MUSIC
Solstice - set to play Towersey Festival
Solstice take their goods to Towersey
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he UK’s longest-running independent festival is happening a mere 20 minutes outside of Milton Keynes at the end of the month, with four days of music and merriment to carry you through the August Bank Holiday weekend. Artists performing between August 26 & 29 include Del Amitri, Imelda May, Turin Brakes, Kate Rusby, Howard Jones Acoustic Trio, Anais Mitchell, Ferocious Dog, Blazin’ Fiddles, Hackney Colliery Band and many others. Strictly winner Bill Bailey will also be showing his musicality at the bash, and MK’s own Solstice will be following up an appearance at Glastonbury by taking the stage here. Fellow new city mobs Togmor, forest of fools and Cock and Bull Band will all be showing their faces over the weekend. The festival initially launched as a one-off event to raise funds towards the repair of Towersey Hall – that was way back in 1965!
Aside from music, comedy and dance, many workshops will happen, together with circus and theatre shows, storytelling, outdoor games, history and ghost walks and music jams. This is the first year that the event is being hosted by the Claydon Estate and festival director Joe Heap is thrilled to get back to normal after two years of cancellations. “With a packed line-up of music, dance, comedy, workshops, food, real ale, crafts, games, workshops, ghost walks - you name it! - Towersey Festival 2022 is set to be the most exciting yet, a worthy testament to my grandad who founded the festival back in 1965,” Joe said, “With a pristine new site, incredible line-up and our much-loved community atmosphere, we can’t wait to welcome attendees young and old to join our Towersey Festival family.”
Biffy Clyro on a visit to MK
> Tickets can be booked by clicking to towerseyfestival.com
MK Music Archive:
Mon the Biff!
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resh from their headlining appearance at this year’s Download Festival, Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro announced a huge UK arena tour, but the band spent some of their early times here in Milton Keynes; and long before they supported Foo Fighters at The National Bowl. Biffy recorded their first two albums at Great Linford Manor studio and hit The Pitz Club for some particularly frenetic, fired-up shows. There was also a Virgin Megastore in-store. > For more on Milton Keynes’ musical history visit FB @miltonkeyneswiredforsound
Well, I’ll be Damned!
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he Damned were due to headline The Field of Avalon stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, but with a last minute cancellation due to some of the band being struck down with Covid, Captain Sensible decided to use his newly acquired time off to good effect. Writing on his Facebook page @sensiblecaptain shared his love of MK’s own Stray, saying of their 1970 elpee: ‘I’m cheering myself up by listening to one of the first albums 54
I ever purchased. One I STILL love too - all killer no filler.. full of great tunes, psych, guitar wizardry and fabulously mixed. Can you believe they were even better live - and guitarist Del is still out there doing it!?’ Readers of Pulse Music know only too well that Stray are still out and about, and the next local date for your diary is Friday, November 11 when The Stables presents An Evening with Del Bromham & Stray. Tickets are on sale now.
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Stray are the business and the captain says so!
