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Below are full details of this year's Global Gathering. Be sure to keep your eye on trancehits.com over the next few weeks as we build up to the big event!

Long Marston Airfield, Stratford upon Avon
Friday 29th July 5pm–2am & Saturday 30th July 2pm-6am

Global Gathering is the undisputed king of dance festivals. No other event has managed to attract such record-breaking numbers and sell out each of the past four years. In 2005, Global Gathering is determined to up the ante and earn its place in the dance music history books: for the first time ever the festival will take place over a whole weekend and offer fully equipped camping areas absolutely FREE for weekend ticket holders. It’s a sure-fire recipe for the weekend of the year: two days of musical pleasure, euphoria and sheer, unadulterated fun.

The line-up should be accompanied by health warnings. One look could send your blood pressure soaring to danger levels. The Friday night session features a combination of dance deities and legendary live bands including:

Underworld – the bouncy band who took the underground, overground
Happy Mondays -Manchester’s Shaun & Bez headline the Get Loaded Arena
Kosheen - who’s dark breaks and heavy basslines tear up audiences
Mylo – The Scottish legend who’s smashing dance floors across the world

Other headline DJs for the Friday night session include Paul Oakenfold, Deep Dish, Sasha, Roger Sanchez, Layo and Bushwacka, The Scratch Perverts and Notting Hill's purveyor of Good Times, Norman Jay. In total Global Gathering will feature no less than sixteen music arenas over the two days that will cover the complete spectrum of dance, hip hop, drum & bass and breaks.

Radio 1 have chosen to exclusively support Global Gathering over all other UK dance music festivals this year with a mammoth eleven hours of coverage. The Essential Selection with Pete Tong will be broadcast live on the Friday evening, for historically the first ever time from a festival. Speaking on Radio 1's involvement Pete said:

"I'm privileged to be opening the event live on-air with my special guests 2manyDjs. As a two day weekender this year, Global Gathering is going to be better than ever and I can't wait to rock the crowds from the mighty Radio 1 stage at the famous Global Gathering beach."

Radio 1 will also play a huge role on the Saturday with Judge Jules and Fergie both broadcasting their shows live not to mention a specially extended Essential Mix.

The Saturday goes on to feature an astounding array of dance royalty including the world's most popular DJ, Tiesto as a UK Festival Exclusive and luminaries such as Carl Cox and John Digweed who each host their own arenas. They will be joined on other stages by; Paul Van Dyk, Judge Jules, Fergie, Erick Morillo, Armin Van Buuren, Steve Lawler, Plump DJs, Fabio and Grooverider plus many more.

Last year, more than 40,000 people congregated in the beautiful green fields of Warwickshire. With this year’s event moving to a weekender, that figure could swell even further. What better way to enjoy the event than to pitch up a tent and stay for a couple of days to enjoy the complete festival experience?

It’s not just the gob-smacking line ups that make Global Gathering a record breaker: it’s their desire to blow away all expectations and lay on a dazzling event that’s loaded with extracurricular activities including:

1. The Urban Village hosted by Birmingham based club night Afrodizzyscratch who bring Hip-Hop DJs, Skate Ramps, BMX Riders, Break Dancers, and Graffiti Artists.
2. The Chill Out Village with tepees, bean bags, coffee shops, massage stands and not forgetting the English Village Fair.
3. The Adrenalin Village with bungee jumps, reverse bungee jumps, free fall simulators and various other
extreme rides.
4. An entire fairground with water rides and roller coasters
5. Comedy tent hosted by Jongleurs.
6. The 1000 ton sandy beach, deckchairs, palm trees and sandcastles this year home to Radio One.
7. Camp sites offering additional activities including shops and 5 – a side football pitches.

One of the ultimate signs of festival success is the endorsement from the performers. DJs trip over themselves to pour plaudits on last year’s Global Gathering event:

Erick Morillo one of the US finest house DJ’s says:
‘It was the best festival set I've ever played. The crowd was amazing -- they were literally hanging from the scaffolding!!!'

Radio 1’s Judge Jules says:
‘Without question Global Gathering has been the biggest festival success story of the past five years’

Carl Cox the world’s premier techno DJ say:
‘40 thousand people turned out for this event and got to listen and dance the night away to all types of music. This is the best dance event in the UK this year in our life right now. I can’t wait to play again next year.’

Global Gathering not only has the support from the UK’s club and music community but has a vast international following as well with no less than 1000 people flying in especially for the event. And its not just music fans, the local authorities are fully behind the event and the council and police have already granted the license in an almost unprecedented up front move. With the green light from the powers that be, Global Gathering is ready to motor on, full steam ahead to the biggest dance music weekend of the year.

Global is your passport to the world of awe inspiring music, beautiful, shiny, happy people and the biggest party of your entire life. It is rites of passage for every party enthusiast looking for once in a lifetime musical experiences where they can meet like-minded people from the whole world and the count down starts now!

