Selling tickets for Leeds Festival 2011

A new release on 26 December, organizers Leeds Festival have been selling tickets during the month of December for Leeds Festival 2011. Advance tickets sale on Friday December 31st.

At a reduced price tickets are recently sold to avoid fans by both the VAT addition and the tickets price also addition to the annual.

At a higher price tickets will be available on sale in March.

Time out running to win VIP festival tickets

There is a definite chance to win two VIP ticket for Leeds festival and help this very worthwhile cause.

A pair of tickets granting access to VIP camping are being auctioned by us,VIP parking and the use of the guest area for the entire festival during the August bank holiday weekend.

All the proceeds will go to the Yorkshire Post Christmas appeal.It is confirmed that every penny donated is spent directly helping those in need – and that includes all the money raised by the sale of the Leeds Festival tickets. Please give generously and help those in need this Christmas.

Leeds Festival Tickets 2011 Presale

In Bramham Park Leeds Festival is an annual music festival in UK. The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a group of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in the UK. At the holiday weekend Leeds Festival takes place on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Schedule of Leeds Festival was already announced for leeds festival 2011. At Bramham Park Leeds Festival will be play from 26-28 August 2011.

At Leeds Festival you will find this melting pot of cultural and music celebration in UK. Ticket of Leeds Festival will be Presale on 3 December 2010. Leeds Festival tickets are available are sold out Market against nominal price.At affordable rates Sold Out Ticket Market is ideal for Leeds Festival Tickets.

Leeds Festival 2011 tickets to go on sale on 1st December

Mobile phone company,Vodafone has reported that the company is ready to offer all of its subscribers exclusive access to buy pre-sale tickets for Leeds Festival 2011.

From Wednesday 1st December,allocation of tickets will be sell out to the mailing list, has been revealed by Vodafone.The deal is set to extend the existing partnership between Vodafone and Leeds organizers Festival Republic.

Tickets are priced at £180 for a weekend pass. These tickets include camping.

Leeds Festival tickets will be available exclusively to Vodafone VIP customers for 48 hours. At 9am on Friday 3rd December they will go on general sale from the official ticket agencies See Tickets and Ticketmaster.

Leeds Festival Tickets on Pre Sale in December

Tickets for the Leeds Festivals 2011 are set to go on sale next month.

Leeds Festival Tickets for 2011 are going to be sale on December 2010. According to NME, there are few number of pre sale tickets for Leeds festival that is going to be on sale at 9am on December 3. Both festival will be on general sale on March when line-up will be announced.

Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink-182 headlined the event for 2010 events.

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Massive Crowd at Leeds Festival A Success,Says Bosses

According to organisers of Leeds Festival Republic, there has been a prominent drop down in ticket touting compared to previous years due to a "multi-agency tout response vehicle"

The event handler and organizers claimed, that a significant disruption to the activities of ticket touts, has been reported with the mutual efforts of West Yorkshire Police and other agencies

Melvin Benn,Festival republic boss said that he is not satisfied with the approach of from the various agencies.

Each year, touts line the roads approaching Leeds Festival to sell to ticket-less festival-goers who will pay above the retail price to attend.

"I was keen to try and take action against touts offsite because they have disrupted our traffic plan and exploited our festival goers for years,” he Benn, “I was delighted that agencies were able to join together in such a united and organised manner and that we could finally disrupt the touts' activities.

“We hope very much to repeat the response vehicle in 2011 and are very grateful to all the agencies involved for their co-operation."

In spite of the infamy of ticket touting, it is not actually an illegal practice, so the agencies had to use other ways to tackle the problem.

Speaking for West Yorkshire Police, Inspector Marcus Griffiths said, "With the huge influx of traffic in the run-up to the festival, touts operating from the roadside were causing real and potential traffic hazards. I think the proof of the pudding was in the eating - the number of touts operating on the second and third days of our operation tailed off to nothing, thus keeping our roads clear of potential hazards."

