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The Independent
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Fatboy Slim on 40 years of music and fame at Latitude Festival
The Independent has made its highly anticipated Latitude debut, hosting the Listening Post stage with surprise guest Fatboy Slim. Proudly working with the festival as its content partner, the news brand's exclusive in-person conversation was one of the weekend's most talked-about highlights, as a packed-out tent heard stories from the globally loved DJ's 40-year career. Coinciding with Fatboy's upcoming coffee table book, It Aint Over 'Til The Fatboy Sings, broadcaster Matt Everitt was at the helm, guiding an in-depth and entertaining on-stage chat which spanned punk to Paul Heaton, Housemartins to Hove, and Bootsy Collins to bumblebee outfits.
BBC News
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Kendal Calling 2025 line-up, how to get there and gate times
Tens of thousands of music lovers will be taking to the fields later as one of the biggest UK festivals begins. About 40,000 people are expected to attend Kendal Calling, at Lowther Deer Park near Penrith, in Cumbria, where Kaiser Chiefs and DJ Fatboy Slim will headline. From just 900 attendees in its first year, the four-day festival is celebrating its 20th year. Founder Andy Smith previously described its growth as "quite extraordinary".Here is everything you need to know ahead of Kendal Calling, which runs until Sunday. What time does it start and are tickets available? All tickets for the festival have sold organisers are encouraging those who have missed out to join their waiting list on their partner site, Tixel, for safe, last-minute, fan-to-fan added that no tickets will be available to buy at the gates. Gates for the campsite open at 09:00 BST and will remain open until 21:00 for those with Thursday entry tickets alongside their full weekend Friday, gates are open from 08:00 to 21:00, and between 10:00 and 21:00 on Saturday and Sunday. The campsite will close at 14:00 on arena opens from 16:00 on Thursday with music beginning at 17:00 and 10:00 on Friday, Saturday and said those aged 11 to 15, with weekend tickets, must be accompanied by a ticket-holding parent or guardian over the age of 21 - and must camp in the same area as their families. Teen ticket holders - aged 11-15 - are not allowed in the arena unaccompanied after 22:00. Adult ticket holders aged 16-17 must have ID to allow them to enter the festival without an adult. Who's in the line-up? More than 100 artists will take to the nine stages across the site, including the return of Kaiser Chiefs, who will kick things off on the main stage on Thursday. The Courteeners will headline on Friday, while Fat Boy Slim takes over on Saturday and The Prodigy on Sunday. Pop singer Daniel Bedingfield, who had a string of hits in the early 2000s, will headline the festival's Parkland's stage, with Scouting For Girls and Maximo Park also featuring. Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Wombats and comedian Jason Manford are also set to make an appearance. Full details of the festival's stages are available via Kendal Calling's website. Stage times are not released ahead of the festival but acts are split across nine stages, which include:Main StageParklandsCalling OutWoodlandsChai WallahThe SoapboxTim Burgess' Tim Peaks DinerDesert Island DiscoThe Town Hall How can I get there? The festival at Lowther Deer Park is 25 minutes north from the market town in are encouraging the use of public transport as part of their sustainability goals at the festival. A number of coaches are in operation on Thursday and Friday, returning on Monday, with tickets still available via their website, travelling from: Barrow-in-Furness, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bolton, Bradford, Carlisle, Dumfries, Glasgow, Kendal, Leeds, Liverpool, London Victoria, Manchester, Newcastle, Preston, Sheffield, Stockport, Sunderland, Warrington, Whitehaven, Wigan and nearest train station to the festival site is Penrith, which is a 15-minute taxi journey. Organisers are also running a shuttle bus service from the train station. There are also shuttle buses that run from Penrith station to the site, which run on Thursday, Friday and Monday. The times are:Thursday 10:00 – 18:45Friday 08:30 – 19:15Monday 06:00– 13:15Further details can be found on the festival's website.A designated pick-up and drop-off point is also located at the festival's Green Gate, which has road signage. Car travel and road closures Organisers are warning that traffic can be busier when travelling on a Friday and are encouraging drivers to either arrive on Thursday or make their journeys in plenty of time. Those travelling north are being advised to leave the M6 at junction 39 and head through to Shap on the A6, and then follow signage. Those travelling south should leave the M6 at junction 40 and head through to Penrith via the A66, and follow the festival signage. Car parking tickets can be booked in advance or be paid on the day at an extra cost, organisers say, and are urging festival-goers not to park next to their tent but in designated car parking areas. Roadworks taking place on the A66 from Kemplay Bank Roundabout in Penrith, which include 40mph speed restriction, may cause congestion, organisers have warned. They said to allow extra time for travelling, stating on their Facebook page: "If arriving on Friday, we'd recommend avoiding arriving between the hours of 12:00 BST to18:00 to avoid the bulk of traffic in the local area owing to the Center Parcs changeover day, end of week work traffic and of course, the influx of festival-goers."Cumbria Police said it was expecting travel disruption with busier than normal roads in the Eden area. Security and safety In the run up to the festival, police said it had been been working closely with organisers and local authorities to ensure all attending had a safe and enjoyable will be in place around the site and will be assisting event security staff where there are any incidents of crime and Supt Matt Kennerley, of the Cumbria force, is encouraging festival-goers not take valuable items, to remain vigilant and report anything suspicious to security or police. He said: "The event organisers have a range of security measures in place to assist with this including searches on entry and the use of drugs-scanning dogs."Surrender bins will also be in place at entry points. These bins are an opportunity to surrender any prohibited items."I urge anyone considering bringing drugs or weapons to the festival to consider their actions and the consequences this could have not only for yourself, but for others around you."Anyone found in possession of drugs or weapons will be dealt with appropriately."Finally, I'd like to welcome all those travelling into the county for the festival - please look out for one another and have a great time." Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kendal Calling festival issues important travel update for drivers
