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The UK’s No.1 dance festival Creamfields have added yet more acts to their ever growing line up including one of the UK’s leading electro pop producers Grum, dynamic duo Zoo Brazil who have steadily carved out a reputation as one of the most respected production outfits in the UK, electro upstart David E Sugar who performs Live and Bang Bang Club. These latest acts join the likes of Tiësto, David Guetta, Deadmau5, Paul van Dyk, Calvin Harris, Leftfield, Swedish House Mafia and Sven Vath, for what is set to be THE festival of the Summer.

Creamfields also welcome back disco kings Hed Kandi who return to host the glamorous Hospitality Arena. Last year saw this exclusive ticket sell out in record time, and is set to repeat that success this year. The exclusive Tri Span structure returns along with some added perks, with Hospitality campers having access to their own exclusive VIP campsite which includes hot showers and those all important ‘proper’ toilets. Hospitality campers will also be able to take advantage of the complimentary new ‘Festibarrow’ service, for those laden down with rucksacks, just grab a ‘festibarrow’ and away you go! As well as the camping luxuries Hospitality ticket holders will have access to the exclusive Hed Kandi arena which includes a fully stocked bar, cocktail bar and plush indoor and outdoor seating areas!

Despite a jam packed salivating line up of talent to keep you occupied, the Cream team have also laid on an array of on site attractions. This year Strongbow returns in a new form as the Bowtime Bar. This all new structure is split into several areas including a live Stage featuring some of the UK’s best cutting edge artistes, an Outdoor Terrace for some dancing action, a garden Bar that has its own team of Masseuses providing free massages plus a chilled out ‘Garden’ to kick back in offering comfy seats and picnic benches. Another stage to pay a visit to is the JägerRock Truck which has been fancily converted into a strident orange mobile music arena and will be bursting out rock fuelled beat or for a more chilled out affair head to the Pimms Bus which returns in all its ‘white picket fence and deckchair’ glory. Creamfields has become renowned for delivering one of the widest range of culinary choices at a festival and this year is no different, the International Food Market returns to serve up everything from Mediterranean to Mexican grub and for those who like a bit of Italian pay a visit to the all new on site Pizza Express! After 2 days of arena hopping treat yourself to a pampering at the Vanity Van which will be offering everything from makeovers, spray tans, blow dry’s and more! We also welcome back the Fancy Dress Tent, which features rails upon rails of fancy dress costumes to ensure customers get into the full ‘festival’ spirit! If all the music gets a bit too much pop over to the onsite cinema which will be screening classic films throughout the evening, in addition throughout the day graffiti artistes will be showcasing their skills along with football freesylers and more. All brought to you as part of V’s Summer of Give campaign. Go to Vinspired.com to find out more”

Following the sell out success of last years festival which attracted a record breaking 60,000 people, the UK’s No.1 dance festival Creamfields returns to Daresbury in Cheshire. For full line up and tickets info go to: www.creamfields.com

SATURDAY 28TH AUGUST

Main Stage

David Guetta (Dance Festival Exclusive)
Deadmau5 (Exclusive)
Audio Bullys
The Japanese Popstars
Ocelot

Cream In Association with Bench

Armin van Buuren
Ferry Corsten (Exclusive)
Eddie Halliwell Presents ED-IT (Exclusive)
Judge Jules
Gareth Emery
John O’Callaghan
Gareth Wyn
Rob H

Chibuku 10th Anniversary

Richie Hawtin Presents Plastikman (English Festival Debut)
Erol Alkan
Crookers
Magda
Mix Hell
Luke Carr
Dom Chung
More to be announced

Pryda Friends

Eric Prydz
Pete Tong
Joris Voorn
Sébastien Léger
Popof
Funk D’Void
Jemmy

Ape – D&B

Andy C
High Contrast
Hype
Friction
Mad Professor
Ken Evil

Ape – Dubstep

Benga
Rusko
Caspa
Joker
Nero
Rich Reason
MC’s: MC Dynamite / Rod Azlan / GQ / IC3 / SP:MC / Mad Rush

Mixmag

Tiga
Switch
Kissy Sell Out
DJ Mehdi
Alex Metric
Jaymo & Andy George
Gramophonedzie
Zoo Brazil

Hed Kandi Hospitality

Phil Faversham
John Jones
Wez Clarke
Sarah Louise
Alan Hartley
Dean Oram On Drums
Lady V on Saxophone

