Sure, some of the songs create a sense of existentialist dread, as though the world at any moment may fall apart, but then we were living under Thatcher and the bomb back then. What you get for your money is over 5 and a half hours of music but, cleverly, knowing that no fan, however huge, is going to listen to it in one sitting, it has been split across the discs into 5 themes, curated by Bates and compatriot EIG, Pete Becker.įormed in Nuneaton at the beginning of the 80s, EIG are often thought of as the classic miserabilist shoe-gazing indie act but listening to the music now, that stereotype is far from the truth and, for a duo, they have an astonishingly wide musical palette. This one comes in a nicely presented box with a booklet featuring notes on every song by one half of EIG, Martyn Bates. Spread over 5 CDs, Skeletal Framework continues Cherry Red’s recent sumptuous CD boxset releases. We now get the complete Cherry Red recordings. We wouldn’t have so many acts to speculate on without these amazing communities, and their sleuthing.Eyeless in Gaza’s complete Cherry Red recordings.Ĭherry Red have been spoiling Eyeless In Gaza fans recently, with their 2014 Original Albums Collection and 2016’s Picture The Day (A Career Retrospective), which we reviewed here. Thanks to everyone on the Boomtown Subreddit, Boomtown Chat Facebook, and eFestivals Forums, who have helped out with the detective work.
#LAZY GANG MERCH UPDATE#
We’ll keep our ears to the ground, and update the above as and when we hear anything. Share the knowledge, and help build up the acts on this page. Got any tips for us about the line-up? Why not join the discussion over on the Boomtown subreddit. These are 100% official resale links, with zero risk to you. And even though tickets are now sold out for the festival, you can actually find face value resale tickets right here on Boomtown Source. While we won’t know the Boomtown 2022 line-up until August, we think the above gives a good flavour of what you can expect to see. But you never know, we could get one or two of these. And in some cases, it looks like the dates just don’t work out. But there is not much evidence so far to justify those rumours. There is a lot of chatter about the below acts being at Boomtown 2022. A few of these look like they might already be busy elsewhere, or not touring. But not everything seems to be falling into place just yet. Is it on? Just might be.īoomtown Source thinks we could also speculate on some of the below acts. Many of them have Boomtown shaped gaps in their touring schedules, or are already in the area. A lot of these acts appear on the cancelled 2020 Boomtown line-up poster, so could have rolled over to 2022.
Marcus Nasty w/ Ten Dixon, Slowie and Solo Janeīoomtown Source has reason to believe that the below acts have a high chance of being at Boomtown 2022.Boomtown 2022 Line-up Confirmed/Leaked ActsĪll of these acts have either already self confirmed, something leaked, or Boomtown Source has extremely high confidence that they will appear for other reasons. The whole site is being reshuffled, and you can read more about it right here. And from what we’ve heard so far, no-one will be disappointed on that front.Īnd it’s not just the line-up changing this year. It’s good to know the big acts we all love will still be there. The festival is about more than just acts on a poster. Because discovering new music is half the fun of Boomtown.But that doesn’t mean they can’t be booked secretly. These deals often stop independent festivals like Boomtown from announcing them on a poster. The ability to book acts which have exclusive deals with other “corporate” festivals.There are two reasons, in the view of Boomtown Source, why it’s an advantage to keep the line-up a secret:
– Tickets – still available! Why is the Boomtown Line-Up being kept secret? Tickets are officially sold out, but we have 100% official resale tickets available for you to buy right now on Boomtown Source. You’re in luck, as we’ve managed to confirm over 120 acts so far, as well as at least 90 more rumoured artists. The festival have made the unusual step of deciding to keep the line-up a secret until just one week before the festival.īut with everyone keen to know who might be appearing this year, the thirst for line-up news and rumours has never been greater. Speculation about this years Boomtown line-up is reaching a fever-pitch.
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