Friday, April 30, 2010

Leeds festival tickets

The organizers of Reading Festival and Leeds Festival are urging music fans hoping to attend either event to only buy Leeds festival tickets from authorized outlets listed on their websites. The organizers of Leeds Festival also keeping people up to date with the latest news on potential fraudsters. Leeds Festival listed a vast number of unauthorized sites and agents, but warn others are constantly being set up.
More acts have been added to The Reading and Leeds festival line ups, including Mystery Jets, New Young Pony Club and System Of a Down singer Serj Tankian.
THE line up for this year's Leeds Festival is announced. Guns n' Roses have been confirmed as the Sunday night headliner. Blink-182 will take the Saturday slot and like fellow US rock behemoths Limp Bizkit both will be making their first UK appearances, at the three-day Braham Park festival, since re-forming.
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

STAR reissue dodgy ticket agent warning

Following recent warnings from Festival Republic about all the dodgy people selling fake Reading and Leeds festival tickets, now the The Society Of Ticket Agents And Retailers have warned music fans about buying tickets from unofficial websites.

STAR are worried that consumers will be ripped off by dodgy ticketing operations, rather than being ripped off by the legitimate ticket agencies affiliated with the trade body. But at least STAR members actually have access to the tickets they are selling, even if they plonk exorbitant fees on top even when you print out your own ticket or pay cash at the venue.

The advice given out by STAR is mainly common sense stuff that has been published by the ticketing sector before. Check an event's official website for details of 'promoter approved ticketing agencies'; only buy from websites that give the operator's physical address; only buy if a website provides all relevant info, including dates, venues, seating type; and look out for payment protection symbols that normally have a padlock in them (and use credit cards rather than debit cards, because you get more protection). And, of course, STAR recommend you only buy from STAR-affiliated agents, before adding that if a ticket offer seems "too good to be true" (eg a website is selling loads of tickets for sold out events), it probably is.

STAR man Jonathan Brown says this: "It's very easy to create a website that looks classy and reputable, but that doesn't mean it's law-abiding or will definitely supply you with what you think you are buying. People need to be vigilant in the run up to the festival season. Look for the warning signs, and if in doubt, make sure you buy from a member of STAR. If you see the STAR mark, you can expect excellent service, transparent pricing and an independent means of redress if anything goes wrong".

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Mirror tickets top 10 festivals and gigs: Reading & Leeds festivals stay in top spot

Tickets for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals are once again top of the Mirror Tickets chart. This year's huge line-up includes Blink 182, The Libertines, Guns N' Roses and Arcade Fire. And the recent announcement of acts including The Futureheads, Mystery Jets and Thrice have prompted even more fans to join the race for tickets. Mirror Tickets has list day tickets and weekend tickets from the most trusted ticket exchange sites around including Viagogo, Seatwave and GetMeIn to ensure you don't miss out on one of the biggest events of this summer!

2. The Irish boy band Westlife have jumped up the Mirror Tickets chart into second place as they prepare for their upcoming UK and Ireland tour. Westlife tickets are available for their shows starting atBelfast's Odyssey Arena on May 2nd ranging right through to their final show at Cawdor Castle near Inverness.The event on Saturday 28 August will be the first concert ever to be held at the historic castle.

3. Gorillaz tickets have also been highly sought after this week, taking this week's third position. Damon Albarn's band are due to play two back-to-back Camden Roundhouse shows on the 29th and 30th April after playing their first live show since 2005 at the Coachella Festival this week. Their new album Plastic Beach has also taken the music charts by storm.

4.Michael Buble tickets are in fourth place as the ever-popular Canadian singer prepares for the UK leg of his Crazy Love tour, starting at Sheffield Hallam FM Arena on May 6th. The 'I Haven't Met You Yet' singer revealed that he left the Juno Awards in Canada on Sunday to ensure his fiancee wasn't left stranded by the travel chaos caused by Iceland's volcanic eruption.

5.Florence and the Machine tickets enter the charts at number five in this week's Mirror Tickets top ten. After her crowd-pleasing performance at the Coachella Festival in California last weekend, Florence and her band will play a series of sold out shows in the UK next month - before a headline slot at this year's Latitude Festival.

6.V Festival tickets are still available at Mirror Tickets. The dual festival, held at Hyland's Park in Essex and Weston Park in Staffordshire from August 21st - 22nd, boasts a stellar line-up including names such as The Kings of Leon, Kasabian, Faithless, The Prodigy, Calvin Harris, Jamie T and Paul Weller with acts The Magic Numbers and Eels added this week.

