Tomorrow at 1pm, Bestival’s Rob da Bank and Glastonbury’s Michael Eavis will partake in a live webchat from The Great Escape Festival.

They will be discussing all things Festivals in the “Great Festival Conversation” and best of all, you can put your questions to them and be a part of the discussion!

To pose your question to Rob da Bank and Michael Eavis, just follow this link, add your comment, and don’t forget to tune in tomorrow at 1pm!

Cloud Nothings / Friends (Nottingham) / The Internet / 2:54 (Nottingham / Manchester) / A Plastic Rose / All The Young / Doldrums / Two Wounded Birds / Here We Go Magic (Bristol / Nottingham) / Hyde & Beast / The Dunwells / Eugene Francis Jr (Bristol / Manchester) / The Men (Manchester) / Last Dinosaurs / O Children / Olugbenga (Metronomy) Lewis Watson / Josh Kumra / Kwes / Mary Epworth / The Other Tribe (Bristol) / Seasfire (Bristol) / Sunless 97 (Nottingham / Manchester)

PLUS

ATTENTION LIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS: WIN A PHOTOPASS

Bristol: Saturday 2^nd June 2012

Nottingham: Sunday 3^rd June 2012

Manchester: Monday 4^th June 2012

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• An eclectic mix of innovative, ground-breaking acts manage to secure the festival’s spirit and provide the musical kudos.- Virtual Festivals

• ‘A forest of new stars, old favourites and plenty of mischief at one of the UK’s fastest rising festivals’ – NME

• ‘With a stunning bill and venues within yards of one another we’ll leave you to join the dots.’ – Clash

The countdown to this year’s Dot To Dot is hotting up with just a month to go until a litany of the globe’s biggest buzz bands hits Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester over this coming Jubilee bank holiday weekend. Headlined by The Drums and Pulled Apart By Horses, and with appearances from Wavves, Willis Earl Beal, Dog Is Dead, Summer Camp, Lucy Rose, Pond and more, the tri-city event is set to reveal even more must-see acts for 2012, and you can catch them all for the mind-blowing ticket price of just £20!

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Chuckie / Hardwell / Cazzette / Steve Smart

June 4^th, The O2, London

Tickets: http://www.aviciio2.com

VIP Package – £125.00

Floor – £36.00

GA L1 – £36.00

Following the news that the second wave of tickets has gone on sale for Avicii’s debut headline show at The O2, London on June 4^th, we can now reveal the full DJ line-up who will be building the crowd up in preparation for the hottest show of the year!

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FRANK OCEAN JOINS THE BESTIVAL BILL

PLUS

AZEALIA BANKS WILL BE AT BESTIVAL!

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With 10 fantastic fields of Bestival’s own inimitable magical mayhem and 20 stages of the best music around, including headline sets from Stevie Wonder and New Order, exclusive performances from The xx and Sigur Rós and hundreds of amazing live bands and DJs, our Robin Hill shindig is already shaping up to be pretty darn incredible. And now we have some ace news of a brilliant new addition to this year’s bill to keep your appetites well and truly whetted.

Rob da Bank says: “With the Friday headliner coming in a few weeks I thought we’d ramp up the excitement a bit more for Besti-goers with the addition of Frank Ocean. Frank is one of the most requested acts on our messageboards and he’s such an incredible performer – like a young Prince!”

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REVEALS FULL LINE UP

Hot Chip* / Gary Numan* / Alabama Shakes* / John Foxx and the Maths / Killaflaw / The 2 Bears (DJ Set)* / Adamski (DJ Set) / Mark Jones (DJ Set)

(*Previously announced acts)

PLUS LIVE MUSIC FROM:

Jessie Ware / Skepta / Willis Earl Beal / Murkage / Jake Bugg / The Staves / Sunless 97 / The Other Tribe / Parma Violets / Gorgeous George / Crowns / Subgiant / Daytona Lights  / Charley Macaulay / Alonestar / A Way Of Life  / This Way Up

DJ SETS FROM:

Brodinski / Gilles Peterson / Redlight / Shy FX / Gutterslut / Zomboy / Krafty Kuts / Duff Disco / Sonnyji Presents Bang Bhang / Flying White Dots / Kaf-Tan

AND:

WE’RE TWINNING WITH EXIT FESTIVAL!

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We’ve told you about our amazing headliners, Stevie Wonder and New Order, we’ve told you about exclusives from The xx and Sigur Rós and we’ve told you all about the off-piste madness from the Swamp Shack and Wishing Tree to the Ambient Forest and Roller Disco, our Wildlife theme and everything in between. But we still haven’t finished yet because now it’s time to tell you about even more beautiful music for you to luxuriate in at Robin Hill Country Park this September 6^th -9^th.

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8th, 9th and 10th JUNE, 2012
LOCH NESS, SCOTLAND

JEFF MILLS * ASH * ROB DA BANK *

THE PIGEON DETECTIVES * ERRORS *

SOUND OF GUNS * THE CORRESPONDENTS *

NINA NESBITT * SAINT SAVIOUR

ALL THE YOUNG * THEOPHILUS LONDON *

The countdown to this year’s RockNess is on and festival organisers today have announced yet even more fresh and exciting talent, plus an absolute blinder of an electro treat, to the already heaving-with-quality line up.

