Designer Magazine present Gold Jacks at The Roadhouse Manchester Saturday 21st July

Designer Magazine presents.........

Gold Jacks
Dirty Vagrants
Prose
Kat Mullen
The Newtons
+ more TBC

The ROadhouse, Newton Street, Manchester
Saturday 21st July - Doors 6pm
£5 adv

What can we say on this line up? Best of Manchester for sure and a line up we'd be happy to take to any of the industry showcases as fine reps of Manchester

Gold Jacks played for us last month and blew crowds away so they're coming back for a headline slot

And they're bringing Liverpool band Dirty Vagrants with them

Prose are Manchester's answer to Plan B ... no not the white boy soul chart pop of Plan B - the brutal uncompromising lyrics you saw on his debut hip hop album

Kat Mullen is one of the finest talents to come through the Designer Magazine gigs recently. Emotional songs, beatiful vocals and an EP "Live Laugh Love" packed full of hits

The Newtons are newbies to our gigs but expecting big things


Listen

http://www.facebook.com/goldjacks
http://www.facebook.com/DirtyVagrants
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prose/238914746148320
http://www.facebook.com/katmullenmusic
http://www.facebook.com/thenewtonspage

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Marc Almond Birthday Show Ticket Competition

As we posted a few weeks back (http://musicmafiauk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/marc-almond-birthday-show-and-uk-tour.html) , Marc Almond will celebrate his 55th Birthday with a one-off show at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London on Monday 9th July, and to celebrate this event we are giving away a pair of tickets to the show!

All you have to do is answer the following easy question :

What was the name of the band Marc Almond had hits with back in the 80's?

Email your answers and name to musicmafiauk@gmail.com

Winners will be notified on friday! GOOD LUCK!! 


Tickets for Shepherds Bush Empire available online from www.gigsandtours.com or 24hr Credit Card line 0844 811 0051

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Designer Magazine presents The Fevers - Manchester Roadhouse - 7th July

The Fevers have been together for two and a half years, and we reside in the great city of Manchester in a shared studio/house. We are aspiring music performers and producers who live and breathe electronic and indie rock music.

Our influences range from Daft Punk to Foals and our music is a “hands in the air”, “toe-tapping” innovation of the two. The music was formed after many nights in clubs, dancing into the early hours, and standing on the front row at countless rock gigs, having the air squeezed from our lungs.

A mixture of “invade your mind” anthemic choruses and lethal neon guitar licks grounded by tight funky bass lines and House beats lift us ceiling high above the shoulders of our contemporaries. The Fevers are perfect for Rocking out and Raving on.

Please find the link to their new single here

http://gallery.mailchimp.com/2a3cdd38aaebfdd82fa9d2b7c/files/The_Fevers_Heartbeats_like_a_drum_1_.mp3

http://www.catchthefever.co.uk

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Rams' Pocket Radio on tour in July

Rams’ Pocket Radio

Trajectories Box Set released on June 18

Following Snow Patrol support across Europe, further dates announced

Recording Debut album with David Kosten

“Sensational...Watch this one” Sunday Times Culture

“An outstanding talent...Rams’ engage fans curiosity with beautiful, creative and powerful tracks” Clash 

“About to scare the ******* out of every other piano-based band on the planet – Tom Robinson

“An artist of verve and versatility: keep this frequency clear” AU Magazine

Rams’ Pocket Radio has announced details the box set of their 3 Eps, “Trajectories” on June 18.. This follows the success of ‘Dieter Rams Has Got The Pocket Radios’, which was playlisted by BBC Radio 1 Introducing in January, and saw spins from the likes of Huw Stephens, Fearne Cotton, Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac, as well as a play on BBC2’s The Review Show. Rams’  toured with Snow Patrol for across Europe during March during which Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody nightly told the audience that Rams’ “were the best support band they’d ever had.”

Rams’ head out on 2 tours (dates below) but in between times Rams’ is recording his debut album with David Kosten (Everything Everything, Bat for Lashes, Guillemots).

