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Wed, 23 Apr 2008
UNDERAGE FESTIVAL
In association with BBC Radio 1 and BBC Switch
THE WORLD’S FIRST STRICTLY UNDER 18s CREDIBLE FESTIVAL!
***NEW ADDITIONS TO FESTIVAL LINE UP!!***
THE MACCABEES, THE RASCALS, FOUR TET, CARE BEARS ON FIRE, PULL IN
EMERGENCY
PLUS YOUNG TURKS SOUNDSYSTEM PRESENTS:
FARIS ROTTER (DJ Set), LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION (DJ Set), MYSTERY JETS (DJ
Set), GOOD SHOES (DJ Set), FREDERICK BLOOD-ROYALE (Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man,
DJ Set), KID HARPOON (DJ Set), YOUNG TURKS (DJSet)
***TICKETS ON SALE NOW FROM WWW.SEETICKETS.COM***
VICTORIA PARK, LONDON, 8TH AUGUST 2008
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www.underagefestivals.com
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Excitement builds as new acts are announced for the second coming of
Underage Festival. The world’s first incarnation of the Underage
festival in 2007 was an unprecedented summer sensation and this
year’s line up is bigger and bolder.
Boasting an already impressive bill, the addition of The Maccabees
promises to bring that bouncing, brash and befuddled blend of quirky,
upbeat, pop / punk art rocker sound that the band have become so
famous for.
Miles Cain takes a break from his new project with Alex ‘Arctic
Monkeys’ Turner, The Last Shadow Puppets to head up his own band The
Rascals.
Four Tet ( Aka Kieran Hebden) adds a new dimension of sound to the
festival with his overtly unique music that has been described as
‘Folk Music made by machines’.
The final new addition to this years Underage festival, and
potentially the most apt band to play the festival yet, Care Bears on
Fire grace the stage with their underage kid punk rock. The New York
trio (better known as Sophie, Izzy and Lucio) age between 12 and 14
and have been playing music together since the 4th grade when a
practice session turned food fight saw a gummy bear melting onto a
live wire of a fender amp, ‘we were visited by the spectre of a
giant care bear who told us to go forth and rock’.
And finally on the live front, The Underage Festival’s myspace
favourite band Pull In Emergency play and upbeat set of thrilling
melodious guitar pop.
It’s not just the live act schedule that is being bolstered either,
as the Young Turks Soundsystem brings a cohort of new DJs to the
underage table. The cutting edge captains bring an eclectic mish
mash of the cream up jump up DJ sets in the form of Faris Trotter,
Lightspeed Champion, Mystery Jets, Good Shoes, Frederick Blood-
Royale, Kid Harpoon and The Young Turks Themselves.
Playing across the other stages are leading lights of the UK’s
alternative music scene including headliners Gallows / Foals / The
Horrors and supporting cast, Bonde De Role / Bombay Bicycle Club /
Cheeky Cheeky and the Nosebleeds / Count And Sinden / Florence And
The Machine / Fryars / Ipso Factor / Operator Please / Poppy And The
Jezebels / Scum / Sons And Daughters / Team Waterpolo / The Rifles /
Those Dancing Days / Wild Beasts / XX Teens
Last year’s festival received a wealth of A+ reviews and Gold Star
plaudits from the media. From Sunday Times Style and The Observer to
Teen Vogue and Time Magazine to Artrocker and NME to the BBC 6
o’clock news, London Tonight and Radio 1, this was an event that
captured the imagination of a nation and tapped into a vibrant and
buoyant scene set by Britain’s youth.
Underage co founder Sam Kilcoyne, now a veteran at 16 and recent
winner of the Media Guardian’s ‘Rising Star Of The Year’ award
for the 2007 Underage Festival has returned with his unbridled
passion to curate the summer’s hottest ticket event. With not one
complaint and an impeccably behaved crowd in 07 the organizers will
this year be increasing the capacity from 5,000 to 7,000 to meet the
insatiable demand of the underage music scene and putting together a
line up strong enough to wish you were 16 all over again.
What the Papers say:
The Times 'At the Underage Festival in East London most of the
artists were veterans of the Club scene, making it a true culmination
of the Underage Club’s achievements”
The Observer ‘Not many debut music-festivals have garnered as much
attention as this one, boasting an assortment of unsigned, new and
reputable talent’
Time Magazine ‘Underage was a day of good, clean, sweaty, noisy rock
that provided the real highs.’
I-D Magazine ‘Five thousand kiddiewinks going bonkers for bands and
throwing their shoes at their onstage heroes - the crowds went home
happy, the festival a triumph.’
LISTINGS INFORMATION:
Location: Victoria Park, 360 Victoria Park Road, London, E9
Ticket price is: £23.00 available NOW from
http://www.seetickets.com or 0870 264 3333
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 100
http://www.ticketline.co.uk
http://www.lastminute.com/site/entertainment/music/festivals
And in person from Rough Trade East, Dray Walk, Old Truman Brewery,
91 Brick Lane, London E1.
http://www.roughtrade.com or 0207 240 0105
