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At the turn of the new millennium, pop dance critters Groove Armada decided that they wanted to develop a winning formula for great parties with that extra special something.
Out of their love of the multitude of musical forms informing dance culture Lovebox was created with the intent of bringing fresh exciting sounds to people’s ears and feet. Discovering something new could be fun and they were about to prove it.
To this day, Lovebox has grown from this humble concept into the capital’s most innovative and best music festival.
Lovebox continues to be lovingly put together by a growing team of enthusiasts who live and breathe the music scene in its many variations. The result is an annual event true to the origins of music festivals where hedonism mixes with passion for carnival and art.
Our 6th Lovebox Weekender will return on Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th July 2008 at Victoria Park, Hackney, London, E9. Doors open at 12 midday.
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SATURDAY HEADLINERS
Manu Chao
An inspiration to the world's downtrodden and dispossessed, Manu Chao is a huge star in Latin America where he can draw audiences of 100,000 people. In Britain he has long enjoyed an enthusiastic cult following, but ‘La Radiolina’, his first full studio album in six years, seems certain to expand that fan base dramatically, for as the UK’s Uncut magazine noted in a five star review, it's "not so much a world music record as a global-rock mission statement."
GROOVE ARMADA
Fresh from their recent UK tour (“genius” said the Manchester Evening News) including three amazing sets at Brixton Academy, your affable Lovebox Weekender hosts have added this July 19th date to their diary. We know how much the public love this band, from the hot reception their annual unique-to-Lovebox live & AV spectacles get. It’s show time every time they’re on stage.
SUNDAY HEADLINERS – THE FLAMING LIPS
Exclusive to London, and one of only two dates taking place in England and Wales in 2008, Oklahoma’s psychedelic rock gods have a phenomenally devoted fan base. They were nominated for a Brit (Best International Act) this year and Q Magazine named them as one of 50 Bands To See Before You Die.
THE GREAT ESCAPE Brighton’s seminal indie rock festival gets to programme its own stage, featuring the best new bands they can find. Dance music fans will be pleased to see the return of the ridiculously popular Horse Meat Disco, Strangelove and the secretsundaze disco arenas too.
Click here for full 2008 Lovebox Weekender line-up
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