Leeds Upcoming Film Festial Life Achievement Award

Leeds International File Festival considering to present The Golden Owl Lifetime Achievement Award to Tsai to celebrate his achievements, and his contributions to world cinema.

The event will be held on 15 and 16 November 2010. The Taipei Representative Office in the UK, University of Leeds and Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) are cooperating to organise a special event in Leeds focusing on the Taiwanese director

Tsai Ming-Liang who has dedicated so much to the world cinema is a great icon of those upcoming people who want to be a part of cinema or who are already part of it.

In the awards ceremony which will begins on 15 November with a screening of his film The Wayward Cloud. This workshop will be hosted by Tsai himself in the morning of 16 November,in the afternoon by an event entitled An audience with Tsai Ming-liang, at the Hyde Park Picture House. The event also include a screening of Tsais short film, Madame Butterfly, followed by a Q&A session with the director. To make this occasion remember forever in the world of cinema Leeds International Film Festival plan to present the Golden Owl Lifetime Achievement Award to Tsai to celebrate his achievements, and his contributions.

Another Leeds Festival in Leeds

The coming weekend is again surprise for the people who want to generally like Leeds because the weekend from Friday October 1st to Sunday 3rd October sees yet another new arrival on the festival circuit in possibly the most musical lively city in the country at the minute.


Play Patterns is a small and close event taking place in Leeds venue The Well. Spread over three days and two stages, it features the best of the city's talent and beyond, including the first solo outing of former Grammatics frontman Owen Brinley (pictured).

The full line-up is as follows:-

Friday October 1:
Calories
Copy Haho
Bilge Pump
The Pharmacy
Gallops
Wonderswan
Eagulls
Moody Gown

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Leeds Festival : Guns N' Roses bottled off stage in Dublin

If Axl Rose didn't think it could get any worse than last weekend's sets at Reading and Leeds festival, and the subsequent war of words, Wednesday's concert in Dublin must have seemed like a nightmare.Guns N' Roses were just four songs into their gig at the O2 when boos and bottling forced Rose to confront the crowd. "If you don't want to have fun, all you've got to do is let us know," the singer told them. The crowd let him know. And Rose left the stage.

Guns N' Roses began their set almost an hour late – a record even in this week of embarrassing tardiness. "The sound of booing echoed through the arena," recalled a fan, "but it was suddenly drowned out as the lights went down." Yet many of the band's critics were persistent. "We want Slash!" they yelled, referring to the band's former guitarist. The boos went on. And plastic bottles were thrown at the stage.

Twenty minutes into the set, Rose gave an ultimatum. "Here's the deal," he said. "One more bottle and we go home. It's up to you. We would like to stay. We want to stay. We want to have some fun." But some fans weren't impressed. The bottling continued. Rose walked off.

After that, the house lights went up and down, with promoters and security sending mixed messages about whether the concert would continue. "We're trying hard to get Axl to come back on stage," an organiser announced. "I will ask you to refrain from throwing items. I promise you a great show, but you need to be calm." The gig's promoters later issued a statement, saying they "prevented [Axl] from leaving the venue". At 11:20 pm – about an hour after they had left the stage – Guns N' Roses returned and completed their set.

The concert was apparently pretty good. Or at least, everyone but Axl was pretty good. "Guns rocked Dublin last night, but we could've done without the Rose," explained a fan. But this was of little consolation to those who had already left the O2, thinking the concert over; public transport had stopped for the night and ticket-holders were reportedly barred from re-entering the arena.

Last weekend, Rose declared "war" on festival bosses. If he's not careful, Guns N' Roses' fans may soon be launching a coup against the band's frontman.

Leeds Festival around traffic plan to relief congestion

Leeds Festival traffic plana rouund the city to try to relief congestion before a forthcoming festival. Leeds Festival starts on Friday and every people are expected to come at Bramham Park.