7. Lady Gaga has announced five new European shows as part the extension of her larger-than-life Monster Ball tour. Tickets went on sale yesterday for concerts this autumn in Italy, Ireland, the UK, Finland, and Norway. Tickets are selling fast, moving Lady Gaga into this week's seventh position.

8. Kings of Leon tickets for their huge headline show at Hyde Park, London on June 30th are in eighth place. They announced this week that The Black Keys and widely tipped New York group The Drums are set to support them in this sell-out gig.

9. Boyzone tickets sit in ninth place this week. The legendary Irish pop act will embark on a massive UK Arena tour starting in February 2011, and will be entertaining adoring fans at venues such as Liverpool Echo Arena, London's Wembley Arena and Newcastle Metro Radio Arena.

10. JLS tickets make up this week's Mirror Tickets top ten chart. Tickets are still available for the X-Factor famed boy band's UK tour which runs throughout 2010 and into 2011. Fans of JLS with tickets to their summer gigs can now look forward to seeing former X Factor contestant Diana Vickers who will be supporting the band on tour.

This weeks Top Festival pick: The Isle of Wight festival

With Jay-Z, Pink, Blondie, The Editors and Paul McCartney lined up to play at the three day boutique festival we think this is going be one of the best Isle of Wight's to date. As well as fantastic headliners, Little Boots is the latest act unveiled for this year's Festival, with organisers revealing that she'll perform on the Acoustic Stage.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Reading & Leeds Festivals have warned fans that a ream of fake ticket

The organisers of the Reading & Leeds Festivals have warned fans that a ream of fake ticket sites have popped up on the internet.

The festival has had trouble with fake websites in the past, and this year they have already taken down two website that were offering tickets under the guise of being official outlets, but were actually just websites stealing people’s information.

"It has been widely reported that there are many fake sites for all this summer's festivals," Festival Republic said in a statement "This particular scam involves people registering for free tickets and is essentially a third party phishing personal information such as email addresses."

Organisers are urging people searching for tickets to only use official outlets and not to try to find tickets in potentially damaging places.

The festivals are due to be headlined byGuns N Roses, Blink 182 and Arcade Fireand take place on the weekend of 27-29 August.

READING AND LEEDS FESTIVAL TO EXPAND TO FOREIGN SOIL

THE Reading and Leeds festivals, this year featuring stars like Axl Rose are set to expand to a third site – on foreign soil. Their promoter Melvin Benn told me: “We may well develop a site but probably not in the UK.

“It’s more than a dream but I can’t say where it will be. I’d like maybe to set it up for next year.”

However, Melvin admits: “There’s no point in taking Reading and Leeds to an exotic location. It needs to be somewhere appropriate and exotic wouldn’t be appropriate.”

Friday, April 23, 2010

Reading And Leeds Festival Organisers Warn Over Fake Ticket Sites

The organisers of Reading Festival andLeeds Festival are urging music fans hoping to attend either event to only buy tickets from authorised outlets listed on their websites. The company behind both bashes, Festival Republic, said it closed down two bogus fan pages that claimed to offer free Reading tickets last week. Apparently, both fake sites were 'phishing' operations designed to gain personal information from users, such as email addresses. official ticket agents, partners and web pages are listed under the Tickets section. The organisers also keeping people up to date with the latest news on potential fraudsters. They have listed a vast number of unauthorised sites and agents, but warn others are constantly being set up. In a statement released April 21, the organisers said, "Please do not register with any third party claiming to represent Reading and Leeds Festival, if you are unsure please call the information line 0207 009 3001."

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Leeds today - Little London diversity, 'Bramleydom' and beer festival

Leeds Bradford Airport expects some domestic flights to resume today for the first time since planes were grounded by a volcanic ash cloud. There's a full report over at BBC Leeds.

Coming up today, I'm previewing tomorrow's full council meeting, which should prove to be an interesting political punch up prior to the local elections in May.

I'm also looking at the launch of an online petition to help save a Leeds school threatened with closure and will be bringing you a slideshow of pictures of the latest show at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Here's what's making Leeds tick today...

Diversity is celebrated by pupils at a school where 36 languages are spoken, Ofsted found. The education watchdog was impressed by community cohesion and promotion of equality at Little London Community Primary School and Nursery, Leeds, where four fifths of students come from ethnic backgrounds and two thirds speak English as an additional language, reports the YEP.

