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Dance music appeals to neds. However that doesn't mean only neds like dance music. Its like maths, and those problems you get.

[Glitter+Vodka]

go to bed dear

[Glitter+Vodka]

wtf was i on about?!

[Paul ™]

wtf was i on about?!

[Jeebs]

it's in irvine, and it's using that awful "homecoming" slogan. obvious ned fest.

[weesteve]

Saying neds only listain to dance is shite. Neds only listain to rnb and rap and dj rankin , and dj rankin can hardly be desribed as dance - more like noise coming from a chipmonks arsehole. .

[Hebn2themix]

Just the word Irvine is enough to make me not go!

[Paul ™]

lol

[drunkenclaire]

heard a few things about this, looks no bad

coundt give a shit if people think its for neds... maybe that means no pretentious twats will go

[Dutch22]

EXCLUSIVE!

HOMECOMING MUSIC FESTIVAL LINE-UP UPDATE…

“The only new festival you’ll want to be at this year.”

“Keep your friends close but THE ENEMY closer!”

Homecoming Festival will take place at Irvine Beach on the May Bank Holiday, Saturday 2 May and Sunday 3 May 2009. We promised a more comprehensive update on the line up today exclusively on this site and we trust that what you are about to read will more than impress.

HOMECOMING LIVE:

THE ENEMY will perform live and headline the main stage. Having secured worldwide success with their debut album ‘We’ll Live And Die In These Towns’, which spawned a hit single of the same name as well as hits ‘Away From Here’ and ‘It’s Not OK’, The Enemy march into 2009 with a massive UK headline tour, with over forty gigs between February and July. They also join Kasabian in supporting Oasis of their upcoming, sold out stadium tour including two shows at Manchester’s Heaton Park and culminating with two prestigious dates at London’s Wembley Stadium. Add to that the hype building around their latest single, ‘No Time For Tears’, and 2009 looks set to be a huge year for the band, crowned with their headline appearance at the inaugural Homecoming Festival.

Other headliners include REVEREND AND THE MAKERS, another one of the UK’s finest bands, with a critically acclaimed debut album, ‘The State Of Things’, under their belt as well as huge singles ‘Heavyweight Champion Of The World’ and ‘Open Your Window’. There will be other live performances from the likes of SCRATCH PERVERTS, SOUTH CENTRAL, EVIL 9 AND DAN BLACK. Supplementing the live performances on the main stage we have Snow Patrol DJ set and Pigeon Detectives DJ set to name only a couple, watch this space for more announcements…

LINE-UP ADDITIONS:

Having previously announced an appearance from the world’s biggest DJ ARMIN VAN BUUREN, we can now reveal that he will perform a four-hour set in his own State Of Trance arena. Add to that arenas from Black Hole Recordings and Elite and Ovum Records, and artists such as JOSH WINK, DERRICK CARTER, MASON, JIM RIVERS LIVE, TONY HUMPHRIES, DIMITRI FROM PARIS, LISA LASHES a Scottish festival exclusive from the world’s no 1 female DJ, TIDY BOYS, TIM WESTWOOD, ANDY DUGUID, TON TB, JOCELYN BROWN, INDIA and TAIO CRUZ and you can understand why we are very excited about Homecoming Festival.

HOMECOMING EXCLUSIVES:

SOUL II SOUL

Legendary UK combo Soul II Soul will perform exclusively over two days at Homecoming 2009. Front man Jazzie B will play an exclusive DJ set with the full Soul II Soul Soundsystem taking to the stage for a nostalgic look back to the beginning of the dance scene we love so much. For those that caught them first time round it’s a chance to rekindle old flames, for those of you who never had the opportunity, a chance to see where the scene you love today has come from.

MASTERS AT WORK

Little Louie Vega and Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez make a welcome return to the UK and bring their unique party sound to Homecoming Festival.

BOB SINCLAR

The mercurial Frenchman flies into the UK exclusively for the Homecoming Festival, adding his name to an ever increasing list of world class performers, delighted to be involved in the most exciting addition to the UK festival circuit in years.