Rams’ Pocket Radio has earned comparisons with the likes of Frightened Rabbit, and played with everyone from Darwin Deez to Marina and the Diamonds and You Me at Six over the course of 2011. His songs are meticulously crafted and effortlessly epic, mixing elements of pounding, piano-based pop with heavier rock sounds (see Rams’ former life in post-hardcore bands). And it’s all there to be heard in ‘1+2’: driven by a nagging guitar riff and a simple but memorable chorus, ‘1+2’ was written, says Rams, “about making yourself vulnerable to help someone, and the things that can happen as a result.” ‘1+2’ is, moreover, Rams’ most immediate and accessible piece of songwriting to date, settling nicely against some of the EP’s more experimental moments (see the brooding ‘Love Is A  Bitter Thing’, and the glitchy electronics of ‘Swallow’).    

The ‘Rams’ in question is Peter McCauley - a drummer, pianist and diverse songwriter from Lisburn. His musical career got off to a less-than-usual start, namely in the National Youth Orchestra of Northern Ireland. McCauley was one of the leading percussionists in the ensemble, boldly tackling the likes of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and Gustav Mahler (not that he knew what he was doing for much of it). Still, it is an influence that you can feel in the big, bold soundscapes Rams has conjured up across these early releases. McCauley then moved to Worthing in pursuit of an Architecture degree, where the desire to design and construct no doubt infused the songs he began to write under the Rams’ Pocket Radio alias. 

Who, though, is ‘Rams’, and what is the significance of his pocket radio? Peter’s stage-name is taken from the 1950’s product designer Dieter Rams: viewed by many as the key inspiration behind the iPod (which bears a startling resemblance to the Pocket Radio), and various modern accessories. “His products were relevant to the time but still looked to the future,” explains McCauley. “I like the idea that something we create could have relevance and longevity, accessibility and influence. The way we use and create music changes, but the core principals remain the same.” With his manifesto now nailed, Rams will continue working on his debut album, which will be released later this year. 

Headline shows

July 3 Brighton Prince Albert

July 4 Hoxton Bar and; Grill

July 5 Manchester Deaf Institute

July 7 Leeds Cockpit 

July 8 Birmingham Academy 3

July 9 York Fibbers

July 10 Liverpool Shipping forecast

July 11 Glasgow King Tuts

http://ramspocketradio.wordpress.com/

http://www.myspace.com/ramspocketradio

https://www.facebook.com/ramspocketradio

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Ibiza 123 festival - Elton John confirmed

Ibiza 123 festival - Elton John confirmed

Elton John has now been confirmed to play the Ibiza123 Festival on 2nd july. There will be more details on the other artists (rumoured to be Slash and Robert Plant) this Tuesday 3rd April here in Ibiza at a “full press conference and party down at the site”.

The first artists for the new Ibiza 123 Festival have been announced. There are some heavyweight names for this 3 day festival in the area by Mambo’s in San Antonio taking place on 1-3rd July:

• Sting
• Lenny Kravitz
• Tiesto
• Pete Tong
• Fatboy Slim
• David Guetta
• M83
• Axwell
• Wally Lopez
• 2manyDJs

The gigs will begin at noon and run until midnight when Pacha, Amnesia, Space and Ushuaia will have after parties as well as their own VIP tents throught the 3 days.

There will be a chill-out area, hippy market and all the usual festival concessions.

The 3 day (€150) presale tickets are now available at livenation - (with a €17.50 booking fee per ticket) – just sign up as a user. 

There will also be €65 day tickets. 

Article courtesy of Ade @ http://andytaylor.tv

Rewind Scotland - The 80s Festival reveals 2012 Line-up

Rewind Festival 2012 Line-up

Scone Palace, Perthshire
Friday 20^th July – Sunday 22^nd July

Tickets on sale at 9am on Friday 20th January
For ticket info and prices, please visit: www.rewindfestival.com

Due to the outstanding success of the first “Rewind Scotland – The 80s Festival” in Perth, Scotland during July 2011, the festival returns for the second year.  As with last year’s unforgettable concert performances and festivities, this year’s Rewind Scotland boasts another massive live outdoor line-up of the crème de la crème of 80s recording artists/performers.

Rewind Scotland will take place from Friday 20th July until Sunday 22nd July at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland (www.scone-palace.co.uk). Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday 20th January.  Details of ticket outlets and prices are available from the official website www.rewindfestival.com.

Saturday 21^st July will be headlined by Ali Campbell’s UB40 with support from Average White Band, Jimmy Somerville, Midge Ure, Five Star, Go West, Sinitta, Chesney Hawkes, Katrina (ex-Katrina and the Waves), Limahl, Right Said Fred, and Les McKeown’s Legendary Bay City Rollers.

