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ASH, ABC, THE SOUTH,?HEAVEN 17, THE BEAT, KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES, REPUBLICA, STOOSHE, ?SUB FOCUS (DJ SET), ANDY C, BENGA
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We are delighted to announce loads more acts for GuilFest 2012!
Alternative rockers Ash are the headliners for The Good Time Guide Stage on Sunday 15th July. With total sales of a massive 8 million worldwide, Ash are one of the big British success stories of the nineties. Best known for huge hits "A Life Less Ordinary", "Oh Yeah", "Goldfinger", "Shining Light", and "Girl From Mars", Ash have performed to sell out crowds all over the UK and Europe in their 20 year career, but this will be there first ever performance at GuilFest.
New wave / Synth pop outfit ABC are set to headline The Good Time Guide Stage on Friday 13th July. ABC are one of a few groups that can be credited for introducing a new sound into pop in the 1980s. Their debut album "The Lexicon Of Love" is seen by many as the best British album of the decade and was released in May 1982, going straight into the UK album charts at number 1 and showcasing hit songs such as "Tears Are Not Enough", "Poison Arrow", "The Look Of Love", and "All My Heart".
The South (formerly The Beautiful South) will be entertaining crowds on The Main Stage on Friday 13th July. This will be the second time the band has appeared at GuilFest, and armed with a sensational back catalogue of hits such as 'Song For Whoever', 'Perfect Ten', 'Rotterdam', 'Don't Marry Her', 'You Keep It All In', 'Old Red Eyes Is Back' and many others, it is sure to be a fantastic and memorable show.
Heaven 17 are to perform on The Good Time Guide Stage on Friday 13th July. Best known for 1980s hits "Temptation", "Come Live With Me", and "Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry", the band have released a total of 27 singles and 8 studio albums since their inception back in 1980.
2 tone ska revival band,
The Beat, will headline The Vive La Rock Stage on Saturday 14th July. Fronted by vocalist Ranking Roger, The Beat are responsible for UK top 10 hits "Mirror In The Bathroom", their cover of Smokey Robinsons "Tears of a Clown", "Hands off... She's Mine", "Too Nice to Talk To", and "Can't Get Used to Losing You".
Welsh Rockers Kids In Glass Houses are to headline The Big Cheese Cave on Friday 13th July. Having become very popular in the UK since the release of their debut album Smart Casual in 2008, they have performed at festivals and gigs all over the UK, and toured with acts such as Funeral For a Friend, and You Me At Six, as well as being nominated as "Best British Newcomer" in the Kerrang Awards and received big support from rock media such as NME, XFM and Radio 1.
Republica will be on The Main Stage on Saturday 14th July. Famous for tracks such as "Ready to Go", "From Rush Hour With Love", and "Drop Dead Gorgeous", the band describe their sound as techno-pop punk rock and are one of the most memorable of a wave of female fronted rock bands to emerge in the 1990s.
New three piece British pop/RnB sensation StooShe are to perform on The Main Stage on Sunday 15th July. Nominated for The BBC's Sound of 2012 poll as well as T4's rising Stars of 2012, their first single "Love Me" was released in March this year and debuted at number 5 in the UK singles chart.
Sub Focus will be headlining The Kane FM presents Funky End Dance Tent on Sunday 15th July. With three UK Dance Chart number 1s under his belt, a top 40 UK single, remix work with huge artists such as The Prodigy & Deadmau5, and numerous plays on Radio 1, Sub Focus is one of a rare breed to Drum and Bass artists to have truly broken into the mainstream.
Andy C is confirmed to headline The Kane FM presents Funky End Dance Tent on Saturday 14th July. Regarded as one of the greatest DJs ever to touch a turntable, Andy C has been instrumental in the development of the Drum and Bass genre across the globe, since first playing out at events at almost two decades ago.
Benga is the headliner for The Kane FM presents Funky End Dance Tent on Friday 13th July. Having released his debut 12" on one of dubstep's founding labels Big Apple at the tender age of 15, Benga can be credited as truly one of the pioneers of the sound; and along with artists such as Coki, Skream and Loefah has really propelled dubstep into the global success it has become in the last few years.
CANDI STATON?BUZZCOCKS, THE UNDERTONES BETH HART, YOUNG GUNS ?THE WURZELS
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We have another great selection of acts confirmed for this year's festival!
