KASABIAN AND THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS TO HEADLINE ROCKNESS 2011!

[rapdeane]

KASABIAN AND THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS TO HEADLINE ROCKNESS 2011!

LOCH NESS SET TO BE SHAKEN TO ITS CORE AS TWO LEGENDS TAKE TO THE ROCKNESS STAGE TO CONQUER 2011!

Organisers promised 2011 would be the ‘Year of the ‘Ness’ and the gargantuan announcement today that KASABIAN and THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS are confirmed to headline the monster three day RockNess festival in the Scottish Highlands proves it’s well on its way to achieving that.

As recipients of one of Britain’s biggest and most respected awards – Q Best Act in the World Today, bestowed upon them at the prestigious Q Music Awards 2010, KASABIAN are without equal and head to RockNess for a Scottish festival exclusive!

With a feast of swaggering anthems and the best pulsating, semi psychedelic grooves on the planet – taken off their last three brilliant albums Kasabian, Empire and West Ryder Lunatic Asylum – this is set to be an unforgettable show.

Last year’s now legendary headline slot at the V festival reaffirmed their ascent to all conquering world domination. Now with ‘the people’s band’ heading to RockNess this will be one of the few chances to also hear brand new material first – fans can expect this supergroup to power their way through a stomping trajectory of anthems sure to stir even Nessie.

Joining KASABIAN, is an act that can well and truly call RockNess home – THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS. Last time Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands played the festival, they unleashed a colossal visual and sonic assault of such magnitude it reverberated the length of the Great Glen. Now in news that will generate elation with fans, they’re heading back!

As worthy winners of this year’s Q Hero Award, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS are without question one of the world’s most potent forces in electronic music. Seven albums in, they remain uncompromising, boundary pushing and peerless. New album Further marks a stunning return to form with sweeping utopian layers and expansive vibes but still enough brutal beats to induce air-punching hysteria. With a dizzying back catalogue of hits and a knack for knowing exactly when to drop the beat for maximum impact, expect heaps of arms-aloft euphoria come June!

Speaking about their return to RockNess, Ed and Tom of THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS said “This will be the first time we have played in Scotland since 2008 and so it’s really exciting to be headlining one of our favourite festivals. RockNess is an amazing place to play and we can’t wait to be back there again”.

Adding to this, RockNess Festival Director Jim King commented “We said last year that we really wanted a big rock band and in Kasabian we have the biggest rock band in the UK today. They're going to take the roof off. As for The Chemical Brothers, they epitomise everything we ever dreamed about as a RockNess headliner. They are one of my favourite bands of all time, true pioneers and RockNess legends"

With KASABIAN and THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS the first headliners to be revealed, and more headline acts to be announced, the summer most definitely starts at RockNess.

RockNess 2011 takes place 10-12 June, 2011 in the village of Dores, close to Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The festival won ‘LINE UP OF THE YEAR’ at last week’s UK Festival Awards for its 2010 extravaganza which saw appearances from a raft of incredible acts including headliners The Strokes. Leftfield and Fatboy Slim.

Music lovers are being encouraged to ‘Respect the ‘Ness’ by taking advantage of ‘GO GREEN’ tickets on sale from 9am on Friday 26 November that include FREE COACH TRAVEL FROM ALL MAJOR CITIES IN THE UK. This follows the instant sell out of the festival’s outrageously good value, computer crashing £99 weekend ticket and amazing Early Bird deal that also sold out.

GO GREEN ticket prices:

£149 – 3 day weekend camping / non camping

£159 – 3 day weekend camping / non camping with coach travel

£135 – 3 day weekend camping / non camping student ticket

£145 – 3 day weekend camping / non camping student ticket with coach travel

£189 - 3 day weekend camping / non camping VIP ticket

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Edited November 25, 2010 by rapdeane

[Paul ™]

You would have thought the Chems would know when they last played Scotland

So Sunday headliner still TBA

[TheRockNessMonster]

Where is this from? Is this all that is being announced?

[rapdeane]

Apologes Paul, this was amended. Our bad 2008 at T in the Park

[Paul ™]

Where is this from? Is this all that is being announced?