Cumbria Police, alongside the Kendal Calling festival organisers have issued an important travel update, as the festival is set to get underway on July 31. The festival is celebrating it's 20th birthday, with a blockbuster line-up, including dance legends The Prodigy, who impressed at this years Glastonbury, the iconic superstar DJ Fatboy Slim and one of the best of British music, The Courteeners. However, due to the popularity of the festival, traffic on arrival days, especially Friday, is especially busy. The festival is celebrating it's 20th birthday (Image: Kendal Calling / Tom Martin) The festival organisers said: "Just as a heads up, due to ongoing roadworks 40mph speed restrictions have been put in place on the A66 from Kemplay Bank Roundabout. "We just wanted to make you aware in advance as journeys may take a little bit longer and you might want to allow some extra time for travelling." Festival goers can arrive on Thursday, only if they bought an additional Thursday ticket, which can help avoid the traffic and the rush to pitch tents. READ NEXT: READ NEXT: READ NEXT: They said: "If arriving on Thursday, please arrive at your leisure. There is plenty of time to get set up throughout the day before the music begins at 5pm." However, Friday will be busy, a combination of roadworks, natural festival traffic and the local Center Parcs changeover all play a factor. Roadworks will affect people's journey to the festival (Image: Google) The organisers said: " If arriving on Friday, we'd recommend avoiding arriving between the hours of 12:00—18:00 to avoid the bulk of traffic in the local area owing to the Center Parcs changeover day, end of week work traffic and of course, the influx of festivalgoers. "Once you're nearby to the Deer Park, please follow the relevant traffic signage. We'd recommend having snacks and water readily available in the car so you're prepared for when you arrive on-site." To get to the festival site, the organisers have issued information for drivers: Travelling North to Kendal Calling: Leave M6 at Jct. 39. Signposted Shap/A6 – Turn SatNav OFF Live-in vehicles, Accessible, Pick up Drop Off/Taxi's continue on A6 following GREEN GATE FESTIVAL SIGNAGE OR General Admission (car park), Emperor's Fields (car park), Great Plains (car park), Tangerine Fields pre-pitched tents (car park), Deer Lodge Boutique Camping turn left after the underpass following RED GATE FESTIVAL SIGNAGE Travelling South to Kendal Calling: Leave M6 at Jct.40. Signposted Penrith/A66 – Turn SatNav OFF Follow A66E. Signposted Brough/A66E At the roundabout take the exit onto A6 South. Signposted Shap/A6 Live-in vehicles, Accessible, Pick up Drop Off/Taxi's turn right at the mini roundabout following GREEN GATE festival signage. Signposted Tirrell / B5320 OR General Admission (car park), Emperor's Fields (car park), Great Plains (car park), Tangerine Fields pre-pitched tents (car park), Deer Lodge Boutique turn right at the mini roundabout following RED GATE festival signage. Signposted Tirrell / B5320 Train and shuttle bus There are also shuttle busses that run from Penrith train station to the festival site, they run on Thursday, Friday and Monday. The times are: Thursday 10:00 – 18:45 Friday 08:30 – 19:15 Monday 06:00– 13:15
BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Fatboy Slim: DJ ready for 'madder and noisier' Belfast crowd
Fatboy Slim still vividly remembers finding out Belfast was not a "warzone" on his first visit almost 40 years superstar musician and DJ is set to headline the Emerge Music Festival in Belfast on 23 he first played the city in the mid-1980s as the bassist in The Housemartins, back in the days when he was known as Norman Cook."All I remember is the first time we went to Belfast with The Housemartins in about 1986, we didn't know what to expect," he told BBC News NI."We're thinking: 'Are we going to be playing to a Protestant crowd or a Catholic crowd or whatever?'""There was a little trepidation because I'd grown up my whole life watching the Troubles on the telly, and thinking: 'What are we getting ourselves in for?'"Equal trepidation but also equal interest, just to see." Music 'bringing people together' The DJ said his perception of Northern Ireland had come from TV with a "very British bias"."It was very cathartic I think to actually be there and talk to the people," he added."Because I kind of got the feeling that we'd been fed propaganda about a lot of what went on, and this idea that Belfast was just a warzone and no-one had any fun and no-one was nice to each other." He said the one thing that was clear was that there was more uniting people than dividing them."Music tends to break through those barriers and it tends to connect people and people forget, hopefully, their troubles or the Troubles," he said."Not just in Ireland, worldwide, music does connect people and bring them together." Belfast gears up to Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat That is what he is planning when he plays his Emerge set at Boucher Road Playing has been a fairly regular visitor to Belfast, with his most recent gig in the Telegraph building in the city centre in October 2023."Belfast crowds always take it that bit madder and noisier and more exuberant and I