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Friends Of Mine Festival Line Up Additions

• 4th Feb 2011

The FRIENDS OF MINE FESTIVAL (20th – 22nd May 2011 @ Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire – Friday night just added!) is certainly shaping up to be an
unmissable event on 2011's festival calendar… just check out this line
up so far with many more names still to be announced:

NEW ADDITIONS: The Lightening Seeds, Twisted Wheel, Toro Y Moi, Mr.
Scruff (Friday night Big Top Stage), John Cooper Clarke, the bard of
Salford to headline The Comedy & Spoken Word Tent with Howard Marks, The
Whip, Flats, and Patterns

These join The Charlatans, A Certain Ratio, Cherry Ghost, The Phantom
Band, Black Lips, Jim Noir, The Buzzcocks, The Wedding Present, Emmy The
Great, Factory Floor, Fiction, Dutch Uncles, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly,
Kong, Hatcham Social, Walls, Mind on Fire, Detroit Social Club, Riz MC,
Joseph Coward…

In addition, The Manchester Food & Drink Awards will be running
'Festaurant' – a fine dining area on site featuring sit down meals
provided by some of Manchester's finest restaurants.

And for those wanting something even more special…. 'VIP Upgrade'
tickets are now on sale for £39.50 including: VIP Parking – exclusive
queue-free access and departure // Access to VIP Camping Area –
separated and stewarded from the main campsites, and more spacious //
Unfettered Lake and Hall Views // Festibarrows transportation of all
luggage from Car to campsite – details to follow // Exclusive access to
boat trips on the lake // Exclusive access to lakeside VIP Champagne
Lounge // Free Programme

If that wasn't enough, there'll be a spoken word/comedy tent (more news
on that to follow soon), and THE HOUSE PARTY – already fast gaining
reputation for their special events with a history that includes live
sets with The Horrors and The Whip DJing amongst all kinds of home
comodities, bric-a-brac, and furniture – it's a place to expect the
unexpected. Think beds to jump on and cheese & pineapple on sticks.

House Party DJs include Tim Burgess (The Charlatans), Douglas Hart (The
Jesus and Mary Chain), Stephen Morris (Joy Division//New Order), Mike
Joyce (The Smiths//6music), Rich Reason (Warehouse Project//Hit & Run),
Dave Haslam (The Hacienda), Friends of Mine DJs, Underachievers Please
Try Harder, and Pull Yourself Together, as well as some new
reggae-flavoured additions…

Horace Andy – Reggae legend regularly topping the Jamaican charts since
1967 having recorded for both Trojan and Studio One. 1990 saw his first
collaboration with Massive Attack and is the only artist outside of the
band to feature on all five of their albums.

Daddy G -Grant Marshall first came to prominence in the Bristol music
scene as a member of the Wild Bunch sound system in the 1980s, alongside
Mushroom and 3D, with whom he would form Massive Attack.

Together with King Spinna and live roots reggae chanters City Culture
and Blackout Ja this promises to be a six hour roots marathon.

Tickets available from link Adult 3 Day
Ticket (including camping) = £89.50 per person // Child 3 Day Ticket
(including camping) = FREE Until the end of January!