Sunday 22^nd July will be headlined by Holly Johnson, supporting line-up includes Village People, Squeeze, Lightning Seeds, Marc Almond, ABC, Roland Gift, The Straits, Wang Chung, John Parr, Altered Images, and The Christians.

Rewind Scotland Festival will once again take place at the historic setting of Scone Palace in Perthshire; home of The Earls of Mansfield and the crowning palace of the Kings of Scotland. The festival includes additional festivities ranging from Silent Discos to Live Karaoke bars along with various Camping and Glamping (Glamorous Camping) options.

Look out for next week’s announcement for the full line-up of Rewind Scotland’s sister festival “Rewind – The 80s Festival in Henley-on-Thames” in August 2012.

The Locomotive Sound Corporation Debut EP out now

 

 

 The Locomotive Sound Corporation (dirty mechanical/alternative rock from Paris) self-titled debut EP, is now available for entire streaming and "pay what you want" download on the band's new website.  

 

Five songs of electric & dirty noise-garage rock'n'roll with burning groove, powerful mechanical riffs and intense vocals, the sound and the fury for fans of The Dead Weather, White Stripes, Sonic Youth, The Kills....

 

 In other news, The Locomotive Sound Corporation will destroy l'International @ Paris on July 22nd with Like Horses Do 

 

Be there or be square !

 

Bandcamp | Noomiz | MySpace | Facebook

 

Juan Zelada celebrates success of single with gig on the 28th July

The single 'Breakfast in Spitalfields' by the hotly tipped

Spaniard Juan Zelada was out on July 4th 2011. Having just been added to

the A list at Radio 2, this track is bound to be the soundtrack to many

people's summers this year! To celebrate the success of the single he is

performing a very special gig on the 28th July!

Gig: 28th July at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen. Support comes from blogging

sensation Lotte Mullan as well as a special surprise guest tbc! Doors are

at 7.30pm.

Website: http://www.juanzelada.com/music.html

Largest kendal mintcake to be made at Kendal Calling

With just 2 weeks to go until Kendal Calling, it has been announced that the festival will feature an attempt to set the record for the world’s largest Kendal mint cake.

On the Sunday of the festival, which takes place in Lowther Deer Park, Kendal ‘Ye Olde Sweet Shoppe’ will play host to this record setting mint cake, record setting as it is a feat that has never been attempted before!

Mixed and baked over the weekend, the mint cake will be specially created for Kendal Calling by mint cake manufacturers, Wilsons confectioners.

The mint cake, set to measure 4m in length and nearly 4m thick, will be made using the exact same methods as a hundred years ago with sugar stirred by hand in copper pans.

Kendal is famous the world over for its mint cake so by setting this record, Kendal Calling will be supporting local culture whilst also attempting to gain a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

It has also been announced that Electropop act Fenech Soler will headline the Calling Out stage on Sunday 31^st July.

Other acts set to play the festival include Blondie, Chase & Status and The Cribs on the main stage, while Kitty, Daisy & Lewis will be performing on the Get it Loud in Libraries stage.

Kendal Calling will also play host to possibly the world’s first neo rave Balkan Gypsy band, Slamboree who will be gracing stages across the site over the festival weekend.

Kendal Calling will take place from Friday 29^th – Sunday 31^st July with the Saturday of the festival featuring a fancy dress theme will festival goers are invited to dress up to the theme of ‘Beasts and Machines’.

Brazilica takes place this week in Liverpool

THE COUNTDOWN TO BRITAIN’S BIGGEST BRAZILIAN SAMBA CARNIVAL BEGINS

There are just a few days to go until BRAZILICA, the UK’s biggest Brazilian samba carnival dances into Liverpool. 

BRAZILICA, a Rio-style Brazilian samba carnival exploding with life, music and dazzling costumes will take place this weekend Friday 15^th – Sunday 17^th July at the heart of Liverpool City Centre.

After months of planning, the final preparations are now underway for what promises to be Liverpool’s most exciting, exotic and vibrant spectacle of 2011. The last few sequins and feathers being stitched onto hundreds of dazzling, glamorous costumes, the finishing touches are being made to the many colossal floats and organisers are itching to transform Williamson Square into an authentic Brazilian town square, ready for the ultimate FREE fiesta to begin.

