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Fflam Festival

One of the hottest live music events this year, Wales’ first music festival just keeps getting hotter and hotter!

This year’s lineup includes Dirty Pretty Things, Cold War Kids, Biffy Clyro, Howling Bells Plus Fightstar, White Rose Movement, The Hold Steady, New Model Army, Yourcodenameis: Milo, Oceansize, Carbon/Silicon, Dropkick Murphys, Bloodhound Gang, Buzzcocks, In Me, Jaw, Lost Vagueness and lots more.

Taking place from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July 2007, Fflam will welcome over 50 bands to play across multiple stages in 3 days! Welsh for flame, Fflam will ignite a blazing trail to Swansea Bay for the very best in indie, rock and dance music.

Music aside, Fflam will keep revellers entertained away from the music with the infamous touring outfit Lost Vagueness. Coming straight from Glastonbury Festival, Lost Vagueness, has picked up a reputation for being the most anarchic and culturally twisted location at the festival, a place where performers and guests languish together in the warped decadence of the surroundings.

With a bill that boasts some of the best new and established live bands around including headliners Keane, Placebo and Manic Street Preachers plus special guests Feeder, hottest new kids on the block Enter Shikari and Cold War Kids plus legendary outfit Levellers, Fflam will have something for everyone.

Scottish trio Biffy Clyro, having toured extensively since 1998, will certainly be one band you won’t want to miss on the main stage on Saturday. With new material from their forthcoming album ‘Puzzle’, Biffy Clyro will be sure to bring their dynamic sound to Fflam. Hailing from Fullerton, hot new indie fourpiece Cold War Kids are all set to bring a little Californian sunshine to Wales as they join the Saturday line up, which will also now include Howling Bells, White Rose Movement, Fightstar, yourcodenameis:milo and Oceansize.

Making their most natural move to date, a change in schedules means the almighty Manic Street Preachers can now take the title they deserve as the Sunday night headliners - they will bring the whole Fflam festival to an electric finish!

As the penultimate act, Dirty Pretty Things will show us just why they are regarded as such a formidable live band. Touring non stop for over a year now, Carl Barat and the boys will be in Singleton Park to play classic hits from their debut album ‘Waterloo To Anywhere’, that includes ‘Bang Bang You’re Dead’ and ‘Dead Wood’. Dirty Pretty Things are firm festival favourites and will no doubt bring their rock n roll London style to Wales!

Sunday will also see the likes of the Dropkick Murphys giving Fflam a dose of Celtic punk from this US band who took their name from a rehab center. The band lyrics convey a political consciousness, with songs like ‘Workers Song’ from their latest offering ‘The Warriors Code’. Bloodhound Gang will certainly bring their unique sound and sometimes controversial live show to the proceedings, with classics such as ‘The Bad Touch’, the band will provide the kind of humour that has been seen by their appearances on TV shows Jackass and Viva La Bam.

The Lineup So Far

Friday 13th July

Keane headline
The Feeling
Levellers
The Stranglers
New Model Army
Alabama 3

Saturday 14th July

Placebo headline
Plus special guests, Feeder
Biffy Clyro
Coldwar Kids
Howling Bells
White Rose Movement
Enter Shikari
Fightstar
yourcodenameis:milo
Oceansize

Sunday 15th July

Manic Street Preachers headline
Dirty Pretty Things
The Ordinary Boys
The Hold Steady
Carbon/Silicon
Dropkick Murphys
Bloodhound Gang
Buzzcocks
In Me
JAW

Plus Lost Vagueness all weekend

Ticket Prices: Day Tickets: £40, Weekend Tickets (not including camping): £100

Visit www.fflamfestival.com

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From Dylan
Line-up looks awesome - Dirty Pretty Things are great and the Manics are back! Anyone else attending the party?