The Camden Crawl announces The Cribs, Spector, Clock Opera and more

CLUB NIGHTS and DJ LINE UPS REVEALED

SB.TV TEAMS UP WITH CC2012 FOR LIVE SHOWCASE

With the annual May Bank Holiday Camden Crawl music marathon almost upon us, the first major festival of the season tops off its 2012 line up with the news that Yorkshire’s best live act, THE CRIBS, will be making their long-awaiting return the Crawl since their humble first appearance at the re-launched Crawl in 2005. Also joining the bill is London’s very own SPECTOR and CLOCK OPERA. The former’s hugely anthemic songs have made them one of the standout new bands of 2012 whilst Clock Opera’s frenetic, bleep–ridden synth rock has made them another of the most talked about bands of this year.  Other highlights include rising star of Canada’s new breed of independent musicians DAN MANGAN and the warm the auditory breeze of FRANCOIS AND THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS whose debut album ‘E Volo Love’ is out now on Domino Records.

These acts and a huge smorgasbord of others will be playing alongside previously announced performers such as Death In Vegas, Alabama 3, Glasvegas, The Futureheads, Gaz Coombes, The Raincoats, Kids In Glass Houses, Actress, Lady Leshurr, Ghetts, Sway, And So I Watch You From Afar.  Comedians such as Rufus Hound, Henning When, Tony Law and Abandonman will also be taking to the stage this arts and music extravaganza. In typical Camden Crawl form, a handful of surprise will be revealed shortly prior to or at the event itself.

SB.TV ROCKS ELECTRIC BALLROOM WITH HOTTEST NEW URBAN TALENT SUNDAY 6^TH MAY 

The Camden Crawl is proud to unveil its first ever event with the UK’s most innovative and exciting broadcaster on the closing day of the 2012 festival. SBTV is at the forefront of UK youth culture with over 100 million hits on YouTube and a global reach stretching right across the Atlantic. They offer a broad range of content relevant to UK urban culture – leaving no stone unturned when it comes to showcasing the full spectrum of talent within the UK music scene and beyond. Broadcasting exclusively on the internet and, in just a few short years, SBTV has organically grown a large social-network presence, which in turn, has cemented the organisation as the leading 'Music and Lifestyle' platform in the UK.

‘I am proud that SBTV is a partner of this year's Camden Crawl. We are hosting a stage at The Electric Ballroom on Sunday 6th May, giving a platform to some of the UK's hottest urban artists. I think it's great that the festival is branching out to showcase the best of the London scene, and highlighting more diverse acts’. – Jamal Edwards (founder SB.TV)

Hosted by SBTV’s very own GEORGIA LA, the hot and sweaty Ballroom will feature the following hotly tipped new talents.

ASH CATCH ‘EM n SCRUFIZZER n  CONTEXT n  YASMIN n  LUNAR C n  LADY LESHURR n  DRIFTER n ROXXXAN n  MZ BRATT n  MAXSTA n  MIC RIGHTEOUS

Renowned SBTV DJ MELODY KANE will also be spinning discs throughout the day which runs from 3:00 til 6:00 pm.

SPECIAL EDITIONS OF TOP CLUB NIGHTS HOST DJS & LIVE MUSIC

WELL INTO THE EARLY HOURS

Last, certainly, but not least, a diverse spectrum of cutting edge London club nights will complete each evening  on an electronic high. Highlights from the 2012 club line up include:

