As charity event nears...
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has voiced his support for upcoming new festival Strummer of Love, which supports music charity Strummerville.
Eavis states: "I got to know Joe in the last years of his life, and his support in our unpopular campaign to control the numbers here in 2002 was invaluable to me. It's good to know that the spirit of Strummerville will still be alive in our part of the world, especially in our year off."
Michael Eavis has incorporated parts of Strummerville into Glastonbury for years, one being the campfire, and these ideals will also be incorporated into this festival. Strummer saw it as an art form in itself and his annual Glastonbury campfires were legendary places where people could come to drink, talk and laugh with like-minded individuals surrounded by great music. Strummerville: The Joe Strummer New Music Foundation will be presenting the most exciting and emerging talent around on this year's intimate stage.
The last of the lineup for the festival has also been announced. Joining The Pogues, Frank Turner, Bill Bragg and Roots Manuva (among many others) will be King Charles, The Farm and The Men They Couldn’t Hang.
Taking place on the weekend of August 17th - 19th, the one-off festival will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of iconic Clash frontman Joe Strummer and will be held at a beautiful location in the Blackdown Hills in Somerset.
Words by Jamie Carson
Eavis states: "I got to know Joe in the last years of his life, and his support in our unpopular campaign to control the numbers here in 2002 was invaluable to me. It's good to know that the spirit of Strummerville will still be alive in our part of the world, especially in our year off."
Michael Eavis has incorporated parts of Strummerville into Glastonbury for years, one being the campfire, and these ideals will also be incorporated into this festival. Strummer saw it as an art form in itself and his annual Glastonbury campfires were legendary places where people could come to drink, talk and laugh with like-minded individuals surrounded by great music. Strummerville: The Joe Strummer New Music Foundation will be presenting the most exciting and emerging talent around on this year's intimate stage.
The last of the lineup for the festival has also been announced. Joining The Pogues, Frank Turner, Bill Bragg and Roots Manuva (among many others) will be King Charles, The Farm and The Men They Couldn’t Hang.
Taking place on the weekend of August 17th - 19th, the one-off festival will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of iconic Clash frontman Joe Strummer and will be held at a beautiful location in the Blackdown Hills in Somerset.
Words by Jamie Carson
