Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding, Marina & the Diamonds, Jesca Hoop, The Soft Pack, You Me At Six, Example, Joshua Radin, Rox & Jersey Budd plus many more head stellar line up of new artists……
NEXT BIG THING - the exciting new music festival being staged and promoted by HMV and live music partner MAMA Festivals across six London venues from next week, has met with the enthusiastic endorsement of some of the hottest new and breakthrough acts of 2010.
80 artists from across the musical spectrum will perform in the inaugural 2010 festival, including newly-crowned BBC Sounds 2010 poll winner and BRITs Critics Choice recipient Ellie Goulding, who will be one of the star performers at the Relentless Garage, and No.2 in the BBC Sounds poll Marina and the Diamonds, who will headline Upstairs at Relentless Garage.
Marina Diamandis of Marina & the Diamonds comments: “HMV have provided a brilliant way for the public to see artists who are hopefully on the tip of something great, in an intimate setting very early on in their careers. It's also great for the artists, as it provides a platform to perform to a new range of fans, who will have never heard of them before, let alone seen them live.”
The aim of Next Big Thing is to showcase the best new talent from the UK, Ireland and from around the world through an annual, multi-venue festival, giving music fans an early and affordable opportunity at the start of each new year to catch some of the hottest acts tipped for breakthrough success. The festival, which is London-based but aims to develop into a nationwide event in time, also has a remit to support different music genres, ranging from Indie & Rock to Folk & Jazz and from Pop & Electronica to Hip Hop.
Other new artists on the Relentless Garage bill who have similarly been tipped for breakthrough success this year include Folk-Rock duo from Sheffield Slow Club, Belfast Rock outfit General Fiasco and Hip Hop popster Example. Surrey Rock band You Me At Six already have an avid following but are expected to connect with a much wider audience this year, and they will be joined on the 8th at the Relentless Garage by special guests Young Guns and This City in what promises to be an exciting night of Rock and one of the highlights of the ten-day festival.
Upstairs at Relentless Garage is also set to host some memorable performances, including by Welsh-based Marina & the Diamonds – described as ‘Kate Bush meets Florence and the Machine’; highly rated Leicester Blues/Rocker Jersey Budd; Mercury Music nominees Sweet Billy Pilgrim; and hot new Irish band CODES, who have drawn comparisons with Coldplay.
Across town during the same ten-day period the recently refurbished Borderline will host the likes of San Diego Indie rockers The Soft Pack and unsigned LIPA (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts) MIBI songwriting winner Polly Mackey & The Pleasure Principle.
North London chanteuse Paloma Faith, who has already enjoyed top-10 album success and played the role of Sally in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus last year; Londoner Rox; Californian singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop; and Scottish former model Alex Gardner, who counts Paolo Nutini among his fans, will be among the headline acts at the London Jazz Café.
Camden Barfly will host a number of great Rock acts that have been ‘bubbling under’ but are now set for major success such as Hadouken! and Joshua Radin, as well as two Transgressive Nights featuring the likes of Mystery Jets and Johnny Flynn. London University’s ULU makes up the list of Next Big Thing venues, and will host an Indie Rock/Dance night with Miike Snow headlining.