MARY ANNE HOBBS PRESENTS Sat @ KOKO feat. South London Ordnance (DJ), D/R/U/G/S (live), Rustie (live), Thefft (DJ) MISTAJAM’S SPEAKERBOX Sat @ Jazz feat. Sway (live), Lady Leshurr (live), Cable b2b Fusion b2b BitR8 (DJ), Boy (DJ), Jacob Plant (DJ), Majestic (DJ) URBAN NERDS  Sat @ The Cuban feat. Actress (live), DJs Rattus Rattus & Klose One LIFT OFF Sun @ feat Mz Bratt (live), Thadboogie (DJ), DJRD SUPA DUPA FLY Sun @ Dingwalls EDDY TEMPLE MORRIS PRESENTS Sun @ Koko feat Bobby Tank (live) Ayah Marar (live), Monsta (live), Mistabishi (live) MODA Sat @ Camden Rock feat Roska (live), Tom Starr (DJ), Jaymo & Andy George (DJ), Bxentric (DJ) BAD LIFE PRESENTS Sat @ Purple Turtle feat Attaque (live), Night Symmetry (live)

FOR FULL CAMDEN CRAWL INFORMATION GO TO

WWW.CAMDENCRAWL.COM/LINE-UP

The 2012 Camden Crawl programme features an eclectic line up of brightest music talents from all over the UK and abroad across the area’s two mile stretch of historic pubs and venues. Following the opening night event on Friday 4^th May, the full festival schedule runs from midday on Saturday 5^th May until the early hours of the following bank holiday Monday. Tickets include unlimited access to all participating venues, free programme guide and free festival magazine.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

               Opening Night Party at KOKO:  Friday 4^th May 2012 * 5pm – 4am

Camden Crawl Weekend: Saturday 5^th & Sunday 6^th May 2012 * 12pm – 4am both days

TICKETS: »  Weekend Ticket  £67.50

»  Saturday / Sunday Tickets  £39.50

Tickets available from the following outlets: 24 Hr CC Hotline 0871 2200 260 / See Tickets 020 7403 3331 OR buy online: www.thecamdencrawl.com

VENUES: Abbey Tavern i Barfly i Black Cap i Black Heart i Camden GardensiCamden Head i Camden RockiThe CubaniDingwalls i Earl Of Camden i Electric Ballroom i Enterprise i Grand Unioni Heroes iJazz Café i KOKOiMonarchiPurple Turtle i The RoundhouseiSt Michael’s Churchi Underworld i The Wheelbarrow

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Kendal Calling Festival 2011 celebrates a sunny success

The 6th Kendal Calling has gone out with a bang! The Lake District’s premier music festival has once again wowed a sold-out audience in its beautiful site with stunning art and a high-hitting music line-up. Blondie closed the main stage on Sunday with a scorching set, it was the perfect ending to a weekend bathed in brilliant sunshine with heaps of highlights.

Over the three days and four nights, Kendal Calling played host to globally accomplished acts including Blondie, Chase & Status and The Cribs headlining the main stage. Meanwhile away from the big crowds, nestled in the many nooks of the site in the alternative stages there was an abundance of performers, bands, contortionists, artists and more just waiting to be stumbled across. Attractions included the much talked about high octane Riot Jazz stage, which featured the sounds of the Riot Jazz Brass Band and a host of jazz musicians on call all weekend long, the Riot Jazz Stage was always last to bed and did exactly what it said on the tin to kept the party going until the wee hours! Other smaller stage highlights included the Get Loud in Libraries stage, new for 2011, this tiny 60 person capacity tent saw the like of Kitty, Daisy and Lewis and Summer Camp captivate their intimate audience with one of the most unique and personal experiences to be found at a festival.

Sunday at Kendal Calling was a mixed bag of treats! With festival favourite Craig Charles closing the Kaylied tent, with one of his signature euphoric, funky and energetic sets that all Kendal Calling revellers have known and loved for the past three years! He took the baton from Blondie on the Main Stage to close this year’s magical festival with funaklicious beats and left the crowd chanting for more!

In addition to the mega music line up of international big hitters, there was also Kendal callings very own Guinness Book of World Record attempt with the largest Kendal Mint cake in the land at 'Ye Olde Sweet Shoppe'. The mighty mint cake was on display throughout the weekend where revelers were greeted with its gargantuan glory and on Sunday the Mountain Recue folks smashed it in to tiny pieces with pick axes for festival goers to sample in return for a donation to their worthy cause!

