Cambridge Rock Festival 2010, 5th - 8th August

[mikeb]

Well ... unlike my often (if not always !) War and Peace stylee posts, this is probably going to be my shortest post on any subject at any time in any place, ever !!! Best be making the most of such a rarity in my posting repertoire Having said that, I'll be adding stuff like the full line-up for each stage and so on to this post when there is sufficient official confirmations so it probably wont end up anything remotely like a short(ish) post at all !

The thread title pretty much says it all really for the mo. The 7th Cambridge Rock Festival has recently been confirmed as going to be held at Haggis Farm, the same venue as last year, on 5th - 8th August So, just a date for the diary and all that for now ... but watch this space for loads more details as and when they're officially announced. I'll also be trying to put something together somewhere along the way with more info about the Haggis Farm venue and what's available on site to give anyone who doesn't already know an idea of what to expect plus all the usual line-up previews and so on when bands start getting officially confirmed of course.

BTW, a particularly good choice of date this year I must say ... so I'll be the one standing by slumped against the bar for most of Thursday, slowly working my way through the seemingly never ending supply of fine ales that should WILL quite obviously be coming my way due to such a good choice of date

Edited July 29, 2010 by mikeb

[gratedenini]

BTW, a particularly good choice of date this year I must say ... so I'll be the one standing by slumped against the bar for most of Thursday, slowly working my way through the seemingly never ending supply of fine ales that should WILL quite obviously be coming my way due to such a good choice of date

[mikeb]

i like how you put a line through some words.... how do yer dee that eh?

Edited February 21, 2010 by mikeb

[Powell009]

The event's classic rock line-up is spread across three stages with the likes of Eddie and the Hotrods, Australian Pink Floyd Show and Dr Feelgood all performing in the past

[mikeb]

Hi there Mr.Powell009 and welcome to eFestivals and your very first post as well it would appear. An excellent choice of thread to pick for it I must say ! Yup, you're dead right of course, there are usually 3 all-weather stages with the Main Stage headline acts over the years being the likes of Blockheads, Australian Pink Floyd, Thunder, Limehouse Lizzy, Eddie and the Hotrods, Dr Feelgood, Marillion, Wishbone Ash, Barclay James Harvest, Bad Company, Quireboys, Uriah Heep, Asia ... amongst many other great bands. At least 70 and as many as around 100 or so bands play the festival every year. It's never a good idea to ignore the 2nd and 3rd stages either because there's always been some absolutely cracking bands playing on them in previous years as well. You may not have heard of some of them ... but you will almost certainly find that you want to hear many of them again.

Were you there last year ? Even if you weren't, check out Asia headlining the Main Stage and closing the festival last year anyway. Not the final entry on the setlist mind you but I just couldn't resist posting their version of a certain *very* well known ELP track and not to mention the fact that it contains the most awesome drum solo ever from the grandmaster Carl Palmer himself starting around the 5 minute mark. Bl**dy exxxxxcellent stuff:

Edited March 5, 2010 by mikeb

[mikeb]

SHINY NEW NEWS -:- SHINY NEW NEWS -:- SHINY NEW NEWS

Oh WOW !!!!! I've just stumbled across this li'l gem of info whilst looking for something else:

The Tygers [of Pan Tang] are delighted to announce that they will be appearing at the Cambridge Rock Festival on the 6th August 2010. The festival is well known for its diversity in Rock music and we are really looking forward to sharing the stage with some fantastic bands. Its going to be a very busy weekend for the band as they will then fly out to the Czech Republic the following day for another festival appearance. 2010 is proving to be a very busy year for the band and hopefully we will be announcing some more live dates very shortly.

Source: Tygers Of Pan Tang Myspace blog entry and the Official Website

Edited March 6, 2010 by mikeb

[mikeb]

... and now for something completely different: The Enid

The who ? I hear you ask ! Nope, not the who but The Enid Yup, that's right, The Enid and according to the front page of The Official Website not only does Robert John Godfrey still exist and has never really stopped composing but along with artistes various, The Enid is still very much with us and will be playing several dates this year including the festival.

Now, I have to admit that whilst I obviously have heard of them before albeit in the very dim and distant past, The Enid wasn't really something that I ever got into I'm afraid. Not sure why really because I do actually enjoy just about every type/style/genre of music and certainly a h*ll of a lot of more classical stuff as opposed to just good old fashioned rock and metal various plus current stuff. But it just never seemed to float my boat somehow at the time unfortunately. However, I still have absolutely no idea why because after finding and watching this relic on good old youtube in particular, it's *really* impressive stuff I think and esp so considering that this was 1979 and no doubt performed entirely live - no tapes, sequencers or computers various doing half the work and all that !

Edited March 7, 2010 by mikeb

[mikeb]

Ummm, nope, I've no idea exactly what's causing the delay on the old line-up release front either ! but I would guess that there's still the inevitable several acres of paperwork to get sorted to everyone's complete satisfaction and websites to tweak plus all the usual mundane kinda stuff that no doubt always does it's best to screw up plans various It'll be along sometime pretty soon I'm sure.

