Rita Ora to release New Single I Will Never Let You Down

In spectacular Rita Ora style, she is well and truly back with her brand new single ‘I Will Never Let You Down’, written and produced by Calvin Harris and released through Roc Nation / Columbia.  ‘I Will Never Let You Down’ is the debut single from Rita’s forthcoming sophomore album and is on course to set the charts ablaze - following in the footsteps of her certified platinum first album ‘ORA’, which clocked up an incredible three consecutive No.1 singles and made music history as Rita was the only artist to maintain the record that year.

‘I Will Never Let You Down’ is an almighty global smash, the perfect union of two huge powerhouses making the ultimate feel good love song.  Rita said ‘this is the perfect song to launch my new album because I wanted to be as personal and honest as possible, I’m in a very good place and I really wanted people see how I felt and how I want other people to feel when the listen to it – happy!  I love the fact this is such an uplifting love song’ 

Forever the visual pioneer, Rita has enlisted the help of Italian-born photographer and Emmy-Award-nominated director Francesco Carrozzini to bring her creative vision to life for this campaign and his many accolades Francesco include work with global A List stars from Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johanssen, Naomi Campbell to Beyonce.  As well as shooting the artwork for the campaign he and Rita have also worked closely to create the stunning video for ‘I Will Never Let You Down’.  As a breakout star from the VEVO Lift campaign back in 2012, the music channel continued their support and aired an exclusive clip from the video on Friday 14th March sending the web into Ritabot meltdown.  The #VEVO video premiere will be coming soon!

It’s been an incredible time for Rita who has been working hard on home turf in the UK and stateside on her new album and amongst her recording commitments she has miraculously found the time to continue to rock the fashion and film worlds.  The past twelve months have seen her style icon status elevated working once more with DKNY and Material Girl as well as forging new partnerships with Rimmel and Adidas.   Hollywood came knocking again earlier this year following her cameo in Fast and Furious 6 and she saw herself back on set with a starring role as Mia in the new 50 Shades of Grey movie.  ‘I’m so excited for this year, the journey has just begun let’s make it never stop!’

‘I Will Never Let You Down’ is released on Sunday 11th May.

Bestival 2013 unveils a new wave of acts

On course for a truly epic 10th birthday spectacular, the good ship HMS Bestival is abuzz with excitement as a whole new raft of able-bodied shipmates join the ranks of Bestival 2013. With an already gargantuan line-up featuring Elton John, Snoop Dogg, MIA, Franz Ferdinand, Wu-Tang Clan, The Flaming Lips, Richie Hawtin and Carl Cox to name but a few, we’ve got 10 fields of wonderment with over 20 stages, big soundsystems, insane sideshows, magical happenings and so much more in our 24-hour escapist world, and we’re going full steam ahead this September 5-8 toRobin Hill Country Park for the party of our lives, at the greatest show on earth!

Rob da Bank says: "Bestival is ten years old this year and i always want our festival to stay fresh and new so im well pleased with the latest artist additions... Courtney Pine, legendary jazz musician, is going to open the whole birthday spectacular on the Thursday and from that point on we're gonna be treated to a plethora of new bands and talent from new indie upstarts Savages and London Grammar to incredible electronic explorations from Hieroglyphic Being and Evian Christ. Not forgetting returning hero James Blake whos part of the fabric of recent Bestivals. Hope you enjoy listening to all this lovely lot!"

Getting into the buccaneering Bestival spirit we’re very pleased to announce that James Blake will be bringing his atmospheric bass adventures to captivate the crowds. One of the brightest talents to emerge in the past five years, James’s singular sound is one definitely not to be missed. We’re also very excited to announce that UK Jazz giant and all round legend Courtney Pine will be opening the show at our 10th Birthday party on Thursday evening. Renowned for pushing sonic boundaries, there couldn’t be a more apt opener for what is destined to be Bestival’s most mind-expanding extravaganza yet!
We’ll also have music across the weekend from reggae kingpin Max Romeo, super-bombastic doo-wop visionary Willy Moon, anthemic guitar pop types The 1975, classical-electronica crossover geniuses Clean Bandit, hotly-tipped electro-pop trio London Grammar, the frankly sublime The Child of Lov, 80s reggae supernova Musical Youth, footwork fanatic Evian Christ, Brooklyn punks Parquet Courts, genre colliding six-piece Molotov Jukebox, alt folkers Moulettes and the jaw-droppingly authentic 'Introducing' recreate 'Discovery' live.

There will also be plenty more live music from Filthy Boy, Wheelchair Sports Camp, Ady Suleiman, Hudson Taylor, Champs, Woodpecker Wooliams, Lloyd Yates, Barbarossa, The Keepsakes, Isaiah Dreads, Parlour Flames, Charley Macaulay and Devilman.
Tenth anniversary late night booty shaking action will also be in plentiful supply with a series of super-fat soundsystems due to be announced in the coming months but just to whet your appetites we can reveal that Numbers will be showcasing Tweakaholic featuring Jackmaster & Spencer, sleazy four-four from Bicep, there will be Chicago vibes from Hieroglyphic Being, heady jams from Addison Groove, underground party joints from Rinse FM’s Oneman, consciousness expanding sounds from Psychemagik, bass alchemy from Happa and dreamy euphoria from the one and only Chris Coco.
Plus there will be deck destroying sets from PBR Streetgang, DJ Scotch Egg, Misty Conditions ,Bill Brewster, Copy Paste Soul, Krysko, Applescal, Pete Gooding B2B Danny Whitehead,Pathaan, Johnno (Bugged Out), Sunday Best Forum Allstars, Flying White Dots, March Hare and Gutterslut.

All this and there’s still one more headliner and lots of new attractions to announce, so keep checking www.bestival.net and our Facebook and Twitter. And don’t forget to tag your tweets #hmsbestival.