In keeping with this site’s generally shambolic approach to pretty much everything, allow me to present you with some week-old, lukewarm-off-the-presses “content”.

My Chemical Toilet was presented with the opportunity to go to Lovebox Weekender and film some things happening. “Splendid!” thunk I, then: “Oh. I don’t know how cameras work.” THEN: “I know, I shall ask the lovely folk at Fixation Video if they’d like to go and film some ting.”

They said yes, and, with a minimum of (i.e. quite a lot of) technical ishoos they captured all of (i.e. a few of) the things you’d expect to see at a trendy urban festival.

The subtitles are very amusing, and more than make up for any moments where you may wonder if you’re experiencing a videophonic representation of one of your most intense childhood nightmares.

And anyway, I like nightmares, so nerr.

If you think this is late, let’s see when the Latitude review goes up. It may very well be after next year’s festival.

Posted by Stuart Waterman on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 8:55 pm

If you’ve ever been to a festival, chances are you’ve come back with some pretty “interesting” photos. Which you have then “shared” on Facebook and “tagged” with the names of your pals.

(I’m using quotation marks here because we all know, deep inside, that photographing your friend tripping his nuts off up a tree, and then publicising the incident on a huge online social network, is essentially a very, very wrong thing to do.)

Well this summer Kickers are giving you the chance to use your embarrassing photos for good, kind of - they’re asking you to upload your best festival photos to their Facebook page, with the winner receiving a free trip to Lovebox Weekender, which takes place on 18th & 19th July, for them and five friends. Five runners up will win a pair of Kickers footwear.

So logic would suggest that if you went to a festival and took some great group shots, ask your buddies to submit snaps as well and you immediately boost your chances of winning by ICan’tWorkOutHowMuch percent. Be quick, mind you - the contest ends on July 12th.

Honestly though, the chances of you beating that shot of my friend hallucinating on a branch are pretty slim.

Become a fan of Kickers UK on Facebook and add photos here

Buy tickets for Lovebox Weekender at Ticketmaster

Posted by Stuart Waterman on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 10:30 am

So the good news is that Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo will be headlining Lovebox Weekender 2009 alongside Duran Duran and, unsurprisingly, organisers Groove Armada.
Also appearing will be Friendly Fires, Florence & The Machine, Simian Mobile Disco and Ladyhawke among others. The event takes place at London’s Victoria Park on 18th & 19th July.
The bad news, for pop ego-watchers at least, is that the press release lists N.E.R.D as “N.E.R.D featuring Pharrell Williams”.

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Posted by Stuart Waterman on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 10:45 am

- Let’s get the weather out of the way:
Latitude: Looks like showers Friday and Saturday; sunny with cloudy spells Sunday. Temperature 18°C - 21°C
Lovebox: Er… rain. 19°C - 21°C
Glade: Similar to Latitude (hey, at least it won’t be as bad as last year… hopefully). 17°C - 20°C
[source: BBC Weather]

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Posted by Stuart Waterman on Thursday July 17th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

- This person is understandably annoyed that the previously promised Dandy Warhols now appear not to be appearing at the Lovebox Weekender this Sunday
- Oh, and tickets are still available for the second day, by the way
- The increasingly popular Latitude festival, taking place this weekend, has a number of environmentally-conscious initiatives this year - including “the world’s first fuel-cell-powered festival stage”
- A fair few thespy types will be among the entertainment at Latitude, an’ all
More after the jump…

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Posted by Stuart Waterman on Wednesday July 16th, 2008 at 10:30 am

As previously reported, a lot of the weekend’s festivals were a muddy mess. But some brave reviewers have now made it back from the edge, so here’s a more detailed round up.
- At the Lovebox Weekender Sly and the Family Stone’s late arrival did nothing to detract from their performance or dampen the audience’s enthusiasm for the band’s first reunion in two decades, or so says the Telegraph.

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Posted by sophiebruce on Tuesday July 24th, 2007 at 8:24 am

You may have noticed a teeny tiny bit of rain across the UK this weekend. And BOY did it affect the festivals!
- The Glade Festival was one of the first to be badly hit by this weekend’s apocalyptical storms. With the Overkill Stage under nearly 2 feet of water and tents being washed away, organisers were forced to stop letting ticket holders in and many frustrated fans headed home without setting foot on site.

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Posted by sophiebruce on Monday July 23rd, 2007 at 8:05 am