5co77ie Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 (edited) tickets arrived today ! Edited April 11, 2012 by 5co77ie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5co77ie Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 more acts announced: http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/12/120420b.shtml some acts in there I'm very much looking forward to - tho still no gurrumul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5co77ie Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 They may have got Manu Chao - playing Switzerland's Paleo festival the week before WOMAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 They may have got Manu Chao - playing Switzerland's Paleo festival the week before WOMAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 all the rest of the womad acts will be announced tomorrow. I have a suspicion that it might well include Damiam Marley as he's in the country for a date the day before, and some tweeting I did with womad suggested they might have a marley. And Manu Chao are on tour with Tokyo Paradise Ska Orchestra .... and as the Ska Orch are already confirmed for WOMAD that's suggesting Manu Chao too. If those guesses turn out to be right, and with Jimmy Cliff on the bill already, it's going to be an absolutely cracking line-up this year. Fingers crossed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy_miller Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Portico Quartet are playing. Love their new album, though I find the earlier ones a bit too Jazz Odyssey for my liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Linton Kwesi Johnson & The Dennis Bovell Dub Band (Thursday), Holly Cook & Patrick Wolf have been added :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Linton Kwesi Johnson & The Dennis Bovell Dub Band (Thursday) absolutely superb!!!!! I've been wanting to see LKJ for years.. decades in fact! And after the Dub Band's absolutely mind-blowing set on the Radio 3 stage s few years ago, it'll be fantastic if they get some time of their own as well as backing LKJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy_miller Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/12/120706c.shtml Is this good news or bad news?! Is it really possible to run a festival with no police presence? Its just asking for trouble if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 http://www.efestival...2/120706c.shtml Is this good news or bad news?! Is it really possible to run a festival with no police presence? Its just asking for trouble if you ask me. I'd guess that it's no less of a negotiating position as it was for the police to make public they were opposing the licence because womad won't go along with their demands. After all, womad make clear that they'd rather run it with the police involved. I think it's great that womad are standing up for themselves. The way the laws currently stand the police are able to pretty much do the exact same thing as The Krays used to - demand money from businesses with the threat of ruining that business if the business won't go along with them. The method is different of course because there's not also the threat of violence but it's really not very different at all. The police are not only able to charge an event, but they're able to make up a rate per copper that they'll charge, and stipulate the number of police that the event needs. For the police this is nearly all 'free money' because little in the way of extra resources are being used. I'm not even sure that it's fair enough for the police to be able to charge events, because it's displacement policing - if those people aren't at a festival site, they're elsewhere in the country and need no less policing than they do at a festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5co77ie Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Having just woken up in the waterpark that used to be known as Devon which got battered by flooding - rather concerned the warning we had last night has been issued to Malmesbury today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 My tics have just arrived. Keep us posted, 5co77ie, is it going to be a floating festival? signed off by a very concerned (& nosebleeding) Islingtonite xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreativeWiltshire Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Hi Guys, I am working for Creative Wiltshire and this year we are putting together an installation called "Twist Again" to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of this beautiful festival. We are asking as many people as possible to post their photos of WOMAD over the years to this site: womad.co.uk/twistagain/ Please ask your friends and family and go have a dig through your old photos in the attic and see if you can find some pre digital, pre 2000s - the older the better! It would be really great to have you all feature in this installation, look out for us, and your photos at the festival. We're counting down the days and I'm sure you are too. Deadline is this Friday (13th July) so please get on it asap! Many thanks, Creative Wiltshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geojay Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 My normal WOMAD buddies aren't able to make it this year but I'm reluctant not to go. Given that I don't fancy doing it on my own, is there anyone here who'd be interested in linking up? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5co77ie Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Gurrumul cancels European tour dates for July 2012 Australian singer and musician Gurrumul has cancelled his forthcoming European performances due to ill health. The news was announced via his website www.gurrumul.com: "Due to ongoing health issues Gurrumul has had to cancel his July European tour. He is currently in the care of his immediate family." Having recently performed at HM Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee concert Gurrumul was due to return to Europe for the following run of festival shows: July 13 Riddu Riddu Festival, Kajford, Norway July 15 Sommarscen, Malmo, Sweden July 21 BT River of Music, Greenwich, London, UK July 22 La Mar Du Musicas Festival, Plaza del Ayuntamiento, nr Alicante, Spain July 24 Blue Balls Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland July 26 FMM Sines, Lisbon, Portugal July 28 WOMAD, Charlton Park, UK Geojay there'll be a few eFestivallers on site that weekend, I'll be there reviewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I will be there. Is there any kind of e festivals meet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innana Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Yay - I'm going to WOMAD! Neil, Sco55ie and co - see you there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Yay - I'm going to WOMAD! Neil, Sco55ie and co - see you there! cool - be great to see you again T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisty Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 (edited) For me a must see - http://www.youtube.c...h?v=gc-3LzDCKgk Edited July 19, 2012 by whisty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innana Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 cool - be great to see you again T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innana Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Aawww shucks! See you Friday - unfortunately I can't get there for LKJ on Thursday. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy_miller Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 For me a must see - http://www.youtube.c...h?v=gc-3LzDCKgk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy_miller Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Spoek Mathambo has pulled out http://womad.org/news/spoek-mathambo Replaced by Dub FX http://womad.co.uk/media/article/2754/yes-we-are-excited/ Edited July 23, 2012 by windy_miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisty Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Spoek Mathambo has pulled out http://womad.org/news/spoek-mathambo Replaced by Dub FX http://womad.co.uk/m...we-are-excited/ Edited July 23, 2012 by whisty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy_miller Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Don't know Spoek so no real loss for me, but the replacement has already made Womad a great Festival Missed them at G last year due to leaving it till Friday night and getting fed up with the rain and real tired by midnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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