Since 2007, Myrtle Park in north England’s town of Bingley has played host to Bingley Music Live, a diverse and interesting collection of acts local and from farther afield. It returns to Myrtle Friday-Sunday, August 31st to September 2nd:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST
| Main Stage
The Charlatans Headlining Day One of Bingley Music Live is perennial U.K. hits The Charlatans (QRO photos). Fronted by singer Tim Burgess (QRO photos at a festival), the group has been belting out alt-rock hits for over two decades now. |
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| Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Bingley reaches back in time and across the pond for Motown legends Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, who began half a century ago. |
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| Kids In Glass Houses
Cardiff rockers Kids In Glasses Houses come to Bingley behind their third record, last year’s In Gold Blood. |
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| Stooshe
English R&B three-girl outfit Stooshe are riding high on the back of only a few hit singles, including “Love Me”, which also featured Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes.
Also: Driving Lolita |
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| Raise the Roof Stage
Miles & Erica Skinny Lister Sadie & The Hotheads Matt Belmont Spirit of John |
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| Musicians Centre Stage
Bearfoot Beware All Too Human Ballyhoo Eventide Small Words |
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST
| Main Stage
Razorlight Cutting to the head of Day Two at Bingley is Razorlight, an English hit since their breakthrough single “America” in 2006. |
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| DJ Fresh
From drum & bass supergroup Bad Company, Daniel Stein throws down dubstep beats at DJ Fresh. |
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| The Pigeon Detectives
From just over in west Yorkshire, The Pigeon Detectives (QRO photos) made the leap to big-name headlining status a few years ago, and haven’t looked back. |
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| Delilah
Paloma Ayana Stoecker – a.k.a. Delilah – comes to Bingley fresh off work with Chase & Status and her debut From the Roots Up in June. |
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| Space
Nineties alt-rockers Space were ahead of their time combined the sixties guitars with imaginative electronics – but they also worked with the one-and-only Tom Jones before breaking up in 2005. Last year, two years after the death of drummer Andy Parle, the group reunited, and now come to Bingley. |
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| The Jim Jones Revue
Bringing some ol’ fashioned rock ‘n’ roll to Bingley is London’s own Jim Jones Revue (QRO live review). |
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| Black Spiders
Sheffield rockers Black Spiders come to Bingley behind last year’s full-length debut, Sons of the North. |
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| The Chevin
After supporting Franz Ferdinand (QRO live review) in Ireland, and right after playing Late Show with David Letterman (QRO Indie On Late Night TV), The Chevin come back home to Blighty (QRO photos in Leeds).
Also: The Scandal |
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| Raise the Roof Stage
The Lancashire Hotpots From local Yorkshire lamb & mutton comes local favorites The Lancashire Hotpots (QRO photos at a festival). |
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| King Charles
Almost like a king in his own right (besides the size of his hair), King Charles (QRO photos at a festival) makes glorious music with gritty croons, and clamoring chords with a boisterous melody of violins (QRO photos at a festival). He already released his latest album, Loveblood, last month, and, he recently got off a leg of touring (QRO photos at a festival) as the supporting act to Mumford & Sons (QRO live review). |
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| Also:
We Were Evergreen Jake Bugg Karima Francis Lilygreen & Maguire The Milk |
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| Musicians Centre Stage
Ti Amo Deadwall Dan Audio Down the Machine Gods of Hellfire Control Is Dead Talking To Strangers Return to Aljustrel |
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND
| Main Stage
Nero (live) Dubstep big-name Nero (QRO live review) does a full live set to close out Bingley Music Live (QRO photos at a festival). |
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| White Lies
After abandoning their early adolescent incarnation as Fear of Flying, west London’s White Lies (QRO spotlight on) exploded onto the U.K. scene with their tragic, neo-New Wave Death EP (QRO review) and chart-topping debut full-length, To Lose My Life (QRO review). Fronted by the Anglo-handsome Harry McVeigh (QRO interview), White Lies also have an impressive live show (QRO live review), including killer lighting (QRO live review). So catch the English favourites (QRO photos in Canada) as their tour sophomore release Ritual (QRO review), and such epic pieces as not just “Death” (QRO video), but also “Farewell To the Fairground” (QRO video), “Bigger Than Us” (QRO video), and more. |
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| Maverick Sabre
Irish-English Michael Sabre mixes R&B and folk as Maverick Sabre. |
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| Hard-Fi
Mixing post-punk with Clash-era punk, not to mention straight-up indie, Hard-Fi kick it, most recently with last year’s Killer Sounds, the follow-up to 2007’s Once Upon a Time In the West (QRO review). |
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| Katzenjammer
Oslo’s Katzenjammer mix a maddening degree of styles (everything from pop to Balkan) and instruments, to the point where no one seemingly plays the same instrument twice – yet they’re playing twice at Bingley, as they also grace the Raise the Roof Stage (see below). |
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| Clement Marfo & The Frontline
The very new Clement Marfo & The Frontline are already tipped as a rising star by the likes of MTV, thanks to their new and compelling grime/hip-hop/soul/rock hybrid. |
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| Also:
Citizens! – QRO photos at a festival L Marshall Marsicans |
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| Raise the Roof Stage
The Idiot Bastard Band Katzenjammer Yes Sir Boss Ellen & The Escapades Coco & The Butterfields Juan Zelada Me & My Friends Nico Cara |
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| Musicians Centre Stage
The Coopers Eskimo Fandango The Simon Pollard Band Foxes Faux Tom Savage & The Hash Mafia Joseph Tilston Lunar Coup Den Miller |
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For festival website, go here: http://www.bingleymusiclive.com/