American Soul and Gospel legend, Candi Staton will be performing on The Main Stage on Sunday 15th July. Candi's voice has captivated generation after generation of music lovers over the globe, and with an illustrious musical career spanning almost 60 years she has an extensive discography consisting of a massive twenty eight studio albums and thirteen singles. Hits such as 1970's remake of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man", 1976's "Young Heart's Run Free", 1977's "Nights on Broadway", and 1986's "You Got The Love" have cemented her place as a true icon in music history.
Godfathers of Punk-pop, Buzzcocks will be bringing their inimitable style to GuilFest on Friday 13th July, where they will be headlining the Vive Le Rock Punk and Ska Stage. One of the most influential bands of the punk era, Buzzcocks have been cited as inspirational by artists as diverse as REM, Nirvana and Green Day, and are best known for enormous hits "Orgasm Addict", "Harmony In My Head", and of course the seminal classic "Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)".
Punk rockers The Undertones are confirmed to headline the Vive Le Rock Stage on Sunday 15th July. Formed in 1975, the band released a total of thirteen singles and four studio albums before their split in 1983 – including the anthem "Teenage Kicks", a well loved track that, following a Radio 1 play on the late John Peel's show in 1978, got The Undertones their first record deal with Sire Records. Teenage Kicks was often cited by John Peel as his favourite song and went on to become the band's best known and signature track.
Californian Blues Rock/Soul artist Beth Hart will be entertaining crowds on The Main Stage on Friday 13th July. A platinum selling artist in her own right, Beth has worked with huge icons such as Slash, Deep Purple, Les Paul and Joe Bonamassa, recording a critically acclaimed album "Don't Explain" with the latter in 2011.
Buckinghamshire based Alt. Rockers Young Guns are the headliners for The Big Cheese Cave on Sunday 15th July. Despite being relatively early in their musical career, Young Guns can lay claim to sell out headline shows around the UK and high profile support slots with huge artists such as Bon Jovi and Lostprophets.
"Scrumpy & Western" Somerset based band The Wurzels are performing on The Second Stage on Sunday 15th July. In their 40 year history, The Wurzels have performed in front of audiences including The Queen and The Pope as well as at countless festivals and have appeared on television programmes including The One Show, Top Of The Pops and Nevermind the Buzzcocks.
Tulisa?The Straits, Cher Lloyd, ?Gary Numan, Nouvelle Vague?confirmed for GuilFest 2012
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We have very exciting news! Here are the next round of confirmations for this year's festival!!
Ex N-Dubz superstar, TULISA is confirmed to perform on the Main Stage on Saturday 14th July. Tulisa achieved massive success as a member of N-Dubz, without question one of the most culturally significant groups in contemporary British pop music. Their albums "Uncle B," "Against All Odds" and "Love.Live.Life" have to-date sold over 1 million copies in the UK. With over 100 million views on YouTube, a No.1 best selling book and four MOBO Award wins, Tulisa and N-Dubz are among the most powerful names in music.
Formed by original members of Dire Straits, Alan Clark and Chris White, THE STRAITS will support Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra on the Main Stage on Friday 13th July. The band will be performing Dire Straits greatest hits and are the only way to authentically hear their much loved catalogue of great songs live. Dire Straits were undoubtedly one of the world’s most successful groups, responsible for such incredibly popular classics such as “Sultans of Swing”, “Money for Nothing”, “Walk of Life”, “So Far Away”, and 30 million selling album title track “Brothers In Arms”.
X Factor sensation CHER LLOYD will appear on the Main Stage on the afternoon of Saturday 14th July. Easily one of the most talked about people of the show, Cher is a name on the lips of music lovers throughout the country. With over 600,000 followers on Twitter, around and 100 million views on Youtube, Cher is one of the most recognisable new faces in the public eye. Her first single, “Swagger Jagger” hit the Number 1 spot in the UK singles chart, and her debut album Sticks and Stones reached Number 4 in the UK albums chart.
Electronic music pioneer GARY NUMAN is confirmed to headline The Second Stage on Saturday 14th July. Most famous for his number 1 singles “Cars” and “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”, as well as his 3 number 1 albums “Replicas”, “The Pleasure Principle”, and “Telekon”, as well as another 31 top 50 UK singles, Gary is known as one of the most influential electronic music artists of all time, cited by artists as diverse as Beck, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Queens of The Stone Age, Wu Tang Clan and Magnetic Man.
Ground breaking French project NOUVELLE VAGUE will be supporting Gary Numan on The Second Stage on Saturday 14th July. The brainchild of producers Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux, Nouvelle Vague have gone from strength to strength since the unanticipated worldwide success of their eponymous debut album Their covers of hits such as XTC’s “Making Plans for Nigel”, The Undertones’ “Teenage Kicks”, and New Order’s “Blue Monday” have cemented their appeal amongst music lovers everywhere and we are delighted welcome them back to GuilFest for the first time since 2009.