Strongbow Bowtime Bar

Tom Middleton
Jesse Rose
Fenech Soler (Live)
Joe & Will Ask?
Crystal Fighters (Live)
Louis La Roche
May68 (Live)
Loz
General Jimmy

Residents Terrace

H2
DJ Ellesse
Ed Mackie
Tim Owen
Lee Ellis
CantMixWontMixShouldntMixDontMix
Rob Casson & Andy Currie
Prostitutes & Policeman
Kev McGowan

JägerRock Truck

Rich Furness
LMP DJ’s
Lee Rands
Chris Mimo
Andy Woods
Autophase

SUNDAY 29TH AUGUST

Kaleidoscope Main Stage

Tiesto (Exclusive)
Calvin Harris (Live)
Laidback Luke
Dada Life
Bang Bang Club
Kids On Bridges

Cream / Vandit 10th Anniversary In Association with Bench

Paul van Dyk (Exclusive)
Sasha
James Zabiela
Hernan Cattaneo
Nick Warren
Special Guests: Leftfield

Swedish House Mafia (Exclusive)

Axwell
Steve Angello
Sebastian Ingrosso
Dirty South
Kim Fai
AN21
Afro Jack
Max Vangeli
Anton Powers

Mixmag Presents Cocoon

Sven Väth
Dubfire
Marco Carola
Yousef
Raresh

Annie Mac Presents

Annie Mac
Major Lazer (Live)
MS Dynamite
Zinc
Riva Starr
Style Of Eye
Andy Mac

Goodgreef Xtra-Hard

Lisa Lashes
Showtek Live (Exclusive)
Kutski B2B Alex Kidd
Andy Whitby
Anne Savage
Bootek (Live)
A.S.Y.S
Dutch Master
Rascal

Strongbow Bowtime Bar

Evil Nine
The Subs (Live)
Grum
David E Sugar (Live)
Goldierocks
THe PETEBOX (Live)
Mr Paul
The Tea Street Band (Live)
Benji Boko
Dead Audio Boy
More to be announced

Hed Kandi Hospitality

Andy Norman
Dean Rigg
Sam Cannon
Stephanie Jay
Alan Hartley
Dean Oram On Drums
Lady V On Saxophone

JägerRock Truck

Cassette Jam
Thomas Tuft
Steve Parry
Andy Newland
Paul Nunn & James Glover
Michael Paterson
Mark Mac & Adam Helliwell

The team behind Northern dance festival Creamfields are celebrating having scooped the award for ‘Best Festival’ at last night’s prestigious industry Music Week Awards which were held at the Hilton Hotel in London. The win saw the dance fest beating off stiff competition from heavyweights Glastonbury, V Festival, Bestival and Global Gathering.

On receiving the award Cream CEO James Barton said: “We are thrilled and overwhelmed to win this prestigious award particularly when we were up against such world class festivals like Glastonbury and V. It highlights how far we’ve come over the last 12 years, and makes all the hard work worthwhile.”

This year the ‘Best Festival’ category was opened up to the public for the first time with the shortlist assessed by a panel of judges who were looking out for exemplary performance in everything from innovation, creativity and quality of service. This is the second award scooped by the dance festival in the last 6 months, having won ‘Best Dance Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards in November and follows the success of their sell out show last Summer which attracted a record breaking 60,000 people.

Creamfields returns to Daresbury in Cheshire on August Bank Holiday weekend and will see performances from the likes of Tiësto, David Guetta, Leftfield, Deadmau5, Calvin Harris, Richie Hawtin Presents Plastikman, Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Swedish House Mafia, Eric Prydz, Sven Väth and Ferry Corsten to name a few.

Other winners at the Awards ceremony included: BBC Radio 1 – National Radio Station Of The Year, Abbey Road – Studio Of The Year, Atlantic Records – Promotions Team Of the year, EMI Publishing – Publisher Of The Year. For a full list of winners go to www.musicweek.com

Tiga is the latest addition to this years all star Creamfields line up, which returns to Daresbury in Cheshire on August Bank Holiday weekend.

Canadian born Tiga has risen the ranks to become one of the world’s most in demand electro DJ/Producers whose remix talents have been called upon from the likes of Depeche Mode, Human League, Scissor Sisters, and Soulwax to name a few. Tiga headlines this year’s Mixmag Arena and will be joining the likes of Switch, Kissy Sell out, DJ Mehdi, Alex Metric, and BBC Radio 1’s Jaymo & Andy George.