The La’s also stepped on stage for not one, but 2 secret gigs on the Kendal Calling stages! The Iconic band were the rumour on everyone’s lips as they delivered a stomping set.

This year’s fancy dress theme was Beasts and Machines and went down a storm with a whole host of ingenious and inventive costumes, from the surreal to the sublime, Kendal Calling was crawling with creative outfits, from bumble bees to bears, robots to sci-fi aliens there was a mish-mash of woodland meets futuristic enveloping the whole idyllic site!

Thank you to all who helped make the festival so special and see you in the fields in 2012!

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Kendal Calling 2011 Review

Yes it's that time again for us to head off to the amazing setting of Lowther Deer Park to join in the festivities for the 6th year of Kendal Calling. Think of a mini Glastonbury and you have the general gist of the atmosphere created by this award winning festival. Arriving with the early birds on Thursday, we got to see the festival still being set up but also treated to some impromptu entertainment during the 1st evening there, with bands popping up giving acoustic sets in random places, performances involving a lot of fire, double space hopper races, (you have to try one of these, so much fun), a whole heap of food from around the world and not forgetting the festival within a festival "Kendale" for all those real ale lovers, Thursday night provided a laid back intimate affair before the real partying started.

FRIDAY

With so many acts on offer it was pretty hard to choose who to see but we opted for The Whip to start of our musical frenzy this weekend, who provided the main stage with a heady mix of 80's electro rock and 90's dance. A pretty large crowd soon gathered once they heard The Whip's music blasting around the arena including "Trash" and "Frustration" alongside a very zealous performance from guitarist, Bruce Carter thrown in for good measure this was a fab set to begin with.

Later on came the legendary "Gangsta Rappers", House Of Pain, who provided us with one hell of a mix of music from a funkadelic instrumental intro, their very own version of the Irish Folk classic "Danny Boy" and a tribute to the "Daddy of Gangsta rap, Mr Johnny Cash", which saw Everlast turn up the country and proceeded to cover two of Johnny Cash's songs, pretty soon it was the inevitable time for their most infamous number, "Jump Around", which saw the entire main crowd jumping for all their worth, halfway through the track though, Everlast stopped and made it clear he wanted not only the main crowd, but also everyone on the hills and sides of the stage to be jumping as well, which everyone readily obliged and I have to admit it was a pretty impressive sight seeing what felt like the entire capacity of Kendal Calling jumping as one to this iconic track.

After a quick half hour break to recover from so much jumping around, it was time for Friday nights headliners, Chase and Status, or as their MC kept calling them Chase n fuckin Status!! With a heavy drum and bass opening and the MC continually repeating not only their names and our location, it started for me anyway to get a bit monotonous, and with a backdrop of various artists contributing via video's on the big screen behind them it really wasn't for me and but lets face it, they still need that as they're no Orbital or Chemical Brothers. Admittedly the crowd that had gathered loved it and spent the entire 90 minutes, yes 90 minutes, enjoying it, where I'm afraid I sloped off to find sanctuary in the Riot Jazz tent, where I recovered with a whole lotta funky jazz, character, decent lyrics without an expletive thrown in every other sentence and actual musical instruments.

SATURDAY

With the weekend theme being Beasts and Machines, it seemed Saturday was the day to wear your costume as we were inundated with various versions of robots, werewolves, an array of men dressed as women in either dresses or bikini's, (which appeared to be reserved for the most hairiest) and not forgetting a 20 strong gang of Umpa Lumpa's.

On the main stage today, we have The Charlatans frontman, Tim Burgess, who provided us with a laid back acoustic set on a sunny Saturday afternoon. I've got to admit that the songs where basically unrecognisable like this and brought a completely fresh element to the music that was so loved in the 90's indie heyday and have to say totally enjoyed it.

