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Photos of Monday Night
Go to the Gallery page to view photos of The Flaming Lips on Monday Night.
Dance with the Flaming Lips
If you're going to the gig and fancy dancing on stage dressed as an Alien Santa, or a Bunny Rabbit or whatever it happens to be this time round then you should enter our competition. Winners will be emailed at 2.30pm on Monday. This is unmissable for fans of Flaming Lips. Even if you don't win this one, we'll be choosing a few fans on the night. There's a few pics of our stage going up on the gallery page .
04:08:08
One Week to go!
We're on the final countdown to Belsonic 2008 now with our first show in just one week's time. This day week, the Flaming Lips will finally make their Belfast debut alongside Mogwai, Oppenheimer & Jape. Tickets are disappearing rapidly but nevertheless still available for all three shows now from all Ticketmaster outlets, The Stiff Kitten Bar and online at www.belsonic.com
Also worth noting, this Friday in the Daily Mirror there's a free special pull out Belsonic guide, complete with site plan, stage times, exclusive band interviews and other info to help you get the most from this year's Belsonic event.
Please note competitions are now closed on www.belsonic.com
01:08:08
Belsonic Stage Times!
Firstly just to let you know that the competitions on www.belsonic.com have now officiallly closed as we approach to the event. Winners should have already been notified by email (please check your spam folders just incase!). The big news today is that we can finally release the stage times for all three Belsonic events (which are just over a wee away!!!). If you have any queries about the events, please visit our website www.belsonic.com and leave a message on the forum. We try to answer as many questions as we can;
MONDAY 11 AUGUST
Gates: 5.45pm
6.15 Jape
7.05 Oppenheimer
8.10 Mogwai
9.45 The Flaming Lips
11.30 Close
THURSDAY 14 AUGUST
Gates: 5.45pm
6.15 General Fiasco
7.00 Future Of the Left
7.55 Fighting With Wire
8.55 Reverend and the Makers
10.15 The Enemy
11.30 Close
FRIDAY 15 AUGUST
Gates: 5.45pm
6.00 Skibunny DJs
7.00 Delorentos
7.45 Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
8.30 Mystery Jets
9.45 The Go! Team
11.15 The Zutons
1am Close
28:07:08
Two Weeks To Go!!!
We're now on the final countdown to Belsonic, with only two weeks to go to our first show with Flaming Lips, Mogwai, Oppenheimer & Jape. We're promised a truly spectacular live show for Flaming Lips Northern Irish debut, complete with lazer show, state of the art light show and crazy visuals on a huge LED screen. Tickets are still available for this show and also our Thursday show with The Enemy, Reverend & The Makers, Fighting with Wire, Future of the Left & General Fiasco and also our Friday show with The Zutons, Go! Team, Mystery Jets, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, The Delorentos & Ski Bunny Djs.
Here are the opening times for the three shows so you can plan your transport for the shows:
Monday August 11th:
Gates open 5.45pm. Show starts 6pm. Curfew 11.30pm.
Thursday August 14th:
Gates open 5.45pm. Show starts 6pm. Curfew 11.30pm.
Friday August 15th:
Gates open 5.45pm. Show starts 6pm. Curfew 1am.
Please keep checking www.belsonic.com for set times and running orders, we'll be finalising these in the next few days and posting them on the website, along with details of drinks available at our bar and food concessions at the events. You can still win tickets to all three shows @ www.belsonic.com Winners will be chosen and notified via email this coming Friday, August 1st.
15:07:08
Details of Belsonic TV Coverage
Looks like ATL TV Belsonic coverage will consist of two thirty minute specials top go out on BBC2, tentatively scheduled for August 21st and 28th. There will also be substantial radio coverage for the duration of the event on ATL.
Meanwhile you can still win pairs of tickets for all three days at www.belsonic.com Also our new forum is up at www.belsonic.com/forum Tickets are still available for all three days at www.belsonic.com The Stiff Kitten bar and all Ticketmaster outlets (0870 243 4455).
We are pleased to be offering coach incentives for large groups. Please email corporate@belsonic.com for details.
07:07:08
Belsonic Forum Now Online!
The forum at Belsonic is now online - click the link on the bottom left. This forum will be moderated so if you have any Belsonic related queries, we'll do our best to answer them here.
30:06:08
TV advert and Ticket news
The Belsonic promotional campaign steps up a gear this week, most notably with our lovely new telly ad which will be going out on ITV and C4 over the coming weeks. However it's already up on www.belsonic.com if you'd like to view it now.
In other news the first wave of tickets purchased at www.belsonic.com will be posted out from the beginning of the week. Don't be alarmed if you don't get yours until the end of the week though because we've already sold thousands of tickets and it will take us a while to process all the pending orders.
You can also still win tickets for all three days on www.belsonic.com and don't worry the competitions are free and have stupidly easy questions.
27:06:08
Belfast's Biggest Outdoor Festival
We are delighted to announce that Belsonic will now be taking place in partnership with the BBC, who will be covering the event for broadcast on BBC2, as well as broadcasting live on BBC Radio Ulster's Across The Line. This will be ATL's only outside broadcast for any musical event in Belfast this summer, so needless to say w e're very pleased at this turn of events, especially in this, our first year.
