Pipettes At Nokia Skate Almighty

Yes, you did read that title correctly...it's a slow news day, alright?

We're playing a roller disco next Thursday (August 6) in London, and it's freeeeeeeeeee! Details below about how to get your tickets. We're on stage at 7:30PM.

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Hosted in a specially created rink, Nokia Skate Almighty will be taking over the nation's capital from Wednesday 5th to Sunday 9th August at Potter's Field, near London's iconic Tower Bridge. Each day of Skate Almighty will give thousands of skaters the chance to dance and skate to live performances and DJ sets from some of the world's leading names, including: Calvin Harris, Raygun, The Pipettes, Example and Queens of Noize.

The Nokia Skate Almighty rink is open to children and families during the day, encouraging even the youngest Brits to have fun and stay fit on skates. Then after 6.00pm each day, it will be for over 18s only to skate the evening away.

To get skating, individuals simply need to visit http://www.nokiamusic.co.uk to secure a free ticket for a one-hour skate time slot. Entrance to Nokia Skate Almighty will be via mobile ticket and requires a simple swipe of your mobile phone onsite.

Dartz Final Gigs

Singalong-friendly fidgety math-rock wonders Dartz have sadly decided to call it a day and will be playing a pair of farewell shows at the end of September...

Good afternoon.

We have decided to do two final gigs, one in the North and one in the South.

We won't be doing any more gigs, so if you want to see us again, come to one of these:

Thursday 24th September 2009 @ Uncle Alberts in Middlesbrough.
Buy a ticket

Friday 25th September 2009 @ The Peel in Kingston.
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We will be joined by some of our favourite bands who we've been lucky enough to become good friends with over the past four years.

Hopefully see you at one of the gigs.
Cheerio.

Check out last year's The Sad History Of The Village Of Alnerique mini-album to hear why their demize iz a bad thing.

65daysofstatic Make DJ Debut

AD3 headliners 65daysofstatic man the decks for the very first time this Saturday...

Picture the scene: Twisted Licks strolls into work, bit gutted as we thought it was Thursday and it's only Wednesday. On goes the computer, in goes the vat of coffee and oh, my what's that?! A little home made video from 65daysofstatic about their first ever DJ set, which, incidentally, we have this Saturday in The Macbeth in Hoxton. They're excited, we're excited, you're excited.

Last weekend was spent in The Great Escape finding new artists we adore (like Mothlite), eating ice-cream on the beach, perving on the locals and watching Banjo or Freakout - the buzz band of the weekend. And we've got them this Sat too! Kinda hot line up, don't you think? Specially given we've got Gyratory System opening.

Good Friday Gig Tip

If you're looking for something to do in London this Good Friday why not check out STA All-Dayer alumni Scanners and Public Service Broadcast favourites The Half Rabbits at a Filter Magazine sponsored event at the Camden Barfly.

Blood Red News

Drowned In Sound today report the exciting news that Brighton-based duo Blood Red Shoes (who graced the main stage and poised some fun scheduling challenges - after Laura-Mary got stuck on the tube on the way to the venue - at our 3rd and my personal favourite charity all-dayer) have announced a short tour in March to experiment with material under consideration for their second album. The dates are...
March 10 - Southend Chinnerys
March 11 - Northampton Roadmenders

March 12 - Gloucester Guildhall

Well worth checking out for previews of LP2 which is sure to be as abundant with pop gems as the first album.

Pipettes Announce New Member

Old school STAers who remember The Pipettes' memorable before-they-were-famous headline set at our 2nd charity all-dayer in 2005 may be interested to know that they've announced the arrival of new member Beth on thier impressively-animated website.

Discussions are afoot to subject the new Pipettes line-up to blogcast takeover treatment in the next few weeks.

Oh and 'On The Stereo', where'd they get that idea from?