Other new acts announced include Jesse Rose, the Berlin based house music producer and DJ who is attributed with having kick started the ‘fidget house’ movement along with fellow jock Switch aka Solid Groove, Jesse performs on the Strongbow Stage on Saturday 28th August. Another addition is Kids on Bridges, the band which have previously supported the likes of Gary Numan and Little Boots were once described by the late Tony Wilson – founder of Factory Records – as having “the mouth of Liverpool and the swagger of Manchester”. Their electro pop sound has gained the band a loyal fanbase with their MySpace alone hitting well over a million, you can catch them performing on the Main Stage on Sunday 29th August.

Following the success from last year, the Jägertruck returns with a jam packed line up of talent. The strident orange truck which converts into a mobile music arena will see performances from the likes of Cassette Jam, LMP’s Adam K & Tom Dillon Koenig, Rich Furness, Lee Rands, Chris Mimo, Andy Woods, Autophase, Thomas Tuft, Steve Parry, Andy Newland, Paul Nunn & James Glover, Michael Paterson, Mark Mac, Adam Helliwell and one of Liverpool’s biggest DJ’s Anton Powers who joins the bill in the Swedish House Mafia Arena.

Following the sell out success of last years festival which attracted a record breaking 60,000 people, the UK’s No.1 dance festival Creamfields returns to Daresbury in Cheshire. For full line up and tickets info go to: www.creamfields.com

It has been announced that the highly anticipated Creamfields 2010 line up will be revealed exclusively on BBC Radio 1 on Friday 26th March from 8pm.

The multi award winning festival which won ‘Best Dance Festival’ at last years UK Festival Awards, will take place on August Bank Holiday weekend and returns to its idyllic countryside home of Daresbury in Cheshire.

ALL tickets including day tickets / weekend non camping and the much sought after hospitality tickets will be on sale from 9am Friday 26th March here.

The award winning Creamfields festival which takes place on August Bank Holiday weekend has been granted a 3 year license for its festival site in Daresbury; the first ever dance festival to receive an extended year license.

Creamfields which scooped the award for ‘Best Dance Festival’ in the 2009 UK Festival Awards (the 3rd time the festival has won the coveted award) was granted the license last night by Halton Borough Council’ regulatory committee. Following last years sell out show which attracted a record breaking 60,000 people, the team behind the festival have increased investment into site infrastructure for 2010, which will see bigger and better arenas and increased space and capacity in the campsites.

Event Manager Jim King from Loudsound said: “This decision to grant the festival a 3 year license is a very important decision in that it clearly shows the confidence that the authorities have in Creamfields and its management team. The festival has now established itself at its new location in Cheshire as one of the largest, most popular and well operated electronic festivals in the world.”

In 2006 Creamfields relocated from Liverpool to its Daresbury home in the heart of the Cheshire countryside, and became a 2 day camping event in 2008.

Singer Olly Murs will give a live performance at a Warrington nightclub later this month.

The X Factor runner up will appear at Halo on Tuesday December 29th 2009 and perform songs from the popular show.

Tickets to see Olly can be purchased online at halowarrington.com.

A new exhibition featuring the work of British graffiti artist Banksy has opened at Warrington Museum.

The ®Evolution of Urban Art brings together work from 15 internationally acclaimed artists: Banksy, Blek le Rat, Gavin Turk, Adam Neate, David Choe, Faile, Lorraine Robbins, Antony Micallef, Ron English, José Parlá, Elbow-toe, Sam Taylor-Wood, Candice Tripp, Swoon and Takashi Murakami.

The exhibition runs until March 2010. Admission is free.

Seven train stations in North West England have been identified as amongst the ten worst in the country.

Stations featured in the independent Station Champions report include Stockport, Manchester Victoria, Preston, Wigan North Western, Liverpool Central, Warrington Bank Quay, and Crewe. They will each receive a share of £50 million to carry out urgent improvements.

Last week Network Rail announced a £3.25 billion 5-year plan for station improvements to over 2,000 stations. The Station Champions report identified ten that required vital modernisation. Work on these will start as soon as possible.

The Station Champions, Sir Peter Hall and Chris Green, were appointed by Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis in May 2009 to review the condition of stations and to recommend improvements.

The 13th annual Warrington Rotary Beer Festival will be held at Parr Hall, October 29 – 31.

The event, organised by Warrington Rotary Club, has raised more than £125,000 for charity since its inception.

