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Mark from Levellers here! We had a fantastic time in Europe in February, thanks to everyone who came out to see us. Can’t wait to get back out on the road again in April, especially as we’ll be with Pama International and Hobo Jones & the Junkyard Dogs for this next tour. We’re in the studio at the moment working on some new songs and will be giving away a live track from our Royal Albert Hall show at the end of this month with a Pama International track - more on that soon. Here’s where we’re playing... hope to see you there x
April
Tue 21 Portsmouth Pyramids 02... www.seetickets.com
Wed 22 Cambridge Corn Exchange 01... www.cornex.co.uk
Thu 23 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall 08... www.seetickets.com
Fri 24 Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Hall 08... www.seetickets.com
Sat 25 London Forum 08... www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Sun 26 Nottingham Rock City 08... www.alt-tickets.co.uk
Tue 28 Cheltenham Town Hall 08... www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk
Wed 29 Edinburgh Picture House 0844 8... www.ticketweb.co.uk
Thu 30 Newcastle Academy 0191 2603246 www.gigbox.co.uk
May
Fri 1 Wolverhampton Wulfrun 0870 320 7000 www.wolvescivic.co.uk
DRUNK IN PUBLIC - HOLY IRRESPONSIBLE TOUR 2009
Tue 12- The Apollo Rooms , Harleston , Suffolk - 01359 240724
Wed 13 - Nuneaton , Warwickshire - The Queens Hall - 0247 6347402
Thu 14 - St Helens , Mersyside - The Citadel Arts Centre - 01744 735436
Fri 15 - Warsop , Nottinghamshire - The Black Market - 01623 842105
Sat 16 - Poole , Dorset - Mr Kyps - 01202 748945
FESTIVALS
May
Sun 3 The Celtic Rally Beer Festival Cornwall www.beerfestivalevents.co.uk
Sat 02 May Repmondrock Festival, Belgium www.repmondrock.be
June
Sat 13 Nord Als Festival, Denmar www.musikfestival.dk
Fri 19 Big Session Festival, Leicester www.bigsessionfestival.com
July
Sun 11 Vikedal Roots Festival, Norway www.rootsfestival.no
August
Fri - Sun 21-23 Devon – Beautiful Days Festival www.beautifuldays.org
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The first acts announced for the seventh Beautiful Days festival are The Pogues, Levellers, Hawkwind, The Saw Doctors , Gong, Lamb, Dreadzone, Imagined Village, Dub Pistols, Pendulum DJ’s, Cara Dillon, The King Blues, Eliza Carthy, Imelda May, Lau, Edward II, Kris Drever, John McCusker & Roddy Woomble Trio, John Smith, Sonic Boom Six, Les Truttes, Chris T-T, Jay Jay Pistolet & Ruarri Joseph
Folk-punk legends The Pogues are headlining the festival on the Saturday night featuring Andrew Ranken, Spider Stacy, James Fearnley, Jem Finer, Darryl Hunt, Philip Chevron, Terry Woods and ,of course, Shane MacGowan. Headlining the festival on the Friday night are psychedelic space rockers Hawkwind who will mark their 40th anniversary in style at Beautiful Days with a one-off laser and light spectacular. Festival founders Levellers will headline and close the festival on the Sunday night with a stunning firework finale.
Also performing are Irish punk-rock band The Saw Doctors, Gong featuring Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage, Gilli Smyth, Miquette Giraudy, Chris Taylor, Theo Travis, John McKenzie and Mike Howlett, the newly reformed Lamb, festival favourites Dreadzone, Simon Emmerson’s acclaimed musical project Imagined Village, Pendulum headlining The Little Big Top with a DJ set, Dub Pistols fronted by the infamous Barry Ashworth, Irish folk singer Cara Dillon, punk-reggae band The King Blues, acclaimed folk artist Eliza Carthy, rockabilly singer Imelda May, innovative Scottish trio Lau, roots pioneers Edward II, three of Scotland’s most successful musicians - Kris Drever, John McCusker & Roddy Woomble Trio, singer-songwriter John Smith, ska-punk band Sonic Boom Six, Les Truttes from Belgium, Chris T-T, Jay Jay Pistolet and singer-songwriter Ruarri Joseph.
There will be more confirmed acts to follow soon with the festival’s 2009 theme still to be announced!
We've been working over the winter putting in new hardcore roads around the site. We're putting trackway into the car parks this year but we will also be opening up a third field for re-entry parking so that not so many vehicles will be entering and re-entering the main car parks which caused problems last year. Also new for 2009 we will have two large undercover seating areas for people to sit down, relax and eat and shade from the sunshine!
Tickets are on sale now! Adult weekend camping tickets are £100. Children's ticket prices have been held again at £60 for 10 to under 16's, £30 for 5 to under 10's and £5 for under 5's. Campervan passes are £30 and car routing passes which include parking are £10. All tickets are subject to booking fees. Tickets are on sale from www.levellers.co.uk
Stewards, traders and unsigned bands
TRADER applications are now being taken, please email info@beautifuldays.org with FOOD or NON-FOOD application in the subject line and we will send you the application forms.
STEWARD applications are now being taken through Oxfam. Go to www.oxfam.org.uk/festivals for more information and how to apply
UNSIGNED BANDS The first of two competitions is now open for bands to get a slot at the festival. We've teamed up with The Unsigned Band Review www.unsignedbandreview.com to give one unsigned band the opportunity to play this year. For more details and to enter click HERE.
The second competition for unsigned bands will be announced at the end of March.
www.beautifuldays.org www.myspace.com/beautifuldaysfestival www.levellers.co.uk
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