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One of the festival lineups of the summer has to be that of La Route Du Rock, the French seaside festival taking place in the beautiful historic resort town of St Malo. From 14-16th August, La Route Du Rock will take over the tiny walled city with a beach stage, a casino stage and a castle stage featuring an awesome selection of live music, easily accessible via Brittany Ferries from the south coast.
The centrepiece band are shoegaze titans My Bloody Valentine, with post-rock pioneers Tortoise, and many of this year's most-wanted bands including The Horrors, Deerhunter, Crystal Stilts and Grizzly Bear. Also playing are emerging acts like Telepathe and Gang Gang Dance, as well as The Kills, Bill Callahan, Peaches, Camera Obscura and lots more.
The recently announced London party featured The Horrors, Caribou and BRNLV on DJ duties, with live sets from Anticon's SJ Esau and London trio Internet Forever, at the Luminaire on July 24th. More on this here.
For more details on the festival, have a look at the Facebook group, or the official website, which is due to be relaunched this week.
And to win our prize of tickets & free ferry rides to La Route Du Rock, answer the following question:
Which French ruler, who served less that one full term, was said to be an admirer of St. Malo and contributed a new church steeple to the city?
a) Jacques Chirac
b) Napoleon III
c) Charles de Gaulle
Put your answer in the comments section below.
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Answer.
I do believe it was Napoleon III.
When do I win and what about people who are going to copy me?
b) Napoleon III.
In August 1858, the parish priest Rev Huchet was successful in persuading the king to finance the building of the spire. If my memory serves me correctly :)
b) Napoleon III
Now quickly hand over the tickets so i don't have to buy them.
Please.
B) Napoleon III
You know that if the first person had answered with anything else we'd all copy...
b)
Napoleon III
Napoleon III
Napoleon III. Me please!
B)
Napoleon III !
.
B) napoleon III . pretty please
I'll take a wild stab in the dark and say...
b) Napoleon III.
Napoleon IIIrd.
John, that is so shameless that I'm quite tempted to not mention how much I like Hideki Yukawa.
b) Napoleon III
*fingers crossed* I really need something like this, so bad.
B)
Napoleon Mark 3
I do believe it seems to most likely that it is
B) Napoleon III
I love ferries. Will jane mcdonald be there?
b) Napoleon III
La Route Du Rock is such a great festival. Here's to hoping to go again :)
b) Napolean III
is the correct answer, thank you :)
Napoleon III
Please send me to France!
Napoleon III
Can I win this please? I have no plans all summer. Thank youuuu
er,
I hope it's Napoleon III...
Gonna have a guess...
Napolean III
je crois qu'il est
napolean III
b) napoleon III
or in irish: "napoleon da turd"
b) Napoleon III
yay
The answer is
b) Napolean III
b) Napoleon III
Possibly.
b) Napoleon III
Napoleon III
he's a winner, he, he's a winner!
Hello, the answer is
b) Napoleon III
I would love to go to this festival.
b) Napoleon III
Amazing line-up...
b) Napoleon III
pleases
Hi, the answer is
b) Napoleon III
I would love to go to this festival more than bobbygeorge.
Ah, French rulers, my favourite subject
It's b) Napoleon III
I would like to go to this festival more than meths, but about the same as bobbygeorge.
Napoleon i i eyyyyyyeee
Toady!
Napoleon III
Word.
Napoleon III
For rizzle
Napoleon III
Eurgh reminds me of history a-level!
.
napoleon IIIrd!
Napoleon the third
I don't think I can go to this, but I hate to feel left out of these things...
Napoleon III?
Napoleon III!
b)
Napoleon III
b) Napoleon III
Please let me win?
b) Napoleon III
sir.
b)
napollean III
b) napoleon III
www.myspace.com/boney3
never particularly liked the fellow.
b) Napoleon III
thanks
b) Napoleon III
natch.
I reckon it's
b) Napoleon III
too late
NAPOLEON 111
napoleon III
is this too late?
(b) Napoleon III
Most likely too late, but I might aswell enter just in case
the answer is
napoleon dynamite III!!
ap
b)
Napoleon III
b
napoleon III
(:
Napoleon III
(:
Well
Napoleon 111
Napoleon III
No idea if this is too late but I'd love to go
Napoleon III !
Judging by the responses of everyone else...
I too would have to say, b) Napoleon III

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