March News 2018

March News 2018

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March News 2018

Beautiful Days 2018 - Line-Up & Theme
New Album 'We The Collective'
Levellers Live in 2018

Levellers Merchandise
Levellers On The Fiddle Membership
Special Offers
Levelling The Land Songbook
 
 
 
 
 
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BEAUTIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL 2018



BEAUTIFUL DAYS 2018 ANNOUNCE MANIC STREET PREACHERS, SHED SEVEN, FEEDER, LEVELLERS, GOGOL BORDELLO, SUZANNE VEGA, CALEXICO, BRITISH SEA POWER, RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC TRIO, VINTAGE TROUBLE, THE WILDHEARTS, ERIC BIBB, JAZZIE B & LOADS MORE

Headlining the Main Stage on Saturday at Beautiful Days 2018 are the world-renowned Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers. Their new album 'Resistance Is Futile', which features lead single ‘International Blue’ is out 13 April 2018. Friday’s headliner cannot be revealed until June but headlining the Sunday night are festival founders the Levellers who will close the weekend with a spectacular show including a firework finale. Also playing the Main Stage are gypsy punks Gogol Bordello, plus Shed Seven who recently released their first album in 16 years, indie-rock band Feeder who visit Escot Park for the first time, the sensational rhythm & blues band Vintage Trouble, Mercury Prize nominated indie rock band British Sea Power, rock band The Wildhearts led by the charismatic Ginger Wildheart, Dutch blues & funk band My Baby and Beautiful Days favourites Dreadzone. Completing the Main Stage line-up are Scottish punk band The Skids, Canadian Producer and DJ crew A Tribe Called Red, the mighty Dub Pistols, plus high octane folk rockers from Newcastle Holy Moly And The Crackers, Indian ska-dub band The Ska Vengers, cosmic band Henge, pop duo Rews, punk-rock quintet Ducking Punches, The Spitfires and singer-songwriter Emily Capell.
 
Headlining The Big Top stage on Friday is Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega who recently celebrated the 30th and 25th anniversaries of her albums Solitude Standing and 99.9F which included the hits ‘Luka’ and ‘Tom’s Diner’. Headlining on Saturday is Arizona-bred alt rock band Calexico and Sunday is acclaimed folk legend Richard Thompson with his electric trio show. Also in The Big Top are high energy French band Les Negresses Vertes, American acoustic blues singer-songwriter Eric Bibb, plus Oysterband who recently celebrated their 40th anniversary, North London siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, the uncompromising Nadine Shah, New Model Army frontman Justin Sullivan playing a solo set, Rising Appalachia who are led by the collective voice of sisters Leah and Chloe, plus Canadian Irish punk band The Mahones, Elephant Sessions and Skinny Lister. And completing the Big Top line-up are BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominees Sam Kelly And The Lost Boys, husband & wife duo Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Cornish folk-punk band 3 Daft Monkeys, festival favourites Hobo Jones And The Junkyard Dogs and The Bar Stewards Of Val Doonican. Levellers Acoustic will open the show on the Friday afternoon playing stunning and surprising re-arrangements of their hits from new album ‘We The Collective’ produced by John Leckie, out 30 March.
 
The Little Big Top will play host to British DJ, producer and founding member of Soul II Soul Jazzie B, dub heavyweights Youth & Gaudi Live and multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Sian Evans. Plus Macky Gee & IC3, Altern 8 Live, TS7, The Undercover Hippy, Mark XTC, Davos Live, Dr Meaker, Mr Nice, Future Flex, The Tribe, Skata Tones, Dark Matta, Astralasia, Splink, Just A Couple Of Mums, Instigator & Sarge, Leroy & Agony, DJ Ambiessence, DJ Shinybeast, Westman and Farmer. Family rave Big Fish Little Fish returns on the Friday afternoon and The Silent Disco runs into the early hours for two nights.

The Theatre Tent welcomes ‘Football Magic’ with John Farnworth, ‘The Children in the Moon’ presented by Makeshift Ensemble, plus Mumblecrust Theatre presenting ‘The Tale of the Cockatrice’, Dan The Hat with the ‘Stupid Stunt Show’, Irish poet Stephen James Smith, comedy duo Spitz and Co presenting ‘Glorilla’, Morgan & West presenting ‘Time Travelling Magicians’ and Swing Circus. Plus the much-loved Entertainingly Different and Le Navet Bete. The Band Stand plays host to The United Stoats Of America, The Haystingers, The Cravats, The 286, Taya Minchington, Someone/Anyone, Small Town Jones, Sembalance, PG Haze, Paul Coultas, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, King Size Slim, Jake And The Jellyfish, Hastings Second Line Band, Easy Rider Soundtrack, Dr Savage & The Incurables, Davey Malone, Buddah Triangle, 40 Shillings On The Drum, Open Mic Sessions and the 2018 Fancy Dress Competition.
 
