Little Man Tate and John Power (ex The La’s and Cast) have been announced as the main support acts to Echo & the Bunnymen for this summer's free Eclectica Music Festival in Victoria Square, St.Helens on Saturday 11th August 2007
Eclectica is one of the North West’s most exciting, innovative, and up-and-coming summer music festivals. The event is being run by St.Helens Council in association with The Citadel Arts Centre and Love Music, Hate Racism.
As well as Echo & The Bunnymen, Little Man Tate and John Power, Eclectica will also show off some of the finest young musical talent including The Poems – a Glasgow-based folk rock band who are impressing crowds throughout Scotland and further afield. Local bands The Aclyrics, Giant Root Attack and The Lancashire Hotpots will kick-off the event and will be sure to put on a memorable performance for their hometown.
Little Man Tate have spent the last two years gaining international recognition from the indie-pop underground scene and in 2006 they confirmed themselves as the latest success story out of Yorkshire as they signed a deal with V2 Records. Since then the band have been tipped for big things by Rolling Stone magazine and Radio 1's Zane Lowe, “What? What You Got” hit top 40 and with their debut album on the horizon, many music industry experts are predicting big things of the lads from Sheffield.
Also announced is John Power, member of legendary Liverpool band The La’s and Cast. The former band’s one album, a self-titled debut from 1990, sustains a fervent cult of admirers. In 1992 John Power went on to take charge of Cast, a formidable live four-piece with whom he’d sell huge amounts of records -1995’s All Change was famously the biggest and fastest selling debut album in the history of the Polydor label. Whether on the charts, on magazine covers or headlining at the Glastonbury festival, John Power was a phenomenon within the music industry. Now John has taken a new musical direction focusing his work on folk / grassroots music with his new debut solo album “Willow She Weeps”.
The Citadel Arts Centre will be hosting an Official Eclectica Aftershow Party immediately after the gig and will feature a DJ set from Echo and the Bunnymen’s very own Will Sergeant and showcase from up and coming local acts “The Loungs” and “The Maybes” who both recently performed at Knowsley Hall Music Festival. Tickets for this event are selling fast and are available priced £8 For more information contact The Citadel Box Office – 01744 735436 or online [link].
Councillor Neil Taylor at St.Helens Council comments; “The free Eclectica Music Festival promises to be a fantastic day of live music in St.Helens.
The location and accessibility of St.Helens midway between Liverpool and Manchester, plus all the amenities of a great town centre setting make the event a perfect free day out”.
For up-to-date information go to [link] or go to www.visitsthelens.com or telephone 01744 755150.
