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The Horrors To Play Free Gig

• 9th Jun 2010

Beck’s Vier are excited to announce that The Horrors will play a special FREE live show at Village Underground, Shoreditch, on Friday June 18th as part of the 2010 Beck’s Vier Music Inspires Art tour which is making its way across the UK this Summer. Entry is free but to be in with a chance of tickets, people must sign up to Becks’ Vier Music Inspires Art via the Beck’s Vier Facebook: link by Thursday 10 June.

The Horrors will be joined by special guests including a DJ set by Andrew Weatherall.

Showcasing the very best in new music talent and visual wizardry, Beck’s Vier has teamed up with 580 Ltd, leading independent promoters and purveyors of the finest music venues around the country including the Lock Tavern, Amersham Arms, Bungalows and Bears, Start the Bus, The Shipping Forecast and more, to present the Beck’s Vier Music Inspires Art UK Tour. A FREE UK-wide summer tour, Beck’s Vier Music Inspires Art brings together the best new live music and DJ talent, with an original programme of innovative film and art curated by Future Shorts and Squeaky Hill and Cabinet of Living Cinema art collectives.

The Beck’s Vier Music Inspires Art UK Tour is just the latest in Beck’s long-standing series of collaborations with musicians and artists. Alongside the Beck’s Vier Music Inspires Art UK Tour, we will be unveiling new, limited edition Beck’s Vier fonts and glassware, all showcasing designs by celebrated emerging artists who have been inspired by some of their favourite music.

Setting up shop for four days at a time in some of the most acclaimed and lively spaces in these cities, which all form part of the 580 Ltd network (the people behind Adventures in the Beetroot Field, Field Day and Nail the Cross), each city residency offers a top notch programme of bands, DJs, artists and filmmakers which reflects the progressive and constantly buzzing music which 580 Ltd’s venues are renowned for curating. The diverse and uncompromising line up includes up and coming names such as Class Actress (the most blogged about band at SXSW), Young Turks new signing Sampha and Moshi Moshi’s latest offering, Hot City. Plus special guest appearances by Plaid, Ariel Pink and a host of the best local talent from each city.

Each event is free and is will open to all on a first come, first served basis, with up to date information on individual nights available via link

The full line-up and a series of exciting new art and film commissions will to be revealed over the coming weeks. The following dates and locations now confirmed:

The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool: 3 – 6 June
Featuring: DJ Cheeba, Horse Meat Disco, The Invisible, Chapel Club, Howls, Opulent Oog, New Young Pony Club, The Cabinet of Living Cinema, Squeaky Hill Art & Comedy
The Shipping Forecast, 15 Slater Street, Liverpool, L1 LBW link

Spanky Van Dyke’s Fun House & Eatery, Nottingham: 10 – 13 June
Featuring: Ariel Pink, DJ Cheeba, Rudi Zygadlo, Hot City, New Young Pony Club, Brilliant Colours, La La Vasquez, Opulent Oog, The Cabinet of Living Cinema, Squeaky Hill Art & Comedy
Spanky Van Dyke’s Fun House & Eatery, 17 Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, NG1 5JT link

The Amersham Arms, London: Friday 11 June
Featuring: Vampire Weekend DJ set, Sunday Girl, Fan the Fire, Black Cab DJs
The Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Rd London SE14 6TY
www.amersham-arms.co.uk

Village Underground, London: Friday 18 June – ticket sign up essential
The Horrors (live), Andrew Weatherall DJ Set, Silver Columns, Luke Abbott, SBTRKT + Sampha (DJ set), S.C.U.M.
Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, London EC2A 3PQ
www.villageunderground.co.uk / 020 7422 7505

Start the Bus, Bristol: 17 – 20 June
Featuring: Little Boots, DJ Cheeba, Sampha, Dutch Uncles, Sunday Girl, Kid Adrift, Teeth, Fair Ohs, Lone Wolf, Wesley Matsell, Factory Floor, Joakim, Tigersushi, The Cabinet of Living Cinema, Squeaky Hill Art & Comedy
Start the Bus, 7 – 9 Baldwin Street, Bristol BS1 1RU
www.startthebus.tv / 0117 930 4370

60 Million Postcards, Bournemouth: 1 – 4 July
Featuring: DJ Cheeba, Luke Abbot, Plaid, The Cabinet of Living Cinema, Rudi Zygadlo, The Invisible, Dam Mantle, Squeaky Hill Art & Comedy, Summer Camp, Pariah, New Young Pony Club, Lone Wolf, Dutch, Minotaur Shock, Sunday Girl DJ set
60 Million Postcards, 19 Exeter Road, Bournemouth BH2 5AF
www.sixtymillionpostcards.com / 01202 292 697

The Kraken Wakes, Portsmouth: 15 – 18 July
Featuring: DJ Cheeba, Plaid, The Cabinet of Living Cinema, Rudi Zygadlo, The Invisible, Dam Mantle, Squeaky Hill Art & Comedy, Summer Camp, Pariah, Lone Wolf, Hudson Mohawke DJ set, Minotaur Shock, Everything Everything, Nedry, Sunday Girl DJ set
1 – 2 St. Michaels Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2EE
www.thekrakenwakes.com

Lock Tavern, London: Thursday 22 – 25 July
These New Puritans, Men, Metronomy, Dave ID, Teeth
Lock Tavern, 35 Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AJ
www.lock-tavern.co.uk / 020 7482 7163

The Rest Is Noise, London: 29 – 31 July
To be announced
442 Brixton Road, Brixton, London, SW9 8EJ
www.therestisnoise.com