Line-ups for The Bimble and The Rebel Tent plus stand-up comedy in The Theatre Tent are still to be announced. The THEME for the Sunday at Beautiful Days is A RIOT OF COLOUR – the festival are encouraging people to be bold, be bright and wear all the colours of the rainbow!
 
Beautiful Days is the Levellers family music festival. There is no corporate sponsorship or branding. The festival, now in its 16th year, is organised by DMF Music and takes place at Escot Park in Devon. It has seven stages included a seated Theatre Tent plus site art installations, a huge children’s area, family camping, licensed real ale bars from Otter Brewery & a great choice of food and craft stalls.  Adult Weekend Camping Tickets are £142.50, 10 to Under 16’s Weekend Camping Tickets £70, 5 to Under 10’s Weekend Camping Tickets £40, Under 5’s Weekend Camping Tickets £5, Car routing/parking tickets £15 and Campervan tickets £45. All tickets are subject to booking fee. There are no day tickets available. No caravans allowed. All T&C's are on the festival website plus information about Travel and Disabled Access.

For all general festival enquiries please email info@beautifuldays.org

Tickets available from the Levellers or Seetickets

www.beautifuldays.org
 
 
 
 
 
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New Album 'We The Collective' Out 30th March
 
The new Album 'We The Collective' was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with legendary producer John Leckie and is being released on Deluxe CD, Vinyl & Digital with signed copies and exclusive bundles available to pre-order now from https://levellers.tmstor.es/
 
 
 
 
 
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Levellers Live In 2018

SUMMER ACOUSTIC
THURSDAY 7 JUNE
BELGIUM Theatre Den Amber
FRIDAY 8 JUNE
GERMANY Blacksheep Festival
SATURDAY 9 JUNE
GERMANY Faust Warenannahme
SUNDAY 10 JUNE
NETHERLANDS Jupiter Zaal
TUESDAY 12 JUNE
NETHERLANDS TivoliVredenbur 
WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE
GERMANY Zeche Carl

 

SUMMER ELECTRIC
THURSDAY 14 JUNE
MARGATE Dreamlands
SATURDAY 15 JUNE
BOSTON Gilderdome
SUNDAY 16 JUNE
CAERPHILLY Castle Levellers * Dreadzone
FRIDAY 23 JUNE
CORNWALL A Beautiful Day Out At Eden
SUNDAY 1 JULY

MANCHESTER A Beautiful Day Out
FRIDAY 10 AUGUST
BANBURY Cropredy Festival

17 – 19 AUGUST
DEVON Beautiful Days Festival
SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
NORTHUMBERLAND Lindisfarne Festival


For info and tickets please check www.levellers.co.uk/events
 
       
       
       
 
 
 
 
 
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Levellers Merchandise

Keep checking the Shop Section of the website for new items and special offers.



   




 
 
 
 
 
 
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Levellers On The Fiddle Membership

Join On The Fiddle

When you join On The Fiddle you will be a member for a year & receive a hand silkscreen printed A1 size poster, which will be numbered & signed by a the band.
Members will be entered in a draw on the 15th of April, the winner will receive a signed static On The Airwaves LP, a 12" copy of Far From Home and a surprise white label vinyl. The winner will be announced on the Levellers On The Fiddle Facebook Page

You will receive discounts on a range of Levellers merchandise and music. There are some offers in the member’s area of the shop, just login with your membership details (username and password) to see it.
Membership discounts appear on loads of items throughout the shop.

OTF Members can get £10 discount on the cost of an adult ticket for Beautiful Days 2019 the discount time for this years festival finished at the end of February.

PLEASE ASK if you need any help with your membership or your discount for Levellers merchandise in the website shop info@levellers.co.uk
Once you have joined and your membership order has gone through you can get your merchandise discount by logging in.

Check out our facebook page On The Fiddle - Official Levellers Fanclub for pictures, photos, competitions and On The Fiddle membership freebies

www.levellers.co.uk for information, tour dates, Beautiful Days tickets, Levellers music, merchandise and more

 
 
 
 
 
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Special Offers - Merchandise Sale

Find yourself a bargain in the Special Offers/Sale section of the shop.
Get them before they go!