Play Fest have been tucked away in their play pen over the winter months plotting and planning a killer line up to ensure the second instalment of the genre sweeping festival gets a big thumbs up from the ‘Play Mates’
We can now reveal the first trickle of acts for the Play Fest Main Stage on Saturday night will be a trio of indie treats in the form of Ash, The Pigeon Detectives and Reverend and the Makers. With only ONE DAY to go until the Early Birds offer ends, now is the time to take advantage of the sale and get involved in this truly epic Playground!
Play Fest’s Saturday night headliner, Ash first landed in the UK indie music scene amidst the mid 90s Brit pop explosion with their indie anthem ‘Girl from Mars’. As one of the leading forces within this era Ash outlasted many of their counterparts and have continued wowing crowds and gaining fans through tours, gigs and festivals ever since. With other mega hits such as ‘Shining Light’, the riff-tastic ‘Burn Baby Burn’ and 8 million albums sold worldwide, Ash are firmly placed in the indie hall of fame! Play Fest have their air guitars at the ready for some awesome faux strumming action!
Accompanying Ash on the Main Stage for Saturday night are The Pigeon Detectives, well versed with festival crowds having appeared at reading and Leeds, T in the Park and Oxegen these Yorkshire lads will bring their solid indie tune-age to the Play Fest Main stage and get the crowd fully in the mood for a darn good dose of guitar based brilliance!
Also on the bill for the Saturday evening are Reverend and the Makers. Coming into prominence with their top 10 hit ‘Heavyweight Champion of the World’ in 2007 the band has enjoyed a solid degree of commercial and critical success. Having supported the likes of Oasis, and more recently Noel Gallagher on his solo tours, Reverend and the Makers are back this year with their brand new album ‘@Reverend_Makers’ where the Play Fest squadron will be amongst the first to sample the new delights!
Other acts confirmed across the weekend so far include: The Big Pink , Spector , Ria Ritchie, Tripwires for the Main Stage. Whilst over on The Big Top stage there will be an array of local bands amongst some big players including the exuberant and energetic The Correspondents, Tellison, Jim Lockey and Juan Zelada; and local representation from Solko, Lee Vann and Dumbfoundus.
This is just a small sample of all the joys to come, watch this space for updates on the headliners, dance tent, cabaret and general line up news
For tickets and info go to PlayFest
Published on 28 February 2012 by Wayne Feltham
