If it wasn’t fantastic enough that The Prodigy are releasing a new album and that Dave Grohl from The Foo Fighters is drumming on one of the tracks, I can tell you that they are headlining atthis years Isle of Wight Festival!
The Ting Tings and Basement Jaxx have also been confirmed and will all be playing on the first day of the festival on the main stage which kicks off on the 12th of June.
This festival is getting bigger and bigger ebery year. Last year saw the Sex Pistols and The kaiser Chiefs on the main stages for just over 50,000 people. The Rolling Stones, The police, The Who and Coldplay have also performed in previous years.
It is the eighth year the festival has been running for now and the organisers say it will be the most electric year yet.
The Isle of Wight Festival was originally started many years ago when acts such as The Doors, Jimi Hendirx and Bob Dylan frequented the stage. With a big revamp the festival is getting stronger and stronger each year with big acts all signing up to play there.
With their last album, “Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned”, being released in 2004, The Prodigy are set to make a sensational follow up album to be released in March 2009. With 11 brand new tracks that may just rip your ears away from your head, the band are really excited about the new album titled, “Invaders Must Die”. In a recent interview with Kerrang, Liam Howlett stated,
“All f*$#%£g bands say their new record’s their best, but this just feels really triumphant for us. It’s on fire. It’s all about the three of us together and what we can do. You know what we deal with: it’s beats in a predominantly electronic style and it’s full of f&$£*d -up guitars!”
The Prodigy
Wanting to move away from all the rock, dance, metal tracks that are appearing left right and centre the band want to stir up the music industry, being one of the things that The Prodigy does best. Rather than mixing things up by using guest vocals and crossing over with other bands, none other than Mr Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame, will be jumping into the rear end of the band in the drummers position to bang out some amazing rhythms.
Dave actually emailed the band to find out if there were planning anything in the future and if he could join them on a track or two. The track, “Run With The Wolves” is said to be the most most powerful song on the new album with all the members really going for it.
With a new album being released in March, The prodigy are also planning a tour next year with none other than Dizzy Rascal. Dates as follows:
5th April - Cardiff International Arena
6th April - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
7th April - Glasgow SECC
9th April - Birmingham NIA
10th April - Manchester MEN Arena
11th April - Nottingham Trent FM Arena
13th April - Sheffield Arena
14th April - Brighton Centre
17th April - London Wembley Arena
Ticket sales start on the 7th November 2008 from ticketmaster.
The prodigy have announced 6 UK tour dates for December.
Tickets go on sale on 21st August from Aloud at 10:00am
Dates and venues as follows:
7th December - The Academy, Liverpool
8th December - The Academy, Glasgow
9th December - The Academy, Birmingham
11th December - The Academy, Sheffield
12th December - Brixton Academy
13th December - Brixton Academy
