High Voltage Festival http://www.highvoltagefestival.com High Voltage Festival Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:29:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME AND ROCKED! http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/27/a-big-thank-you-to-all-who-came-and-rocked/ http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/27/a-big-thank-you-to-all-who-came-and-rocked/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:27:43 +0000 admin http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/?p=5121 The dust has finally settled, and our ears have nearly stopped ringing… And from all of us at High Voltage HQ we want to thank everyone who came on down to Victoria Park and made it yet another year to remember.

We’ve just touched down from our own celebrations and are gathering together all of the memories captured, so stay tuned to our Facebook page for photos and videos over the coming days and feel free to share your memories with us!

]]> http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/27/a-big-thank-you-to-all-who-came-and-rocked/feed/ 0 James May Brings Love Fungus To High Voltage! http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/19/james-may-brings-love-fungus-to-high-voltage/ http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/19/james-may-brings-love-fungus-to-high-voltage/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:00:33 +0000 admin http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/?p=5102 We’re delighted to announce our involvement in the second series of James May’s BBC2 series “Man Lab” where James May teaches the modern man skills he really should know.

James has brought back the mighty but little known Love Fungus for another stab at the limelight. The band – made up of Mat ‘Mush’ McIvor (Vocals), Mark ‘The Bone’ Rabone (Lead Guitar), Dennis ‘D’ Day (Rhythm Guitar), Ben ‘Jim Morrison’ Upton (Bass Guitar) and Ian ‘Kel’ Kelly (Drums) – will put aside their day jobs and relive past glories first up on the main stage on Sunday 24th July 2011.

This will be the first time the band has performed in twenty years and will be a 2011 UK festival exclusive! The band will be presented onstage by James May and the show will air in late 2011… Get ready to show Love Fungus your loving!

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]]> http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/18/lady-starlight-rocks-the-high-voltage-vip-area/feed/ 0 Tasting Notes for Beer Festival http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/14/tasting-notes-for-beer-festival/ http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/14/tasting-notes-for-beer-festival/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:05:35 +0000 admin http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/?p=5093 For all of you real ale connoisseurs desperate to know what beers will be available at the High Voltage Beer Festival, follow this link to discover the wide selection that will be on offer including Sambrook’s, Hog’s Back and our festival ale High Maltage.

]]> http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/14/tasting-notes-for-beer-festival/feed/ 0 High Voltage Beer Festival Line Up Announced http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/14/high-voltage-beer-festival-line-up-announced/ http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/14/high-voltage-beer-festival-line-up-announced/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:35:14 +0000 admin http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/?p=5087 We are excited to announce full line up details of our first ever High Voltage Beer Festival.

A fantastic line up will include a variety of unsigned acoustic / folk / bluegrass / country and blues artists including our Folk Off competition winners The Amber Herd, take a look at the stage times below and follow this link for more information on each artist.

Saturday 23 July 2011

19.20 – 20.00 The Curst Sons
18.20 – 19.00 The Ramshackle Union Band
17.20 – 18.00 The Sex Pirates
16.20 – 17.00 The Neon Empire
15.20 – 16.00 Leo’s Garden
14.20 – 15.00 Warm Rain
13.20 – 14.00 Joe Goode with Sophie Kelly
12.20 – 13.00 John McIvor

Sunday 24 July 2011

19.20 – 20.00 The Orange Circus
18.20 – 19.00 The Proposition
17.20 – 18.00 Gillian Glover
16.20 – 17.00 The Slide
15.20 – 16.00 Adam Gafsen
14.20 – 15.00 The Amber Herd
13.20 – 14.00 Howlin’ Mat Partner
12.20 – 13.00 War Elephant

]]> http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/14/high-voltage-beer-festival-line-up-announced/feed/ 0 High Voltage: Win a Signed Festival Fender + Poll Results Revealed! http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/13/high-voltage-win-a-signed-festival-fender-poll-results-revealed/ http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/13/high-voltage-win-a-signed-festival-fender-poll-results-revealed/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:00:41 +0000 admin http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/?p=4973 The excitement is brewing for the classic rock event of the summer: with just under 2 weeks until Victoria Park is rocked by High Voltage Festival, we’re delighted to announce details of a riff-tastic competition and the results of our greatest riff poll…

What is the greatest riff ever?

It’s a question on all our minds… Which out of all those mighty, hairs-on-the-back-of-the-neck licks really is the greatest ever? We asked YOU the connoisseurs, and the results came in thick and fast. We’re chuffed to reveal that the winner was written by none other than Saturday’s Special Guest: Slash! That’s right: our winner is Guns ‘N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’Mine!

Ticket Holders Grand Draw: Win a Signed Fender & Limited Edition Marshall Amp!

We’ve got our hands on an amazing prize for 1 lucky winner and the only way you can be entered into this amazing Grand Prize Draw is to get yourself a ticket to High Voltage*!

Win a signed Fender and limited edition 1923 Marshall Combo amp! We’ve got a sleek and sexy red Fender Squire Strat which will be signed by the stars of High Voltage 2011 AND a 1923 Combo Marshall Amp, a limited edition amp specially made for Jim Marshall’s 85th Birthday, and YOU could be the lucky owner! What will be the first riff you bust out on these beauties?!

Remember: the ONLY WAY you can be entered into this amazing prize draw is to buy your ticket to High Voltage!

The Small Print
* You will only be entered into this competition if you have purchased a ticket online from the following retailers: hmv Tickets, Ticketmaster, Ticketweb, Gigantic, Stargreen, Ticketline, Eventim, See Tickets. If you have purchase a ticket from an hmv Store you will need to opt into their data collection policy. Sorry, but we have to abide by the data protection laws.

This competition is open to ALL ticket holders, old and new. For full terms and conditions click here

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All orders placed before 15th July 2011 will be posted out in time to wear your t-shirts at the festival.

For more details follow this link:
www.highvoltagefestival.firebrandlive.com

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Saturday 23 July 2011
4pm – Grand Magus
5pm – Rival Sons

Sunday 24 July 2011
3pm – Black Spiders
7:30pm – Thunder

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High Voltage is the festival all true rock fans have been waiting for – custom built by rock fans, for rock fans.

]]> http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/08/high-voltage-stage-times-announced/feed/ 0 Take Home The High Voltage Experience: Live CD Recordings From Concert Live! http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/06/take-home-the-high-voltage-experience-live-cd-recordings-from-concert-live/ http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/2011/07/06/take-home-the-high-voltage-experience-live-cd-recordings-from-concert-live/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:01:02 +0000 admin http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/?p=4922 We’re excited to announce that following last year’s success, our good friends at music recording specialists Concert Live will be back to rock out with us at High Voltage!

Concert Live offer fans the ultimate gig memorabilia: you’ll be able to buy exclusive CDs of your favourite band’s live High Voltage performance as soon as the last note of the set is played!

If you’re not lucky enough to be able to pick up the CD on the day, don’t you worry; Concert Live will deliver the CD straight to your house.

This year Concert Live will be giving you, the fans, the opportunity to take home the live recording from the following artists:

John Lee’s Barclay James Harvest
Pallas
Ravens Creed
Sylosis
Spock’s Beard
Triggerfinger

Just follow the below link to pre-order your exclusive, limited edition CD.

www.concertlive.co.uk

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