initial artists named for Camden Crawl

The 2008 Camden Crawl now over the weekend of Friday 18th and Saturday 19th April has made an initial announcement of some of the 130 or so acts entertaining 'Crawlers' in 25 venues in Camden, London over the two days.

Playing both days are The Answering Machine, Bobby Cook, Bombay Bicycle Club, Boy Kill Boy, Cage The Elephant, Cat The Dog, Cock N Bull Kid, Creepy Morons, Crystal Castles, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Elle S'appelle, Fanfarlo, Florence And The Machine, Future Of The Left, The Haunts, Ida Maria, Ipso Facto, Johnny Flynn, Johnny Foreigner, Lets Wrestle, Los Campesinos!, Lykke Li, Make Model, Noah And The Whale, One Night Only, Operator Please, Royworld, Slow Club, Sam Isaac, Sam Sparro, Tellison, and This City.

Entertaining for the Friday only are Agaskodo Teliverek, Blackhole, Cutting Pink With Knives, Eugene Mcguinness, Figure 5, The Ghost Frequency, Hatcham Social, In Case Of Fire, Jme, The King Blues, Post War Years, Rolo Tomassi, The Rushes, Sergeant, Shut Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames, Simone White, Sixnationstate, Soko, Vinny Vinny, William, Yoav, and YouthMovies.

Those bands playing just on the Saturday are Acoustic Ladyland, The Brute Chorus, Cheeky Cheeky And The Nosebleeds, Circulus, Duels, Innerpartysystem, Invasion, Jay Jay Pistolet, Kode 9, Lucy And The Caterpillar, Pacific!, Reuben, Rosie Oddie And The Odd Squad, Skepta, Sky Larkin, Slagsmalsklubben, Stricken City, Tronic Youth, and White Lies.

There are still many more artists and some surprise guests yet to be announced.

The 2008 Crawl will grow to include even more interactive music related fun from noon each day of the festival along the mile-long stretch from Chalk Farm to Mornington Crescent. This includes acoustic sessions, live showcases, live street art and auction, unsigned band competitions, awful poetry competition, pop quizzes, musical bingo, fan forums, comedy, making stuff, performance art, film screenings, exhibitions and more. There's also the planned addition of an outdoor stage and street closures in central Camden Town which will add a new carnival-style dimension.

Tickets are priced at £49.20 for 2 day passes, or £29.70 for either the Friday or the Saturday. To buy tickets, click here. All ticket prices include a £1 donation to The Teenage Cancer Trust.

One ticket, available as single or two day passes, will allow up to 15,000 music fans unlimited access to all Crawl venues, after show parties and daytime activities. The price also includes a free CD programme featuring a core selection of the artists appearing at the event.

The venues being used will include:
Curating Venue Hosts
1234, Adventures Close To Home, Artrocker, Bugbear, Club Fandango, Drowned In Sound, Fallout, Steve Lamacq, John Kennedy, Kerrang!, thelondonpaper, Moshi Moshi, Queens Of Noise, Rocksound, Shuffle, Stylish Riots, Transgressive Records/Rockfeedback, Turning Worm, Wichita Recordings, and Young & Lost Club/Push.

Participating Camden Town Venues (with many more to be added)
Barfly, Bar Monsta, Black Cap, Bullet, Camden Tup, The Crescent, Cuban Bar, Dingwalls, Dublin Castle, Earl Of Camden, Electric Ballroom, Enterprise, Koko, The Monarch, NW1, Oh! Bar, Purple Turtle, and Underworld.

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