In much the same way as everyone seems to want to own a download platform at the moment, it seems that everyone wants to run a festival too. We know the live music sector is booming at the moment (and everyone at the International Live Music Conference in London this weekend seemed on good form) but we can't help thinking we only a few steps away from saturation point when it comes to big live music events.
Anyway, that's not to undermine the latest edition to London's live music calendar - Budweiser's 'Bud Rising' which, if nothing else, has Supergrass and Delays on the bill, which is really rather exciting. This one is basically a series of gigs taking place between 20 and 30 May (which, by the way, is CMU's seventh birthday so if anyone out there has access to Supergrass or
Delays tickets, you know where we live), and actually the whole line up is pretty damn fine. Runs as follows:
20
May: The Others at The Garage
20 May: Benjamin Diamond at Dublin Castle
21 May: Out Hud & Benjamin Diamond at Marquee
24 May: Dizzee Rascal at Electric Ballroom
25 May: Starsailor at Astoria
26 May: Princess Superstar & DJs Not Rockstars at Industry
26 May: The Music at Astoria
26 May: Swayzak & Kaos & Boozoo Bajou at Rhythm Factory
26 May: Delays at Mean Fiddler
27 May: Princess Superstar & DJs Are Not Rockstars at Industrysd
28 May: The Bravery at Astoria
29 May: The Charlatans at Hammersmith Palais
30 May: Supergrass at Koko
More info from http://www.budrising.com, though if you're under 18 you'll have to be able to subtract 18 from 2005.