Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong for Camden crawlers

The 2008 Camden Crawl now over the weekend of Friday 18th and Saturday 19th April has added more acts to those entertaining 'Crawlers' in 25 venues in Camden, London over the two days.

New acts playing both days are Dananananaykroyd, Lo-Fi-Fnk, Metronomy, Stricken City, and The Wave Pictures. Bombay Bicycle Club will now only play the Friday and are joined on the bill by newly named acts Eastern Conference Champions, Lowline, Lucy and the Caterpillar, and Noisettes. Whilst playing on the Saturday are the new additions of Effie Briest, Cheap Hotel, Jim Gipson, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, Partyshank and Screaming Tea Party.

They join a line up which includes The Answering Machine, Bobby Cook, 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 playing both days.

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.

Things kick off from noon on Friday 18th April along the mile-long stretch from Chalk Farm to Mornington Crescent. This strip of pavement will play host to 130 artists performing across the event's 25 official venues over the 2 days and evenings.

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.

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