Friday 15^th July will see the festival kick off in a grand style with a plethora of events across the city. The Carnival Queen will be crowned at a glittering competition at Bem Brasil, The Rebel Soul and Misturado Carnival Ball will rock LEAF (Bold St) and Alma de Cuba will celebrate the start of the festival with the world famous Alma de Cuba petal drop.

There will also be a serious side to Friday’s programme with Action for Brazil’s Children Trust’s Brazilica Big City Sleep at the Bluecoat. The ABC Trust will hold a sponsored sleep out challenge for the people of Liverpool to help raise awareness and vital funding for their work in Brazil.

Bebel Gilberto, the Grammy nominated Brazilian singer and Patron of the ABC trust, said:  "The biggest Brazilian samba carnival in the UK sounds absolutely fantastic - I wish I could be there. It is made even more wonderful for me to know that Brazilica is partnering with Action for Brazil's Children Trust - a charity that is very close to my heart and works with street children in my home country"

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Saturday 16^th July will see Williamson Square turned into a Brazilian piazza for a completely FREE day of fun for all the family, complete with a BRAZILICA food market and craft hub for everyone to enjoy.  The Latin themed bar will also be open throughout the day, serving beers and delicious PITÚrinha cocktails, or sample some Barefoot Wine from stalls around the festival site.

Before the carnival parade hits the festival site at around 9.30pm, there will be Brazilian themed acts on the Main Stage at Williamson Sq from 12pm including free dance classes from local dance group Movéma, DJ sets from DJ Muvelo and DJ Gary Garamendi, Samba performances from Pulse of the Place from Edinburgh and a massive performance from MD Productions.  (A full programme is included in the Notes to Editors section)

If sport is more your thing then the BRAZILICA Soccer Zone, which will take place on Williamson Sq from 12pm – 6pm is for you. BRAZILICA has teamed up with The Street Child World Cup, Liverpool FC and AFC Liverpool to offer a thrilling afternoon of Brazil’s favourite sport for everyone to enjoy!! 

The highlight of the festival! The BRAZILICA Carnival parade promises to be an unmissable, dazzling spectacle. Over 500 samba dancers, drummers and stunning floats from 14 samba schools from the UK and Brazil will process through the city’s streets. The parade begins at Abercrombie Square at 8.30pm and takes in Hope St, Hardman St, Leece St, Bold St and Church St, ending at the Main Stage on Williamson Square. As the parade reaches Williamson Square, a large number of performers will take to the stage to give you an evening that you’ll never forget, with the outdoor party continuing until 10.30pm!

Richard Galbraith of Paraiso Samba School, who are travelling up from London to take part in the Carnival Parade said: ‘We are delighted to be able to support Brazilica and are especially looking forward to taking part in the carnival parade through Liverpool’s streets. Hats off to Liverpool Carnival Company for creating the greatest annual Samba Carnival in the UK, long may it continue’

Carry on the fiesta from 10pm at Nation with the BRAZILICA after party. Let loose and party along to a plethora of Brazilian, bands, dance acts and DJs including the world renowned DJ Silvao. 

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Sunday 17^th July is far from a chill out Sunday as a massive crowd of people are expected to turn out to keep fit for a good cause at the BRAZILICA Zumbathon® event on Chavasse Park, Liverpool ONE, from 2pm – 5pm, hosted by  Juice FM’s Leanne Campbell to raise funds for The Marie Curie Hospice, Woolton and Liverpool Carnival Company.

End your weekend on a high with Rebel Soul and Misturado with events at Ropewalks Square and Santa Chupitos, Parr St. Come along to round the festival off in style with a night of new and exciting music, cocktails and DJ sets from Audio Voyeur who will be playing a mix of Brazilian music from Brazilian Folk to Batacuda.

Roger Morris, festival producer at Liverpool Carnival Company said ‘Since we started in 2008, the Liverpool Carnival has continued to grow and we’re looking forward to our biggest year ever with BRAZILICA this weekend. It’s so exciting to think that we now have Britain’s biggest Brazilian carnival on our hands and it’s just days away – we can barely sleep with the excitement! The festival is going to be immense and I hope that the people of Liverpool will come along and join in, shake their hips and dance along to the music with us. it’s going to be sambatastic!’