[Disco_Fudge]

It came up on Facebook dead on 12midnight. Chems I'm delighted with, Kasabian hmmmm

[TheRockNessMonster]

Alright thanks man, I take it then the one tomorrow is the Sunday headliner. Needs a biggie to close the show, Still clinging on to the glimmer of hope that is Daft Punk!

[Paul ™]

Apologes Paul, this was amended. Our bad 2008 at T in the Park

[rapdeane]

Thank you

[Gothenburg83]

good stuff im well excited now

[coma girl]

I'm glad they've announced everything so promptly, I was expecting to be kept waiting till tea time. Didn't expect to get two headliners though, will we get the sunday headliner soon too?

[Ali1874]

Delighted with Chemcial Brothers on the Saturday.

Kasabian I'm a bit disappointed with. They aren't a bad booking and will probably open the festival well but after seeing them at TITP last year I'm disappointed that Rockness have booked them at all. Hoping for someone decent in the Clash at the same time.

Think it might be a Clash tent headliner announced on Friday? Hoping it's going to be the Sunday night headliner and it does kind of point to it, with it being the day after this announcement (could be due to band embargoes or contracts with other festivals etc) so it should be a big act.

[cambyman]

Im delighted with the announcement, I think Fridays announcement will be clash headliners and some acts further down the bill, keeping the Sunday headliner under wraps until the new year, for PR

[Gothenburg83]

So much for Kasabian being UK exclusive to IOW

[Paul ™]

Im delighted with the announcement, I think Fridays announcement will be clash headliners and some acts further down the bill, keeping the Sunday headliner under wraps until the new year, for PR

[Paul ™]

Will Kasabian bring their usual arsehole fans? That's a whole different topic though

[coma girl]

Hope not, I stopped going to T to avoid them

[Gothenburg83]

Will Kasabian bring their usual arsehole fans?

[Chiefski]

For a fest the size of Rockness, its a good announcement IMO. Sure Kasabian have 'that' sorta fan base but they are cracking when on form. Most have probably seen The Chemical Bros so will know how good they are. If the Friday announcement isnt the third headliner half expecting it too tie in with whoever the 'legend' act IOW annoucing aswell is.

[DoubleDex]

Awesome news. Love Kasabian. Roll on June!

[Kris Reid]

There seems to be a fair amount of negative vibes on tonights Kasabian announcement. I can see where some people are coming from. But RockNess never fails to produce a unique line up which is suitable for a wide range of music tastes. Whether it be electronic/dance or indie/rock ( the name of the festival is irrelevant) or whatever.. In 2008, I was disappointed with the announcement of Razorlight playing RN. However, Underworld headlined the Clash tent which was a great alternative, and I even left half way through for a Count & Sinden set on the MySpace bus.. My point is, that just because Kasabian have been announced,and they might not be to your music taste,its not the end of the world. I can bet you there will be another act on elsewhere in Clash or at Arcadia etc that you will be equally as happy to see as the indie/rock fans are to see Kasabian!

[Kyelo]

There seems to be a fair amount of negative vibes on tonights Kasabian announcement. I can see where some people are coming from. But RockNess never fails to produce a unique line up which is suitable for a wide range of music tastes. Whether it be electronic/dance or indie/rock ( the name of the festival is irrelevant) or whatever.. In 2008, I was disappointed with the announcement of Razorlight playing RN. However, Underworld headlined the Clash tent which was a great alternative, and I even left half way through for a Count & Sinden set on the MySpace bus.. My point is, that just because Kasabian have been announced,and they might not be to your music taste,its not the end of the world. I can bet you there will be another act on elsewhere in Clash or at Arcadia etc that you will be equally as happy to see as the indie/rock fans are to see Kasabian!

[Kowalski]

Welcome to mini TITP.

[tweemo freak]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH! That's too amazing bands right there. THe Chemical Brothers just had to come back, and they always rock the house. Kasabian have so many festival anthems and i've wanted to se them for ages. So, a good announcement, yeah . Now just simply add Daft Punk into the mix and it's perfect .

[rachbon]

really excited about chemical brothers, not pleased about kasabian but i've already said what i think about them in another thread.

at least they're playing friday night, might aswell get them out the way early.