Running Order

Who's Next

Who's Next were formed in the summer of 2003, and since then the band have gone from strength to strength playing to thousands of people in some of the greatest venues in both the UK and Europe. Who's Next are now highly regarded as the premier live tribute to The Who and give a stage show that is second to none. Who's Next are a four-piece band, as were the original Who, and their performances attempt to recreate the wild rawness and originality of the original Who's live gigs. Their articulate interpretations of Townshend's pop nuggets and all-out rock anthems such as 'Substitute', 'My Generation' and 'Pinball Wizard' are showcased along with show-stopping versions of 'Won't Get Fooled Again' and 'The Real Me' complete with pyrotechnics are a must for all Who fans!

Web Site:	www.whosnextband.co.uk
	Sample Track "The Real Me"

The Mentalists

"Now this has GOT something. The dog yelps suggest it may be scurvy...But beyond the crude riot grrrl frenzy, it has an appealing poppy centre and for all that, singer Kim E. Leon sounds like Hazel O'Connor. Her sheer INTENT soon obliterates your defences. "Sleazy listening" is how the band describe themselves. Very apt."
Colin Irwin - Mercury Music Prize judge (8/10 rating)

"Singer Kim E. Leon has a voice like smooth whiskey in a mouth filled with chocolate cake at a hard-drinking five year old's birthday party."
BBC

"... from the sort of tune Raincoats/Slits/Kleenex would have been proud to have as an A-side with jagged whooping wordless backing vocals, to perky pop ska-esque Madness type tunes with raw-riffy-roughed up guitar stabs, and then there's a glorious classic girl group type song (Snow Queen) which would make a Spector pop fan blush happily... Hurray for dancing. Hurray for Mentalists."
Artrocker

"Curiously sexless for women"
Alex James

The Prelude

Marrying the pathos of Dylan, the melodies of The Band and the drunken celebration of The Pogues, The Prelude have shaken audiences up and down the country.

The Prelude write songs for the everyman; slur-along classics to be heard spilling from drinking establishments, football terraces and the radio alike. Their songs tell bleary-eyed tales of joy, despair and confusion wrapped in hook laden melodies and choruses begging to be sung by the masses. Theirs is a music that is contagious, unassuming and universal.

Best friends since the age of dot, the band lived and learned on the backstreets of Derry before moving to Liverpool to hone their talent.

"Any group who refer to the guitar as ‘the gitbox’ are always going to be worth a listen. Overwhelming live, it would be impossible to not be swept up in their shamelessly high spirits."
Clash Magazine September 2007

The Operation

Already making headlines in the US, The Operation are a young, three-piece power trio in the true sense of the phrase. Hailing from Bath, with influences ranging from classic British rock to modern day alternative and pop, these three talented artists have carved themselves a very distinct niche, in the ever-changing UK music scene. Having played hundreds of shows throughout the UK not only headliners, but as support to some of Britain's top name artists, The Operation have also performed on many of the UK’s top seasonal music festivals. At an average age of just 21, Alex, Oli and Nick have been described in the music press as a cross between “early SUPERGRASS and mid era THE WHO". As all of their material is self-produced, the band prides themselves in having an incredibly loyal, and rapidly growing fan base.

Detlef Zoo

Detlef Zoo are a Latvian band with influences from The Beatles to Radiohead. Detlef is the best known band member to the general public (friends still call him Uldis) but he would be the first to say that Detlef Zoo is a union of four equal friends and members. Martins Millers (bass) along with Detlef is a veteran in the band, having played there since the beginning. “The philosopher of Rhythm” Marks Ameriks (drums) attended a music school where he played percussions, later took part in the recording of the album “15 episodes of Kuba” by project –Kuba and he also took part in the recordings of Jana Zildes’ CD “Stavi”. But Kaspars Ansons can be very grateful that he had been thrown out of piano and choir classes at children’s music school, because only then he discovered the guitar. Since then he has been a member of different punk bands and even in a big-band, but only in Detlef Zoo he feels like at home. So basically they are four who have no doubt that they can do what no-one can. The proof is "If It Makes Us Happy".

Web Site:	www.myspace.com/detlefzoo
	Sample Track "Love Town"

Men and Gods

Men and Gods are fronted by Marc Eden - he of the heavily kohl-ringed eyes, tousled hair, discerning suit, fur coat and a cascade of scarves; looking like the unholy, but beautiful, union of T-Rex's Marc Bolan and Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett. Eden previously worked with ex-"Guns'n'Roses" members Slash, Duff McKagen and Matt Sorum (before they hooked up with vocalist Scott Weiland) in a musical venture named "The Project" that was soon to become the world-dominating "Velvet Revolver". Slash described Eden as "One of the greatest rock 'n' roll singers I have ever heard".

Halagoogoo

Halagoogoo are a three piece that play a concoction of dirty bluesy funky rock 'n' roll with tons of energy. They formed in Bristol in 2005 and then relocated to London in 2006, but have continued to gig all over the UK. Halagoogoo have supported a number of old and new successful bands including INXS, Scouting for Girls, Focus, The Beat, Geno Washington etc. Also not forgetting a comprehensive tour in 2007, that included festival dates at Glastonbury and the Isle of Wight Festival.

”Halagoogoo artfully blend moving bass lines and complex drumming with Zeppelin-esque guitars to create a new breed of funk rock. With leopard-skin jumpsuits and wetsuits, the band are destined to headline big venues.”
NME

"Quite possibly one of the most original bands I have seen in a long time, these boys are crazy but equally musically gifted."
Matthew White, Notion Magazine

"Play this band in your front room, and it'll make the whole house dance!!!!"
Total Rock - Play Music Magazine.

Jon Amor

Jon’s Unknown Soldier album features guest performances from Led Zep legend Robert Plant and Clive Deamer of Portishead and Roni Size fame. Here’s a bit of background…….In the early nineties, from a tiny village in deepest darkest Wiltshire, came forth a band called The Hoax. One of its key members was Jon Amor, a long, lean guitar player who, along with his cohorts, toured the UK, Europe and the USA for eight years until the group disbanded in 1999, with four successful albums and a string of awards. Subsequently, Jon took on the role of frontman with his band AMOR and established himself as a singer and songwriter in his own right, releasing two highly acclaimed and influential albums. Jon disbanded AMOR in 2005 and made the final leap into solo performance with a string of unique acoustic gigs. Jon and his band went down so well at last year’s PMF - even successfully banishing the rain - they will be headlining this year, from 10.30pm.

Web Site: www.jonamor.com