Madness to go Snowbombing in Austria

• 4th Dec 2007

Snowbombing 08 is taking One Step Beyond as they confirm that ‘the Nutty Boys’ themselves – the one and only princes of ska and undisputed gods of pop, MADNESS – will be packing their bags and coming Snowbombing! The Magnificent 7 will be performing live in an amazing venue in the heart of Mayrhofen.

Madness, the most successful chart band of the 1980’s, chalked up more hits than ‘The Godfather’ trilogy DVD, and continued to pen party anthems for an entire generation of skanking ska-lovers, whilst; penetrating the upper regions of the charts an incredible SEVENTEEN times with a winning combination of football anthem sing-a-long choruses, sublime vocal harmonies, immaculate arrangements, cheeky everyday lyrics… and an unflinching commitment to having their photo taken stood-in-a-line!

It’s not every day you see a national treasure live in the mountains, and as they might say themselves, ‘it might not be uptown Jamaica but they promise you a treat’. Their show itself will be the perfect way to end your week at Snowbombing…welcome to the House of Fun!

And if this wasn’t enough to whet your festival appetite, other glistening live treasures have been un-earthed. Calvin Harris will be bringing his colours to the slopes for a trip back to the acceptable 80s whilst festival favourites The Pigeon Detectives up the indie ante with the fantastic Foals also making their SB debut. With manc artrockers The Whip and the crazy Courteeners also set to stop you in your tracks SB 08 is already shaping up to be the best yet… and there’s more live acts coming soon!

Austria’s popular party resort Mayrhofen will host the snowy Snowbombing shenanigans, which take place between March 31st and 6th April 2008, and will again present the season’s most highly anticipated week-long party. Thousands of British snowsports & music enthusiasts will flock for a fiesta that stretches across mountains, streets and nightclubs for a whole week of flurry and fun.

SNOWBOMBING ‘08 MAYRHOFEN, AUSTRIA – MARCH 31ST – 6TH APRIL
FOR FULL LINE UP, TRAVEL AND BOOKING INFO GO TO:
WWW.SNOWBOMBING.COM OR CALL 0845 331 3061

Live:
Madness // Pigeon Detectives // Calvin Harris // The Whip // Does It Offend You Yeah? // Courteeners // Foals // Palladium

DJs:
Plump DJs // DJ Yoda // Annie Mac // James Zabiela
The Scratch Perverts // Stanton Warriors // Annie Nightingale
DJ Marky // Krafty Kuts // Ewan Pearson // Lee Burridge
Herve //Jesse Rose // DJ Craze & DJ Klever // Sasse
Marcus Intalex // Freetsylers // DJ Craze & DJ Klever
Justin Robertson // DJ Zinc // Nu:Tone // Tayo // Jon Carter
'25 years of The Hacienda’ Party feat. Peter Hook & Graeme Park
Ben Westbeech // Trevor Loveys // Greg Wilson // Surkin
Para One // Das Glow Orgasmic // Lindstrom // Prins Thomas
Todd Terje // Ali B // Trojan Soundsystem // Barry Peters
The Loose Cannons // Soul of Man // Joe Ransom // Filthy Dukes
Eddie Temple-Morris // MC Wreck // Anil Chawla
Guy Williams // Bones // Micrlovr // Clive Morley // Marc Roberts
Bobby M & Kevin Griffiths // Roastgroove // Cassette Jam.