Later on came Beardyman, who I've heard bits about but not really looked up and have to say I was totally taken by surprise, with sampling the noises that come out of his mouth including odd gurgles and beatboxing he uses these to make up fresh original music made there and then and with witty lyrics made up about his surroundings that day I'm not sure whether there is a slight element of insanity or he is just a musical genius with a side order of comedian. At one point we even had the Umpa Lumpa tune after he spotted them in the crowd and promptly started free styling about them. I can say more about this man but you really do have to see him to believe him as I'm sure every performance is as unique as he is.

Echo and the Bunnymen followed and Ian McCulloch was barely visible on stage thanks to the over active smoke machine, or maybe it was to hide the fact it was still daylight, a time of day we know he isn't to keen on performing at, as they have been known to cancellation, thankfully his husky tones aren't affected by daylight and the set carried on with a Doorseque vibe with "Do it Clean", "Seven Seas", "Bring on the Dancing Horses" and "Lips like Sugar". It would have been nice to have seen a bit of personality come across from them but still a pretty good performance anyway.

Next performance though was personality laden, energy driven and full of charisma courtesy of The Cribs, who headlined Saturday night at the main stage. From the opening track, "I'm a Realist" they had the crowd eating out their musical hands and not one person was standing still with the rock fuelled beats they've become known for. With fab interaction with the crowd, going so far as to invite everyone to have a drink with them back at their tents and fantastic rock numbers, "We Share the Same Skies", which was dedicated to Amy Winehouse as it was her favourite Cribs song, to the extremely popular "Men's Needs", they provided a full on rock performance and ended it by flinging the mic stand at the drum kit as they left the stage.

After this we ended up at the House Party tent, which comes complete with beds, living room, wardrobe and Frank Sidebottom, well a life sized model anyway. In there we found 808 State on the DJ decks, providing a blast from the past of early 90's happy house music, that took me back to my misspent youth and have to admit I could have stayed in there all night thanks to the atmosphere and music but had to think of the following days frivolities instead. Oh the joys of being slightly maturer!!

SUNDAY

Slightly fuzzy headed after partying last night, I'm pretty sure the cider may have had something to do with it as well, we set off for our final day at my favourite festival and to the one thing I had been looking forward to since they were announced, The Levellers, I just had to hope I wasn't going to be disappointed like I was with Dreadzone at Glastonbury.

First act we heared and I can only hope I never do again was Lucid Dream, with a voice from the lead singer that droned on it soon became more of an uncontrollable nightmare, so we quickly headed of to the sanctuary of the Calling Out tent to see my favourite Liverpool band, the fantastic Fly With Vampires. These guys can literally do no wrong when it comes to performing. They always give a sleek set and pretty soon had the tent filled up once they heard them performing. These guys can rock the house down in one song then create beautiful soulful harmonies in the next, they once again provided a slick set worthy of any chart topping band and once again, i suggest anyone reading this should go and check them out asap.

Next up was a break from the music and the chance to see the world record breaking Kendal Mint cake, this massive minty piece of sugar was 4 metres in length and 3/4 metre wide and was created right here at the festival ensuring it is will be seen in the next Guinness Book of Records, and very tasty it was too. It was a good job we took pics as it was broken up by many a sledge hammer and auctioned off for an array of charities that Kendal Calling supports. Hope you guys made the £30k mark.

High on my sheer sugar rush and fuzzy head now gone, it was time for The Suzuki's who still manage to surprise me. The phrase don't judge a book by it's cover has never been more apt. To look at them they look like a group of lads who will play regular indi pop, but oh no, as soon as lead singer, Chris Veasey opens his mouth the vocals coming out is raw, primal rock. He puts on one hell of a show as front man and tops it all off with a cheeky smirk when he winds up the crowd.

Then came the big one for me, The Levellers, and what a set they did, an 75 minute set of sheer unadulterated jig along to folk laden music with some of there most famous songs. This eclectic ensemble still manage to draw a massive crowd and I'm pretty sure a lot of people just turned up for the day to see them. With a fantastic atmosphere, they treated us too, "One Way", "The Game" and my favourite, "What a Beautiful Day" and even as the rain started to come down, it certainly was thanks to them. The atmosphere they created soon saw groups of people band together to form little pockets to dance around each other, arm in arm together and become one. This was for me anyway,definitely the best set of the whole weekend and one I won't forget in a long time.