Until Friday morning is closed traffic to part of the A64 York Road in a bid to relief congestion. The festival traffic is start directed onto the A1(M) coming off at junction 45 and onto West Woods Road and Paradise Way. Police said to the drivers could use the A1 to junction 44 and travel towards Leeds using both lanes on a system one way. As a report, the A64 road will be closed to all traffic travelling eastbound from the Fox and Grapes on Friday. Police said the other irregular road restrictions were in place and around the city.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Advised that drivers are strongly to use alternative routes wherever conceivable and allow to extra time to plenty for their journeys."

Leeds Festival 2010 : Melvin Benn interview

Leeds Festival has become a highlight of the nation's cultural calendar and a much-loved spectacle of UK and global rock music.

But, says festival boss Melvin Benn, the event's soul remains as local as Leeds United, and as Northern as his own.

'Nobody talks about Leeds because of Leeds United. People talk about Leeds because of Leeds Festival.'

The words of Leeds Festival supremo Melvin Benn might not exactly be music to the ears of the Elland Road faithful, but he makes a valid point about the rise and rise of the city's showpiece rock extravaganza.

For too long considered the poor, Northern cousin of Reading, the event launched in 1999 has now found a firm place in the city's, and the country's, music calendar.

Giant bagel kicks off Leeds Loves Food Festival 2010

A giant bagel marked the opening of the Leeds Loves Food festival.
Bagel Nash at The Light created the 3ft sandwich and it was taken in procession to Briggate open air kitchen.One passer-by said: "It's a great idea but I wouldn't eat it because my mouth isn't big enough."The second Leeds Love Food will see wine tasting master classes at The Light, Granary Wharf Big Picnic and pizza baking lessons for children. Tasters will be given out throughout the city over the weekend.

Leeds Festival: Widow's tribute to her soulmate after tragedy

A WIDOW has paid tribute to her "soulmate" who died after he was run over by a lorry walking home from the Leeds Festival.
Andrew Kennedy, 27, photographed right with his wife, a senior recruiter at Covance in Harrogate, had been at the festival with childhood sweetheart Kimberley before they were split up on the evening of August 28 last year.They both then independently made the decision to walk home from the huge event at Bramham Park near Wetherby to their home in York – but Andrew then stumbled into the path of a passing lorry while walking along a path which was partially blocked by undergrowth.Shocked Kimberley came across the aftermath of the accident on the A659 near Tadcaster and her husband was rushed to Leeds General Infirmary, where he died with his wife by his side. A coroner has now described the case as "one of the most tragic I've come across."Kimberley told an inquest at Selby Magistrates Court: "We had been together since we were 15 and we were inseparable. He was not just my husband, he was my soulmate."We did everything together, we went to university together, part of me is missing. Me and my family were always going to love him. He was just a really nice person, he was very genuine and extremely intelligent. He would do anything for anybody, particularly for myself and his family."The inquest heard how the pair became separated at around 8.30pm and decided to make the same long walk home, a distance of around 15 miles, but Andrew set off first.Traffic Constable Stuart Langford, who investigated the accident, said the stretch of footpath where Andrew was hit was overgrown. Because of this it was possible he stumbled in to the side of the lorry as it passed, suffering fatal head injuries.Toxicology tests showed the music fan had been drinking at the festival but there was no suggestion it had played a part in his death.Recording a verdict of accidental death, Coroner Rob Turnbull told Andrew's grieving family: "I can see no evidence that this vehicle was being driven anything other than a normal manner and there is no evidence that the vehicle struck Mr Kennedy rather than the other way round."We will probably never know why Mr Kennedy stumbled or came into contact with that vehicle, but I note the concerns about the maintenance of the footpath which may have resulted in Mr Kennedy leaving the footpath and walking on the carriageway or having to walk on rough ground."The stretch of overgrown path where the accident happened has since been cleared by North Yorkshire County Council.A spokesman for the council said: "The footpath that runs along the A659 to the west of Tadcaster is a little used footpath which consequently had become overgrown with vegetation with the passage of time."Since the fatal accident at the site the footpath has since been cleared of vegetation."