We are told to expect footage from the events to make up at least two thirty minute specials on ATL TV on BBC2 to be broadcast shortly after the event as part of the excellent ATL TV summer festival season, as well as substantial live and recorded radio coverage on BBC Radio Ulster. For more news keep an eye on www.belsonic.com and www.bbc.co.uk/atl
Also please note that 3 Day Belsonic Tickets are now available from the Stiff Kitten Bar, www.belsonic.com and all Ticketmaster outlets priced £75 including booking fee.
20:06:08
Three Day Tickets
Three day tickets are now available at a price of £75 inc booking fee. You can purchase these at all the usual outlets and ofcourse from this website.
If you have bought tickets for either one or two days already and would like to upgrade to a three ticket you can do so at point of purchase.
15:06:08
New Website Launched
Sign up for the text service to keep up to date with the lastest Belsonic news. Also win tickets for the three shows. Lots more info to be added over the next few days.
11:06:08
The Enemy to play Belsonic
The Enemy plus full supporting acts have been added to the list of Belsonic events. This gig will take place on Thursday 14th August. To find out more click here
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Thursday 14th August 2008 Custom House Square, Belfast The Enemy Reverend and the Makers Fighting with Wire / Future of the Left General Fiasco Click here to purchase tickets Three day tickets also available at a cost of £75.00 (inc booking fee)
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The Enemy
Since shooting straight to the top of the UK Album Charts in June 2007, Midlands teenagers The Enemy (drummer Liam Watts, singing guitarist Tom Clarke and bassist Andy Hopkins) have achieved more in a year than most bands do in their whole career. Maybe it's the motivation of trying to escape the boredom of life in their hometown, Coventry, but with a string of increasingly fervent festival slots under their belt, now is definitely their time.
'We'll Live and Die in These Towns', the band's chart busting Debut LP, has already yielded huge indie anthems 'Had Enough' and 'Away From Here', as well as new single 'This Song is About You'. Praise has been coming from all corners, with the band winning NME's 'Best New Band' as well as XFM's 'Best British Debut Album of 2007'.
With work now in progress on their second LP, the band recently sold out 6 nights running in London's Astoria Theatre, as well as selling out 2 nights of homecoming shows in Coventry's Ricoh Arena.
www.theenemy.com
www.myspace.com/theenemycoventry
Sheffield based indie rockers Reverend and The Makers, fronted by Jon McClure, nicknamed "The Reverend", made their live debut in 2005, and in the spring of 2006 Arctic Monkeys took McClure and his band on the road as their opening act. In time, Reverend And The Makers developed a loyal following and could sell out 1,000-capacity clubs in their Sheffield hometown. Mark Jones saw the band and was strongly impressed, promptly signing them to his Wall Of Sound label.
Reverend And The Makers' first single, 'Heavyweight Champion Of The World' appeared in May 2007, and included an appearance by one of McClure's lyrical inspirations, John Cooper Clarke, on the B-side, 'The Last Resort'. A second single, 'He Said He Loved Me', followed, with the group's first album, The State Of Things, appearing in shops in September 2007, to coincide with tour dates alongside The Verve, Ian Brown and The Ting Tings.
www.iamreverend.com
www.myspace.com/reverendmusic
Fighting With Wire emerged from the ever creative Northern Ireland music scene in 2003, the brainchild of guitarist Cahir O’Doherty (Jetplane Landing / Clearshot) and drummer Craig McKean (Clearshot). An idealistic bunch, they’ve since done what rock bands are meant to do: they wrote a bunch of songs, and took to the road. The last three years has seen them play shows with the likes of Reuben, Biffy Clyro, Million Dead, Seafood, YCNI:M and Future Of The Left, racking up hundreds of miles and honing their live show into a ferocious explosion in the process.
After putting out a number of limited edition DIY singles, they took a breather at the end of 2006 and finally started work on their longawaited debut album. Recorded in Northern Ireland and finally completed in mid-2007, Man Vs Monster is a dynamic beast of a record – raging out of your speakers one moment yet gentle and intricate the next, and all without losing focus of what’s important: the song. Atlantic Records stepped into the breach in March of this year to pen a deal for the International release of their debut LP, with MTV2 and Zane Lowe singing the band's praises.
www.myspace.com/fightingwithwire
www.fightingwithwire.co.uk
Formed from the embers of seminal UK rock bands McLusky and Jarcrew, Future of the Left released their ferocious debut LP 'Curses' in September 2007 to widespread critical acclaim. Regarded to be one of 2008's most exciting new acts, Future of the Left are currently working on their sophomore album.
www.futureoftheleft.com
www.myspace.com/futureoftheleft
Local rockers General Fiasco are currently the talk of every industry office in London. Formed just last year, their blend of rock and alternative is as fresh as it is exciting, and the band are set to make huge waves across the UK this year.
www.generalfiasco.co.uk