Then came the final festival headliner, Blondie, who decided that they didn't want to photographed while on stage. I personally believe that if you don't want to be photographed while performing then you really start thinking about calling it a day. The fact is people are there to see you perform not comment on how you may look nowadays, maybe this is something that hasn't entered into Deborah Harry's head and sheer vanity has won over but maybe she should concentrate more on her vocals than being a photo detesting diva.

So we headed off to the Calling Out tent instead and thank god we did as we found Fenech Soler in there, a band that created not only a fantastic light show but an extremely professional performance. With a mix of electro pop, heavy bass and a hint of The Prodigy, you have their opening few tracks, but this band have the hidden talents of being able to provide a laid back mellow side as well. With front man, Ben Duffy's wide vocal range they definitely gave a great ending to Kendal Calling 2011.

So that's another year over with, with music to suit every taste, comedy, a massive mint cake contortionists, fire breathers, wishing trees, strange Wicker Man style art and not forgetting the space hoppers, Kendal Calling have provided once again another fantastic weekend of revelry and I can't wait to see what they'll bring us next year.

Review By Alison Goggin

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LESS THAN 2 WEEKS TIL KENDAL CALLING FESTIVAL

FENECH SOLER TO HEADLINE CALLING OUT STAGE / WORLD’S LARGEST MINTCAKE WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT / ARTIST HIGHLIGHTS

Kendal Calling festival: Friday 29^th – Sunday 31^st July 2011

Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District 

KENDAL CALLING 2011 IS NOW SOLD OUT! www.kendalcalling.co.uk 

Winner of Best Small festival at 2010 UK Festival Awards

Nominee for NME Best Small festival award

8 stages – 3 days and nights of fun in the fields in the beautiful Lake District 

The countdown is on until the Lake District’s almighty, sold out Kendal Calling festival. With just two weeks to go the team are sprinkling their magic on the beautiful event site and have some last minute news and additions to reveal.

Electropop act Fenech Soler will headline the Calling Out stage on Sunday 31st July, closing this year’s irrepressible festival with their vibrant sound. Also on Sunday; 'Ye Olde Sweet Shoppe' will play host to the world's largest Kendal Mintcake. Mixed and baked over the weekend, the mighty mintcake will be on display crowning Kendal Calling as "record breakers' and setters as no-one has attempted this before!

This feat of sugar craft, measuring 4m in length and nearly 3/4m thick, has been specially created for Kendal Calling by Wilsons confectioners using the exact same methods as 100 years ago, stirring sugar by hand in copper pans to get that magic taste. Immersed and supportive of local culture, Kendal Calling are delighted to be attempting to gain a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for baking the largest mintcake; a historical world and festival first!

With an intimate yet expansive site, Kendal Calling will play host to globally accomplished acts like Blondie, Chase & Status and The Cribs on the main stage set in a stunning natural amphitheatre. Away from the big crowds, nestled in the many nooks of the site are fantastic stages that are worth seeking out! These include the much talked about and intimate Riot Jazz stage featuring the sounds of the Riot Jazz Brass Band and Skamel from Fat Freddy’s Drop to name just some talent. 

Probably the best Rock n Roll band around today; Kitty, Daisy & Lewis will be rocking the Get it Loud in Libraries stage; while the Kayleid Stage serves as a platform for world, folk, funk and everything in between with acts including Mr Scruff, hoe down kings Cut A Shine and many more.

Kendal Calling also plays host to the first neo rave Balkan Gypsy band (that we know of!); called Slamboree – look out for their face painted posse gracing stages across the weekend!

