Beat-Herder Festival 2014 announces surprise guest ABC

Beat-Herder Festival 2014 announces surprise guest ABC 

With the party of the season just days away Beat-Herder has announced a special surprise show – ABC live!

 

The legendary Sheffield new-wavers hit the heights in the 80’s with singles like Poison Arrow and The Look of Love and will be performing a set full of their electro-pop hits on the main stage this Saturday.

 

Said festival co-founder Nick Chambers: “We always like to keep a little something up our sleeves – a surprise treat for all the Herders that got their tickets in early.”

 

It’s going to be a great show and will definitely blend into the bonkersness of the whole event, especially if Martin wears his famous gold lamé suit. Bring on the weekend!”

 

The legendary Lancastrian festival boasts a line-up chock full of huge names including Happy Mondays, Eats Everything, Badly Drawn Boy, Jagwar Ma, The Orb, James Lavelle, Howard Marks, Boney M., Vitalic, The Bloody Beetroots, Hot Since 82, The 2 Bears, The Sunshine Underground, Utah Saints, Justin Robertson, Mr. Scruff, Dub Pistols, Klangkarussell, Nucleus Roots, Greg Wilson, Bipolar Sunshine, DJ Format, The Utah Saints, Riva Starr, Wolf Alice, Ibibio Sound System and Goldie Looking Chain. 

 

Beat-Herder is a a completely different festival experience to anyother with Herders enjoying 15 unique, craftsman built stages including the mighty Beat Herder Stage, the oriental mystery of The Fortress, the heady atmosphere of The Woods, the Trailer Trash Big Top, the cosy Snug, the incredible, authentic Working Men’s Club (step inside, you could literally be in Todmorden in 1971) and much more beside.

  

Over the year’s Beat-Herder has played host to some of the best-loved acts on the planet from global names to emerging talent, from Groove Armada to Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry to Leftfield to Jake Bugg and all points between.

 

Renowned as one of the best parties of the summer Beat-Herder is celebrating it’s ninth year this July (Fri 18 – Sun 20) in the beautiful setting of the Ribble Valley in the shadow of Pendle Hill.

 

Herd ‘em up!!

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Beat-Herder festival 2014 announces more new Acts

With less than two months to go Beat-Herder is proud to reveal its next additions to an already mighty bill. Fresh acts include DJ, artist and Mo Wax label boss James Lavelle, techno supremo Dave Angel, Herr Styler, Shepdog, indie pop prodigies The Sunshine Underground, dub legends Nucleus Roots, Bristol’s finest Mr. Benn, Megadog head honcho Michael Dog, Mr. Nice himself Howard Marks, prize-winning beatboxer Reeps One and many more taking the bill to well over 100 acts across the three days.

The legendary Lancastrian festival is adding to a bill already chock full of huge names including Happy Mondays, Eats Everything, Jagwar Ma, The Orb, Boney M., Vitalic, The Bloody Beetroots, Hot Since 82, The 2 Bears, Justin Robertson Mr. Scruff, Dub Pistols, Klangkarussell, Greg Wilson, Bipolar Sunshine, DJ Format, The Utah Saints, Riva Starr, Wolf Alice, Ibibio Sound System and Goldie Looking Chain.

   

Said festival co-founder Nick Chambers: “I feel like we have just put the cherry on the top of our best line-up ever. It’s an absolute monster of a bill, I just can’t wait to see it all in action.

“As ever we’ve kept a few little treats back, our little secret. It wouldn’t be Beat-Herder if we didn’t have a little surprise or two on the day!”

Beat-Herder is a a completely different festival experience to anyother with Herders enjoying 15 unique, craftsman built stages including the mighty Beat Herder Stage, the oriental mystery of The Fortress, the heady atmosphere of The Woods, the Trailer Trash Big Top, the cosy Snug, the incredible, authentic Working Men’s Club (step inside, you could literally be in Todmorden in 1971) and much more beside.

  

Over the year’s Beat-Herder has played host to some of the best-loved acts on the planet from global names to emerging talent, from Groove Armada to Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry to Leftfield to Jake Bugg and all points between.

Renowned as one of the best parties of the summer Beat-Herder is celebrating it’s ninth year this July (Fri 18 – Sun 20) in the beautiful setting of the Ribble Valley in the shadow of Pendle Hill.

The final wave of artists will be announced in June.

Beat-Herder festival 2014 Announces Second Wave of Artists

Hot on the heels of its first line-up announcement Beat-Herder is proud to reveal its second wave of artists including globally renowned acts 2ManyDJs (DJ set), Eats Everything, Jagwar Ma, Hot Since 82, The 2 Bears, Justin Robertson, reggae legends Macka B. andThe Roots Ragga Band DJ and producer Elite Force and the world’s no1 female DJ Lisa Lashes. 

The legendary Lancastrian festival announced it’s first wave of artists earlier this month with names including Happy Mondays, The Orb, Boney M., Vitalic, The Bloody Beetroots, Mr. Scruff, Dub Pistols, Klangkarussell, Greg Wilson, Bipolar Sunshine, DJ Format, The Utah Saints, Riva Starr and Goldie Looking Chain.