THE ARENAS:

Here’s an overview of what you can expect from Homecoming 2009 but remember there are special headliners to be announced in the Black Hole arena and one of Ibiza’s biggest club brands is set to join the line-up, watch this space for details…

A STATE OF TRANCE

With the worlds top DJ, Armin van Buuren, plus Gareth Emery, Menno de Jonge, Rank 1, Jon O Bir, Andy Duguid, Lee Haslam and Paul Webster. If trance is your genre of choice, look no further!

ATOMIK

On a hard house tip with Lisa Lashes Scottish festival exclusive from the world’s no 1 female DJ, Tidy Boys, Anne Savage, Amber D, DJ Cammy (Erotique) and David Forbes (Erotique).

HELTER SKELTER

With Shades of Rhythm live, Slipmatt, Billy Bunter, Ratpack, Vibes, Mikey B, MC Charlie, MC Livelee and M8 guests to be announced.

REMIX ARENA HOSTED BY EDDIE TEMPLE MORRIS (XFM)

The Enemy (Live On Stage), Reverend And The Makers (Live On Stage), Snow Patrol DJ set, Utah Saints, Pigeon Detectives DJ set, eddyTM, Dumb Blonde, Losers (Live On Stage), Scratch Perverts (Live On Stage), South Central (Live On Stage), Evil Nine (Live On Stage), Dan Black (Live On Stage), Ou Est Le Swimming Pool and MORE to be announced....

TWICE AS NICE

Bringing an urban vibe to Scotland with Taio Cruz, Jay Sean, Tim Westwood, Ironik, Htwo0, Scottie B, Reds, IBZ and Psycho. Add in the best of the Scottish urban scene with Naeem, Ray Woods, Nick G, Iron ill (Illyus) and Status (Karbon).

10 YEARS OF ELITE POWERED BY

Showcasing the breadth and quality of the legendary booking agency, celebrating their 10th anniversary this year. Great nights are POWERED BY the DJs, the music they play, and the raving masses - DJs Josh Wink, Derrick Carter, Riva Starr, Serge Santiago, Mason and Jim Rivers (Debut Live Show)

BLACK HOLE RECORDINGS

Tiesto owned record label featuring Ton TB, Mark Norman, Andy Duguid, First State, DJ Sam, Daniel Wanrooy and Cor Fijneman. Special headliner to be announced...

THE BOX PRESENTS THE NEXT BIG THING

Spread over two days with the best in up and coming Scottish bands including URBNRI, The Mode, Someone Sons, The Black Arrows, The Soviets, The Tenemants, The Down and Outs, Jakir, Street Light Conspiracy, Dr Capo, 4 Day Weekend, The 1, 2, 3s, La Fontaines, easy and the Epidemics, The Apple Scruffs and many more.

SOUL HEAVEN: THE WORLD CLASS ARENA

20 years of house represented by legends such as Soul II Soul, Masters at Work and Tony Humphries, with live performances from India, Jocelyn Brown, Barbara Tucker and Salome de Bahia. Add to that modern day legends Bob Sinclar and Dimitri From Paris alongside Dr Bob Jones Yogi Houghton and Bob Jeffries and the ‘World Class Arena’ is aptly named!

WATCH THIS SPACE:

M8 Magazine/Bebo Arena:

Fancy yourself as the next big thing, more details to follow.

Two major arena announcements:

There two more arenas still to be announced. If you want a sneak preview think Oliver Hunterman, Behrouz, Glenn Morrison, Jason Bye, Jason Herd, Kate Lawler and of course the headliners. Watch this space!

VIP:

There are some major exclusives in the VIP arena but we'll keep that for another day.

All artists mentioned above are one hundred percent confirmed for the Homecoming Festival, taking place at Irvine Bay in Ayrshire on May Bank Holiday Weekend, Saturday 2 May and Sunday 3 May 2009 between 12 noon and 2am. That's much later than any other outdoor festival in Scotland – the difference is NIGHT AND DAY!

[Paul ™]

Sounds awful

[treacle]

This one screams "wide berth" at me!

