E4 is promoting the second series of its teen drama 'Skins' not by playing snippets of The Gossip during every single ad break on Channel 4, but by staging a serious of Skins themed parties at various venues around the country. The parties will include a screening of the first episode of the new series, plus lots of 'Skins' style partying, which if I'm not mistaken is meant to involve teenagers participating in lots of sex, drink and drugs before trashing the place. Still, at least they'll be trashing the below venues to a decent soundtrack, with a rather fine selection of bands and DJs on the bill.
The parties will be strictly 18+ only, which means half the characters in the show wouldn't be allowed in, but fortunately they're played by actors older than the characters they play. Not that stars of the show seem to be part of the party package. Tickets for the nights will be given away from 17 Jan via Channel 4's website, plus Bebo and MySpace, the latter of which has been streaming 'mini-episodes' of the show that develop the plot from the end of the first series to the start of the second - which is all very modern.
Dates and line ups as follows:
1 Feb: Barfly, Liverpool: Rascals, Kissy Sell Out, Loose Cannons, Chibuku DJs.
2 Feb: The Old Fire Station, Newcastle: The Metros, Maximo Park DJ set, Broken Hooker DJ's.
5 Feb: The Old Fruit Market, Glasgow: Pendulum DJ/MC Set, Annie Mac, DJ Yoda, Seargent.
7 Feb: Custard Factory, Birmingham: New Young Pony Club DJ set, Annie Mac, DJ Yoda, Crystal Castles.
8 Feb: Motion Park, Bristol: Late Of The Pier, Courteeners, Massive Attack DJs, Skull Juice DJs, Dynamo magician, Blow Pop DJs.
9 Feb: The Shepherd's Bush Pavillion: Mylo, Kissy Sell Out, Santogold (Live), Teenagers (Live), Skull Juice DJs, Transgressive Records Room, Dynamo magician.
Press info from Get Involved.