Posted by DMFMusic on Jun 30, 2018 in News |

SWEDISH ROCK BAND THE HIVES TO HEADLINE FRIDAY NIGHT PLUS SLOW READERS CLUB, THE DUALERS & MORE ADDED TO MAIN STAGES & FULL LINE-UPS REVEALED FOR THE BIMBLE INN, REBEL TENT AND COMEDY Monochrome five piece The Hives will headline Friday night at Beautiful Days. The unconventional Swedish rockers, whose hits including ‘Hate To Say I Told You So’, ‘Tick Tick Boom’ and ‘Walk Idiot Walk’, are renowned for their unmissable and energetic live show. Also added to the Main Stage bill are Manchester band Slow Readers Club whose latest studio album stormed the UK Top 20 on release in May, plus London blues band The Dualers and South West rock band Tax The Heat. Completing the Big Top line-up are guitarist Richard Durrant, 4-piece Indie-Americana group Carousel, Kitty MacFarlane and Curse of Lono. The Bimble Inn’s 2018 musical line-up will include Black Water County, Brickwork Lizards, GU-RU, Huw Eddy & The Carnival, Jake Morrell, Jamie Freeman, Little Unsaid, Mag Dog Mcrea, Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmons, Novatines, Oh Mama, Reverend Ike’s Sunday Soul Service, Stella Martyr, The Adventures Of…, The Embers, The Lagan and Vibe Machine. The Rebel Tent will host discussions, talks, panels and Q&As throughout the weekend including ‘The USA vs Me’ with internet activist Lauri Love, ‘Corbyn, Palestine and Labour’ with Jewish Voice for Labour members Jackie Walker & Leah Levane, ’21st Century Socialism in Venezuela’ with Venezuela Solidarity Campaign spokesperson Teresa Teran, ‘The Global Battle for LGBT Rights’ with human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, ‘War, Media and Propaganda’ with a panel including former UK Ambassador to Syria Peter Ford, Vanessa Beeley, Patrick Heningsen & Piers Robinson plus former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray discusses ‘The New Cold War’. ‘Syria – What is to be Done?’ is the topic for discussion with Peter Tatchell, Peter Ford, Vanessa Beeley & Hilary Wainwright and then ‘A New Politics from the Left’ will be panel debate for Hilary Wainwright, Rachel Shabi, Alex Nunns, Chris Williamson MP and finally ‘Human Impact on Climate Change’ is the topic for physicist and meteorologist Piers Corbyn (older brother of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn) & Richard Betts. The Rebel Tent will also host...

Posted by DMFMusic on Jun 13, 2018 in News |

We are very happy to welcome FRANK WATER to be part of Beautiful Days this year. They will be providing free refills of filtered, chilled water for all festival-goers who choose to buy either a Frank Water wristband (if you have your own bottle) or a Frank refill bottle. You refill throughout the weekend from one of their fixed Refill Marquees or from the roaming FRANK Tank. They’ll be operating all day until 9pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday They donate 100% profit from their Festival Refill Service to charity. More info about them...

Posted by DMFMusic on Mar 20, 2018 in News |

MANIC STREET PREACHERS, SHED SEVEN, FEEDER, LEVELLERS, GOGOL BORDELLO, SUZANNE VEGA, CALEXICO, BRITISH SEA POWER, RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC TRIO, VINTAGE TROUBLE, THE WILDHEARTS, ERIC BIBB, JAZZIE B & LOADS MORE FOR A COLOURFUL BEAUTIFUL DAYS 2018! Headlining the Main Stage on Saturday at Beautiful Days 2018 are the world-renowned Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers. Their new album ‘Resistance Is Futile’, which features lead single ‘International Blue’ is out 13 April 2018. Friday’s headliner cannot be revealed until June but headlining the Sunday night are festival founders Levellers who will close the weekend with a spectacular show including a firework finale. Also playing the Main Stage are gypsy punks Gogol Bordello, plus Shed Seven who recently released their first album in 16 years, indie-rock band Feeder who visit Escot Park for the first time, the sensational rhythm & blues band Vintage Trouble, Mercury Prize nominated indie rock band British Sea Power, rock band The Wildhearts led by the charismatic Ginger Wildheart, Dutch blues & funk band My Baby and Beautiful Days favourites Dreadzone. Completing the Main Stage line-up are Scottish punk band The Skids, Canadian Producer and DJ crew A Tribe Called Red, the mighty Dub Pistols, plus high octane folk rockers from Newcastle Holy Moly And The Crackers, Indian ska-dub band The Ska Vengers, cosmic band Henge, pop duo Rews, punk-rock quintet Ducking Punches, The Spitfires and singer-songwriter Emily Capell. Headlining The Big Top stage on Friday is Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega who recently celebrated the 30th and 25th anniversaries of her albums Solitude Standing and 99.9F which included the hits ‘Luka’ and ‘Tom’s Diner’. Headlining on Saturday is Arizona-bred alt rock band Calexico and Sunday is acclaimed folk legend Richard Thompson with his electric trio show. Also in The Big Top are high energy French band Les Negresses Vertes, American acoustic blues singer-songwriter Eric Bibb, plus Oysterband who recently celebrated their 40th anniversary, North London siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, the uncompromising Nadine Shah, New Model Army frontman Justin Sullivan playing a solo set, Rising Appalachia who are led by the collective voice of sisters Leah and Chloe, plus Canadian Irish punk band The Mahones, Elephant Sessions and Skinny Lister....

Posted by DMFMusic on Jan 30, 2018 in News |

Tickets go on sale for Beautiful Days 2018 on FRIDAY 02 FEBRUARY from 10am All information & links via https://www.beautifuldays.org/tickets/ The 2018 line-up and theme will be announced on Friday 02 March – we are VERY excited and can’t wait to share news with...