives that are being proffered by Love Hope Strength Foundation. Also throughout 2010, Mike Peters and members of the LHS UK / US team have been lobbying in Parliament (with the help of local MP's Chris Ruane (Denbighshire) and Mark Tami (Deeside) to bring the UK into line with other international countries such as Canada and Germany who have progressive policies with regard to Bone Marrow Donors. Mike Peters,  Chris Ruane MP, Mark Tami MP and LHSF have been attempting to raise the age of UK Bone Marrow Donors from 45 to 49 to help those in need to find their lifesaving match. As a result of this endeavour, a major review of the UK's policy is currently being conducted by Health Minister Gillian Merron with results due to be published in the spring.

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