Jimmy

The very first Guernsey Live Music Festival. Here is the line up so far.

Saturday Line Up
Main Stage

Editors, C.S.S, Robots in Disguise, More to be annonuced....

Dance Tent

ColdCut, KraftyKuts, Leeroy Thornhill, More to be annonuced....

Sunday Line Up

Main Stage

Pete Doherty, Futureheads, Pete and the Pirates, More to be annonuced....

Dance Tent

Simian Mobile Disco, More to be annonuced....

boyblue

will Pete Doherty remember to come

Haggis

Who the hell would want to watch the waste of space - other than anything he co-wrote with Carl barat what has he done other than inject random fans with smack....

If i go to G-Live i think i'll be having a hamburger when he's on.

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dannyt

I think the Editors & C.S.S are worth going to see. I will be booking a weekend in Guernsey to goto this. As it's the first big event in Guernsey it is sure to very well supported. Let's just hope the same thing that happen's at Jersey Live does not happen at Guernsey live. Please do not book the same band's every year.

Haggis

probs going across myself - was going across to see my mates for lib day as it was, g-live will just make it all the messier....

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Jools

Would have supported the event, but not with Pete Doherty headlining. I'll keep my money in my pocket this year.

crono

What are Guernsey Live going to do now? Pete Doherty has been sent to prison for 14 weeks. Maybe book Amy Winehouse.

admin

With Pete Doherty having to cancel concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, Glastonbury and many other festivals including his headline slot at Guernsey Live Festival


Guernsey Live are now excited to announce award winning band THE ENEMY as Headline act for Guernsey Live Sunday 4th May

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Organiser Warren Holt said Guernsey Live has been a really, really great event. The people have worked really really hard behind the scenes and the public they kind of trickled in on the Saturday but then today (Sunday) we sold a thousand tickets on the strength of the Saturday I think. So it just really increased the vibe and everything, really different today.

"People had good fun yesterday, today it felt like a real festival, the crowd dynamics, everything changed. The pace picked up, people were striding to get over to the LibJam Big Air show, and then into the dance tent, and then back to the main stage, they wanted to be everywhere at once so I thought that was really great."

The local bands that kicked off proceedings on both days were followed by other major UK acts - whilst those feeling more energetic headed to the dance tent. But when the music stopped, the action didn't. After its launch at Liberation Day last year, the extreme sports event LibJam made its second appearance at Guernsey Live. The BMX and mountain bike Big Air event took place on Saturday and Sunday, giving local enthusiasts a rare chance to ride the ramps.

Organiser Jon Bisson said: "It's about doing two things - giving a demonstration from some professional riders to inspire the local guys and also giving the local guys a chance to ride next to the professionals. So we've been really lucky this year, a good turn out of locals and a good turn out of professionals."

With a licence to admit 7500 people to the event each day, organisers never expected a sell out in their first year. About two and a half thousand people bought tickets for Saturday, while 3500 turned up for Sunday. Whilst the numbers were a disappointment for those financing the festival, for Guernsey Police it meant a quieter weekend than that they'd planned for. With very little trouble, they said the event went exceptionally well. But they made a number of arrests on suspicion of possessing or dealing in controlled drugs and their sniffer dog welcomed many festival goers. An alcohol free zone around the site was put in place to help residents.

The on site camping mainly proved a success. Excess noise on Friday night meant ten people were evicted for anti-social behaviour on the Saturday morning, leaving the other campers to have a quieter second night.

This year's event cost its organisers a lot of money - something they're hoping will be an investment rather than a loss. They say a repeat will depend on whether they can get appropriate underwriting from the Island's government. So no plans for 2009 just yet.

AHITS

"They say a repeat will depend on whether they can get appropriate underwriting from the Island's government."

What a surprise. They complained in Jersey about not being able to afford policing costs, stating that paying such costs would possibly kill the festival, so they threatened to take their show to Guernsey if made to pay...after which they magically discovered that although a few thousand pounds in policing costs would apparently destroy the festival, they suddenly had not only enough money to put on an entirely new festival in Guernsey but also a Jersey show....and now they've made a huge loss on that Guernsey show, so it's the turn of Guernsey's government to expect the festival organisers to be knocking on their door with a begging bowl.

By the way, with Guernsey Live the organisers claimed to have expected a loss of around £50,000. Apparently the £200,000 loss they took is still a manageable amount. Yet the expected £50,00 loss itself was just over twice as much as the policing costs they were being asked for Jersey Live.

When are people going to wise up to this pair of chancers? Let's hope the Guernsey government aren't as gullible as ours.

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