Same weekend as Big in Falkirk so I know where I would prefer to be!

[rory_oh]

I think it looks quite gd tbh :/

I quite like hard dance so its lookin great rite now

and bob sinclair! rock this party will be a highlight

yea it will be a nedfest bt tbh... almost everywhere is a nedfest these days (xept from the haven of rockness )

and its just down the road from me! haha so I kind of have to go lol

[DoubleDex]

sounds well dodgy. defo bum steer IMO

[StuFos]

i got the impression it was going to have bands but a large portion of dance music(of the not so intelligent variety) although ratpack and mikey b were good back in the day. Seems to be a large dance festival.

[StuFos]

join the dots. its really not that difficult.

[llcoolphil]

Is this part of that whole government Homecoming thing, getting ex pats to come home to celebrate being Scottish? Because there appears a lot of not Scottish acts to do the celebrating with

[Kowalski]

Is this part of that whole government Homecoming thing, getting ex pats to come home to celebrate being Scottish? Because there appears a lot of not Scottish acts to do the celebrating with

[Paul ™]

The Enemy snub Homecoming Festival to play in US instead

INDIE trio The Enemy have snubbed their Scottish fans in favour of the US.

The rockers were due to headline new music event Homecoming Festival, which takes place at Irvine Beach Park in Ayrshire on May 2&3.

But the band have pulled out to play in the US instead.

They shot to No.1 in the UK with their album We'll Live And Die In These Towns, but the band, Tom Clarke, Liam Watts and Andy Hopkins, felt they failed to break the US and are hoping to make more of an impact with their follow-up.

A source from The Enemy's management company said: "Due to unforeseen circumstances, The Enemy have had to cancel their appearance at Homecoming Festival.

"The band were looking forward to playing the event but due to scheduling issues, have to go to America to promote the new album.

"The band have not taken the decision lightly, but they feel they are doing this for the good of their long-term career.

"The band wish to apologise for disappointing any fans hoping to see them."

Edited March 5, 2009 by Paul ™

[Kowalski]

The Enemy snub Homecoming Festival to play in US instead

INDIE trio The Enemy have snubbed their Scottish fans in favour of the US.

The rockers were due to headline new music event Homecoming Festival, which takes place at Irvine Beach Park in Ayrshire on May 2&3.

But the band have pulled out to play in the US instead.

They shot to No.1 in the UK with their album We'll Live And Die In These Towns, but the band, Tom Clarke, Liam Watts and Andy Hopkins, felt they failed to break the US and are hoping to make more of an impact with their follow-up.

A source from The Enemy's management company said: "Due to unforeseen circumstances, The Enemy have had to cancel their appearance at Homecoming Festival.

"The band were looking forward to playing the event but due to scheduling issues, have to go to America to promote the new album.

"The band have not taken the decision lightly, but they feel they are doing this for the good of their long-term career.

"The band wish to apologise for disappointing any fans hoping to see them."

[Paul ™]

Not that they're a sad loss (IMHO) this festival has shambles written all over it.

[Dutch22]

Am tending to agree with you here, I think it's gonna be a one hit wonder.. if it even gets that far

[Paul ™]

Something different to T in the park and this fits the bill perfectly.

[steamboats]

THE BOX PRESENTS THE NEXT BIG THING

Spread over two days with the best in up and coming Scottish bands including URBNRI, The Mode, Someone Sons, The Black Arrows, The Soviets, The Tenemants, The Down and Outs, Jakir, Street Light Conspiracy, Dr Capo, 4 Day Weekend, The 1, 2, 3s, La Fontaines, easy and the Epidemics, The Apple Scruffs and many more.

it looks like the Box Stage has a better line up than the rest of the festival

[Da_J_Doc-~]

What i find funny is HCS are already ploughing money into some of the smaller independent festivals, they should have just chosen one of them to be their centre piece rather than this lame excuse which looks ill thought out given the current financial climate and saturation of festivals north of the border, did they not see that Connect and Loch Lomond have already bit the dust?