The planet boat - New fringe stage at Mathew street festival

MATHEW STREET FESTIVAL, NEW FRINGE STAGE - THE PLANET BOAT

27^th 28^th 29^th AUGUST 2001

We have been given the all clear by Mathew street fringe organiser Gordon Ross to put on one of the most original stages for the festival at the end of August. We plan to have the Planet Boat open for 3 days, Sat 27th until Monday 29th showcasing some of Liverpools most up and coming artists. The feedback throughout the city has been amazing and the news of the boat stage has already appeared in the local press.

Bands we will be showcasing on the boat include The Bo Weevils, KOF, Sean Walsh, R&R Featuring Flute Man, Fly with Vampires and other up and coming acts from Liverpool who are already getting thousand of hits on their videos and playing festivals and venues such as Glastonbury, Creamfields, The Echo Arena etc. 

 
THE PLANET BOAT
This year The Planet boat in Liverpools Albert dock will be taking over the MATHEW STREET FESTIVAL weekend (27TH UNTIL THE 29TH AUGUST) with the most original stage in town as part of the fringe festival! 
Showcasing The Bo Weevils, KOF, Sean Walsh and more of the hottest local acts from around the city the boat will be a FREE ENTRANCE SHOW, opening from 5pm on Saturday the 27th August until 23pm on Monday 29th August ! 

 
Ste says... ''After setting up the croxteth hall music festival in June and getting great feedback and support from the city I wanted to carry on setting up more unique shows with my band and with the Mathew st Festival coming up at the end of August thought this was a perfect opportunity to put on one of the most original stages in town. I put the Idea to Gordon Ross who is organizing the Fringe festival which runs alongside the Mathew st festival to and told him about my plans to showcase some of the hottest bands in Liverpool on the Helideck of The Planet Boat. I promised to make this platform the most exciting stage in town and give this city a taste of real rock and roll. The stage will be showcasing many different styles of music and we will be making a short movie with band in a box TV to raise awareness for The Planet Boat as we aim to make it one of Liverpools most attractive music venues in the country. For more information contact theplanetboat@hotmail.co.uk or visit www.theboweevils.co.uk 
 
promo video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mxnmm67mM

                      

THE PLANET BOAT

Full Line up

August 27^TH, 28^th, 29^th,

Sat the 27th August
5.15pm Shaun Walsh
6.00pm The New Caldera
6.45pm Fly With Vampires
7.30pm The Springtime Anchorage
8.15pm Club Fiction
9.00pm R&R Featuring Flute Man
9.45pm KOF
10.30pm The Bo Weevils

Sunday 28th August
5.15pm The Bo Weevils
6.00pm Fly with Vampires
6.45pm The Romleys
7.30pm Earthworm
8.15pm Triphazard
9.00pm The Stan Smith Band
9.45pm The White Widows
10.30pm We The Undersigned

Monday 29th August
2.45pm The Verdict

3.30pm Insanity Hurts
4.00pm Istari Stacks
4.45pm The Union Dolls
5.30pm The Bo Weevils
6.15pm Raw City
7.00pm Jemma O'shea
7.45pm The Wayward Travellers

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At the other end of town we found the Fringe element of the festival, which saw Eberle Street, Stanley Street and Cumberland Street transformed into a rainbow heaven for all those party people. With Juice FM dj'ing throughout the day and various other DJ sets from the variety of clubs in there area, including Pink and The Navy Bar, the atmosphere was definitely one of fun and a wash of bodies moving to the beats blasting over the district.

Only thing that slightly ruined the atmosphere for me was the fact that the festival had to be split into two area's. After last years run away success, it would have nice to have seen the entire festival kept within Liverpool's gay district again, so people had the full benefit of everything on offer in the one site, instead of having to traipse between two different areas and meant missing out on so many things on offer. Hopefully next year, it will be all in the one place again so we can drift merrily from on stage to another to view this entire event at it's full camptastic capacity.

Review by Alison Goggin

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