BRAZILICA is an exciting expansion of Liverpool Carnival Company’s hugely successful carnival parade, which has existed since Liverpool’s Capital of Culture year in 2008 and attracted over 30,000 spectators in 2010. With irresistible rhythms, extravagant costumes, sparkling dancers and colossal floats there is guaranteed to be plenty of glitz and glamour for EVERYONE to enjoy.  Are you ready to samba?

Download the full BRAZILICA programme from www.brazilicafestival.com.

WE ARE READY TO SAMBA

More information can be found at www.brazilicafestival.com
Keep up-to-date with Liverpool Carnival Company's events on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/brazilica2011  

BRAZILICA – FESTIVAL DETAILS

FRIDAY 15^TH JULY 2011

The Carnival Queen Competition

Bem Brasil Hanover St | 8pm Onwards | SOLD OUT

Carnival at Alma De Cuba

Seel St | From 10pm |FREE ENTRY

The Rebel Soul & Misturado Brazilica Carnival Ball

LEAF Bold St | 8pm – 2am | £3 entry on the door with a free glass of wine courtesy of Barefoot Wine

Action for Brazil’s Children Trust’s Brazilica Big City Sleep

The Bluecoat | All Night |

'Action for Brazil's Children Trust & Momentum Arts - Cardboard City'

The Bluecoat | Throughout the Weekend | FREE

SATURDAY 17 JULY

WILLIAMSON SQ

The Brazilica Food Market

Williamson Sq | From 12pm

The Brazilica Craft Hub

Williamson Sq | from 12pm

12pm – 4pm

MAIN STAGE

The Juice FM DJs

DJ Muvelo of One Latin Culture

Pulse of the Place

Movema – Afro Brazilian Dance Classes

MD Productions

SOCCER ZONE

12pm – 3pm Football Coaching with AFC Liverpool and Liverpool FC

3pm – 4pmThings get competitive with a family penalty shoot-out.

4pm – 8pm

MAIN STAGE

Dj Gary Garamendi of Latin Revolution

Kael Dance

Afro Samba

The Juice FM DJs

Marc Vormawah and his 10 piece band

SOCCER ZONE

4pm – 6pm - Street Style Football Competition

8pm – 10.30pm

MAIN STAGE

Afro Samba

DJ Gary Garamendi of Latin Revolution

The Samba Parade Arrival (around 9.30pm)

The Juice FM DJs

THE BRAZILICA AFTER PARTY

Nation, Wolstenhome Square| 10pm -3-30am | £5 on the door

SUNDAY 18 JULY

Cultural Crossover

Ropewalks Square | From 12pm | FREE

The BRAZILICA Charity Zumbathon

Chavasse Park –Liverpool One | 2- 5pm | £5 from www.brazilicafestival.com

The Official Closing Party

Santa Chupitos | From 7pm | FREE

DJ Silvao to play Brazilica Festival after party

 

BRAZILIAN BEATS SET TO ROCK NATION SUPER-CLUB

Brazilian star DJ, DJ Silvao of renowned DJ group Mistura Latina is set to headline the BRAZILICA Festival after party, which will take place at Liverpool Super-club, Nation on Saturday 16^th July from 10pm.

Brazilian born Dj Silvao is one of the most dynamic Latin music DJ’s in the UK today. He has been playing for over 7 years in the UK as well as frequently travelling for gigs in Europe and Brazil. Silvao is one of very few DJ’s in the country who play authentic Brazilian music, with an extensive library of CD’s consists of every genre of Brazilian music, from Forro, to Pagade,  Axe to Samba, Baile funk to Lambada and Kizomba and everything in-between. His unique blend of Latin mixes with chart toppers is already causing a sensation on the dance floors across the country.

DJ Silvao has travelled extensively around the UK, Europe and Brazil playing at packed out venues.. He is currently a resident DJ at Azucar in Leeds and hosts the most popular Brazilian nights in the North called Sambaloco with its creator DJ Fabio Bahia.

Dj Silvao is highly sought-after for his rare talent, and his mixing technique is hailed amongst the best in the industry. His current body of work consists of a variety of Latin music mixes as well as mixes of top 10 chart selections with Brazilian and Latin rhythms. His Baile funk mix of Lady Gagas ‘Poker Face’, salsa remix of  Beyonce’s single Ladies’ and samba remix to Flow riders ‘Spin me’ are packing the dance floors at his popular weekend gigs. He is rated amongst the best DJ’s in the country by his peers.