Following Saturday's Talk About Local unconference in Leeds, Bramley now has its very own Facebook page. Bramleydom is put together by delegate Fran Graham and looks to be the start of something very special indeed!

There's nothing like a spot of good cheer, and a new beer festival in Leeds can only be a good addition of the city's beer scene, says FletchTheMonkey on the excellent RealAleReviews blog about this Saturday's LS6 Beer Festival in Hyde Park. There's also a report over atTheCultureVulture.

Creative Boom has published a round-up of news from the past seven days, which is well worth a look.

Ten issues with related questions for the chairman of Leeds United Ken Bates that fans would like open and honest answers to - find out more atTenforKen. There's also a Leeds United Supporters' Trust board meeting on Wednesday.

Beetroot onigiris stuffed with bacon furikake. Interested? Find out more at Notanotherbrownbaglunch blog.

Leeds has had a lot of starring film roles recently and is the on-screen home to the drama A Passionate Woman, wooing audiences on TV on Sundays, reports the BBC.

Interesting piece by Carol Ferndale over at MylifeinLeeds on attractions for money conscious families. The same author has also offered sometips and advice for Leeds Festival-goers.

Residential development in Leeds city centre ground to a halt in the recession.

But homes in the heart of the city are still hot property, Peter Lazenby reports.

Leeds Savage Club spends ten minutes interviewing one of its founder members, Steve James.

The second workshop for the Kirkstall Abbey People Project has been announced over at Leeds photography site Exposure Leeds.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Music festival organisers warn punters about dodgy tickets

The warnings follows a spate of fake sites that have sprung up purporting to sell tickets for the Reading and Leeds festivals.

Festival Republic has reportedly had two dodgy phishing fan pages - presumably on Facebook - shut down after each claimed to offer free Reading tickets to anyone who gave away their email address and other personal details.

The company said: "Please do not register with any third party claiming to represent Reading and Leeds Festival, if you are unsure please call the information line 0207 009 3001."

Meanwhile, Glastonbury organisers, who have recently insisted that festival goers bring, not just their ticket, but plenty of ID with them to the event too, confirmed this morning that She Wolf Shakira would be playing at this year's show.

Glasto tickets, that were exclusively handled by See Tickets, have now sold out.

"Any other company or individual claiming to sell Glastonbury Festival tickets is bogus," said Glastonbury organisers on the firm's website.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Reading And Leeds Festival organiser re-issues fake ticket warning

Organisers for the Reading and Leeds festivals have re-issued a warning about counterfeit tickets for this year's bash.

The news comes after the company behind the events, Festival Republic, took down two fake fan pages who claimed to have free tickets to this year's Reading festival.

"It has been widely reported that there are many fake sites for all this summer's festivals," Festival Republic said in a statement "This particular scam involves people registering for free tickets and is essentially a third party phishing personal information such as email addresses."

Urging fans to only buy tickets from authorised websites, outlets and partners, this year's event will take place between August 27-29.

Featuring the headliners Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink-182, the festival will also see The Libertines reunite for their first full gigs since they split in 2004.

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Monday, April 19, 2010

Wild Beasts added to Leeds Festival 2010 line up

At the end of March we brought you the official line up announcement for the Leeds 2010festival. Leeds Festival organisers Festival Republic have since revealed another dozen or so bands that will appear at the festival in August, including Leeds band Wild Beasts who will appear on the NME / Radio 1 Stage on Saturday, 28th August. Joining the headliners - Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink 182 - on the Main Stage are A Day To Remember, Mystery Jets, Thrice, Young Guns, The Futureheads, Motion City Soundtrack and The Walkmen. Added to the NME / Radio 1 Stage with Wild Beasts will be: Girls, Serj Tankian, New Young Pony Club, Surfer Blood and Frankie & The Heartstrings.

More bands will be announced for these stages over the next few weeks, along with the full announcements for the Lock-Up Stage, Dance Stage, Festival Republic Stage, BBC Introducing Stage and the Alternative Stage.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Reading And Leeds Festival Organiser Re-Issues Fake Tickets Waring

Organisers for the Reading and Leeds festivals have re-issued a warning about counterfeit tickets for this year’s event.

It comes after Festival Republic successfully had two fake fan pages closed which both claimed to have free tickets to Reading.