Leed Festival: Festival Republic Stage Line Up Announced For Leeds And Reading Festival

Festival Republic Stage is the place to look the headliners of tomorrow with the hottest up and coming names in music lined up for the Reading & Leeds Festival. This is the place Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Muse first appeared and more currently Hot Chip, Florence + the Machine, Glasvegas, La Roux and Foals. This actually is the place for anybody looking to be the first to spot the next wave of important artists. Headliners for 2010 are the irrepressible MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS, Irish heroes ASH and the acclaimed BRITISH SEA POWER. On the NME/Radio 1 Stage Welsh trio THE JOY FORMIDABLE have been added to the line up after Miike Snow was sadly forced to pull out. There are still lots more names to be announced including the full line up for the BBC Introducing Stage and the Alternative Stage. The READING & LEEDS FESTIVAL is held on 27th – 29th August 2010 at Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds. Tickets for this event are now sold out. FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE Friday 27th August at Reading Festival / Sunday 29th August at Leeds Festival MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS’ sparkling pop sound burst onto the music scene in 2009 which was all the better for it. Her quirky, theatrical tunes and unique style and performance were a breath of fresh air. A top five album ‘The Family Jewels’ followed in 2010 with a sold out UK tour which both garnered fantastic reviews. This talented young singer is sure to be a festival highlight. Leeds finest, THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND, make a welcome comeback to this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals following the release of their second album ‘Nobody’s Coming To Save You’ in February. Recorded in the Scottish countryside in a location that is beyond remote the four piece decided to crank up the distortion pedals. Expect soaring choruses, pummelling drums and rasping synths, a heady mix that is sure to turn the crowd into a frenzy. BLOOD RED SHOES formed back in 2004 and Laura May Carter and Stephen Ansell started with a string of well received singles on several independent labels. The duo have attracted much praise for their incendiary live performances and the arrival of their debut album ‘Box Of Secrets’ in 2008 along with their follow up this year’s ‘Fire Like This’ has seen their reputation grow and they will undoubtedly be one of the highlights on the Festival Republic stage. Anti-folk troubadour and famous American celebrity ADAM GREEN makes a welcome return to Reading and Leeds on the back of his new album 'Minor Love' ( Rough Trade Records.) Recorded with long time producer/friend Noah Georgeson, his sixth album showcases a tender side from the often arrogant and aspiringly bisexual singer. Our must-see act of the weekend, LA all girl group WARPAINT bring desert dust grooves and haunting psychedelia for their only European festival shows of the summer and enjoy experimental indie pop from AVI BUFFALO. Neither Egyptian nor hip hop EGYPTIAN HIP HOP are subversive pop merchants from Manchester, PULLED APART BY HORSES were described by one magazine as “Brilliantly unpredictable smarty-pants art metal, hoarse hardcore” whilst the mysterious SUMMER CAMP bring glo-fi/chillwave to the festival. Californians FUNERAL PARTY make rock music you can dance your socks off to and HARLEM will be sure to make the crowd thrash out. Prior to them THE CHEEK will invigorate everybody with their infectious indie pop and openers GAGGLE – a 20-odd piece all girl sci-fi riot choir (!) are sure to wake up the sleepiest of festival goers. Saturday 28th August at Reading Festival / Friday 27th August at Leeds Festival What can you say that hasn’t already been written about ASH? A songbook full of hits, countless awards, plaudits aplenty and the intrepid trio are still here and back with the recent addition of Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack on guitar. The past year has seen the band unveil the ultimate singles collection with the unique A- Z series of singles – one every two weeks and the accompanying tour taking the band to all corners of the UK. Ash are festivals