With the reformations of Pulp, Suede and Blur and shows from Primal Scream alongside a run of revisionistic films about the 1990s, including the Creation Records story. In early July we’re set to take over GIITTV with a series of features and ‘I was there’ articles all about the 1990s. It won’t just be about Britpop you understand, but those under apreciated acts and albums from the era that inspired most of us to get into guitar music in the first place. If you have any contributions send them to [email protected]
To celeberate the kind people at F Presents… have given us FIVE TICKETS to give away to their 10 hour BRITPOP SPECIAL at the Vibe Bar, London on Friday May 27th. Featuring sets from The Bluetones, a newly reformed Northern Uproar, members of Echobelly, Shaun Ryder on the wheels of steel and a very special yet to be announced headliner. To be in with a chance of winning simply send your name and email to [email protected] by the 21st of May when five winners will be selected at random from our inbox. Good luck!
Now then, nothing in music truly ever dies – genres and styles take their twists & turns on the musical merry-go-round, evolve into something new and have a massive resurgence. BRITPOP has already been through the evolution part of the mill, with the number of bands born out of the ashes of BRITPOP. Now it’s time for the resurgence, which has been bubbling underneath the floorboards since the turn of the year.
With Liam in full pomp, Pulp reforming for a series of summer shows and Blur penning a new album, This Feeling is delighted to announce A BRITPOP SPECIAL @ Vibe Bar – complete with a couple of our very own reformations.
So, without further ado, we have a *top secret massive headline act* locked in to play a full live set, which will be announced in due course. Northern Uproar – specially reformed for This Feeling’s BRITPOP SPECIAL – will be living it up for one night only to play a live set, which is set to be truly magical. The Bluetones make a slight return before their farewell tour in September with frontman Mark Morriss performing a blissful set on the acoustic and Echobelly now known as Calm Of Zero will kick the night off, set the temperature and get those BRITPOP juices circulating again. Zak Starkey’s new band PENGU!NS soon to support Kasabian on tour play “live” and as ex Oasis and Lightning Seeds drummer should know a thing or two about Britpop. Noel Gallagher’s first signings to his record label, Proud Mary, complete the “live” zone.
TOP SECRET HEADLINE ACT – LIVE
NORTHERN UPROAR – LIVE & REFORMED
MARK MORRISS ( THE BLUETONES) – ACOUSTIC
CALM OF ZERO (EX ECHOBELLY) – LIVE
PENGU!NS – LIVE
PROUD MARY – LIVE
Following this monumental resurgence of BRITPOP hysteria, Shaun Ryder will drive the party into the small hours and beyond (as only he knows best) with a DJ Set, which will take the Vibe Bar on a journey that has been 15 years in the making.
With 4 rooms at the Vibe Bar celebrating one massive BRITZONE, Shed 7 frontman Rick Witter will take to the decks and wipe the dust off his BRITPOP vinyl collection along with Damian Jonze from the NME and Cool Britannia.
SHAUN RYDER – DJ SET
SHED SEVEN (RICK WITTER) – DJ SET
DAMIAN JONZE (NME) – DJ SET
COOL BRITANNIA – DJ SET
For more information and tickets go to www.thisfeeling.co.uk