This year’s fancy dress theme is Beasts and Machines as we encourage revelers to unless their futuristic wild animals within! With areas including the Main Stage, Glow Dance Tent, Kayleid Tent, Calling Out stage, Monstrous Garden, The Soapbox, Riot Jazz, The Houseparty, Happy Slap Boutique, Get it Loud in Libraries, Kids Area, The Ladybird Project, Garden of Eden, The Village Green and Songsmith Solar Stage there is a whole new world to get immersed in.

On top of round the clock entertainment, Kendal Calling is the only festival to host a real ale festival; Kendale, which is based in our onsite pub The Holy Quail!

The Kendal Calling team can’t wait to see you in the fields, not long now

LINE UP SO FAR:

Chase & Status (LIVE) / The Cribs / Blondie / House of Pain / Echo & The Bunnymen / The Levellers / Frank Turner (with full live band) / Beardyman / Young Knives / The Whip / Tim Burgess & Mark Collins from The Charlatans acoustic set / Easy Star All Stars / Frankie & The Heartstrings / Sonic Boom Six / Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club / The Lancashire Hotpots / Bajah & the Dry Eye Crew / Alice Gold / The Chapman Family / Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee & The Clinic / Dinosaur Pile Up / Molotov Jukebox / Lets Buy Happiness / The Milk / Little Barrie / Brett Domino Trio / Kill It Kid / Failsafe / Trevor Moss / Emily Portman / Joana and the Wolf / Hannah Trigwell / Skinny Lister / The Leonard Jones Potential / Airship / The Minx / Seven Seals / The Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra / Red Suns / Smoove & Turrell / The Sand Band / Riot Jazz / The Virgin Marys / Bear Driver / Proud Mary / Club Smith / Jaspar / Too Young To Love / The Suzukis / Lamps Expire / The Semolina Pilchards / Stagecoach / Lucid Dream / Olfa / Mount Fabric / The Wagon Tales / The Plea / Fly With Vampires / Ratz / Cut A Shine Hoedown / BARD / Lokandes / Sam Lee and Friends / Rumbaba / Cocos Lovers / Nights of Sevens / The Feud / Hourglass Sea / Goodnight Lenin / Kidnap Alice / Glover / I  am Austin / The Worm / Jadares por Fuera / The Bleach / Hexed Hands / Meadow / I Am In Love / Awale  / Harare / Smith Byrnes O'Sullivan / Kitty Daisy & Lewis / Tom Williams and The Boat / Sophie Barker (Zero 7) / Liz Lawrence / Gabrielle Aplin / Dimbleby and Capper

GLOW DANCE TENT: Derrick Carter / Krafty Kuts / Caspa / Nero / Adam Freeland / Herve / Yousef / The Japanese Popstars- Live / Breakage / Yousef / Artwork / Jesse Rose / Burns / Polen / Middleman / Maverick Sabre / Retro-Grade / Marc Roberts / Ash Howell / The Raged / Ki Creighton / We Take Polaroids / The Entrepreneurs / Paper Tiger / Tyler Mae / China Shop Bull / Karma Kanic / Linton Brown

SOAP BOX STAGE: Mr B The Gentlemen Rhymer / Tim Burgess DJ set / Dave Haslam / poet laureate Marvin Cheeseman / George McKay / Dicky Dippinson / Bushpig  / The Sky Muffins / Skint & Demoralised / Witch and the Robot / Craig West / Robin Walker / Karl Yates and Hat Club DJs.

KEY INFO: KENDAL CALLING 2011 IS NOW SOLD OUT! www.kendalcalling.co.uk

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KENDAL CALLING REVEAL HEADLINERS!

KENDAL CALLING REVEAL HEADLINERS!

FRIDAY: CHASE & STATUS (LIVE)

SATURDAY: THE CRIBS

AND SUNDAY GIRL BLONDIE!