Anyways, whilst we're waiting, how does Micky Moody and Neil Murray plus a few friends sound ?

Sadly, said friends don't appear to include a certain Mr.Coverdale or even Mr.Marsden for that matter either but it still sounds very much like a bit of old skool Whitesnake to me ! According to the website of their management agency Moody Murray's Whitesnake is going to be on the menu for Saturday. I'm not a huge Whitesnake fan myself but a whole bunch of early Whitesnake stuff could well be way more than a bit good I reckon

Moody Murray's Whitesnake does what it says on the tin - classic 70s & 80s Whitesnake blues/rock songs played by two founder members of the original Whitesnake, legendary slide guitarist Micky Moody and top bassist Neil Murray, together with some of the UK's best musicians and singers. Playing songs from Whitesnake's golden era, such as Fool For Your Loving, Don't Break My Heart Again, Ready An' Willing and Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City, Moody Murray's Whitesnake are the genuine article. The band also features the fantastic talents of guitarist Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash, Tina Turner), drummer Harry James (Thunder), vocalist Chris Ousey (Heartland) and keyboard player Michael Bramwell (Uli Jon Roth), and between them the members of the band have played with literally hundreds of world-famous artists.

August

Saturday 7th Cambridge Rock Festival

Direct quotes above are taken from the Rock Artist Management website.

Edited March 9, 2010 by mikeb

[mikeb]

Tygers of Pan Tang, The Enid and Moody Murray's Whitesnake who'd announced on their own websites that they were playing the festival have all now been officially confirmed. In addition, the following bands have also been recently added to the confirmed line-up:

1. Split Whiskers

2. Voodoo Johnson

3. Newman

4. Oliver Dawson Saxon

5. Medicine Hat

6. Pallas

I've just added the Main Stage line-up graphic to the first post in this thread for easy reference and I'll update it as/when I notice there are any additions or changes. Similar graphics will also be added for the other stages as and when sufficient confirmed details are available of course.

Super-Saver tickets will apparently only be available up until this Sunday 21st March and will then be withdrawn.

So just a few more days to save yourselves a few quid if you already like what you're seeing on the line-up so far or keep an eye on The Official CRF Website for the most up-to-date line-up information and for details of any additional bands that might be confirmed before the deadline.

Hmmmm, kinda turning into something of a MetalFest this year ain't it but definitely not even the merest hint of a complaint from me about that and especially not at the prospect of having a bit of Saxon gracing the Main Stage on Saturday:

Oliver Dawson Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law

Oliver Dawson Saxon - Victim You

Edited March 17, 2010 by mikeb

[mikeb]

... totally shameless and completely unprovoked bumpage

But in my defence, I have just added the line-up graphic for the Second Stage to the top post in the thread so it's not entirely unwarranted and all that Additional info and some more vids, linkies and so on hopefully coming along sometime soon(ish). Still kinda trying to recover from the best Glasto ever and sort out the general chaos as direct result thereof at the mo

Edited July 7, 2010 by mikeb

[mikeb]

A quicky update on a couple of the Main Stage headliners.

Monsters Of British Rock (AKA Moody & Murray's Whitesnake) [sATURDAY]

As revealed ages back, this years festival closes with some real good old skool Whitesnake courtesy of Micky Moody and Neil Murray plus a few friends However, it would appear that a certain Mr.Coverdale didn't much like Messrs Moody & Murray making reference to their past endeavours in their current band name so apparently Mr.Lawyer was swiftly instructed to have a word with them about it Suffice it to say that the end result is that the Saturday Headliner we'll all be enjoying is now officially called "Monsters Of British Rock" ... but fear not ! It defo does still mean a whole load of old skool Whitesnake to close the festival of course - or at least it does for those of us who don't have an ego the size of a small country or any particular problem with ex-Whitesnake band-members making occasional references to *very* light coloured reptiles

All Star Band - The 80's Rocked [THURSDAY]

Hmmmm, I seem to have missed out the Thursday headliner so far but I'm very happy to rectify that by saying that Thursday night closes with probably the best 80's stylee rock gig that you're ever likely to attend any time soon ! We all no doubt know that a certain (so-called) beer company doesn't do rock bands ... but if they did, then the line up would probably also be something a bit like these guys

Danny Vaughn - lead vocals & guitar (Tyketto)

Carl Sentance - lead vocals & guitar (Persian Risk, Geezer Butler Band, Krokus)

Dave Bishop - guitar (Sabbat, Loudman, Whole Lotta Metal)

Jon Pease - Keyboards & Vocals (Vandal, Jealousy)

Chris Childs -Bass & bBacking Vocals (Thunder, Paul Young)

Harry James - Drums (Magnum, Thunder, Terraplane)

