Idlewild to headline main concert in the Victoria Hall

[IainJ]

Idlewild have just been confirmed as the headline act at this year’s main concert in the Victoria Hall, Campbeltown.

Recently voted the third best Scottish band (http://www.list.co.uk/fiftybandsmain.html) they will be playing only a limited number of concerts this year with this one probably being the most intimate of the lot. The bands web site can be accessed at http://www.idlewild.co.uk/idlewild.html if you are looking for more info on them.

The support band has also just been confirmed as local band Violent Echo who made a great impression at the recent Peatbog Faeries gig on Feb 25th this year.

More details on this concert and a complete run down of the line – up for this years Festival will be posted over the next few weeks.

Iain.

[Trapper]

fantastic news! Great band who are extremely underrated. tickets will be hard to come by though.

[Ship called Dignity]

fantastic news! Great band who are extremely underrated. tickets will be hard to come by though.

Would agree Trapper - they are superb and from what WTA says they are excellent LIVE.

Should attract a different audience I would imagine.

Well done Ian J!

[A Horse called Juan Face]

ive seen them but i cant really remember cos i was very drunk

me being an elitist music fan
i hope they play stuff from hope is important and captain

if i get a ticket that is

[Bobbie En Tejas]

Sorry, no horses allowed.. although, you could present yourself as a seeing-eye horse

[Malky]

Well done Iain, I know you've been working on this for a while.

Malky

[Wee Toon Ajax]

Congratulations to all involved in getting Idlewild. Have seen them 4 times and always have been a great band to see live.

Have to say their sound has changed througout the years a lot from the wild punk thrash of Queen of the Wild Teens through to the REMesque sound of the last album.

Horse Face - Hope is Important is a great album, but also enjoyed 100 Broken Windows and The Remote Part too.

[Trapper]

I reckon 100 broken windows is thier best album actually. Althoug hope is important is still hoora good, and so is the remote part, particularly the title track with edwin morgan reciting poetry over the top. Cool as f@?".

[A Horse called Juan Face]

warnings/promises is better than the reviews it got

'i understand it' is a good song

wee toon ajax
roddy used to go absolutely mental on stage what with rolling on the ground screaming
doesnt do that naymore
boo

[Wee Toon Ajax]

wee toon ajax
roddy used to go absolutely mental on stage what with rolling on the ground screaming
doesnt do that naymore
boo

Ah the good old days - aye he was quite something on stage in the early days.

Last time I saw them was here in Amsterdam in 2002, the night that Bob Fairfoul quit the band so dont think Roddy and co will want to discuss that evening too much.

Just been on their website and if they play a set like they did in their last gig in Glasgow then the gig in the town will be a stormer.

[stephenconley1]

There is no news of this on the MOK Fest website or the Idlewild website....is it a certainty that Idlewild are headlining?

[Stone Cold aka Doags Bs]

yes

[Ship called Dignity]

There is no news of this on the MOK Fest website or the Idlewild website....is it a certainty that Idlewild are headlining?

Website will be updated this weekend Stephen - just been waiting on confirmation etc and just found out from Iain this week.

You happy it is Idlewild?

[A Horse called Juan Face]

im happy

but id like biffy clyro to play too

im also not stephen

[Wee Toon Ajax]

im happy

but id like biffy clyro to play too

im also not stephen

Horse, yup think the organisers have done well to get Idlewild, definitely one of the bigger bands in the country.

Getting them is in my own personal opinion a great stepping stone for attracting other good Scottish bands that are sort of well known likes of Mogwai, Belle and Sebastian etc - bands that are not exactly mainstream but in my opinion deserve to be giving a wider audience and are good for Campbeltown by showing that the music festival is willing to take a gamble and go for non-mainstream acts. Think the committee deserve a big round of applause for doing this.

Actually went to see El Presidente tonight from Glasgow and thought they were superb. Also My Latest Novel from Greenock a few weeks ago, another band not exactly mainstream but worth seeing if you get the chance.