JOINED BY: THE WHIP / YOUNG KNIVES / NERO / MIDDLEMAN

Friday 29th July - Sunday 31st July 2011

Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District

Full adult Weekend ticket: 95

Tickets available from www.ticketline.co.uk / www.kendalcalling.com

Winner of Best Small festival at 2010 UK Festival Awards

Nominee for NME Best Small festival award

8,000 capacity - 8 stages 3 days and nights of fun in the fields in the beautiful Lake District

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With tickets selling like hot cakes and the Emperors Field camping already sold out, Kendal Calling 2011 is set for a record breaking year, and all without revealing any Headliners! Well all that is set to change as Kendal Calling 2011 announce the almighty, one and only Sunday Girl Blondie to close this years show as the final night headliner and bass thumping Chase & Status as Friday nights top act. Other bands on board include The Whip, Young Knives, Nero and Middleman. We are yet to announce our Saturday night headliner so watch this space

Blondie is a band that needs almost no introduction. Headed up by one of the most stunning and talented musicians in pop music history, Debbie Harry, Blondie have 40 million worldwide record sales under their belt, 4 platinum selling albums, 5 UK Number 1s and countless awards and accolades.

Kendal Calling cant wait to hear their iconic sound echo across the stunning Lowther Deer Park. As famous for their music as for their stunning look, Blondie were icons of New Yorks celebrated new wave & punk scene. They defined an era and at the helm was one of THE most iconic frontwomen of all time; Debbie Harry.

She went from the pages of Punk magazine to being on the cover of just about every mainstream publication on the newsstands! Blondie are renowned for their eclectic mix of musical styles, incorporating elements of disco, pop, rap and reggae. Their hit single Rapture was one of the earliest rap influenced songs. With a back catalogue full of much-loved hits: Denis, Picture This, One Way or Another, Hanging on the Telephone, Heart of Glass, Sunday Girl, Atomic, Call Me to name a few. Blondie will deliver one hell of a show to the Kendal Calling fields! Their songs are still as influential today as they were first time around. With a new album planned for release later this year expect new material alongside much-loved hits.

The Cribs are one of the biggest cult bands in the UK and are our Saturday night headliners. Hailing from Wakefield, Yorkshire twin brothers Gary and Ryan Jarman and younger brother Ross Jarman are renowned for their combination of natural pop sensibility and love for rock n roll. Legendary ex-The Smiths and Modest Mouse guitarist Johnny Marr is now a fully fledged member of the band.

This internationally touring critically acclaimed band deliver their well written catchy songs including Hey Scenesters, Mens Needs and Our Bovine Public with unbelievable passion. This is guaranteed to be one hell of a live show! The Cribs are only playing a few shows this summer ahead of going into the studio to produce their 5th studio album, and this is their only small festival headline slot too!

True to our word of booking the best in dance music as well as world acclaimed bands, Kendal Calling HQ have confirmed one of the UKs finest electro producing duos Chase & Status as Friday night headliners. Things are going from strength to strength for these guys: 2009 saw their fanbase and notoriety rise where they were promoted to major label vertigo / Mercury Records and with this they smashed into the top 10 in the UK singles chart with End Credits featuring 2011 BRIT award winner for Best British Solo Male - Plan B.

Over the past year they have been ripping up countless festivals and earned themselves numerous award nominations. Their second studio album, No More Idols charted at number two in the UK charts and they can cite Jay Z, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell as fans; Friday night is going to be mega!

Also on board are festival circuit regulars - The Whip, having recently toured with Babyshambles and British Sea Power at NMEs Weekender in Cambersands, this Oldham trio will be showcasing tracks from their 2008 X Marks Destination Album. Including the singles "Trash" and "Divebomb" which were featured on the Kitsune Maison Compilations 3 and 4 respectively. The Whip have also recently been commissioned to do remixes for bands such as Editors, Hadouken! and The Courteeners track "Fallowfield Hillbilly".

2007 Mercury Prize nominee, Young Knives are a three-pronged vocal attack with catchy guitars and drums. This threesome are as eccentric as they are prolific with top 40 hits including the infectious The Decision, Terra Firma, Weekends and Bleak Days and Turn Tail the future is looking very bright for this quirky trio.

