Four More Cutting-Edge Bands Slated to Perform at U.S. Download Festival

Four More Cutting-Edge Bands Slated to Perform at U.S. Download Festival

The Lovemakers, British Sea Power, Nine Black Alps and Extra Action Marching Band Added to Download Festival Line-Up at Shoreline Amphitheatre in San Francisco on October 8th

HOUSTON, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Four more cutting-edge bands are joining Clear Channel Entertainment's Download Festival. The Lovemakers, British Sea Power, Nine Black Alps and Extra Action Marching Band have been added to the highly anticipated U.S. debut of the Download Festival on October 8th at Shoreline Amphitheatre in San Francisco.

The current main stage lineup now features:
The Killers, Modest Mouse, The Arcade Fire, Doves and British Sea Power.

The Amp'd Mobile stage lineup features:
HIM, Mindless Self Indulgence, Nine Black Alps and The Lovemakers.

You certainly won't want to miss the Extra Action Marching Band, performing at various times in various locations throughout the festival.

The Download Festival, presented by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s GameTap, will hit San Francisco's Shoreline Amphitheater for its only stateside appearance on Saturday, October 8, 2005. Priority ticket information, festival news, updates, special offers and more can be found at http://www.downloadfestival.com/ .

The Lovemakers: The Lovemakers make electronic/rock dance music with a passionate, sexually charged fury. At times aggressive and mythical, other times painfully honest, their music is rich in melody and drama with an underlying commitment to pop hooks. They radiate pure love for what they do, not least of all in their mission to entertain, liberate and, command audiences to once again dance to a rock band. The band was formed in the spring of 2002 by Scott Blonde and Lisa Light and was then joined by Jason Proctor and Josh "The Eagle" Kilbourne. On their Cherrytree/Interscope Records debut album, "Times of Romance", The Lovemakers tease and condemn, love and hate, break up to make up, all to an addictively danceable heartbeat. The first single, "Prepare for the Fight" is already making waves in clubs and radio nationwide.

British Sea Power: British Sea Power play amplified rock music and are based in Brighton, on England's south coast. The band consists of brothers Hamilton and Yan, Woody, Noble and Eamon. BSP came into its own in 2001 when it started to perform and when they released their first album, "Fear Of Drowning", on their own Golden Chariot label. British Sea Power were then signed Rough Trade and released the single "Remember Me", in late 2001 (this song would later be re-recorded and, in 2003, give the band their first UK Top 30 single). In 2002, British Sea began to find themselves playing alongside a series of fine groups including Pulp on their Forestry Commission tour. The group has played with the Flaming Lips and has toured with Interpol and The Strokes. BSP released "The Decline Of British Sea Power" in September 2003 to rave reviews. After spending most of 2004 recording their second BSP album on Rough Trade called "Open Season", the album retains this band's peculiar power while adding new dimensions of poise and prettiness.

Nine Black Alps: Manchester's Nine Black Alps are a seriously intense experience, one where the howls of an overblown amp trying to deal with another superheavyweight riff is always more likely to appear than a cheeky (read: horrible) saxophone solo. Put simply, Nine Black Alps are not likely to appear on a lite-FM playlist. Nine Black Alps are the perfect midpoint between the abattoir-blues of early Black Sabbath and the fried atmospherics of Ride. Nine Black Alps came together through firm friends, dirty pubs and good luck in the summer of 2003. Since then they have perfected a style so heavy that in the studio they play the songs so hard they "feel like we're dead."

Extra Action Marching Band: No one has ever seen Oakland/San Francisco's Extra Action Marching Band actually march ... at least not in a straight line and in the same direction. Instead, the fifteen-to-thirty-five inebriated troubadours ooze, shuffle, loiter, charge, and crawl around embracing their environment and quite frequently their audience. Defying categorization, this mutant lovechild of traditional peripatetic music and ecstatic turmoil consists of a hypnotic drum corps, a heady horn section, and a provocative, uplifting flag squadron that dazzles crowds with their dizzying dances. An Extra Action performance is a bacchanalian, infectiously celebratory, inappropriate, transcendent, freaky spectacle that amuses, arouses, and intoxicates the audience. The flag team alone can stop traffic and often does.

Band Contacts:

Michael Glumac Julie Underwood
The Lovemakers British Sea Power
(212) 841-8052 (718) 797-4211
Michael.glumac@umusic.comjulie@tagteammedia.com

Ben Furstenberg Jen Appel
Extra Action Marching Band Nine Black Alps
booking@extra-action.com (212) 246-2640
jen@pressherepublicity.com

Download Festival is a collaboration of branding specialists, Clear Channel Entertainment Properties and Bill Graham Presents, a division of Clear Channel Music. Clear Channel Entertainment Properties created and marketed the custom branded entertainment opportunities for sponsors. Leveraging its extensive artist relationships and production resources, Bill Graham Presents secured the talent line-up and is producing this festival.

The Download Festival is sponsored by GameTap, Dentyne(R), Amp'd Mobile, Napster and AOL(R) Instant Messenger (AIM(R)).

About Clear Channel Entertainment Properties

Clear Channel Entertainment Properties, a division of Clear Channel Entertainment, markets the organization's vast network of assets -- venues; music, motor sports, action sports, and theatrical properties; exclusive special events, exhibitions, and Emmy(R) award-winning television production services -- to corporations seeking unique brand positioning. In addition, Clear Channel Entertainment Properties specializes in creating custom, high- impact marketing programs and special events that provide flexibility for client budget and timing parameters. Services include advertising, strategic marketing and content development, national and local sales programs, product and service launches, and television/broadcast programming. The resources and reach of Clear Channel Entertainment Properties have already made them among the most sought-after partners for business and consumer marketing in live entertainment today. Clear Channel Entertainment is a division of Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), a leading producer and marketer of live entertainment events, promotes and/or produces over 32,000 events, attended by more than 69 million people. The company currently owns, operates and/or exclusively books approximately 130 live entertainment venues, including more than 100 in North America and 30 in Europe. More information may be found by visiting http://www.cc.com/ and http://www.clearchannel.com/ .

About Bill Graham Presents

Bill Graham Presents (BGP) has been a leader in promoting and marketing live music since it was founded in 1966. BGP promotes live music and festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest with offices in California and Washington. Lee Smith, President of Bill Graham Presents, leads the company from its headquarters in San Francisco. Bill Graham Presents venues include Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA, Chronicle Pavilion in Concord, CA, Sleep Train Amphitheatre in Marysville, CA, The Warfield, Fillmore, and Punch Line Comedy Club in San Francisco, CA, The Punch Line Comedy Club in Sacramento, CA, and the White River Amphitheater in Auburn, WA. Bill Graham Presents venues are led by General Manager, Matt Prieshoff. More information may be found by visiting http://www.bgp.com/ .

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Source: Clear Channel Entertainment Properties

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