GuilFest 2012 will feature over 200 amazing acts including Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra feat. Roland Gift, Olly Murs, Bryan Ferry, Tim Minchin, Chic, Jimmy Cliff and Skindred! There are still a huge amount of acts still to be announced! -
Bryan Ferry?CHIC feat. Nile Rodgers confirmed for GuilFest 2012
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We are delighted to announce we have scored a major coup this year and confirmed Art Rock legend BRYAN FERRY CBE is to headline the main stage on the night of Sunday 15th July at GuilFest 2012!!
Bryan is a household name in the UK, and has achieved phenomenal worldwide success - As a solo artist recording huge hits like "Let's Stick Together", "Slave to Love", and "This Is Tomorrow" whilst notching up a total of 9 UK top ten albums, including 1985's number 1, "Boys and Girls"; As well as with Roxy Music - rated by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and responsible for 11 UK top ten albums including tracks such as "Love is The Drug", "Dance Away", "More Than This", and the wonderful John Lennon cover "Jealous Guy".
Supporting Bryan Ferry on Sunday 15th July are Disco titans CHIC feat. NILE RODGERS. Probably the most influential band of the Disco era, Chic are responsible for such classics as "Le Freak", "Good Times" (sampled by hiphop pioneers The Sugar Hill Gang for their incredible single "Rappers Delight"), "Everybody Dance," and "I Want Your Love." Chic have been cited as a major influence to massive artists as diverse as Queen, The Smiths, Blondie and Duran Duran.
GuilFest 2012 will feature over 200 amazing acts including the amazing Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra feat. Roland Gift, superstar Olly Murs, Comedy rock star Tim Minchin, and reggae legend Jimmy Cliff! There are still a huge amount of acts still to be announced! ? Follow us on twitter, join our Facebook or keep checking our website to stay up to date as the lineup grows and more great entertainment is announced!
Tickets for GuilFest 2012 are available NOW from our website, or by calling our ticket hotline on 0871 230 1106.
Tim Minchin, Jarred Christmas, Mitch Benn
& many more fantastic comedians confirmed for the comedy line up at GuilFest 2012!
Organisers are thrilled to announce that Australian musician, composer, songwriter, actor, comedian and writer Tim Minchin will be performing his unique brand of musical comedy, accompanied by his band on Saturday 14th July at this years' GuilFest.
Winner of multiple comedy awards, including the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as 4 Chortle awards and countless others, Tim’s comedy spans many musical styles and covers such topics as environmentalism, rationalism, prejudice as well as logical fallacies, and many more witty observations cleverly integrated into his hilarious, scathing and often unsettlingly lovely songs. Tim has performed sell-out shows in the UK, Australia and the US, and 2010/2011 saw him tour the UK performing his biggest live show ever, culminating at 2 sold-out nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
As well as performing around the world, Tim has written music and lyrics for the RSC’s new musical version of Roald Dahl’s Matilda which transferred in a shower of 5 stars reviews and awards to the West End at the end of 2011 after a sell out run in Stratford. Tim has also made many TV appearances, from hosting BBC2’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks to performing on the hugely popular late night show Conan in the US.
“Tim Minchin is a genius, pure and simple. He is to musical comedy what Charles Darwin was to evolution and what Einstein was to physics and moustaches. You'd be hard pushed to find a more sublimely talented comedian. Handsome, hysterical and divinely musically gifted – you can go off people, you know!” (Tim Arthur, Time Out)
Kiwi funnyman JARRED CHRISTMAS is confirmed to headline The eFestivals Cosmic Comedy Tent at GuilFest, also on Saturday 14th July. An instantly recognizable face due to his multiple television appearances - including Mock The Week, Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, Argumental and Celebrity Mastermind for Children In Need, Jarred has a unique style that deftly mixes gags with storytelling. His dynamic onstage persona and ability to improvise and roll with anything that's thrown his way makes his comedy sizzle with originality. Full of passion and charisma, Jarred takes the audience on a hilarious thrill ride of laughs and gasps with an edge of anger that manifests itself in his incredible rants against the small things in our lives.