Confirmed for the Dance Tent is Nero; first coming into widespread attention with their monstrous bass banger remix of The Streets Blinded by the Light. This super producing duo have been turning heads at Radio 1 and 1Xtra and finding favour with Zane Lowe, Annie Mac and Mistajam. With the recent release of the single Me and You, the future is looking bright for Nero and Kendal Calling can't wait to provide a platform.

Middleman are a four-piece alternative band from Leeds who splice infectious song writing with driving guitar riffs, heavy beats, bass-lines and poetry-slammed vocals. Middleman are gaining notoriety rapidly and have been picked out as Ones to Watch by national radio stations such as BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and XFM.

This first Headliner announcements are just a taster of what is still to come... the full Calling Out (new music) stage, Kaylied Tent (folk stage), Glow dance tent and five other stages line ups are still to be announced; Kendal Calling 2011 is already shaping up to be an epic weekend with some of the finest UK and international artists to be showcased on the festival circuit. However Kendal Calling isnt just about ambitious and cutting edge music; there are oodles of other activities and events going on throughout the weekend. Riding on the wave of the huge success of the Real Ale festival last year, Kendal Calling HQ are embarking on the tough task of sampling all the local ales to ensure that only the very best beverages are on offer for its return to this years festival! There is also the flamboyant and ludicrous Fancy Dress Saturday where all inhibitions and sanity are lost in a world of eccentricity, this years theme to be announced very soon...

Kendal Calling is an award-winning, innovative, independent festival based in the Lake District. It features pioneering contemporary music and art alongside traditional rural entertainment. Possibly the most fun you can have in the countryside, with fields full of activities and attractions for everyone from families to stag parties!

Come and join us for a weekend of festivity and escapism in the fresh country air.

The capacity is small and intimate so you wont be herded around like cattle or spend hours in queues at the bar. Feel the freedom of being able to move between the 8 performance stages in a matter of minutes and never miss an artist.

Kendal Calling is all about fun the old fashioned way, great times, great entertainment and great friends all in one place!

See you in the fields

LINE UP SO FAR: BLONDIE / CHASE & STATUS / THE CRIBS / ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN / BEARDYMAN / THE LEVELLERS / MR SCRUFF / THE YOUNG KNIVES / TIM BURGESS & MARK COLLINS FROM THE CHARLATANS ACOUSTIC SET / THE WHIP / MIDDLEMAN

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EDITORS NOTES:

KEY INFO:

Date: 29th31st July 2011

Location: Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, CA10 2HN

Ticket Price: Full Adult Weekend Camping Tickets: 95

16+. Anyone under 17 must be accompanied by an adult)

Full Adult Deposit Weekend Ticket Pay just 35 now to secure your ticket to

this years event and pay the balance of six weeks before the festival

11-15 years This ticket is for anyone 11 years and older and 15 years and

Under: 50

10 and under - FREE!

Thursday Entry This year Kendal Calling will be opening up the campsite a day early for all you keen festival goers to get pitched up super fast! Please note this is camping only plus the Village Green area, where a limited number of food outlets will be open plus an acoustic tent.

Adult: 10 / Youth 11-15: 5 / Under 11: FREE

CAMPING OPTIONS:

Traditional festival camping - no frills, no extra cost and for the night owls amongst you! There is also a quiet camping area for those that like their beauty sleep. Included in ticket price

Emperors Fields **SOLD OUT** Back bigger and better than last year, this much improved area will have posh showers, toilets and a campfire as well as the added bonus of camping by your car. Adult price: 10 / Youth: 11-15: 5

Children 10 and under are FREE. Please note this area is all quiet camping and ideal for families.

Campervan or Caravan fields - 45 - Park up, party on.

THE TRAVEL

Coach travel is available from several UK destinations (tbc) and is provided by Big Green Coach Company. There are pickups from Penrith train station If youre travelling by train then hop aboard the Kendal Calling Shuttle straight to the site, and back again!

Online Tickets: www.kendalcalling.com / www.ticketline.co.uk

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