Local bands announced!
May 7, 2008LOCAL BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR MIDDLESBROUGH MUSIC LIVE!
Now in its ninth year, Middlesbrough Music Live, a free one-day festival organised and funded by Middlesbrough Council Cultural Services, takes place this year throughout the heart of Middlesbrough town centre on Sunday 1st June 2008. With the likes of Ash, One Night Only, Delays, Black Kids, Sons and Daughters and Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip already confirmed across the four main stages, Ten Feet Tall, who co-ordinate the festival on behalf of Middlesbrough Council, are proud to announce details of the local bands for this year’s event.
Middlesbrough Music Live 2008 will see the launch of Homegrown, a two stage set up featuring Homegrown Open Air, showcasing the Tees Valley’s finest indie bands, and Homegrown Underground, which will showcase the best of the region’s alternative and leftfield acts.
“We put a couple of demo boxes in the local HMVs and the response was massive! We had almost 200 submissions and with only twenty-something slots to fill, it was an exciting yet heart-breaking task to choose the bill. It’s testament to the strength of our local music scene these days that we could have filled the two stages five times over!” said Phil Saunders from Ten Feet Tall.
Homegrown Open Air will take place in the spiritual home of Middlesbrough Music Live local band stages – outside Studio 64 (RIP) and Doctor Browns. Local superstars in the making, Billy The Kid, are confirmed to headline and joined by other hotly tipped Teesside’s such as Artrocker favourites The Chapman Family and Dirty Weekend, who have recently been confirmed for Glastonbury!
Billy The Kid - aka Mattie Chipchase (formerly of The Romance and The Hayze) - is backed by his Brothers Barbaylios (featuring members of The Lurios), and with a management deal with Ignition Management (Oasis!) already in place, as well as support slots with The Coral, Dirty Pretty Things and The Pigeon Detectives under their gritty urban folk belts, it’s no surprise that every A & R man worth his salt has been sampling Stockton’s finest night spots in recent months. This will be the ideal opportunity to see Teesside’s biggest hopefuls show us all what they’re capable off.
“We’re really happy to be able to provide such a wonderful platform for local bands this year. Having two stages showcasing the best in Teesside talent recognises how much the local music scene is thriving at the moment” said David Budd from Middlesbrough Council.
Homegrown Undergound will take place in The Purple Onion’s basement and unfortunately will be the only 18+ stage at this year’s festival. Topping the bill will be self-proclaimed “wrong pop” pioneers Das Wanderlust, whose debut album is released later this year following the release of a couple of critically acclaimed singles – including ‘Orange Shop’, which was BBC Radio legend Marc Riley’s single of the year! Joining them on a delightfully eclectic bill will be various acts including tech-metallers In A Furious Death Bed, electro nutters All Beak No Teeth, Hartlepool math-rockers Ankles and explosive thrash punks Lifeless.
HOMEGROWN OPEN AIR
(Outside Doctor Browns)
Billy The Kid
www.myspace.com/musicbillythekid
The Chapman Family
www.myspace.com/thechapmanfamily
Dirty Weekend
www.myspace.com/dirtyweekendtheband
Andy Jones
The Outlaw
Lazybaby
Be Quiet Shout Loud
www.myspace.com/bequietshoutloud
The Lexingtons
www.myspace.com/thelexingtons2007
White Vinyl
www.myspace.com/whitevinylband
2 Many Units
Modern Works
Such Great Heights
www.myspace.com/suchgreatheightsrock
HOMEGROWN UNDERGROUND
(Purple Onion Basement 18+)
Das Wanderlust
In A Furious Deathbed
www.myspace.com/inafuriousdeathbed
SECRET SPECIAL GUESTS!
The Misled Heroes
www.myspace.com/themisledheroes
All Beak No Teeth
www.myspace.com/allbeaknoteeth
Ankles
Project Alpha
www.myspace.com/projectalphaband
Lifeless
Sundown
www.myspace.com/sundownmiddlesbrough
The Master Colony
