Feeder and Leftfield Announced for Chester Rocks Festival
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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British electronic pioneers Leftfield and rock band Feeder are the latest acts to sign up for the first ever Chester Rocks Festival.
The festival, already boasting the likes of Iggy Pop and The Stooges, takes place at Chester racecourse on Saturday the 2nd of July, and continues until late the following day. Taio Cruz, The Wanted and McFly are also among the other big names announced to play at the weekender.
Alternative rock group, Feeder are the latest addition to Chester Rock’s Sunday bill. The band are one of the most charted acts of all-time, with a total of 20 top 40 singles. The roots of the band can be traced back to Newport, Gwent in the early 1990’s, where Nicholas and Lee played together in short-lived local grunge band Temper Temper. Frustrated by small-town life, the pair changed their name to Reel and relocated to London in early 1995, recruiting Tokyo-born bassist Taka Hirose on the way.
Paul Daley and Neil Barnes formed Leftfield in 1990. The pair were ground-breaking in the field of intelligent dance music and progressive house, being amongst the first to fuse house music with dub and reggae. Along with the Chemical Brothers and Underworld they were among the first electronic musicians to incorporate live guest vocalists.
The line-up s far for both days of the festival is displayed below.
Saturday: Taio Cruz, McFly, The Saturdays, Sugababes, The Wanted, Eliza Doolittle, The Christians and Stephen Langstaff.
Sunday: Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Leftfield, The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Echo and The Bunnymen, Feeder, I Am Kloot, Shaun Ryder, Lightning Seeds, and Tommy Scott and the Red Scare.
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