Wireless 2008: first details emerge
DiS snacked down on chicken satay skewers this morning in order to bring you, readers, the first news on this summer's Wireless Festival from its official launch at a London hotel.
The series of one-day events, held in London's Hyde Park, will feature four headliners, the first being Fatboy Slim (pictured). There will be no Leeds leg of the event this year. Supporting the 'Praise You' fellow on Saturday July 5 will be Underworld and Bootsy Collins, among others.
Seemingly unwittingly, Fatboy Slim also revealed that Mark Ronson would be playing.
Further headliners will be revealed between now and next Friday, February 22. Mmm, chicken. More information, it'll follow...
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How do people like Fatboy Slim and Basement Jaxx end up headlining stuff like this?
you mean
the other headliners of Morrissey, Counting Crows and Kanye West?
.
BOOTSY COLLINS!
counting crows
fab
they are my favourites
I espesh love that song, y'know, that one...no..it's gone...actually, I dont know any of their fantastic songs?
I am sure they have some.
were Blind Lemon and Four NOn Blondes booked then?
if you are going to go mad and book these kinds of artists, why not go the whole hog.
Huey Lewis and The News
that'd be good
pah
Dear DIS, i think you meant to say that following the shameful editing of posts containing details of the line-up on two forum threads yesterday, and also that Teletext ran the story anyway, here is some old info to warrant DIS being invited to a press conference.
Mr jooooooones
let me... or something.
That's
a pretty bad bunch.
Shameful editing?
Have you never heard of an embargo?
Jesus...
If the Morrissey one coincides with My Bloody Valentine
I'll go.
Not that's of any interest to anyone else.
embargo?
I'm not a music journalist.
So you're telling me that no-one has ever posted info on this forum before that wasn't previously public knowledge?
I take it you're trying to suck up to O2 again for a repeat of the first Wireless festival where DIS sponsored a tent?
Not at all.
There will be no sucking here.
But we are bound by certain codes of conduct, and rules of professionalism.
And that is why you read this here, today.
Oh,
Fuck off.
FYI, DiS didn't deal with 02 to sort out a DiS-sponsored tent, it was with Live Nation, the promoters.
Although that doesn't make us any cooler or worse.
Anyway. Wireless bands. Who gives a shit?
Shush.
Underworld...
should never, ever support anyone. I'd like to see Fatboy follow them...
Still it was just on the forum...
it is not like DIS said it.
It is censorship, then again a line-up like that no wonder they would want to censor it.
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