29th April 2008
'Sunset Sessions' bands confirmed for the White Stuff Surf Relief Festival.
Stereo MC’s headline six-band bill at the country’s only surfing and music festival on the beach, at Watergate Bay, Cornwall.
Organisers of the White Stuff Surf Relief Festival at Watergate Bay have announced a six band line up to play the ‘Sunset Sessions’ on Saturday 26th July 2008.
International stars and Brit award-winning hip-hop act the Stereo MC’s are the headliners. A new, tightly produced 12” EP ‘Hotplate’ is being released soon and their new album ‘Double Bubble’, out in July, is sounding super slick. This could be their greatest year since the success of the 1992 hit ‘Connected’. Visit their Myspace page for a taste of what these south Londoners have been working on recently.
Local lads The Rumble Strips have gone a long way since forming in Tavistock on the border of Devon and Cornwall. Describing their sound as ‘power pop’, (or “the most joyful band we’ve heard all year” according to Elle magazine and “music to blow your wig off” from The Times), they’ve supported the Young Knives and The Zutons on tour and are currently living in LA, making their debut album.
XFM’s Alex Zane thinks they’re going to be ‘huge’ and the NME compared them to The Doors (“with more tunes”). The Wonderfuls are used to pebble beaches, being from Brighton, but their sound – that’s somewhere between The Doors, The Beach Boys, the Eels, Gomez and Beck, all uplifting harmonies and tidy rhythm sections – will go down a treat on the sand of Watergate Bay.
Ash Grunwald is a winner of two Australian Blues awards for Male Vocalist Of The Year, has been nominated for numerous other awards and was called “Australia’s greatest blues singer” by the Sydney Morning Herald. More than just a blues singer, his rootsy, gravelly vocals, accompanied with guitar, stomp box and tambourine, will sound right at home on a Cornish beach.
Glass Shark are from North Cornwall and are often compared to LCD Soundsystem. Their influences include Prince and Soulwax, they create a dance-punk melee, rife with razor-sharp riffs, thundering disco beats and more hooks than Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Brighton’s Hold Fire formed in 2001, through a shared love of epic choruses with huge melodies. They’ve supported the likes of The Kooks, One Night Only, Hoosiers and Air Traffic, and have fans in Steve Lamacq, Claire Sturgess and John Kennedy.
Tickets for the White Stuff Surf Relief Festival include entry to the Sunset Sessions, and go on sale soon priced £10.00 (£5.00 for under 16s) from Hall For Cornwall - www.hallforcornwall.co.uk.
In its second year, the White Stuff Surf Relief Festival combines a UK Pro Surf Tour surfing competition; an Iron Man and Diamond Lady surf lifesaving tournament; family games and activities; and a live music festival.
The event will raise funds for Surf Relief UK’s ‘Surfable’ project, giving disabled and disadvantaged young people the chance to experience surfing - an event that for many is a life-changing experience. More information can be found on the event website: www.whitestuff.com/surfrelief.
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Notes For Editors
Surf Relief UK was set up to help co-ordinate the UK surfing community’s response to the Asian tsunami of Boxing Day 2004. Having experienced the generosity of the surfing community, organisers realised that there was potential to raise further funds for other projects by acting as the UK’s surfing charity. Project ‘Surfable’ introduces disabled young people to the sport of surfing - for many a life changing experience - by funding subsidised lessons through a network of established surf schools around the country.
White Stuff, the fashion lifestyle clothing label, are sponsors of the Extreme Academy and supply staff uniforms for The Hotel & Extreme Academy, Watergate Bay, and Fifteen Cornwall. Founded in 1985, the company have 45 White Stuff shops and over 100 wholesale outlets throughout the UK, as well as a website and mail order business. The brand is definitely fashion for lovers not victims – and this is reflected in the relaxed styling, lovely detailing and discreet branding on their quality clothing.
Fifteen Cornwall opened on 18th May 2006. The restaurant offers an innovative menu of the best seasonal and local produce, a relaxed atmosphere, talented chefs and an incredible view over a beautiful two-mile beach. Fifteen Cornwall is dedicated to the same inspirational social enterprise goals set out by Jamie Oliver and the team at Fifteen London. Each year the restaurant gives up to 20 trainee chefs a unique opportunity to turn their lives around. All profits from Fifteen Cornwall go to the registered charity the Cornwall Foundation of Promise.
The Extreme Academy, Watergate Bay is one of Britain’s leading venues for beach sports and events. Founded in 1999, the Extreme Academy comprises specialist schools for surfing, kitesurfing, waveski, stand-up paddlesurf and mountainboarding; technical equipment hire; and the Extreme Store, stocking a wide range of clothing and technical equipment. The Beach Hut, located on the ground floor of the Extreme Academy, is well known as Cornwall’s coolest beach hangout, and a great place to eat.
The Hotel, Watergate Bay has emerged from a £2 million programme of investment as a must-visit beach destination. With the public areas and bedrooms all refurbished in the past three years, the décor is beach house chic throughout. The contemporary modern look, award-winning dining and relaxed atmosphere are only topped by The Hotel’s unbeatable location right on the beach.
Media Contact - PR on behalf of the White Stuff Surf Relief Festival.
Jim Michell at Barefoot Media -
Telephone: +44 (0)1208 895089 Email: jim@barefootmedia.co.uk
Sam Pow - Telephone: 07957 231314 Email: sampow@mac.com |