Matt Prior - Guitar

So with a line-up looking pretty d@mn fine, what about the choons I hear you ask ? Funny you should say that ! Just think of the 80's (ish) bands that you kinda like and those rock compilation CDs various that always demand playing at #11 no matter what or where and I reckon you're going to be pretty much there ... but all played exceedingly well, live, "up close 'n' personal" and "in the flesh" [and any other dodgy clichés you can possibly think of !] Plus of course, expect everything to be played extra-loudly purely for your total enjoyment with not even a remote chance of the neighbours banging on the wall for a change Expect wall to wall classics from the likes of Poison, Queen, Scorpions, The Stones, Twisted Sister, Simple Minds, Joan Jett, Billy Idol, INXS, Aerosmith, Guns 'n' Roses, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Whitesnake, Europe, Btyan Adams, Def Leppard, Journey, ZZ Top, Toto, Bruce Sprinsteen, Foreigner, AC/DC, Rainbow, Kiss ... and more.

You can practically guess the likely setlist just from seeing the band names above can't you although sadly, there's not going to be anywhere near enough time for everything unfortunately but my money is defo on knowing virtually every single word of every single song that does make the setlist on the night ! Defo going to be an absolutely stonking set that's for sure and just to whet the old appetite a bit, check out the promo below ... whilst trying to work out how exactly you're going to get that mullet back into top form over the next couple of weeks or if like me you're well into grade #1 (or less) territory these days, find an appropriate hat for the night and just pretend the mullet has been pimped to perfection underneath it - no one will ever know

The 80's Rocked - promo vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqfyVnzf19I

Couldn't find any other vids but you can listen to more good stuff HERE

The current official line-up is shown in the first post in this thread but please wander over to the Official CRF Website for much more info, any late changes and/or additions to the line-up and full ticket details. Advance ticket prices finish at the end of JULY so almost the last chance to save a few quid on this years tickets as they go up on 1st August for Box Office collections and/or at-the-gate purchases (if still available) etc.

Edited July 23, 2010 by mikeb

[mikeb]

The Buskers Stage is a shiny new addition for this year - featuring many of the best artists from this years Cambridge Buskers & Street Performers Festival over the weekend. I've just added the complete line-up for the Buskers Stage to the first post in this thread. After a quick listen to some the guys listed as playing, it's certainly a very interesting mix of many genres of music from pure acoustic, jazz, funk, soul ... right up to almost pop and some pretty good rock so absolutely perfect for those "fancy something a bit different" moments as a change from the heavier rock/metal/blues orientated stuff on the main stages.

Very difficult to pick just a couple to mention but I particularly enjoyed listening to Gavin Adam Wood and especially his version of the Frankie Goes To Hollywood hit "The Power Of Love" I must say. Nice one, haven't heard that in absolutely ages Although it's apparently not all covers so expect some of his own material as well. There's plenty of audio on His Website and I must admit that I've just spent the best part of an hour listening to practically all of them ! I can only find the following vid to post tho as an example of what to expect but if you like what you hear then take a wander over to the website for much more similar kinda stuff. What a great voice and I'm defo thinking that lounging around on the grass in the blazing sun with a fine ale enjoying it seems like a good plan to me. I'm not entirely sure if there's going to be an after-hours venue this year (for all the happy campers not ready to call it a night when the main stages close) but there usually is so I expect this year will be no different and I sure hope he's going to playing another set then

Gavin Adam Wood - Be Mine (David Gray)

Another artiste that grabbed my ear so to speak was Broken Arrow and YES, I know, they defo don't quite fit into the "something a bit different" category as they're very much rock and all that ! However, anyone who plays stuff from the most excellent album The Pros and Cons Of Hitchhiking by a certain Mr.Waters is ALWAYS going to attract my attention I'm afraid Not bad. Not bad at all guys. I reckon the grumpy old b*gger Roger might even approve

Broken Arrow

It very much looks like there's no shortage of seriously good talent going to be gracing this new stage so please take some time out during the festival to wander over and check some these guys out. I'm quite sure that a few coins and/or beer tokens in the hat (or whatever) if you enjoy what you hear will always be much appreciated ... and very well deserved

Here's a few more artistes playing the Buskers Stage worth checking out for yourselves:

Chancellors Of Vice

Rich Young

Ain't Misbehavin'

Karmadillo

Jessica May Buckle

HoneyDog

Simon Gillies

Chris Newman

Chris Free

Freddie Hall

Georgia and Olly

I'm quite sure that any I've missed out are equally as good as these guys it's just that I couldn't find anything to listen to and then post the relevant linkies.

Edited July 31, 2010 by mikeb

[grumpyhack]

Sadly Mr Grumpyhack remains grumpy but only because family commitments mean that I'm not going to be able to make Cambridge this year.

Saw Chantel McGregor recently at Trowbridge and she's certainly a young woman with great talent and potential - though sadly she didn't do much of her Hendrix repertoire.

With Danny Bryant and Larry Miller you're in for some very good blues rock. Have a great fest everyone and hope to see you in 2011.