love that," he said. He admits big outdoor shows demand a different approach."The production changes," he said."In the Telegraph building I didn't really bring our production.""When we do the bigger festivals I have my own lighting guy, I have my own visuals guy, we use a live camera so you can see me mugging, you know, right from the back."You also you play the big tunes."There's the tunes that work at big festivals outdoors, and then there's the ones 'these are for the clubs.'" Derry Girls cameo It is obvious he enjoys coming to Northern Ireland, a connection reinforced by Channel 4 sitcom Derry of the show Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Jamie-Lee O'Donnell made a surprise appearance on stage with him during his most recent Belfast also featured in the penultimate episode of the show's final season, something he is still a little amazed by."I've been doing this for 40 years but every now and then a phone call comes along and you're like: 'Oh my lord, really?'" he said."The whole episode revolved around going to my gig."If that wasn't an honour enough then they asked me to be in it." "The only sad thing was I was supposed to actually be there and be playing the show, but because of the pandemic they were filming in a bubble and I wasn't allowed to travel over there so I had to film my bit remotely."So I never got to meet them all and hang out on set."But Derry Girls is such a fabulous series and to be even mentioned in it, let alone be mentioned repeatedly, was a very great honour." Salt, beats? While he will bring what he describes as his "arena show" to Emerge, Fatboy Slim is always on the lookout for unusual venues a recent tour of Australia he played a gig in a chip shop in are plenty of chip shops in Northern Ireland, so any is there chance he could do the same here?"There's always a chance, it's more of a timing thing," he said."Normally I'm in and out." "I'm playing Touquet in France on the Friday night, and then I'm playing Creamfields the night after so there's no real time."The chip shop in Australia was because I had gigs at the weekend and a few days off during the week."I love doing things like that."So a repeat in Belfast is unlikely, but if you call into your local chip shop for a fish supper on 23 August keep an eye - and ear - out just in case.
The Guardian
5 days ago
- Business
- The Guardian
Music venues subject to noise complaints to get ‘greater protection'
Music venues that are subject to noise complaints by nearby residential developments will be offered 'greater protection' under new government plans. The measures, which are set to be introduced under the national licensing policy framework, would mean developers taking responsibility for soundproofing flats and apartments near existing pubs or music venues. The changes are designed to stop the kinds of rows that have seen pubs and gig venues dogged by complaints from people who live in homes built within earshot. Night & Day cafe in Manchester was issued a noise abatement notice by Manchester city council in November 2021 due to complaints from neighbours about loud music at night. The nearly three-year-long row concluded with the venue being told to impose restrictions that limited noise late at night to a reasonable level. The case has led to a growing concern among venues on new developments being built locally, opening up the opportunity for noise complaints from future tenants. The Music Venue Trust said earlier this year that one grassroots music venue closed every two weeks in 2024. Plans for a new office block next to the Prince Albert pub in Brighton were approved on appeal in January, after being refused in November 2023. A petition against the scheme garnered more than 22,000 signatures, claiming the pub was at threat of permanent closure, with DJ Fatboy Slim performing at the venue in 2023 to highlight its cultural importance. George Taylor, a co-landlord of the Prince Albert, said that he saw restrictions imposed on the new offices as a 'win', including a requirement for them to close at 8pm when music typically starts at the venue next door. He said he wanted to see more independent monitors in place to support venues in the UK, including within the new soundproofing measures being introduced. Taylor said: 'With the soundproofing, in theory it sounds great but to manage and look after it, it's supposed to be an independent person. If it's the company that built the building that hires the person to do it, they could be biased as they are on their payroll.' He added: 'Our point is that once the building goes up and if they haven't done the soundproofing, the council won't make them rip the walls down and put it in.' London-based gig venue Moth Club has also seen support from a 20,000-strong petition against two separate planning applications for new blocks of flats beside it. The venue said the blocks, which are due to be considered by Hackney council in the coming months, would have 'devastating consequences' for the future of the club. The new protection will be ushered in under the 'agent of change principle', with the Department for Business and Trade saying it will consider further options to support established venues under the new framework. Other measures in the overhaul include simplifying the process of opening and operating hospitality venues, scrapping local rules that delay small businesses from opening. The business and trade secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, said: 'Red tape has stood in the way of people's business ideas for too long. Today we're slashing those barriers to giving small business owners the freedom to flourish.' New 'hospitality zones' are also envisioned, with more leniency on permissions for street parties and extended opening hours to usher people back on to high streets. Speaking on the new changes, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said pubs and bars were 'at the heart of British life'. Reeves said: 'For too long, they've been stifled by clunky, outdated rules. We're binning them – to protect pavement pints, alfresco dining and street parties – not just for the summer, but all year round.'
