Latest Gigs/Festival News

Gigs
There's a free, all ages gig in the basement of Zavvi in the Arndale this Saturday (3rd May) at 2pm. Blueprint To A Downfall, Veils, Skin The Pig and Seiren will be playing.
One Night Only - Friday 24th October - on sale Friday 2nd May at 9am
Paul Weller - Tuesday 18th November - MEN Arena (you can get priority tickets from Ticketline.co.uk/artist/details/paul-weller, but general sale is tomorrow at 9am)




Festivals
Load. Click. Shoot! will be playing the Great Escape at The Water Margin on Thursday 15th May at 1.30pm. It may be early, but they plan to make it a good show. Accidents Never Happen will also be joining them.

Michael Eavis is pointing to thousands of ladybirds taking up residence in Glastonbury as a sure sign of a hot summer, shaping up for much better weather than last year's disastrous affair. The full line up for this year's event was released this week. I've put the highlights in a separate blog due to the sheer volume of acts. Get the full line up at Glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/performance.

50 new acts were added to the Reading & Leeds line up this week. For the same reasons as Glastonbury, the best are in a separate blog. Get the full line up at Leedsfestival.com/lineup, or change Leeds to Reading if that's where you're heading.

If you want to go the the festivals for free, Oxfam are now recruiting for festival campaigners. Opportunities are available at Glastonbury, Bestival, Leeds, etc. You have to wear a brightly coloured thing and hassle people for their email addresses, but that's not all the time - you still get to see loads of bands. You can apply at Oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/stewarding.

Bloc Party have announced their playing at the following festivals this year: Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL; Fillmore Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Webster Hall, New York NY; V Festival, Baltimore, MD; Highfield Festival, Hohenfelden, DE; Marlay Park, Dublin; Reading Festival; Leeds Festival; V Festival, Toronto, CA. So a load of foreign dates basically, but still.