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Gunthorpe Festival
June 20th 2009
Anchor Inn Field
Main Street
Gunthorpe
Nottingham
NG14 7EU
Fake Festivals present Antarctic Monkeys (Arctic Monkeys), Blondied (Blondie), Beautiful Sound (Beautiful South) plus support bands and special guests. All inside a massive marquee plus licensed bar and food garden area. TICKETS FROM EAST BRIDGEFORD NEWS, EAST BRIDGFORD // STATION NEWS, STATION ROAD, LOWDHAM. OR THROUGH WEBSITE OR ON DOOR.
Tickets are now priced as follows:
Adult (18+ years) £15.00
Young Person (7-17 years) £12.00
Family (2 x Adult, 2 x YP) £50.00
Children aged 0-6 are free when accompanied by an adult.
Adult (over 18) Tickets purchased on "the door" are £22.00
Young Persons (7-17) Tickets purchased on "the door" are £15.00
Antarctic Monkeys are probably one of the busiest tribute bands in the UK and easily one of the best. Ever since the release of 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' the Antarctic Monkeys have been on the road performing to packed venues up and down the UK. With a live set that virtually covers both albums their set is both high energy and powerful. Don't miss these guys.
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Blondied are a fantastic tribute band to Debbie Harry and her band Blondie. With a set list that will appeal to all ages Blondied are the perfect band for a Fake Festival. With a great stage presence Michelle Hendricks pulls off an amazing look of Debbie and the band are note perfect. Blondied have been on the tribute band circuit for over 10 years and have been belting out such classics as 'Call Me', 'Hanging On The Telephone', 'Atomic', 'One Way Or Another' many more great hits. Make sure you arrive in time to catch 'Blondied' at a Fake Festival.
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Title: Hanging On The Telephone - BlondiedArtist: Blondie tribute 'Blondied'
Title: Maria - BlondiedArtist: Blondie tribute 'Blondied'
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The Beautiful South have sold over 15,000,000 records worldwide and it is said that one in every four households own a cd by The Beautiful South. With their tribute band 'The Beautiful Sound' carrying on the music of Paul Heaton and his band it is no wonder they are performing so much. With lead singer Steve Place not only sounding like Paul Heaton but looking like him too, the band deliver the closest thing to seeing the originals in their heyday. With a set list that is just hit after hit this tribute band will have you dancing and singing all the way with them.
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Title: Don't Marry Her - Beautiful SoundArtist: The Beautiful South tribute 'Beautiful Sound'
Title: You Keep It All In - The Beautiful SoundArtist: The Beautiful South tribute 'Beautiful Sound'
The Shuffle band are a hard working covers band from Mansfield that perform regularly belting out classic covers of music from the likes of The Beatles, The Who, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, David Bowie, Levellers, The Jam, Stereophonics, The View, The Killers, James, Squeeze, The Clash, Arctic Monkeys, Editors to name just a few. At the Festival they will sure to have you at the front singing and dancing along to some fantastic tracks so make sure you arrive in time to catch their set.
Local Gunthorpe band Longdrop have been wowing audiences throughout Nottingham and as far as London with their up beat punk pop rock tracks. With a strong following and a recent recording session this young and up coming band are well worth a listen. Don't miss their set at the Gunthorpe Festival.
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The Drains are a local Nottingham band who have been together for a few years and have a cracking set list of covers and original songs. The band have made numerous high profile appearances including local radio broadcasts, performances at Rock City and more recently at Hard Rock Cafe. Make sure you arrive into to see The Drains perform their set at the Festival.
The High Standards are one of your cover bands that just seem to have a set list that appeals to absolutley everyone. They perform hit after hit of classic songs from all era's and will certainly have everyone at the Festival paying attention and singing along to feel good tunes from some of the greatest bands ever to have graced our charts. If you like good all round entertainment then make sure you arrive in time to see The High Standards at the Festival.
The Beer Tent
There will be a licensed bar at the Festival serving Lager, Bitter, Magners Cider (330ml), Wine (Red, Rose & White), WKD Blue, Smirnoff Ice, Vodka, Bacardi, Jack Daniels & mixer to those over 18. The beer will be draft beer.
The bar will be open from 1pm until close of the event.