favourites at Reading and Leeds and their set is sure to have something for everyone. When ATARI TEENAGE RIOT announced their reformation to play dates in 2010, fans rejoiced at the return of one of the most exciting bands of the 90’s. The Berlin band’s underground sound mixed electronica, rock and techno which combined with a striking image and high-voltage live show ensured they influenced countless artists in their wake. Psychedelic rockers THE BLACK ANGELS came together in 2004. Hailing from Austin, they took their name from a Velvet Underground classic, ‘The Black Angel’s Death Song’. The band recently teamed up with UNKLE for the single ‘Natural Selection’ and lent ‘With You In My Head’ to the latest film in the Twilight series ‘Eclipse’. With the new album due for release in August, expect The Black Angels to deliver one of the performances of the weekend. Dublin’s FIGHT LIKE APES bring their own brand of frenetic pop–punk eclecticism to this year’s festival whilst GIGGS, nominated on this year’s BBC Sound 2010 and newly signed to XL brings his well documented observations to the stage. “Indie rock with a side of calisthenics” can only mean DARWIN DEEZ, expect to be entertained! Quintet CHAPEL CLUB, exponents of poetic pop noir vie lyrically with Dublin’s highly regarded export VILLAGERS and their “literate pop songcraft” as described in the Guardian. New Yorkers ALBERTA CROSS bring forth their infectious riff-age whilst I BLAME COCO will entertain with heartfelt reggae–tinged songs. FREELANCE WHALES, probably heirs to the best band name at this year’s festival bring dreamlike pop while CHIEF’s music is made from smoky hooks and group singalongs. YUCK, with superlatives tucked under their arm and choruses of ‘the best new band’ ringing in their ears come on all wistful and love-lorn with their triumphal pop whilst THE CROOKES get things off to a great start with hints of winsome c86-ness. Sunday 29th August at Reading Festival / Saturday 28th August at Leeds Festival Since their inception at the onset of the 00’s, BRITISH SEA POWER have waved their own unique flag and bring their well documented elaborate settings to the live arena, the end result is always a show to remember. Renowned for their eccentricities, the band are currently working on the follow up to their Top Ten album ‘Do You Like Rock Music’ which will no doubt be as eagerly received by fans and critics alike. CARIBOU is Canadian Dan Snaith, formerly known as Manitoba. Fusing electronica, psychedelia and breakbeats, Caribou has amassed an ever growing legion of fans worldwide since his debut in 2001. With the disco / dance inspired ‘Swim’ released earlier this year and a reputation for his electric live performances, where he often uses simultaneous drummers and synchronised visuals, big things are expected from this set. Yorkshire stars ONE NIGHT ONLY enchanted us with their catchy guitar pop when they released their debut album ‘Started A Fire’. Frontman George Craig captured audience’s hearts and minds with his energetic and compelling live performances. Album number two is due in August and Reading & Leeds Festival will be the perfect showcase for it. Seattle based quintet MINUS THE BEAR make indie rock that incorporates elements of ambience and sonic experimentation. Joining them are Australia’s TAME IMPALA whose leftfield, organic sounds made Pitchfork describe their debut album as “frequently dazzling”. Super producer Mark Ronson has been working on THE LIKE’s second alt. rock album, ‘Release Me’, while FREE ENERGY showed up on countless tip sheets at the onset of 2010. FOOLS GOLD aren’t some Stone Roses tribute act, but a Los Angeles based afro pop band who make an uplifting and inspirational sound. GENERAL FIASCO’s continual touring promoting debut album ‘Buildings’ have made them a formidable pop-rock band, while Liverpool’s SOUND OF GUNS mix anthemic power chords and riotous gang vocals. Fresh from touring with Hole, FOXY SHAZAM are a maniacal mix of pianos, guitars, howling vocals and rock n roll theatrics and GOLDHAWKS palette is a mix of vintage Americana and quintessentially British fare, think Ryan Adams, Springsteen, The Cure and you’re somewhere in the right ball park. Openers KASSIDY are a four piece from Scotland who bring four part harmonies and catchy melodies.

