_Offically the highest music festival in the UK.
Saturday headliner - FEEDER with 25 hits and over 5 million record sales. Sunday headliner - REEF with 8 top 2 singles and a number 1 album. Special guests - GUN and THE ANSWER. Showcasing the finest up-and-coming talent, including: Revoker, The Dirty Youth & Sons of Icarus. 'Family friendly affordable festival in the heart of the South Wales valleys' Following the overwhelming success of last year’s inaugural event - which featured The Quireboys, Tigertailz and The Blackspiders amongst others - the organisers promised that this year would be bigger and better. This year’s festival will take place over 3 days - 27th, 28th and 29th July - and it is again set at the spectacular mountain top location of Hafod-y-Dafal Farm, near Ebbw Vale in Gwent. The festival site received rave reviews last year for its magnificent panoramic views, and has now been officially recognised as the UK’s highest music festival further adding to the uniqueness of the Steelhouse Festival. Limeface, the Festival organisers are expecting over 3,000 music fans to descend on the area at the end of July, making it one of the largest single events in the history of the area and position Wales alongside some of the best European rock festivals. Feeder, featuring singer/guitarist Grant Nicholas and bassist Taka Hirose are confirmed as the headliner on the Saturday night of this year’s festival. With 25 hit singles and over 5 million record sales under their belt, this summer will see them performing tracks from their new album “Generation Freakshow’ released on 23rd April, along with classic hit singles, including ‘Feeling the Moment’, ‘Buck Rogers’, ‘Come Back Around’, ‘Renegades’ and ‘Just A Day’. With 8 top 20 singles including ‘Place Your Hands’, ‘Come Back Brighter’, ‘Naked’ and ‘Yer Old’. A number 1 album with the 1997 release ‘Glow” and over 10 million album sales, REEF were the perfect choice to headline the Sunday night and close the show at this year’s Steelhouse Festival. The band fronted by west country vocalist Gary Stringer, reformed in 2009 have since played Glastonbury, The Isle of Wight Festival and Wembley Stadium. This year’s extended festival will feature an additional full day of top quality rock acts, featuring Northern Ireland’s finest, The Answer as special guests on the Sunday night. Saturday’s special guest will be festival favourites Gun, whose new album ‘Break The Silence’ is released 6th July. The Steelhouse places a high priority on showcasing and developing young talent. This year’s festival will feature some of the best up-and-coming rock bands. Revoker, who have already graced the stages of Download and Hammerfest will get the opportunity to rock the valleys and bring their brand of ‘thrash riffsand infectious timeless choruses’ to the rock starved masses of South Wales. The Dirty Youth, featuring vocalist Danni Monroe - who featured on ‘world rock chicks - live’ in New York - have toured extensively throughout Europe, most recently with rock giants KORN. They’ll return to Wales to play their mammouth new single ‘Fight’ which has been featured heavily on KERRANG & SCUZZ TV. Other confirmed bands include: Saint Jude, The Union, Million $ Reload, Bonafide, Prosperina, Henry’s Funeral Shoe, Gentlemen’s Pistols, Hangfire and Marshall Amps ‘Ultimate Band Contest;’ winners Sons of Icarus. The festival will also see the return of the extremely popular Friday night tribute party. Joining Europe’s longest running tribute to KISS, Dressed to Kill and the amazing tribute to Thin Lizzy, Dizzy Lizzy, Guns 2 Roses the UK’s official Guns ‘n’ Roses tribute act will burst on to the stage bringing us hit after hit from one of the world’s biggest bands. The intention is to continue the family friendly theme of last year’s event by again making the event free to children of 14 and under as long as they are accompanied by an adult. The event organisers have continued their commitment to providing the ‘best value’ festival. The full weekend tickets have been set at £55, placing the Steelhouse Festival as one of the most affordable 3 day camping festivals in the UK. More information, tickets and announcements are available at: www.steelhousefestival.com Full line up: Friday Dressed To Kill Guns 2 Roses Dizzy Lizzy Saturday Feeder Gun The Union Revoker The Dirty Youth Gentlemans Pistols Prosperina Sunday Reef The Answer Saint Jude Million $ Reload Bonafide Henry's Funeral shoe Sons Of Icarus Hangfire
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__Merthyr Rock, the UK’s new 3 day alt/rock festival in the heart of Wales is back for its second year. Situated in the beautiful historic Cyfarthfa Park, a public, Grade II space in the heart of Merthyr. This boutique festival brings a mix of indie and rock bands, both home-grown talent and further afield. The festival will run from Friday 31st August- Sunday 2nd September 2012.
The headline acts over the 3 days have now been announced as Razorlight (31st), Skindred (1st) and Kids in Glass Houses (2nd) Other acts announced so far over the 3 days include: Deaf Havana, Saves The Day, Yashin, Arcane Roots, Lower Than Atlantis, Futures, We Are The Ocean, Exit Ten, Future of The Left, Straight Lines, Shadows Chasing Ghosts, Reaper In Sicily, Dead Wretched, The People The Poet, The Lash, The Undivided and loads more to come. "Merthyr Rock is amazing! Skindred are very excited to come and rock this spot again...this year's gonna be the one!" Benji Webbe of Skindred. Kids In Glass Houses say: "We curated a stage at Merthyr Rock last year and spent the day at the festival having a great time. Now this year we're honoured to be headlining what is set to be a fantastic weekend." Rhodri Jones, festival director, says: “We had an incredible response to the festival last year, and this year’s event is going to be bigger, better, bolder and an awesome way to end this Summer” Merthyr Rock video footage from 2011 can be viewed here. A special Weekend Earlybird ticket is now on sale for £55 (until noon Mon 2 July, then £65) Other ticket information including day tickets will be announced soon. Camping at Grawen Farm is £15 per person, for 3 nights (Fri, Sat, Sun) Day Tickets go on sale Mon 2nd July priced at Friday £20 - Sat & Sun £25 Merthyr Rock is a 14+ years only event and under 16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. External ticket stockists: Ticketline UK and See Tickets. More news coming soon including full band line-up, Jagermeister trucks, and Skate & BMX half-pipe action! For updates & tickets: www.merthyrrock.com @merthyrrock #mrock facebook.com/merthyrrock N.B: In 2006 the organisers started the HAY-ON-EARTH Project and for six years Hay Festivals have been engaged in a programme of managing and mitigating the Environmental impact. The aim is that all waste created by MERTHYR ROCK will be separated and recycled. |
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