Mistura Latina was set up in 2008 to promote Latin music styles through events, club nights and music production. Mistura Latinas number one passion is to bring every genre of Latin music to a worldwide audience. From Zouk to Reggaeton, Samba to Salsa, Forro to Bachata, Kuduro to Lambada! Mistura Latina is home to some of the best Latin DJ’s from around the world, artist with flair and imagination and years of experience behind the DJ desks. Their DJ’s are 100% dedicated to the music and have their finger on the pulse for all the latest and best Latin sounds picking them up sometimes before they hit the shops.

DJ Silvao joins a plethora of local and national samba bands, groups and Brazilian Djs on stage at the BRAZILICA after party, which is sure to be the hottest ticket in Liverpool.

With the Football World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, Brazil is a country that is in prime position on the World’s stage and as Liverpool’s love of all things Brazilian continues to grow with a plethora of bars, restaurants, dance and sporting events popping up around the city the links and similarities between Liverpool and Brazil are becoming ever more clear. Our mutual love of sport, celebrated footballing histories and strong sense of community spirit mean that we have a lot in common,  BRAZILICA promises to capture those similarities and the Latin Fever that is sweeping the city in a spectacular fashion, so get BRAZILICA 2011 (15 – 17 July) in your diaries and get ready to party with Liverpool Carnival Company.

You can check out some of DJ Silvao’s work here: http://soundcloud.com/mistura-latina-dj

ARE YOU READY TO SAMBA? 

EVENT DETAILS

BRAZILICA AFTER PARTY

Sat 16 July, 10pm             

Nation, Walstenholme Square, Liverpool

£5 on entry.

More information can be found at www.brazilicafestival.com
Keep up-to-date with Liverpool Carnival Company's events on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/brazilica2011 

 

Final four local artists in last clinch to become Lakeside’s Boardwalk Busker 2011

Lakeside has been on the hunt for the best of local talent, attracting entries from many top-class performers for their artist search competition. There’s a fantastic prize on offer for the winner: a full day in a top recording studio, styling session, £500 Lakeside gift card and their very own Gold Disk Trophy.

Competition has been stiff:  the judges whittled down the many hopefuls to a shortlist of twelve acts and now a lucky final four have been chosen with a public vote

• Lloyd Coombes , a song-writing extraordinaire, penning his first lyric at the tender age of 10!

• David Reed, a professional busker who is fresh from the outback of Australia and looking for a new challenge

• Adam Nichols, an acoustic YouTube sensation and a fan of ‘raw’ vocals
  

•  Jakob Oelofse, a soloist and an Essex boy at heart (despite being born in Durban, South Africa)

Lakeside’s Boardwalk is a great riverside venue. The main performance will be taking place near the main entrance between the restaurants Giraffe and Café Rouge, so it will be handy for grabbing a drink and a bite to eat before the buskers do their shows.

All four finalists will be performing live on The Boardwalk on either Saturday 9th or Sunday 10th July and need your support! You can listen to their tracks here or come down to Lakeside to see them battle it out to become Lakeside’s Boardwalk Busker 2011 and vote for them on the day!

If you are looking for further info then visit the Lakeside website.

Designer Magazine Presents...The Sticks and more at the Dry Bar, Manchester

THE STICKS
THE ROYALS
CUT THE KIDS
IF YOU LIKE TO DANCE
MATHEW PETIT

DRY BAR, OLDHAM STREET, MANCHESTER
Friday July 1st
Doors 6.30pm (1st band on 6.45pm)
£5 /£6
14+

** ONLINE TICKETS HERE - Http://Www.Seetickets.Com/S.Asp?A=The+Sticks&P=7302 **

With this gig Designer Magazine have got 3 headline bands for the price of one - The Sticks / The Royals / Cut The Kids are all worthy contenders for best band in Manchester at the mo...

Just added are the equally as amazing If You Like To Dance and Mathew Petit

If you want to fastforward past the hype - simply click on the links below to listen to the music - but we don't have pub rock bands like you'd see at lesser venue / promoters

Come down at doors, sink some beers down and witness great bands ALL night

The Sticks Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sticks/19518215236?sk=info

The Royals Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/theroyalsband

Cut The Kids:
http://soundcloud.com/cut-the-kids/sets

If You Like To Dance
http://www.facebook.com/pages/If-You-Like-To-Dance/73984020588

Mathew Petit
http://www.facebook.com/mathewpetitmusic

**** WANT FREE TICKETS FOR THIS GIGS - WE'LL BE DOING A PRIZE DRAW FOR A PAIR OF TICKETS ***

Simply go to our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/designermagazinemanchester

Like it

Post on the wall I want free tickets for (insert your fave band from the above)

We'll pick a lucky winner from all the entries...

