THE 405 NEWS ROUNDUP (26/05/09)
May 26, 2009,
Written by The 405
Today's roundup includes La Route Du Rock, Latitude Festival, Simian Mobile Disco and Theoretical Girl.
La Route Du Rock
It's festival week here at The 405 which = us talking about festivals so you know which one you should attend. The only problem with the festival week idea is that we can only cover a certain amount of them, which means festivals like La Route Du Rock (pictured above) get pushed to one side. For a start it's in a beautiful location (Brittany) and secondly it includes an amazing line-up (My Bloody Valentine/Horrors/Tortoise etc). So we definitely recommend this festival too.
Someone get me a ticket!
http://www.laroutedurock.com/pages/english.htm
Latitude Festival
The following additions have been made to this years amazing Latitude Festival:
Datarock, Marnie Stern, iLiKETRAiNS, Wildbirds and Peacedrums, 65 Days Of Static, Asaf Avidan and The Mojos.
www.latitudefestival.co.uk/home/
Simian Mobile Disco
Simian Mobile Disco have announced a string of live dates! Check them out below.
September
24 - Cardiff, Solus
25 - Sheffield, Plug
26 - Leeds, Stylus
30 - Brighton, Concorde 2
October
02 - London, Forum
03 - Manchester, The Warehouse Project
06 - Oxford, O2 Academy
07 - Newcastle, Digital
08 - Glasgow, ABC
09 - Nottingham, Stealth & Rescue Rooms
10 - Birmingham, The Institute
Theoretical Girl
Theoretical Girl is set to play Smash and Grab (Proud Galleries in Camden) on Thursday to launch her new single 'Rivals' (released yesterday through Memphis Industries)
Go check her out!
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