Tickets are available now on the 24 hour hotline: 0871 789 1010 and through www.globalgathering.co.uk. Please note the event is over 18’s only.

Several different ticket options are available:
Weekend with free camping: £90
Friday with strictly no camping: £37.50
Saturday with no camping: £52.50

VIP Weekend with free camping: £145
VIP Friday with strictly no camping: £60
VIP Saturday with no camping: £85
To request interviews with artists or the event managers or to secure review passes, competition tickets and merchandise please contact: Alex @ Anglo Plugging.

For further background information on the event or to check the video footage of last year’s incredible festival please click: www.globalgathering.co.uk
For further info on Radio 1’s involvement visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/events/glob ... ring.shtml

SEE BELOW FOR THE FULL LINE UP:


FRIDAY NIGHT

THE RADIO 1 BEACH STAGE

The Beach is one of the most elaborate stage sets at any festival in the world and the main focus of the event. One thousand tonnes of sand is imported onto the Stratford Site and a full-scale water slide is erected turning Global Gathering into a mini-Ibiza in the UK. BBC Radio 1 will be broadcasting Pete Tong’s world famous Essential Selection on the Friday to the nation from the beach and will again be broadcasting live from the beach on the Saturday. The VIP area will also be situated just behind the beach so you are guaranteed exposure to industry movers and shakers, VIPS as well as a large section of the festival- goers.

Underworld (Live)
2 Many Djs (Live)
Pete Tong + Guests – broadcasting his Essential Selection Live on Radio 1
Erol Alkan

GLOBAL MAIN ARENA

The Global Main arena boasts a Function 1 sound system second to none. This means the bass is going to shake the earth and the sheer quality of the sonar experience will send your soul soaring. The mightiest DJ deities will deliver their sets from the raised decks that resemble more a holy altar than anything else. This is where Kosheen and Mylo will play live. Crowds will gather to this 8000 thousand capacity arena to see one of the rare DJ sets from Sasha and Paul Oakenfold who are now based permanently in the USA.

Kosheen (Live)
Mylo (Live)
Sasha
Paul Oakenfold
Layo and Bushwacka!
King Unique
Paul Thomas

GET LOADED ARENA

Get Loaded brings together legends from the summer of love in the early nineties: Madchester’s musical heroes join the Happy Mondays to relive the glory days of acid house. With ‘Step On’ the official theme tune to this festival, you know what to expect: love, music and hands in the air!

Happy Mondays (Live)
Arthur Baker
Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets)
DJ Poss
Kav (Happy Mondays)
Keith Mullen + Peter Hooton (The Farm)
Mani (Primal Scream)

ESSENTIAL SELECTION ARENA

Only the best DJs in the world make the cut to play on Pete Tong’s Essential Selection. You know that the DJ dons in this arena feature in the roll call of the greatest talents on earth. Each is a house music legend and each fully capable of delivering the best festival set you will ever hear.

Deep Dish
Roger Sanchez
Pete Tong
James Zabiela
MYNC Project
Max Graham

AFRODIZZYSCRATCH ARENA

Birmingham based promoters Afrodizzyscratch have hit the jackpot with their phenomenally popular Hip Hop club night. They bring together an ‘ill’ line up that will scratch that itch! The UK’s most talented DJs will be spinning eclectic sets to get the crowd jumping.

DJ Format
Cash Money
DJ Yoda
Scratch Perverts feat. MC Dynamite
DJ Skully & Mr Sensei
Mikey Lazee
DJ Konn

GOOD TIMES SOUNDSYSTEM VIP

The VIP area at Global Gathering is renowned for being sumptuous, elegant and exceedingly comfortable. This is where the artists, music industry and members of the media hang out in style. VIP tickets are also sold to the public at a premium. What better way is there to rub shoulders with the powers that be! Not only does it look great, the VIP features all the luxurious added extras including deluxe washrooms, a swimming pool and hot tubs! One of the most special things about a London Summer is Norman Jay’s (MBE) very own Good Times Sound system at the Notting Hill Carnival. Norman’s dedication to quality funk, soul, house, disco and jazz has made him a near saint in the wonderful world of clubs. Here he is joined by fellow purveyors of the very best party times...

Norman Jay
Joey Jay
Davey DMX
Roody Ranks

SATURDAY NIGHT

GODSKITCHEN ARENA

The Godskitchen arena is the stuff of dance club dreams. The production is designed to blow your mind and take you to another dimension. The beats will be tough, the rhythm pulsating and the atmosphere will be a kaleidoscope of colours. Europe’s biggest names are united in a field in Warwickshire to do the work of the devil and make you dance nonstop for a marathon 16-hour session.

