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Whatfest 2009:
The Bluetones + Dodgy + The Shallow Call + Tom Hingley + Eskimo Smile + China Crisis + The Virginmarys + Elephant Juice + Broadchurch + Rachael Wright + Golty Farabeau + Homegrown DJs + Trader + Calico Jack + TuSKaN + Zemmy + The Bronsons + Shaughnessy + More To Be Announced!

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At Shipbrook Hill Farm, Whatcroft
Fri 17 Jul - Sun 19 Jul 2009

One of the North West's biggest live music festivals is hosting a Britpop revival, as Whatfest returns for 2009. More than 40 acts are set to take to two stages over the action packed weekend, with 90s heroes The Bluetones and Dodgy, plus Liverpool's China Crisis and local stars The Shallow Call amongst the other names confirmed. See www.whatfest.co.uk for further information and tickets.

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The Bluetones

The Bluetones

This band go from strength to strength and are that rare thing - true musicians in a hyped-up world. They appeared as the Brit-pop thing was waning - which helped in getting their debut album 'Expecting To Fly' the top slot in the UK charts. Musically, they endorse a tight but lithe sound, with a nod towards psychedelia, that falls somewhere between The Stone Roses and Oasis.

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Dodgy

Dodgy

The popular brit-pop band that brought us those catchy summer hits including Staying Out For The Summer, In A Room and Good Enough.

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The Shallow Call

The Shallow Call

'The Shallow Call look every inch like a rock band. They play, with every single decibel like a rock band. And they have all the right tunes, just as any real rock band should have.' - MANCHESTERMUSIC

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Tom Hingley

Tom Hingley

The vocalist of Inspiral Carpets, Tom's solo career has built on this foundation. His charm and charisma remain, and his extraordinary vocal range is as accurate and powerful as ever, incorporating soul, r'n'b and jazz.

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Eskimo Smile

A funky house quintet from Manchester with dirty synths, funky guitars, dancefloor rhythms and sleazy vocals. The group combine the classic electro-house themes with an indie rock style to provide clubs and concerts alike with an infectious sound designed to get the body moving!

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China Crisis

China Crisis

China Crisis whose distinctive AOR-fuelled pop songs charted in the 80s when they spent a total of 92 weeks in the charts. Who said the Eighties were all bad?, China Crisis, for instance, were largely considered one of the better musical things about that much-maligned decade. They formed in 1979 in Kirkby on Merseyside, with a core band of vocalist/keyboardist Garry Daly and guitarist Eddie Lundon. The band was signed to Virgin Records and recorded their debut album, Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms: Some People Think It's Fun To Entertain, which was released in December 1982. A re-release of 'African & White' became China Crisis' first hit in the UK, reaching number 45 in the UK Singles Chart. When the follow-up single, 'Christian' made UK number 12 in early 1983, this brought them to national prominence along with 'Wishful Thinking'. The band toured Europe and USA during the late eighties and performed in front of crowds as large as 87,00 in Germany.

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The Virginmarys

From the darkest imaginations of 3 artists comes an explosive, hard hitting blues rock experience. The virginmarys are brutally honest in their expression of mood with swirls of pyschedelia and passion for pure rock and roll.

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Rachael Wright

'Rachael's music hits you straight away...just lovely, really nice! Extremely talented!' - BBC Radio

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Trader

Epic femme fronted rock 'n' roll outfit.

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Shaughnessy

This singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist's songs overflow with powerfully poetic lyrics and passion.

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