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| BELLADRUM ANNOUNCES HEADLINERS & ON SALE |
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 BELLADRUM ANNOUNCES HEADLINERS & ON SALE Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival (6th and 7th August, Beauly, Inverness-shire IV4 7BA) which sold out in advance last year, announces today that tickets are on sale at all outlets from Friday 9th April for this year’s event which will be headlined by Feeder and Amy MacDonald. Topping the bill on the Friday night of the seventh Bella, Feeder, the Brit Award-nominated alternative rock band from Wales, have three platinum selling albums to their credit. Glasgow’s Amy MacDonald,who headlines the Saturday night, has sold over 3 million albums and last played Bella in 2007. Bob Marley’s legendary Wailers are billed to bring the unforgettable songs, sounds and rhythms of one of the last great Reggae institutions still in existence to the main stage in their first ever visit to the Highlands; the festival will also feature: Candi Staton, the queen of southern soul; Brighton rock band the Levellers; a first appearance of local heroes Wolfstone and the return of Barra’s Celtic musical magicians The Vatersay Boys; bands of the moment Stornoway, Erland and the the Carnival, Alex Gardner, Egyptian Hip Hop, Young Fathers and Unicorn Kid are all set to make their debut appearance on the Hothouse stage as well as cult 80’s act, and an influence to many, The Woodentops, the stage is to be headlined by Indie legends the Divine Comedy. The ever popular Grassroots stage will this year play host to the likes of folk legend Dick Gaughan, John Otway who needs no introduction and the wonderful Beth Jeans Houghton. Double award-winning Belladrum will announce plenty of further artistes in the coming months to bring the usual sparkling cross-genre array of talent. “After last year’s advance sell-out, we really urge our growing band of regular supporters to buy their tickets early; we anticipate strong demand and we would hate our friends to miss out,” said festival promoter Joe Gibbs. “The line-up of music and other forms of entertainment and performance art is shaping up to be as brilliant as ever.” Belladrum 2010 takes place in the beautiful Highland surroundings of Belladrum Estate, near Beauly in Inverness-shire. The independent festival has built a reputation for its eclectic line-ups, its off-beat non-musical entertainments and its all-ages approach. The festival won a VisitScotland Thistle Award in 2009 and is a past winner of the Grassroots Festival Award at the UK Festival Awards, the festival industry’s ‘oscars’.. Advance adult weekend tickets are £85. They include parking and camping, except for campervans and caravans which will be charged £25 per vehicle.. As in previous years, tickets for children 12 & under are free. Tickets are available from The Ironworks (www.ironworksvenue.com), The Booth (www.thebooth.co.uk), Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.co.uk), Ticketline (www.ticketline.co.uk ), Tickets Scotland (www.tickets-scotland.com) and Skiddle (www.skiddle.com). Tickets are also available from TicketScotland in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Ripping in Edinburgh, Grouchos in Dundee, One-Up in Aberdeen, The Ironworks, Mania, Hootenanny’s, HMV and Eden Court in Inverness; Beyond The Waterfall in Dingwall, Macallans in Wick and Thurso. The festival is supported in 2010 by the Scottish Arts Council’s Youth Music Initiative*. |