The Suzukis at the RoadHouse Manchester

The Storms of rock and roll, this is what The Suzukis is all about. The band members are creating the outrageous performances and writing lyrics about the life in today's society. The front man was born to play music, and expressing himself in a way that creeps out the audience that is seemed to have already seen everything.

The Suzukis can be compared to the Suzuki motorbikes that are graceful, high-tech skilled, as well as, have elements of explicit raw power. Their music is full of angst and anger that is blowing away the crowds. It has been awhile since the bands were raising the excitement of rock and roll, and the Suzukis with their power might be just the band to do so.

Their "primal aggression" and "visceral power", and claims that the Suzukis are returning to rock's source to invoke the invigorating energy of the Stooges, Sex Pistols, Nirvana and all those other bands whose purpose it was to get rock back on track: The Guardian

The band is releasing their debut album on the 11th of July, 2011.

The Suzukis Live in Manchester
Saturday, 16 July 2011 Roadhouse, Manchester

Doors: 7:00PM
Starts: 7:30PM
Tickets: www.glasswerk.co.uk

The Suzukis also play The Masque Theatre on the 2nd July

http://www.thesuzukis.com

The Royals play Dry Bar Manchester in July

 

The Royals only played their debut gig in early April and they're already getting airplay in the US on WRIR's "British Breakfast" show
 
On July 1st they play their 3rd Designer Magazine gig at Dry Bar following support slots with the hotly tipped Bravestation
 
THE ROYALS who are on a teenage Kid British tip - listen to Alive In The 80s here and the references to Doc Martens, The Clash and Morrissey on a reggae vibe!!

STREAM AND DOWNLOAD THE TRACK FROM SOUNDCLOUD HERE
http://soundcloud.com/the-royals-band/03-alive-in-the-80s

 

The track is available to air in the UK as well as the US

Brand new Event I WANT MY MTV IBIZA 2011 line up

KELIS

Live In Ibiza July 8th 

Kelis & Duck Sauce are added to the stunning line up for

  ‘I WANT MY MTV IBIZA’ 2011 

This BRAND NEW event, produced by MTV brings some of the most exciting International LIVE talent to perform in a series of 10 parties throughout July and August for the very first time in Ibiza! 

Fri July 1^st – Fri 2^nd September @ Amnesia, Ibiza 

KELIS and DUCK SAUCE will join the lineup of headliners for MTV’s first ever series of ‘I Want My MTV Ibiza’ parties. Already announced, SNOOP DOGG will be opening the proceedings with his very first trip to the Island on July 1^st. Every Friday that follows until the closing party on 2^nd September will feature some of the cream of International live talent, performing on the terrace at Amnesia.  

Staying true to their historical relationship with the Island MTV are effortlessly bringing both mainstream and underground artists together to DJ and perform live at what are sure to be the most talked about parties of this Summer. KELIS will be taking the stage on July 8^th, joining an impressive bill of previously announced artists; DURAN DURAN, PRIMAL SCREAM PRESENTS SCREAMADELICA, MARK RONSON & THE BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL, ROBYN, 2MANYDJ’S (LIVE) and RITCHIE HAWTIN PRESENTS PLASTIKMAN. With the addition of DUCK SAUCE to the lineup, it leaves just one exciting new act to be announced! 

LAYO AND BUSHWACKA will be hosting SHAKE IT! In the main room, with a perfect selection of guest DJ’s to ensure that the early hours will be getting deep, dark and dirty just as Ibiza after midnight should be.  

Tickets priced at 50 euros for each event are on sale now on www.MTVibiza.com or via www.ticketmaster.co.uk   

KELIS achieved mainstream success in the late 90’s with her club track ‘Milkshake’. Since then she has gone on to win a glittering array of awards including several Brits and Grammy’s, has been a Global favorite for MTV viewers for over a decade and has worked with some of the greatest names in music. Not least NERD, DIPLO, CALVIN HARRIS, DAVID GUETTA, Ol DIRTY BASTARD, PHARRELL WILLIAMS, CEE LO GREEN, BENNY BENNASSI, DR DRE, BJORK and BASEMENT JAXX. Last year alone she collaborated with several of her fellow ‘I Want My MTV Ibiza’ headliners; releasing her album ‘Flesh Tone’ which made a marked transition into electronic dance music via WILL I AM’s label. She also undertook a global tour with ROBYN and appeared on the MARK RONSON produced track "The Man Who Stole a Leopard" from the 2010 DURAN DURAN release ‘All You Need Is Now’. 

