UB40 Headline massive UK reggae lineup at Wowfest
Wowfest August 17th - 19th 2012
Wowfest - the UK's brightest and biggest new festival
for 2012 - has pulled off a spectacular double coup as they announced
further headliners for Saturday & Sunday night with the world's
biggest selling reggae band UB40 playing one of their
only UK festival appearances this year on Saturday Aug 18th. With a
string of top ten hits to their name, UB40 head up a quite outstanding
reggae line-up of living legends that already includes the likes of Finley Quaye, The Wailers, Aswad, Maxi Priest and
Misty in Roots alongside another dozen acts in what promises
to be the finest collection of reggae artistes anywhere in the UK this
year.
And there was further excitement from the Wow camp
with news of the exclusive UK appearance of Madeleine Peyroux, from
USA, on Sunday on the Blue Angel Stage, for what is to be a great treat
for fans of her jazz/folk bohemian style, once discovered busking in
the streets of Paris with her soul shaking songs and haunting voice
likened to Billie Holliday. This follows the Saturday headline appearance
of The Overtones - 5 Irish/English boys updating
the swing and fun of be-bop and dee-wop and bringing some good old style
back into the modern UK jazz scene.
The Blue Angel Stage features some
exquisite Jazz acts including the recognisably Jamaican inspired lilts
of jazz party trombonist Dennis Rollins in the Velocity
Trio and Dominican Cameron Pierre, Dixie chicks Larkin Poe, plus The London Community Gospel Choir,
with some more outstanding live appearances still to be announced, ensuring
the most impressive selection of Jazz acts in the UK for 2012
And the global party that is Wowfest continues to
gathers pace in the afterhours Club Nights with the addition of Roni Size alongside Smith and Mighty for superlative
jungle/dubstep/drum and bass night on Friday, whilst Peter Hook, until recently
of New Order fame, joins Marshall Jefferson on the
ones and twos in a closing Madchester Hacienda themed after hours party
on Sunday.
And with the addition of the Alabama 3, Heaven 17, 808 State,
Kitten and the Hip, The Pretty Things, and The Blockheads to the
Main and Global Stages, with plenty more support acts as well as headliners
still to be announced, Wowfest is already shaping up to be an iconic
event, with an eclectic mix of House, Reggae, Ska, Jazz, Global and
Dance that is already seeing a few envious eyes cast by established
festival organisers - with the emphasis firmly on quality rather than
excessive quantity of fillers that can sometimes blight other festival
line-ups
Tickets are on sale from the event website for a
bargain early bird weekend £99 (including free travel on Southern Vectis
buses) for limited period only, and many have already snapped up since
the announcement of Paul Oakenfold, Soul 11 Soul,
The Beat, Norman Jay, Danny Rampling, The Selecter, Bad Manners, Neville
Staple of the Specials, Bez from the Happy Mondays' acid house night,
Manos De Dios, Black Roots, Talisman and host of other top names
all appearing at Wowfest over the weekend - and with a lot more to come
yet.
Wowfest also sees a very promising stage for newer
acts evolving - The Shaved Fish stage highlights
global and local up and coming bands ensuring that plenty of young unsigned
and Isle of Wight talent gets to share the event with some of the classiest
live performers alive today. Local and unsigned acts are invited to
contact Wowfest HQ to apply for an opportunity to play - see the event
website www.wowfest.co.uk for more info about opportunities to perform
and get involved with Wowfest - including catering and trading concessions,
volunteer stewards and other opportunities to join the festival.
And with a strong green ethos, an emphasis on veggie,
locally sourced and organic food, and a tantalizing looking selection
of workshops and activities for kids and families in the African Village,
plus some fabulous comedy, cabaret, theatre, performance, circus and
walkabout, there's plenty more going on than just the superb musical
line-up to ensure a truly memorable weekend at what promises to be one
of the friendliest and enjoyable weekends this summer
WOWfest is also proud to partner the following charities:
Oxfam, Solar Aid, Building Schools for Africa, Sustrans, Vegfam and
the IW NHS Juba project.
Tickets are available from www.wowfest.co.uk.
Article posted by Musicmafia
