{"id":29623,"date":"2019-03-03T22:16:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T22:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=29623"},"modified":"2019-03-03T22:16:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T22:16:32","slug":"camden-rocks-announce-sunday-headliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/camden-rocks-announce-sunday-headliner\/","title":{"rendered":"Camden Rocks announce Sunday headliner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Camden Rocks Festival 2019 - Sunday Headliner: Deaf Havana\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5FUR9PPB9I4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29624\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/03\/CRF-0227-Flyer-PR-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"740\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201cCamden Rocks is where you can enjoy more than 200 bands &#8211; as long as you don\u2019t mind skipping between more than 20 venues. We\u2019re talking decent music&#8230; Quality and Quantity\u201d <strong>Metro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201cCamden remains at the heart of where generations of new music gets its start and I&#8217;m proud to be a part of that tradition.\u201d<strong> Billy Bragg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;\u201cIt\u2019s great to see punters and bands from all genres come together to celebrate the best of live music. The energy across the day is electric and does Camden\u2019s rock and roll heritage proud\u201d. <strong>Chris McCormack, Camden Rocks Festival Organiser<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the announcement of Frank Turner as this year Saturday headliner, Camden Rocks Festival<br \/>\npresents today the Sunday headliner: Deaf Havana. Camden Rocks sees the talented alt-rock quartet<br \/>\nfrom Norfolk headline their first London festival, following an incredibly successful 2018, with the<br \/>\nrelease of their UK top 10 record \u201cRituals\u201d and off the back of a sold out Brixton Academy show.<br \/>\nDeaf Havana says: \u201cWe\u2019re super excited to be headlining Camden Rocks this year. We\u2019ve never<br \/>\nreally headlined festivals in the UK, so for us this is amazing. Looking forward to seeing everyone<br \/>\nthere.\u201d Deaf Havana will be joined by 27 of the finest bands in the today\u2019s rock landscape. The newly<br \/>\nannounced acts include: melodic metal-core rising stars Our Hollow, Our Home; acclaimed Britpop<br \/>\nveterans Hurricane #1; British biggest breakout Indie trio Glass Peaks and more. The new additions<br \/>\nto the Camden Rocks Festival 2019 join an already impressive list of talent from rock, indie,<br \/>\nalternative, folk and punk music and its myriad of hybrids \u2013 a diverse list including the likes of Frank<br \/>\nTurner, Ash, Richie Ramone, The Wonder Stuff, Rat Boy, New Model Army, Wheatus, Carl Barat,<br \/>\nGinger Wildheart, The Professionals, Milk Teeth, Pretty Vicious, Raging Speedhorn, Angelic Upstarts,<br \/>\nThe Virginmarys, The Last Internationale and many many more.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does Camden Rocks Festival showcase the very best UK and international emerging talent<br \/>\nalongside much love established acts, it also feeds off the rich diversity of venues and thriving music scene that makes Camden such a special place; one that continues to draw generation after<br \/>\ngeneration of misfits, rebels, music lovers and music makers.<br \/>\nAs Frank Turner alludes to below, many of the UK\u2019s finest acts received their musical education in<br \/>\nCamden Town \u2013 there\u2019s a special something in the air. Anything goes in Camden and on the weekend of Camden Rocks Festival this is amplified to ten.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frank Turner<\/strong> says: \u201cI (mis) spent my youth getting the train to London and the tube to Camden as<br \/>\nfast as I could, because I knew it was the epicentre of where I wanted to be in life. As an adult I&#8217;ve<br \/>\nlived in and around Camden, and now I&#8217;m at the Camden Rocks Festival.\u00a0It feels like exactly the<br \/>\nright place for me to be, it feels like home. I can&#8217;t wait.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 27th February 2019 Camden Rocks Festival announcement poster is available HERE<br \/>\nTaking place on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June 2019, the festival, now in its eighth year, is<br \/>\nestablished as one of the must-see events in the UK musical calendar. Over 15,000 punters will have<br \/>\nthe opportunity to see over 400 bands in 20 venues across Camden, London, over two days. Camden<br \/>\nRocks Festival will host over 3,000 musicians over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>There are certain areas across the UK that are woven into the fabric of the countries musical DNA.<br \/>\nCamden is one. A district of North West London that\u2019s been at the forefront of Rock N Roll and<br \/>\nalternative culture for five decades. As venues close in many cities and towns around the UK,<br \/>\nCamden remains a thriving hub of music and culture. So much so that there is talk of Camden<br \/>\nreceiving its own Hollywood Boulevard-style Walk of Fame in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The festival has prided itself in not only bringing some of the finest and best known and loved acts in<br \/>\nthe world but also in showcasing some of the brightest, freshest global talent. The day or weekend<br \/>\ntickets covers all venues on the festival circuit, in addition to everything else Camden has to offer in<br \/>\nterms of food, culture and shopping. Camden Rocks is a chance for the UK music scene to come<br \/>\ntogether and celebrate everything that is great and loud in this country. Just as the USA has SXSW,<br \/>\nso the UK has Camden Rocks Festival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\nFor further information on Camden Rocks Festival including FAQs please see<br \/>\nwww.camdenrocksfestival.com<br \/>\nwww.facebook.com\/CamdenRocksFestival\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/CamdenRocksFest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCamden Rocks is where you can enjoy more than 200 bands &#8211; as long as you don\u2019t mind skipping between more than 20 venues. We\u2019re talking decent music&#8230; Quality and Quantity\u201d Metro \u201cCamden remains at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":29624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[1133,1135,1761,6678],"class_list":["post-29623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-camden-rocks-festival","tag-camden-town","tag-deaf-havana","tag-venues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}