“One of the Funniest men to pick up a microphone” (Time Out)
Extremely talented comedy musician MITCH BENN will be headlining The eFestivals Cosmic Comedy Tent on Friday 13th July. Mitch is not only one of the most sought-after acts on the comedy circuit but is widely acknowledged as one of the best writer/performers of comic songs in the country. A regular writer and performer on "The Now Show" for BBC Radio 4 and "It's Been a Bad Week" for BBC Radio 2, plus three series of his successful Radio 4 show, "Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music" have been broadcast so far. He also presents "The Mitch Benn Music Show" on BBC Radio 7. On TV, Mitch appears regularly on BBC1's "The One Show" as the writer and arranger of "The Complaints Choir”. On the comedy circuit, Benn has spent the last few years quietly composing some of the best rib-ticklers you’ll ever hear and, when he takes the stage and strums the opening chords of I Might Just Have To Murder James Blunt, comedy club goers experience something they will almost certainly never hear again on a comedy night — a full-on sing-a-long. Benn is much like a musician playing a show: he will play a song, tell a couple of jokes and then move on to the next track.
MITCH BENN is a seriously talented musician. He is also a clever, focused and prolific comic. (The Scotsman)
Throughout the rest of the weekend you can catch top notch hilarity from a veritable wealth of comedy circuit comics such as include the brilliantly funny musical comedienne Helen Arney, appearing on Sunday 15th July; wonderfully intelligent wordsmith Jess Fostekew, performing on Saturday 14th July; and fantastic observational humorist Danny Ward, also on Saturday 14th July. Also appearing over the three days of GuilFest 2012 are: Tiernan Douieb, Brian Lacey, Yianni, Matt Richardson, Rich Wilson, Jonny Awsum, Chris Turner, John Mann, John Ryan, Brendan Dempsey, Tom Glover, Mark Simmons, as well a selection of finalists from the NATYS (New Act of The Year Show) – A show who’s past legacy includes such huge names as Russell Brand, Harry Hill, Ardal O’Hanlon and Catherine Tate! There are many more comedians still to be announced for the festival, including the Sunday night headline slot – keep an eye on the website for news!
GuilFest 2012 features some of the best entertainment available from the music, comedy and theatre worlds. The currently announced line up consists of Olly Murs, Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra feat. Roland Gift, and Jimmy Cliff; and over the coming weeks this will grow to a mind boggling 200+ acts performing across 8 stages over the weekend of the festival! An award winning family event (Best Family Festival – UK Festival Awards) GuilFest has something for everyone; all over the site you can find attractions such as GuilFest favourites The Man In The Moon Theatre Tent, The 70's Disco, Farmer Giles Barndance, The Eden Peoples' GuilFest Gallery, The Plantation Zone (an area specially for young people), and the brilliant GuilFest KidZone. Also as usual you can find a great arts & crafts village, Massive 150ft Beer Tent, Calypso Cocktail Bar, Street Performers, food from around the world, and much much more – you can even pop right next door to the Guildford Lido and enjoy a swim in the beautiful 50m outdoor pool!
Tickets for GuilFest 2012 are on sale now and available from Seetickets on 0871 230 1106 or by visiting the GuilFest website.
Organisers are thrilled to announce that Australian musician, composer, songwriter, actor, comedian and writer Tim Minchin will be performing his unique brand of musical comedy, accompanied by his band on Saturday 14th July at this years’ GuilFest
Winner of multiple comedy awards, including the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as 4 Chortle awards and countless others, Tim’s comedy spans many musical styles and covers such topics as environmentalism, rationalism, prejudice as well as logical fallacies, and many more witty observations cleverly integrated into his hilarious, scathing and often unsettlingly lovely songs.
15 March 2012 | Read the Full Article >
Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra featuring Gilson Lavis with special guest Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals) to headline the Main Stage on Friday 13th July
Pianist, Singer, Composer, Television Presenter and King of Boogie Woogie Jools Holland OBE is guaranteed to set the Main Stage alight on Friday night at GuilFest 2012, with his full Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, special guest Roland Gift - former frontman from British rock/soul outfit, Fine Young Cannibals... [continues]
22 February 2012 | Read the Full Article >
Yes that's right, you read it correctly. The one and only multi-talented Olly Murs is coming to GuilFest to headline the Main Stage on Saturday 14th July 2012!
Singer-songwriter, musician, TV Presenter and X factor finalist Olly Murs is no stranger to success. Despite being early in his musical career, he can already lay claim to four number 1 singles and two wildly popular albums! ... [continues]
26 January 2012 | Read the Full Article >
We'd like to thank you all for helping to make GuilFest 2011 one of the best GuilFest's ever. We really hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.??GuilFest has once again been nominated at the prestigious UK Festival awards and It would be really great if you could vote for us!
Every voter will be entered into a prize draw to win a Dream Summer where one lucky fan will scoop two tickets to?every winning festival at this year's Awards .?
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