In a statement, they said: “This particular scam involves people registering for free tickets and is essentially a third party phishing personal information such as email addresses.”

Organisers have urged fans to ensure that they buy tickets from authorised websites, outlets and partners.

The Reading and Leeds festivals, which take place from August 27-29, will be headlined by Guns N’ Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink-182.

Friday, April 16, 2010

The Cribs to appear on the Main Stage at Leeds Festival 2010

The Leeds 2010 headliners and the first line up announcement was published last night and now that the dust has settled, we've taken a look at the initial band list.

The notable news of local interest is the inclusion of The Cribs on the Main Stage. The Yorkshire band will appear on the bill alongside The Libertines and headliners Arcade Fire.

The headliners also include Guns N Roses and Blink 182 and the full Leeds line up can be read on our Leeds festival mini site.

Tickets for Leeds Festival are selling fast with Ticketmaster now fully sold out and limited availability left.

In an effort to avoid ticket touts, festival organisers Festival Republic have once again partnered with the UK's leading fan-to-fan ticket exchange,

A spokesman for Viagogo said to Leeds Music Scene earlier today, "Tickets listed on any other ticket exchange could potentially be fraudulent" and confirmed that Viagogo would offer "100% guaranteed tickets".

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Festival line-up update - 14 Apr 2010

CAMDEN CRAWL, various venues, Camden, 1-2 May: Rolo Tomassi, Is Tropical, Lets Go To War and Man Like Me have been announced to play the new outdoor live arena at this year's Camden Crawl. Also playing the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Arena are Kasms, We Are The Ocean, Chew Lips, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Flood Of Red and Skepta.

LIMETREE FESTIVAL, Limetree Farm, Grewlthorpe, North Yorkshire, 27-29 Aug. The Blockheads, James Taylor Quartet, Rocky Dawuni, Smoove & Turrell, Utah Saints and afrobeat space-jazz sensations the Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra have all be confirmed for this year's Limetree Festival. Craig Charles will also broadcast live from the event for 6music.

READING AND LEEDS FESTIVAL, Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading and Branham Park, Leeds, 27-29 Aug: Serj Tankian, A Day To Remember, Wild Beasts and Thrice are amongst the latest acts to play at this year's Reading and Leeds. Other acts added to the bill include The Futureheads, The Walkmen, Mystery Jets, Young Guns, New Young Pony Club and Motion City Soundtrack.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Festival Update

More acts have been added to The Reading and Leeds festival line ups, including Mystery Jets, New Young Pony Club and System Of a Down singer Serj Tankian. The UK festivals - which take place over three days at the end of August and share the same line up - will include headliners Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink-182 - as previously announced - over three days and a number of different stages. Other acts which officially joined the bill today (13.04.10) include US indie rock groups Girls and the Walkmen. Meanwhile legendary guitarist Slash - formerly of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver - has been added to the line up of the Download heavy metal festival in Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK which takes place from June 11th to the 13th. He is one of 30 acts added to the bill today, alongside The Used, Cancer Bats and The Damned Things.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Prize is chance to play at Leeds Festival

Young Bradford bands are battling it out for the chance to perform at Leeds Festival. Next week the bands are competing in semi-final heats of Centrestage, a fundraising initiative for Martin House children’s hospice. They will perform for a panel of judges including Mike Heaton, drummer with Bradford band Embrace. “It’s a fantastic chance for bands to get their name known,” he said. “Bradford’s music scene is thriving. There’s a lot of talent out there and we need to nurture our bands.” Centrestage is open to secondary schools in the region and there are 33 taking part. Community fundraiser Amanda Carter said the idea came about because of two Bradford schools. “I gave a talk at Beckfoot School at Bingleywhich had run a talent competition and raised over £1,300 for Martin House,” she said. “Following that I spoke to a group of sixth-formers at Immanuel, several of whom were in bands. They wanted to raise money for Martin House through gigs and so the idea was born. “I’ve been delighted with the response to Centrestage. The schools have all raised money for Martin House through talent shows and other events. “The aim is to raise £100,000 over the next three years. We’ll soon be signing up bands for next year.” Heats take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Frontier Club, Batley, from 7pm. Bradford Schools taking part are Thornton Grammar, Ilkley Grammar, Braithwaite, Titus Salt, Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College, Belle Vue Girls, Buttershaw Enterprise College, Immanuel and Carlton Bolling College. The final is in July and the winner will play on the BBC Introducing Stage at the Leeds and Reading festivals this summer. They will also spend a day at Factory Street studios in Bradford.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Mirror top ten tickets: Reading and Leeds Festival tickets stay at top of the chart