The schedule is as follows:

• Thursday October 29, 5.30 pm – 11.30 pm, live music by The Bottletops
• Friday October 30, 5.30 pm – 11.30 pm, live music by The Bad Dog Blues Band, Tim Critchley
• Saturday October 31, 12 noon – 4 pm, live music by Lazy River Jazz
• Saturday October 31, 7 pm – 11.30 pm, live music by No Stamp Required

The main sponsors of the event are Thomas Hardy Brewery, Manchester Fuels Terminal, Bowman Operations Ltd, and the Co-operative Group.

The 2009 Northwest Tourism Awards will be held at Blackpool Tower on September 28.

The event will be hosted by BBC presenter Ranvir Singh and is being organised by the Northwest Regional Development Agency.

The finalists are:

Large Hotel of the Year

Carden Park Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa, near Chester
Castle Green Hotel, Kendal, Cumbria
Preston Marriott Hotel, Preston, Lancashire
The Lowry Hotel, Manchester
Malmaison Liverpool, Liverpool

Small Hotel of the Year

Peckforton Castle, Tarporley, Cheshire
Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel, Windermere, Cumbria
Mytton Fold Hotel and Golf Complex, Ribble Valley

Bed and Breakfast of the Year

Harrop Fold Farm, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Storrs Gate House, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria
The Ashton, Lancaster, Lancashire
Brooklands Lodge, Sale, Greater Manchester
The Ambassador Townhouse, Southport, Merseyside

Large Visitor Attraction of the Year

Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
Walby Farm Park, near Carlisle, Cumbria
Blackpool Tower and Circus, Blackpool
Imperial War Museum North, Manchester
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool

Small Visitor Attraction of the Year

Arley Hall & Gardens, Northwich, Cheshire
Wordsworth House and Garden, Cockermouth, Cumbria
Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, Helmshore, Lancashire
Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Manchester
Acorn Farm, Liverpool

Self Catering Holiday of the Year

Kerridge End Holiday Cottages, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Hall Hills, Dalston, near Carlisle, Cumbria
Clough Bottom Farm Cottages, near Clitheroe, Lancashire
Blue Rainbow Apartments, Manchester
Premier Apartments Liverpool, Liverpool

Holiday Park of the Year

Castlerigg Hall Caravan and Camping Park, Keswick, Cumbria
Sunset Park, Hambleton, near Blackpool

Business Tourism Award

Carden Park Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa, near Chester
Warwick Mill Business Village, near Carlisle, Cumbria
Ribby Hall Village, Wrea Green, near Blackpool
The Lowry Hotel, Manchester
BT Convention Centre, Liverpool

Taste of England’s Northwest

Walk Mill, Chester
Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop, Kendal, Cumbria
La Locanda Ristorante Italiano, Gisburn, Lancashire
The Modern, Urbis, Manchester
Delifonseca, Liverpool

Tourism Experience of the Year

Roman Tours, Chester
Silverband Falconry, Penrith, Cumbria
Farmaggedon, near Ormskirk, Lancashire
Costumed Performers, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
Art in the Age of Steam, National Museums Liverpool, Liverpool

Customer Service Award

Janet Bradshaw, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
Jennifer Taylor, The Archway Guest House, Windermere, Cumbria
Hannah Lee, The New Holly, near Preston
Mahendran Mayan, Renaissance Hotel, Manchester
Christina Dixon, Jurys Inn Hotel, Liverpool

Sustainable Tourism Award

Carden Park Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa, near Chester
Langdale Leisure Ltd, Ambleside, Cumbria
Malkin Tower Farm Holiday Cottages, Blacko, Lancashire
Radisson SAS Hotel Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester
Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool, Liverpool

Tourism for All Award

Kerridge End Holiday Cottages, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Ullswater Steamers, Glenridding, Cumbria
Sandcastle Waterpark, Blackpool
The Trafford Centre, Greater Manchester

Tourism Event

Nantwich Food and Drink Festival, Cheshire
Westmorland County Agricultural Show, Milnthorpe, Cumbria
Blackpool Illuminations, Blackpool
Manchester Pride, Manchester
Creamfields, Merseyside

Public Space Award

Cockermouth Market Place Regeneration Scheme, Cumbria
County Square Environmental Enhancement Scheme, Ulverston, Cumbria
Pier Head Public Realm and Canal Link, Liverpool

Tourist Information Centre of the Year

Congleton TIC, Cheshire
Coniston TIC, Cumbria
Cleveleys TIC, Lancashire
Wigan TIC, Greater Manchester
St Helens TIC, Merseyside

Travel Journalist of the Year

Chris Moss, Time Out
Craig Fleming, Blackpool Gazette
David Atkinson, Freelance
Paul Croughton, The Sunday Times
Stephen McClarence, The Observer