Soft drinks (coke, diet coke, tango, water etc) will also be available.
To avoid lengthy queues at the bar, drinks tokens will be purchased from a separate part of the venue and only those tokens can be exchanged for drinks over the bar. This is to avoid waiting time to be served. Tokens are exchanged for all types of drinks over the bar.
Purchase enough tokens from the token stand to keep you going for a few rounds of drinks for you and your friends.
Tokens will be released at 1pm on the day of the festival and available throughout the event, security will inform you where to go when you enter the marquee.
The Food Stands
There will be five types of food stands at the event serving food from 1pm.
BURGER & CHIPS
A Festival wouldn't be a Festival without the good old Burger & Chips to soak up some of the beer and keep you going well into the night.
HOT POTATOS & VEGETARIAN
There will be a food stand serving hot jacket potatoes and some healthy vegetarian food along with teas and coffeees.
HOG ROAST
There will be a delicious Hog Roast stand serving hot tasty pork with apple sauce in a bread bun along with other great fillings and sauces.
DOUGHNUTS
For those with a sweet tooth there will be some very tasty home made doughnuts and other sweet goods to get the taste buds racing.
ICE CREAM
Yes the sun will shine and for those hot under the collar there will be an ice cream van selling the classic 99 with a flake amongst other traditional ice creams to cool you down.
The Entertainment Zone
Doors Open 12.45pm
1.00pm - 1.30pm - Sutton (Original & Covers)
2.00pm - 2.30pm - The Drains (Original & Covers band)
3.00pm - 3.45pm - The High Standards (Covers Band)
4.00pm - 4.45pm - The Longdrops (covers & original band)
5.00pm - 6.00pm - The Shuffle Band(covers band)
6.30pm - 7.45pm - Beautiful South (Beautiful Sound)
8.15pm - 9.30pm - Arctic Monkeys (Antarctic Monkeys)
10.00pm - 11.15pm - Blondie (Blondied)
11.15pm - 11.45pm - Music
Magners Irish Cider
Magners are sponsors of the Fake Festival 2009 Tour. With the new 330 ml plastic Magners bottles specially designed and manufactured for outdoor events for 2009. Fake Festivals are proud to have Magners sponsoring the Festivals which enables Festival goers to enjoy the crisp refreshing taste of Magners.
Power-Rite
Power-Rite provide a comprehensive service from the hire of generator equipment, to sales and maintenance of stand-by generators, to fuel management and a free 24hour 7days a week call out facility. Power-Rite (UK) Ltd has vast experience in the generator industry, utilising its close relationship with Atlas Copco they can provide power throughout the United Kingdom and abroad.
Drum Stop
Drum Stop are one of the UK's leading suppliers of Drum Kits, Cymbals, Drumming Hardware, Percussion and Accessories and are one of the Top UK Dealers for some of the Biggest Names in Drums providing Drum Kit packages and Shell sets from Beginners right through to the Pros. Drum Stop offer full support and after sales service, free advice, tips on tuning and suggestions for getting your ideal set up and sound!
Coolcoat
CoolCoat is a high-performance window film coating, providing an inexpensive and extremely effective solution to the problem of heat build up. It's metalised surface creates a dramatic reduction in the incoming solar heat by continuously reflecting it away. CoolCoat is the only product available for application onto polycarbonate. If you have a glass roof, you can have CoolCoat or a reflective window film. CoolCoat is cheaper than blinds and is much more effective at reducing temperatures.
Food4Wildbirds
Food4Wildbirds is the UK's fastest growing online website for all types of animal food. With a massive stock and an automated system Food4Wildbirds can deliver your goods quickly to any location within the UK, click on their logo to view their full range.
Danny Jones (Official Fake Festivals Photographer)
Danny Jones is the Fake Festivals Official Photographer. He is based in the Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire and specialises in live and promotional music photography. His work has now included working with the likes of the real Arctic Monkeys, The Hoosiers, Groove Armada, The Prodigy, Supergrass to name a few. He is enjoying being part of the Fake Festivals team photographing all the tribute bands and the crowds at the festivals. Danny is available for portraiture, promo shots, live music photography, Sport, Wedding, modelling, promotional and Event photography and documentary projects. Email: dan@djimagery.co.uk Mob: 07971497827 or myspace.
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