THE line up for this year's Leeds Festival was announced last night. Guns n' Roses have been confirmed as the Sunday night headliner. Blink-182 will take the Saturday slot and like fellow US rock behemoths Limp Bizkit both will be making their first UK appearances, at the three-day Braham Park festival, since re-forming. Also burying the hatchet are Pete Doherty and Carl Barat who are promising the Libertines reunion will actually take place on the Friday evening. Wakefield's very own likely lads, The Cribs, will take the Saturday teatime main stage slot as they return to the festival circuit. And Arcade Fire will be the main stage headliners on Friday night, while the NME/Radio 1 stage bill-toppers comprise the heavyweight trio of Pendulum on Friday, Klaxons on Saturday and LCD Soundsystem on Sunday. Queens of the Stone Age, Biffy Clyro and Lostprophets will precede Guns n' Roses on a rock-heavy Sunday evening and more acts are set to be announced. The festival takes place on August 28–30, with day tickets priced £75 and weekend tickets costing £180 inclusive of camping. Reading festival tickets and Leeds festival tickets have been hard to come by since going on sale nearly two weeks ago. As expected, and like in many previous years, festival-goers snapped up the tickets in no time at all and the ongoing demand from fans sees Reading and Leeds festival tickets top this week's Mirror Tickets top ten sellers chart. Buy Leeds Festival Tickets 2010 or Sell Leeds Festival Tickets 2010 through YourTicketMarket.com One stop shop to catch your favourite event Tickets like Leeds Festival Tickets 2010, Guaranteed, Fast and Secure!
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Leeds Festival line up announced

Wakefield's very own likely lads, The Cribs, will take the Saturday teatime main stage slot as they return to the festival circuit. And Arcade Fire will be the main stage headliners on Friday night, while the NME/Radio 1 stage bill-toppers comprise the heavyweight trio of Pendulum on Friday, Klaxons on Saturday and LCD Soundsystem on Sunday. Queens of the Stone Age, Biffy Clyro and Lostprophets will precede Guns n' Roses on a rock-heavy Sunday evening and more acts are set to be announced. The festival takes place on August 28–30, with day tickets priced £75 and weekend tickets costing £180 inclusive of camping.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Reading and Leeds festival tickets shoot up the charts

Reading festival tickets and Leeds festival tickets went on sale at 6.45pm on Monday and they're just about sold out! As expected, eager Reading and Leeds festival-goers snapped up the tickets quick-smart jolting Reading Festival tickets and Leeds Festival tickets into the number one place in this week's Mirror Top Ten tickets. Don't fret if you've missed out because you can still compare prices for Leeds Festival tickets and Reading Festival tickets from trusted ticket exchanges such as Viagogo and Seatwave, where there are still a huge number of day and weekend tickets available. X Factor Live tickets, last week's top sellers, have been pushed down to third place in this week's chart, with Gorillaz tickets taking second spot. Gorillaz are set to play two nights at Camden Roundhouse on the 29th and 30th April in support of their latest album, Plastic Beach. Damon Albarn's band will be joined by a host of high profile support acts so don't miss out on this much talked about event.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Leeds Festival Tickets news

The Libertines are set to reform for a slot at the Reading and Leeds festival in August. The band, which centred around the songwriting partnership of Pete Doherty and Carl Barât, have not played together as the Libertines since 2004. A source told the Guardian that the group would be receiving a huge sum for their performance, rumoured to be around £1.5m.

The Libertines formed in 1997, with bassist John Hassall and drummer Gary Powell making up the lineup. The band earned themselves a devoted fanbase following the release of their debut album Up the Bracket in 2002. However, drug problems caused the band to disintegrate around the time of their second, self-titled album. Barât kicked his best friend Doherty out of the band in attempt to make him wake up to his heroin addiction, although this only served to increase antagonism between the pair.

Doherty went on to form Babyshambles while Barât became the frontman of Dirty Pretty Things, who split up in 2008. Relations between the pair have thawed considerably in recent times, however, and they have played on stage together on several occasions since the split. According to reports in the Sun, the group will consider announcing further dates and writing new material if the reunion goes well.

Don't expect the road to be too smooth, though. Doherty was arrested last week on suspicion of supplying drugs following the death of Robin Whitehead at a flat in east London earlier this year.