Reading and Leeds Festival tickets back on top

Reading and Leeds have jumped back into the number one spot this week after being relegated to the number two spot by the Capital FM Summertime Ball for the past fortnight. Reading Festival tickets and Leeds Festival tickets are still widely available on the secondary ticket market from the likes of after selling out from primary vendors less than an hour after going on sale. This year's Reading and Leeds line-up is packed full of huge names, including Blink 182, Arcade Fire, Guns N' Roses, The Libertines, We Are Scientists, Foals, Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore, Dizzee Rascal, Biffy Clyro, LCD Soundsystem, Klaxons and Pendulum.

Delphic challenge LCD Soundsystem for 'kings of dance' title.

Delphic's Rick Boardman says he wants his band to become the "kings of dance" at this year's Reading And Leeds Festivals.

Delphic's appearance at the festival, Boardman said he wants his band to take the title over LCD Soundsystem, as both acts are playing the NME/Radio 1 Stage on the same day.

Boardman added that he's particularly looking forward to the Leeds leg of the August 27-29 bash.We played the NME tent last year either first or second slot and it wet our appetite for the festival this year. I always lived a bit too far away from Glastonbury, so Leeds was my festival of choice when I was younger," he explained.

Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink-182 are set to headline the 2010 bash – while The Libertines are set to reform especially for the event.

Reading And Leeds Festival organiser warns fans against ticket and wristband scam

Reading And Leeds Festival organiser Melvin Benn has told fans risk being ripped off twice in one go by the same set of touts at UK music festivals this summer.
Benn chaired a conference aiming to wipe out crime in live music in Reading in January, and in an NME.COM report on counterfeit festival tickets, he revealed that the schemes currently being used by touts are much more devious than previously thought.
"The crooks are getting better," Benn said, before explaining that the same touts are trying to rip fans off firstly via bogus ticketing websites (which knowingly sell fake tickets), and then for a second time outside the festival gates when the same fans have been refused entry.
Reg Walker of festival security firm The Iridium Consultancy called the touts "particularly nasty" and explained more about how they rip fans off.
"This is extremely clever, organised crime. It isn't just a few Arthur Daley spivs outside a venue," Walker said. "They produce counterfeit wristbands and have touts outside the venues knowing that they’re going to get several hundred people [who unwittingly bought fake tickets online] turning up who won't get in, but who are going to be looking for a way to get in. So then they have a second bite of the cherry."
Benn added that he hopes to get every major UK festival to introduce electronic scanning systems for "barcoded" wristbands by 2013 to help wipe out the problem, while Chief Superintendent Andy Battle, who is Leeds Festival's Police Commander, said the force will be "proactively looking for touts" at this year's festival.

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La Roux triumphs at Leeds Festival

La Roux triumphed at the Leeds Festival tonight (August 29), pulling in a massive crowd despite going up against headliners Radiohead.

The set saw fans spilling out of the Festival Republic tent as Elly Jackson and her band performed songs from their debut self-titled album.
Speaking to NME.COM following her performance, the singer, dressed in a sparkly red and black jacket with a gold medallion, said she had no apprehension about competing with Thom Yorke and co.

"The thing is, Radiohead are a different band to mine so they're likely to attract a different crowd," she argued. "It's not like, La Roux and The Chemical Brothers are on at the same time, because that would leave fans thinking, 'I like electronic music but I don't know which one to go to'. It's such a different style of music it doesn't matter, that's why they plan this festival like that.

"Still it was lovely to have so many people turn up and we always have good crowds up north."
While they were animated throughout, singles 'In For The Kill' and chart-topper 'Bulletproof' saw the audience sing along with nearly every word.

The Mercury-nominated band also performed forthcoming single 'As If By Magic', which saw Jackson joke with her fans: "Pretend you know the words."
During 'Bulletproof', the singer also had a bash at drumming. "That's the first time I've ever drummed onstage," she said afterwards. "We only rehearsed it yesterday and I was pretty nervous about it, but I didn't fuck it up so I was happy."
La Roux played:

'Tigerlily''Quicksand''Armour Love''I'm Not Your Toy''As If By Magic''Colourless Colour''In For The Kill''Fascination''Bulletproof'