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I greatly admire the dedication of a man who uses the 1% of battery life he has to screenshot the West Holts lineup and post on here.

Caught Chase & Status' live show in Cardiff last night. Been following them since 2009 and No More Idols. They've always quite nicely traversed the line between pop and the roots of jungle/drum & bass (sometimes really good, other times not so), but last night was a really interesting show. Immediately upon arrival, I was amazed by how young the crowd was. As opposed to the likes of the Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Orbital, Underworld, etc, they've obviously managed to stay relevant to a predominantly younger audience, probably because of the crossover with grime and pop...not to mention a recent resurgence thanks to that fecking Baddadan tune. There's a part of me that wants to get snobby and complain about how commercial it's become but then when I thought about it, it can only be a good thing. Last night there were large groups of teens having the best time. I spoke with a woman who'd brought her 13/14 year olds to their first ever gig (in fairness they spent the entire gig filming it on their phone, but they'll learn) and I realised that making electronic music accessible to the kids is so important. My first exposure to it came in 1993, 7 days after my 16th birthday, pretending to be 18, getting into a club to see Easygroove, Ellis Dee, Donovan "Bad Boy" Smith and MC Ribbz. That's all there was. Getting turned away initially, walking to the back of the queue and successfully trying again in twenty minutes with the same bouncer. So, after a some initial weirdness, feeling a touch out of place at a gig for the first time since NASS in 2019, I remembered this was me 31 years ago. This is my tribe, just 31 years later. But I think that's it for me for certain "electronic" shows now though. At least I hand over the baton to a generation of enthusiastic ravers all as wide-eyed (ok, maybe not exactly that wide-eyed) and excited to feel part of something. Back to the show itself, they've upped the production value and the stage setup was impressive. Sound on-point. Big tunes, all the hits. I'm not sure if they're set for Glastonbury this year, difficult to know what stage to place the live show on these days. In fairness, they could do a lot worse than put them in a similar slot to Pendulum in 2011. Come on, you know you want to hear it on the Pyramid..."baddadan, baddadan, baddadan..."

Lacka Khan

Ok done a potential breakdown taking tour dates into account: FRI: Justice, Nia Archives, Danny Brown, Black Pumas, Squid, Jalen Ngonda, The Skatalites, Nitin Sawhney SAT: Jungle, Brittany Howard, Corinne Bailey Rae, Maségo, Noname, Alogte Oho & his Sounds of Joy, Balming Tiger, Matthew Halsall SUN: Jessie Ware, Sugababes, Sofia Kourtesis, Heilung, Asha Puthli, Jordan Rakei, Cymande, Dub Terror

Sofia Kourtesis self confirms for 2 sets Jun. 28 - San RemoJun. 28 - West Holts https://www.instagram.com/p/C3syvwgOup5/

Heilung's crowd gonna go full Yellowjackets and be playing percussion with the bones of the Brothers Bar staff after 40 minutes of this madness.

Big slow handclap to everyone who liked it and ensured it won't happen again.

Hope they're faced with a half empty pitch and tens of thousands of empty seats when they take to the stage.

At this point I think they'll reveal another batch of names next Wednesday, first poster and ticket price soon after and ticket sales will start next Friday (March 1st). It's clear now they choose not to bet on a Billie-sized ticket seller but on a lot of different medium-big names for different tastes, which I prefer.

I can never resist sharing this

Eat The Farm have confirmed they're back. I believe it's in Billy Bragg's contract that they are there, in their usual spot.

Yep they made the announcement yesterday

Except me when I'm doing literally anything other than seeing Skrillex

Don't worry about the line up. It will be good and the festival vibe is great. All the best bits of Glasto without the hassle.

Duster Royel Otis L'Impératrice

Beautiful report, pal, laced with nostalgia and memories of a life well danced. Ben x

id end up taking the webcam out ... wouldn't be popular

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VmK8CPLz22E8ibBhQAEsy?si=anGIj5ZATbSF2_-DiaCEYw&pi=e-s7EkHK8LRmmq

Neils never even been and has issues with BT from the beginning...

I’ve heard from a very good source that Black Uhuru are playing West Holts as well.

Sounds ideal.

Extremely triggering battery levels

Ashcroft is also playing Hardwick Live so unlikely. I'd have bet on Becky Hill being at Pukkelpop but she's in the UK all weekend as well

Well I thought so, just thought the info was them on WH or Park? Either way, just be there pls!!!

"He shared his manual online - which included instructions...on how the perpetrators could evade the police" That went well then.

Where’s this playlist?

I've added a WH sheet to this doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N2EPQ-7KEUtjwdkQnM84xnWgOglzs6NSbxWH3z_tiik/edit?usp=sharing Sofia Kourtesis is actually playing the Saturday at that Belgium festival (I had originally thought Friday too until it was pointed out to me)

Jessie Ware

Here come the pies!

That wouldn't be an issue for them (if that Busted song is in fact true).

Øyafestivalen is even better. Has almost everthing that WOW has plus more depth and are missing one headliner.

Couldn’t care less about Sugababes, but let’s hope they don’t do a TLC and lock out half the crowd. If Jessie headlines, it’s an auto-lock.

But hopefully no Squirrel

A very nice little report, good job 👍

The Armed The Armed The Armed

No, you're right. They're turncoat c**ts.

I feel for you

Ah is that what's been happening to me? Those b*st*rds!

Fingers firmly crossed for Crumble Shack again this year 🤞

A very odd thing happened to me, while on a school trip to Twycross Zoo, while at primary school. I had no fascination then with Formula 1 ( and still don't now) but did talk myself into committing theft. I stole one of these (only a far superior model than that one)from their tourist shop; No idea why. Not a notion of what was going through my brain, at that time.* * - I didn't, fortunately, choose a life of crime. There were bits in between.

LOSING

that will have been the webs ash press cabin. first year i had passes there i couldn't find it.

Yes 100%! I realise I may have sounded glib beforehand, but yes, you are working for sure. There's nothing quite like rocking up with a festival with a bunch of expensive kit when it's muddy, a list of people you need to try and catch and interview that suddenly aren't anywhere to be found, all the while trying to take photos and to "experience" it while also formulating what you're writing about/how it'll read etc. One festival I was covering for about three outlets at once, different levels, different mediums and different content requirements (and I had my toddler and a 5 year old with me, thank f**k for my husband and mates!!!) Also, the amount of people who randomly contact you in the run up to any festival asking if you can "get them a free ticket". My sister did this to me last year for a festival that was literally £30 for the day she wanted to go to. I did love covering festivals, but I'm definitely glad to be going as a punter now rather than press!

Don't worry the bus won't cross your mind when you're at genosys 🤪

Sorry to hear that @MrZigster, take care of yourself.

The show of Enter Shikari in Brussels 2 days ago was live streamed. I was there and damn it was a sick one! I guess they gonna headline the Backyard this time.

On the Website of Four Tet it says that he plays on August 12th. Same day as Fred Again. https://www.fourtet.net

Kanye's 2015 headline set was while he still had a reputation as being an arse but not the reputation he now has of being a total dickhead. I imagine they will book something in the UK for Arcade Fire, not least as Funeral is still a well-liked piece of work, and yeah they did a few festivals last year in Spain, Portugal and Mexico, and are booked to do NOS Alive in Lisbon this summer (plus others? I'm not 100% sure). However, I'm not so sure that something will be Glastonbury. Finsbury Park maybe?

Yes- me and 5co77ie did a smashing rendition in there.. I think he was The Edge to my Bono. Great times Jaqueline!