New acts announced for Guernsey Festival

WITH just over 50 days to go until this year’s Guernsey Festival, more acts have been announced, further adding to the diverse line-up, which spans a vast array of music genres to cater for all festival-goers.

The Guernsey Festival team is working hard to put the final touches in place.

Joining the already diverse line-up will be English outfit Hadouken!, performing on the main stage at The Rabbit Warren in Guernsey on Saturday 23 June. The band – whose name comes from a signature move in the video game series Street Fighter – sprung to fame in 2007 after Mike Skinner (The Streets) played their song ‘That Boy That Girl’ on Radio 1 while guest presenting. The band splices together indie rock and grime sounds with electronica and new rave culture to form a unique and up-tempo hybrid.

Also joining the bill, on Sunday’s main stage, is singer-songwriter Delilah. Best-known for her vocals on the 2011 Chase and; Status single ‘Time’, her upcoming album From the Roots Up is eagerly anticipated. Sunday will also showcase Jersey folk rock act Kevin Pallot, set to appear on the Other Stage.

For fans of dance and electronic music, several other new additions to the line-up will appeal. Sunday’s dance arena will see Jungle Drummer (featuring beatboxer Ball-Zee) sharing the bill with Jersey drum ‘n’ bass troupe Terminal State and Intensi-T, a young beatboxing talent who has performed with, among others, Nicola Roberts from Girls Aloud and Ed Sheeran. On Saturday the dance arena will host London’s Paul Lorraine and Fusion Nightclub resident DJ Tammo.

Those with access to the VIP area will on the Saturday see performances from Brandon Block and K-Klass, with Sunday’s scheduling now including True & False and the acclaimed DJ Scott Page, who has appeared at top nightclubs worldwide, produced a number of Top 20 hits and has a weekend residency with Fusion. 

While the list of artists continues to increase, the event will also see the welcome return of veteran broadcasters Wes Butters and Janice Long as compères. After the success of last year’s two-day festival, the pair will be the principal hosts once again entertaining the crowd and introducing acts on the main stage.

With the likes of Kaiser Chiefs, Macy Gray, The Charlatans, Josh Kumra and Utah Saints already announced, organiser Jon Stephen is confident that this year’s event will have something for all.

“Everything is really coming together now and we are hugely positive about the quality and diversity of the line-up. We are almost there with announcements now but still have one massive headliner to announce so watch this space,” he said.

The Guernsey Festival will take place on 23 and 24 June and tickets are available online now at www.guernseyfestival.gg.

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Macy Gray to play Guernsey Festival

GUERNSEY Festival organisers have announced Grammy Award-winning

soul artist Macy Gray as the first of three main stage headliners.

Set to appear at Guernsey’s biggest music festival on Saturday 23 June,

the American R&B superstar will be joined by two other headliners over the

course of the two-day event.

Macy Gray shot to international fame in 1999 with the hit single ‘I Try’ and has

since amassed an impressive résumé including two Brit Awards, a Grammy

Award and a thriving acting career – appearing in films such as 2002’s

blockbuster Spider-man.

Macy is set to release her sixth studio album – Covered – on 26 March;

a collection of cover songs reinterpreting material by acts as diverse as

Metallica, Radiohead, Arcade Fire and Yeah Yeah Yeahs in her compelling

and unique vocal style.

West London indie musician King Charles, who is creating a stir in the music

world at the moment having won the International Songwriting Competition

in 2010, will also play the main stage. King Charles, known for his distinctive

Victorian costume dress and alternative, folk-pop sound has toured with

Mumford & Sons.

Scottish alternative folk-rock band, Kassidy, and Irish indie-rockers, General

Fiasco, will also appear along with the legendary country guitar virtuoso Albert

Lee and his band Hogan’s Heroes. Fast rising singer-songwriter Josh Kumra,

who recently had a number one collaboration with Wretch 32, will also be on

the bill.

Festival organiser Paul Stephen said: “Macy Gray is quite a coup and we’re

over the moon to have her confirmed to be one of the three big headliners.

“We are hugely excited about the strength of the line-up this year and feel

we are really building on the success of last year’s event. Many people don’t

realise the level of work that needs to go into booking artists and we will be

announcing other performers in the near future.”

Elsewhere in the festival grounds, the Other Stage will see legendary 2-Tone

ska revival band, The Selecter, alongside Nottingham power trio, Little Barrie

(whose members include Primal Scream guitarist Barrie Cadogan) and the

bizarre electro-swing outfit Kitten and the Hip.

The Dance Stage will feature a live set from Dutch music production duo

Mason, two times UK DMC Champion JFB and Sir Spyro, the official DJ for

UK Grime artist Tinchy Stryder

“Its exactly 100 days to go until the event and we have plenty more to

announce over the coming weeks including the other two main stage

headliners, we guarantee there will be something for everyone,” said Mr

Stephen.

The Guernsey Festival team will continue to make announcements until the

end of May.

Tickets are available online at www.guernseyfestival.gg

Group discounts are now on offer until 30 April. You can get a 10% discount

by buying tickets of ten or more.