Paul Van Dyk
Armin Van Buuren
Ferry Corsten
Judge Jules
Fergie
Mauro Picotto
Marco V
Eddie Halliwell
Jon O'Bir
Above and Beyond
Markus Schulz
Chris Turner

RADIO ONE BEACH STAGE

On Saturday afternoon, Radio One will once again take up its prestigious residency on the beach stage. Judge Jules will bring his vintage collection of classic festival anthems along with the biggest crossover dance acts from the last 12 months. Ministry of Sound’s Erick Prydz will perform alongside Shapeshifters and Junior Jack and Kid Crème. Never mind suncream factors, Radio 1 will be oozing the feel good factor!

Tiesto (UK festival exclusive)
Judge Jules
Erick Prydz
Junior Jack and Kid Crème
Shapeshifters (Live)
Dave Pearce

BABOOSHKA ARENA

Babooshka stand for the very finest house. What dance and music festival would be complete without this arena. For those who know and for those who don’t it’s a spiritual thing.... With the mighty Erick Morillo from NYC and Steve Lawler topping this bill, this will be the kind of jacked up, tough n twisted, funk fuelled music that will have you screaming for more!

Erick Morillo
Steve Lawler
Danny Howells
David Guetta
Tim Deluxe
Donald Glaude
Trophy Twins
James Algate

CARL COX AND FRIENDS ARENA

If an event has a DJ of the class and caliber of Carl Cox hosting their own arena you know it’s a must attend. There is serious doubt in the dance music industry as to whether this man has ever put a foot wrong. He is nothing short of a techno genius. The way he mixes, chops up records and fuses together tribal beats its awesome. He and his gang of techno elite will have you transfixed.

Carl Cox
Dave Clarke
Chris Liebing
Marco Bailey
Umek
Valentino
Jack De Marseille
Monika Kruse
TinTin Chambers

BEDROCK ARENA

Bedrock is a name that will have all progressive fans quaking in their boots in anticipation. With the world famous John Digweed at the head of the table and a knock out line up of guests this arena will have the roof down when it opens on the Saturday afternoon.

John Digweed
Hernan Cattaneo
Josh Wink
DJ Vibe
Nic Fanciulli
Tiefschwarz
Luke Fair
Desyn Masiello
Jonathan Lisle

AIR BREAKS ARENA

Air is one of Birmingham’s premier breakbeat night. Every Friday the UK’s most highly rated DJs tear up the dance floor with their dark and heavy basslines.

Plump DJ's
Adam Freeland
Hybrid
Stanton Warriors
Ali B
Hyper
Krafty Kuts
Rennie Pilgrem & Chickaboo
Evil Nine
The Freestylers
Joe Ransom

POLYSEXUAL ARENA

Few have done more than Godskitchen to further the cause of mentalistic hard house in the UK. To many clubbers it is a religion: every weekend they dress up in their most colourful outfits to pay homage to the very best hard house DJs by having it off furiously on the dance floor! The energy created in the polysexual arena will not fall short of the next NASA intergalactic space launch.

Lisa Lashes
Lab 4 Live
Tidy Boys
Yoji Biomehanika
BK
Andy Farley
Rob Tissera
K90 Live
Anne Savage
Proteus
Amber D
Shan Hinsley
Hixxy and MC Storm

MONEYPENNY'S VIP

Who other than one of the most glamorous clubbing brands in the UK is fit to host the VIP arena for Global Gathering on the Saturday night? Miss Moneypenny’s sets the standard for dressed up, sexed up dance music. They will make sure the atmosphere is pumping in the industry hang out of the event. Don’t forget that members of the public can buy VIP tickets at a premium and rub shoulders with the glitterati. And true to the theme fun that runs throughout the whole event, the VIP includes all the luxurious added extras including deluxe washrooms, a swimming pool and hot tubs!

Graeme Park
Soul Central
Jim Shaft Ryan
Jeff Jefferson
Danny Hird
Ken Fan
Neil Navarra
Rick Grooves

ACCELERATED CULTURE

Drum and Bass is to festivals what bread is to butter or milk is to tea. In other words, it is hard to imagine one without t’other. Accelerated Culture are bringing together a powerful combo of DJs and MCs from all around the world to lay it down jungalistic stylee.

Fabio
Grooverider
Marky (Brasil)
Andy C Krust
Zinc
Mampi Swift
High Contrast
Bryan Gee
Garry K
Friction (Dub Plate Set)
Pendulum
Hype
Dollar
Mickey Finn (Old Skool Jungle Set)
Brockie
Nicky Blackmarket

MC's
Dynamite
Fearless
Skibadee
Shabba
GQ
Eksman
Bassman
Presha
Det
Foxy
Juiceman
Spyda
IC3

For further background information on the event or to check the video footage of last year’s incredible festival please visit: www.globalgathering.co.uk

For further info on Radio 1’s involvement visit:
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/events/globalgathering.shtml

Lucky Gen...
but now we have Bassel's gig hehehe