The massive second wave features some huge acts from across the musical spectrum: Gramatik, The Correspondents, Kidnap Kid, Mountain of Love (featuring original members of Alabama 3), Blonde, Slipmatt, Ed Solo, Deekline, Far Too Loud, Chris Liberator, Russ Cuban, Tim Sheridan and many, many more. 

Said festival co-founder Nick Chambers: “We are extremely proud of this year’s line-up – legends, lunatics, liveness - it’s literally got it all. More than 100 acts - it’s immense! All we do now is add in a few thousand lovely Herders on the weekend – that’s when the magic really happens!” 

“We’ve also got a couple of little treats up our sleeves that we’ll announce closer to the festival. Watch this space, all will be revealed!” 

Beat-Herder is a a completely different festival experience to any other with Herders enjoying 15 completely unique, craftsman built stages including the mighty Beat Herder Stage, the oriental mystery of The Fortress, the heady atmosphere of The Woods, the Trailer Trash Big Top, the cosy Snug, the incredible, authentic Working Men’s Club (step inside, you could literally be in Todmorden in 1971) and much more beside.  

Over the year’s Beat-Herder has played host to some of the best-loved acts on the planet from global names to emerging talent, from Groove Armada to Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry to Leftfield to Jake Bugg and all points between.

Renowned as one of the best parties of the summer Beat-Herder is celebrating it’s ninth year this July (Fri 18 – Sun 20) in the beautiful setting of the Ribble Valley in the shadow of Pendle Hill.

The third and final wave of 2014’s line-up will be announced soon. Watch this space!

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First Wave of Acts announced for this year's Beat-Herder festival

First Wave of Acts announced for this year's Beat-Herder

Legendary Lancastrian festival Beat-Herder has announced it’s first wave of artists with headliners including the Happy Mondays, The Orb, Boney M., French electronic pioneer Vitalic and Italian electro house punk upstarts The Bloody Beetroots.

Renowned as one of the best parties of the summer Beat-Herder is celebrating it’s ninth year this July (Fri 18 – Sun 20) in the beautiful setting of the Ribble Valley in the shadow of Pendle Hill.

Joining the first headline artists is an eclectic host of DJs, live acts, guitar bands, legends and freaks guaranteed to take the Beat-Herder party to the next level.

Said festival co-founder Nick Chambers: “It’s such an exciting bill it’s hard to know where to start! Festival regulars like the Dub Pistols, Mr. Scruff and The Utah Saints will be rubbing shoulders with German techno legend Timo Maas, Dub Phizix and Strategy and hip hop mixologist DJ Format will be mashing-up the Trailer Trash stage, rockers Wolf Alive will be wigging out at the Maison D’etre. Koan Sound in The Fortress is going to go off! Saturday will be incredible with The Bloody Beetroots. And it’s all topped of with the Happy Mondays on Sunday night. It’s going to be amazing!”

Beat-Herder prides itself on being a completely different festivalexperience to any other and this year festival goers can expect 15 completely unique, craftsman built stages including the mighty Main Stage, the oriental mystery of The Fortress, the heady atmosphere of The Woods, the Trailer Trash Big Top, the cosy Snug, the incredible, authentic Working Men’s Club (step inside, you could literally be in Todmorden in 1971) and many, many more beside.


Other big names for Herders to savour include Austrian dance group Klangkarussell, electro original Greg Wilson, hotly-tipped Mancunian Bipolar Sunshine, Riva Starr and what promises to be a one-off performance by Welsh urban heroes Goldie Looking Chain in the Working Men’s Club.

Over the year’s Beat-Herder has played host to some of the best-loved acts on the planet from global names to emerging talent, from Groove Armada to Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry to Leftfield to Jake Bugg and all points between.

The second wave of 2014’s line-up will be announced soon and rest assured it will be suitably bonkers but also brilliant. And most important of all, it’ll be the best party of the summer.

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2014 artist list to date: HAPPY MONDAYS – THE BLOODY BEETROOTS - THE ORB – BONEY M. – KLANGKARUSSELL LIVE - VITALIC LIVE – DUB PISTOLS - CHAINSKA BRASSICA - GYPSY HILL - IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE - MR SCRUFF – UTAH SAINTS - TIMO MAAS - RIVA STARR - GREG WILSON - PAUL TAYLOR (RETRO) - KRYSKO B2B GREG LORD - ETON MESSY DJ'S - WOLF ALICE - BIPOLAR SUNSHINE – DEMS – RAG N BONE MAN - THE DIRTY GENTLEMEN - THAT FUCKING TANK - FAMILY RAIN – SHOPPING - GORGEOUS GEORGE - EAGLES FOR HANDS – VESSELS - ARKON FLY – GALAXIANS - KOAN SOUND - ANNE SAVAGE - GIDEON CONN - THE ALLERGIES - GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN - DUB PHIZIX & STRATEGY - DJ FORMAT - STEVE COBBY - IXY (SPIRAL TRIBE) - MARK TURNER - FIRE BENEATH THE SEA - HIGH CROSS SOCIETY - SNOW APPLE - IVAN CAMPO - AFROBILLY JONES - BELLS IN THE BIRCHES - PAPER CRANES - CHLOE FOY - THE INEXPLICABLES - OLIVIA FERN – VIEKA – ESPAI – PAREIDOLIA