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Launched That's Not The Knife Yeah I said Yeah I will
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Looks
like we seen the last of Homelands
as the one day dance event that has taken place in Winchester for
the past number of years is no more. Its place as one of the summer's
opening festivals has been taken place by Hi
Fi Festival: a new event that follows the Reading
and V formulas of taking place at venues
in the north and south of the country on the same weekend. Up north
at the Matfen Estate near Newcastle,
the festival will take place on Sat 27 May 2006 with a diverse line-up
featuring Ian Brown, Maximo Park, ace
techno duo Slam, Erick Morillo and
Soulwax, over five tents. Tickets are
£52.50, plus booking fee. Down south the venue that housed
Homelands, Winchester's Matterley Bowl,
will be the home of Hi Fi for two days over the same weekend. It's
a similar set-up though the line-up is more dance-orientated with
Godskitchen and Movement
among the arena hosts. Headliners include Ian
Brown, Hard Fi, Super Furry Animals and Soulwax.
Tickets are £99, plus booking fee, for the weekend, with single
days tickets at £52.50, plus bf. For full line-ups and further
information, check out 
Tired
of gigs finishing at 10.30? Sick of the only late-night entertainment
being dance music and chart-blasting meat markets? Then check out
the Insomniacs Ball this Easter weekend.
On Thu 13 Apr 2006, dozens of the finest indie bands will take over
London's SEOne for an all night indoor
festival, the action finishing at 6am. Bands will play over five
arenas and the line-up features British Sea
Power, The Pipettes, Art Brut, Dogs, Good Shoes and more,
while there's DJ sets from XFM's remix
guru Eddie Temple-Morris, The Rakes
and Radio 1's Mary Ann Hobbs. Tickets
are £19.50, plus booking fee, in advance, £25 on the
night. For more information check out 
The
initial line-up for this year's Electric Picnic
in Ireland has been announced. The festival, now in its third year,
has expanded further and will now take place over three days from
01-03 Sep 2006. Tickets are €175.00, including camping, for
the whole weekend. There are no longer day tickets available. The
line-up announced late last week featuring such highlights as Basement
Jaxx, Massive Attack, New Order, Groove Armada, Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
DJ Shadow and Gang of Four.
There are further acts to be announced and our sources are touting
the likes of Bob Dylan or Morrissey
to be added at a later date. For further information, full line-up
and ticket details, visit 
The
line-up for this year's Camden Crawl
has been announced. The 11th year of the event which sees over 50
bands play 12 venues around the NW1 area in one night will take
place on Thu 20 Apr 2006, from 4pm to 4am. The annual event showcases
some of the best new bands in the Camden areas finest venues, including
Koko, Electric Ballroom, Underworld and
Dublin Castle. Among the highlights
this year are Akira the Don, Dogs, Forward
Russia, The Pipettes and Plan B.
Tickets are £20, which gets you a wristband that allows you
in to any of the participating venues, though once a place is full
they will be operating a one-in, one-out policy. Tickets are now
available online at 
Swedish
electro pop duo The Knife are back
with their third album Silent Shout,
out at the end of March. The band's previous album, the excellent
Deep Cuts, was a critical success,
but Jose Gonzales' version of their
single Heartbeats was a commercial
hit after it was used on a Sony TV commercial. To coincide with
the release of Silent Shout, the band are set to embark on their
first-ever live dates, including an already sold-out show at London's
Scala on 20 Apr 2006. However there
is a chance to win tickets to their debut show in their native Stockholm
on 30 Mar 2006, by entering the competition on their website 
The
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced details
of a UK tour in May, in support of their forthcoming second album
Show Your Bones. The New York outfit
are curating and headlining the next