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JOINING OUR SUNDAY NIGHT HEADLINER

Jimmy Carr

THE FULL COMEDY LINE UP REVEALED:

Michael Winslow / Rufus Hound / Andrew Maxwell /

The Early Edition with Marcus Brigstocke & Andre Vincent /

Ian Stone / Ben Norris / Benny Boot / George Egg /

Eric Lampaert / Joel Dommett / Paul McCaffery / Matt Forde

PLUS KIDS COMEDY:

Comedy Club 4 Kids / The Adventurers Club

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We totally love comedy at Camp Bestival and we’ve always made sure we’ve given you the best that the comedy circuit has to offer and this year is no exception! We’ve got laughs aplenty for all ages in our side-splitting line-up of top drawer comics who will be joining our previously announced comedy headliner Jimmy Carr at Lulworth Castle this July 26-29.

For this one Rob da Bank would like to introduce Camp Bestival Comedy Guru, Get Comedy’s Brett Vincent who says: “Once again Camp Bestival has a stellar line-up of comedians over the weekend from some of the best emerging talent on the comedy circuit to famous TV names and the beat-boxing noise maker legend that is Michael Winslow. We’re also very proud to be the only music festival this year and possibly ever to host the biggest face in comedy (literally) Jimmy Carr. We also have dedicated comedy shows for kids with the best kids comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival last year… The Adventurers Club and now firmly rooted resident at Camp Bestival – Comedy Club 4 Kids. My top picks would be… Benny Boot and Ian Stone on Friday, Rufus Hound hosting on Saturday, Andrew Maxwell followed by Early Edition and then Michael Winslow on the Sunday and of course Jimmy who is closing the Festival late Sunday night….”

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8th, 9th and 10th JUNE, 2012
LOCH NESS, SCOTLAND

HEARD THE ONE ABOUT THE TOP NOTCH ROCKNESS COMEDY LINE UP FOR 2012?

DANIEL SLOSS * DES CLARKE * THE REVEREND OBADIAH STEPPENWOLFE III * BILLY KIRKWOOD * BENNY BOOT * MARTY McLEAN * RO CAMPBELL * SCOTT AGNEW * MARK NELSON * PARROT * ALAN ANDERSON * KAI HUMPHRIES * CHRIS HENRY * DARREN CONNELL * JAMES KIRK * JAMIE DALGLISH * VOCAL POINT * MIKEY ADAMS * JOHN GAVIN * SCOTT GIBSON * CHLOE PHILLIP * RAY BRADSHAW * JOHN WALKER * STUART MITCHELL * EDDIE CASSIDY * ANNA DEVITT * NEIL BRATCHPIECE aka THE WEE MAN * DAVID BRATCHPIECE

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TIM MINCHIN

A host of must-see names are set to bring heaps of hilarity to RockNess this summer as the festival announces its hugely popular comedy line up, headlined by rock superstar TIM MINCHIN.

From the freshest homegrown talent to some of the biggest comics from around the globe, it’ll be rip roaring giggles galore each day.

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CAMP BESTIVAL GETS INSPIRATIONAL

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LIVE MUSIC:

Kitty Daisy & Lewis / Skinny Lister / Jamie N Commons / Vintage Trouble  / To Kill A King / Gecko / L.A. Salami / The Slow Show / Police Dog Hogan / Clint Westwood – the man with one name / Vlad

DJs:

The Nextmen / Breakage / Reggae Roast / Sombrero Sound System / John Kennedy / In Light Of Aquarius / Mix It UP DJ Kru / DJ Charge

LIVE INTERVIEWS

Nile Rodgers Live In Person / Mathew Horne: How To Be A Bit Funny / Stefan Gates: Cooking in the Danger Zone / Professor Tanya Bryon: How To Parent Your Own Way / Richard Reynolds: How to be a Guerrilla Gardner / Rhodri Marsden: Crap Dates Workshop

TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS

RSA Discussion Panel: The Kids Are Alright: Aren’t They? / School of Life Talks / Tate and the Great British Art Debate / Richard Strange: An Accent Waiting to Happen

SPOKEN WORD AND LITERATURE

Russell Kane reads from The Humourist

Paul Cree, Bridget Minamore, Indigo Williams, Anna Freeman (Satin Lizard Lounge Poets)

PLUS

Sounds Familiar Music Quiz / Rob da Bank’s Music Club / And Morris Dancers Galore!

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AVICII LONDON: FIRST WAVE SOLD OUT!

SECOND WAVE OF TICKETS COMING SOON

June 4^th, The O2, London

Tickets: http://www.aviciio2.com

VIP Package – £125.00

Floor – £36.00

GA L1 – £36.00

Celebrate the Royal Jubilee with the King of House music! With the Queen’s Jubilee weekend coinciding with Avicii’s debut UK headline show at The O2 on 4 June, make sure you use your once in a lifetime extra bank holiday wisely and snap up a ticket to the hottest show of the year!

Following overwhelming demand from fans longing to see the Swedish megastar, the first release of tickets with complimentary after show passes have completely SOLD OUT! But fear not, for those party-goers a little slow out of the blocks, there is a lifeline. The second wave of tickets will be available from 10am GMT on Wednesday 18^th April 2012, you’ll have to be quick off the mark to ensure you’re there!

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