BudRising Full Line-Up

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Contributor

Artist: BudRising
Author: Jason Golden

Its big and its back " BudRising will rock the capital this spring

with a five"night festival across Dublins favourite music venues from

April 9th to 13th. More than thirty homegrown and international acts

will perform at seven venues" including The Button Factory" The

Village" Whelans and one very special secret location" to kick off

2008 festival fever in style"

British indie"rock band Hard"Fi will headline the opening night of

BudRisings spring festival at the Olympia Theatre on Wednesday" April

9th. The West"London four"piece took Ireland by storm in 2005 with the

release of their critically acclaimed debut album" Stars of CCTV. With

Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominations under their belt" the boys

released their eagerly"anticipated follow"up album" Once Upon a Time

in the West" in September 2007. The album reached number one in the

UK album charts in its first week of release. Their set promises to

feature tracks from both albums including mainstay hit singles Hard to

Beat" Cash Machine" Living for the Weekend and Suburban Knights.

On Saturday April 12th" BudRising will take over a top secret Dublin

City location for an extra special live performance from UK sensation"

The Streets. This will mark the first Irish performance for Mike

Skinner since 2004. Skinner will be joined on stage by Kevin Mark

Trail on backing vocals" Wayne Vibes on guitar and bass" Chris Brown

on keyboards" Magic Mike on samplers and Johnny Drum Machine as

drummer and musical director. Following the massive commercial success

of The Streets three studio albums " Original Pirate Material" A

Grand Dont Come for Free and The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living"

fans can look forward to a fourth album later in 2008.

BudRisings spring festival will also include performances from The

Ting Tings" Hadoukin" Maps" Simian Mobile Disco DJ Set" The

Raveonettes" Red Snapper" Future of Left with Fight Like Apes" Erol

Alkan" Digitalism and The Cazals.

Tickets are available from February 28th from Ticketmaster and usual

outlets nationwide.

WED APRIL 9TH HARD FI OLYMPIA "33 INC BKG FEE

THURS APRIL 10TH SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO DJ SET SPY "18 INC BKG FEE

FRI APRIL 11TH EROL ALKAN AND DIGITALISM THE CAZALS THE BUTTON

FACTORY "23 INC BKG FEE

FRI APRIL 11TH HADOUKIN THE VILLAGE "18 INC BKG FEE

FRI APRIL 11TH THE RAVEONETTES WHELANS "10 INC BKG FEE

SAT APRIL 12TH THE STREETS SECRET DUBLIN CITY LOCATION

SAT APRIL 12TH MAPS THE BUTTON FACTORY "15 INC BKG FEE

SAT APRIL 12THTHE TING TINGS THE VILLAGE "15 INC BKG FEE

SUN APRIL 13TH RED SNAPPER THE SUGAR CLUB "15 INC BKG FEE

SUN APRIL 13TH FUTURE OF LEFT WITH FIGHT LIKE APES THE VILLAGE

"10 INC BKG FEE

Further information on the secret Dublin city location and full

details of The Streets performance will follow shortly. Watch this

space"

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