DUCK SAUCE is the newly formed duo of legendary producers and super DJ’s ARMAND VAN HELDEN and A-TRAK. Taking Miami Winter Music Conference by storm last year and hitting the top of the club charts worldwide, the guys are expected to have one of the biggest Ibiza tunes this Summer with their track ‘Barbara Streisland’.  

The headline sets will be aired in the form of 2 x 1 hour specials called ‘I WANT MY MTV IBIZA’ on Saturday 6th August at 9pm and Saturday 9th September at 9pm on MTV UK’s premiere music channel; MTV MUSIC (#350) MTV DANCE (#353) incorporating must see live performances, artist interviews and exclusive backstage access.  The specials will also be available to view on mtv.co.uk across the summer, with full access to video content, galleries and interviews. MTV Spain will also be promoting the shows across their channels throughout the summer, along with MTV HD broadcasting to 27 Countries worldwide.   

I WANT MY MTV IBIZA LISTINGS  

Week One (Friday July 1)

MTV Live Room

Snoop Dogg (Live)

Felix Da Housecat 

MTV Main Room: Shake It / All Night Long

Magda

Layo & Bushwacka!

Mar-T  

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Week Two (Friday July 8)

MTV Live Room

Kelis (Live)

Retro/Grade (Live)

Felix Da Housecat

Riva Starr

Jean Claude Ades
 

MTV Main Room: Shake It / All Night Long

Josh Wink

Layo & Bushwacka!

Mar-T  

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Week Three (Friday July 15)

MTV Live Room

Live Act tbc

Felix Da Housecat

Rony Seikaly

Jean Claude Ades 

MTV Main Room: Shake It / All Night Long

Gaiser (Live)

Nina Kravitz  

Layo & Bushwacka!

Mar-T 

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Week Four (Friday July 22)

MTV Live Room

2manydjs (Live)

Beardyman (Live)

James Murphy - Special Disco Set (LCD Soundsystem)

Daisy Heartbreaker 

MTV Main Room: Shake It / All Night Long

James Holden

Layo & Bushwacka!

Paco Osuna

Mar-T 

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Week Five (Friday July 29)

MTV Live Room

Mark Ronson & The Business International

Erol Alkan

Joe Goddard (Hot Chip DJs) 

MTV Main Room: Shake It / All Night Long

M.A.N.D.Y.

Layo & Bushwacka!

Mar-T

Renato Ratier


 

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Week Six (Friday August 5)

MTV Live Room

Richie Hawtin presents Plastikman

Magda

Ambivalent - Live  

MTV Main Room: Shake It / All Night Long

Marco Carola

Layo & Bushwacka!

Mar-T  

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Week Seven (Friday August 12)

MTV Live Room

Duran Duran (Live)

Mark Ronson

Tiga

Daisy Heatbreaker 

MTV Main Room: Shake It / All Night Long

James Holden

Layo & Bushwacka!

Mar-T

Toni Varga

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Week Eight (Friday August 19)

MTV Live Room

Duck Sauce (Live)

Yolanda Be Cool

Jean Claude Ades

Daisy Heartbreaker
 

MTV Main Room: Shake It / All Night Long

Magda

Layo & Bushwacka!

Mar-T

Betoko 

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Week Nine (Friday August 26)

MTV Live Room

Robyn (Live)

The Potbelleez (Live)

Daisy Heartbreaker 

MTV Main Room: Shake It / All Night Long

DJ Ralf

Layo & Bushwacka!

Mar-T

Alex Celler 

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Week Ten (Friday September 2)

Primal Scream presents Screamadelica (Live)

X-Press 2

Terry Farley

Alfredo 

MTV Main Room: Shake It / All Night Long

Audiofly

Layo & Bushwacka!

Mar-T  

Tickets priced at 50 euros for each event are on sale now on www.MTVibiza.com or via www.ticketmaster.co.uk