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Awesome Leeds Festival Camping Checklist!
One of the most important things about a good festival experience is an awesome camping check list, full of useful and practical items.
Posted by Durkin as Just For Fun at 9:45 AM PDT
Ida Maria Confirms Leeds Festival on Myspace
Ida Maria will be playing at Leeds Festival 2008, according to her official myspace page. (www.myspace.com/idamaria)
The Norwegian musician has recently gained much success outside of her native country, namely in the United Kingdom where she performed at Glastonbury 2008 and appeared on Later with Jools Holland.
If you would like to find out more information please visit her official website.
Posted by Durkin as Line-up at 5:09 AM PDT
Future Of The Left Confirm Leeds Festival 2008
Future of the Left have confirmed that they will be opening the NME stage on saturday at this years Leeds Festival. Like many other bands this year, they confirmed via their personal myspace page and not through the official website.
Their debut album, Curses, was released on September 24th, 2007 in the UK and October 1st in Japan.
Posted by Durkin as Line-up at 7:45 PM PDT
Babyshambles Could be Out of Leeds Festival!
Babyshambles slot at Leeds Festival could be hanging in the balance after front man Pete Doherty allegedly canceled their remaining UK tour dates. Doherty performed Glastonbury Festival this week despite rumours that he dropped out.
According to the Norwegian website VG Nett, Pete Doherty has canceled all remaining UK tour dates and has also fired the Babyshambles tour manager after he admitted to being ‘tired of touring.’
Posted by Durkin as Rumour at 5:32 PM PDT
Lift Share Information For Leeds Festival 2008
Organisers of Leeds Festival are again encouraging goers to share lifts. This will help with congestion and pollution around the event.
“Car sharing will help save you money by splitting the petrol costs, reducing the amount of congestion on the roads leading into the festival, and getting you onsite quicker.” states the latest news story from the official site.
Posted by Durkin as Rumour at 4:23 AM PDT
Shuttle Bus Information For Leeds Festival 2008
The official Leeds Festival website, (leedsfestival.com) have released some important information regarding shuttle buses for this years festival.
“There will be frequent shuttle buses running from Leeds City Railway Station and Leeds Coach Station to Bramham Park. There is also a service from York Station on Thursday and back to York Station on Monday,” says the latest piece of news.
Posted by Durkin as News at 6:36 AM PDT
Cage the Elephant for Leeds Festival 2008?
A band called Cage the Elephant self confirmed themselves for Leeds Festival this week. One of our readers met with the band and they announced the slot.
Sophie left us a comment saying, “I met the singer of Cage the Elephant the other night and he said he was playing Leeds and Reading fest although its not announced on their myspace…”
Posted by Durkin as Rumour at 6:17 AM PDT
Leeds Festival Most Popular Event This Summer!
Leeds and Reading festival is the most popular summer event in this year’s social calender according to recent figures that were released by www.viagogo.co.uk.
The weekend beat off competition from other events such as Glastonbury, by selling more tickets on the secondary market.
Posted by Durkin as News at 11:23 AM PDT
Does It Offend You Yeah? Confirm Leeds Festival
Does It Offend You, Yeah? have confirmed that they will be playing at Leeds Festival 2008. The band announced the spot on their official myspace page, www.myspace.com/doesitoffendyou.
Interestingly, when I searched the blog here to check if I had already covered this story or not, they came up as confirmed for last years lock up/dance stage, so this is the second year in succession that they will be making an appearence.
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Posted by Durkin as Line-up at 10:35 AM PDT
Leeds Festival Organisers Encourage Lift Sharing
Leeds Festival organisers are encouraging people to share lifts to this years festival, over fears of congestion and pollution.
Posted by Durkin as News at 1:57 PM PDT
New Oppurtunity For Unsigned Bands at Leeds Festival
If you are in an unsigned band and want to perform at Leeds Festival 2008, then you might be interested in applying for a slot on the BBC Introduction stage.
Posted by Durkin as News at 1:59 AM PDT
Leeds Festival Rage’s Only English Performance This Summer
Leeds Festival organisers have hit back at recent newspaper stories, and have confirmed that Leeds Festival 2008 will be Rage Against the Machine’s only English Performance this summer.
Posted by Durkin as News at 1:41 AM PDT