All Tomorrow’s Parties have announced that for ATP weekend 1 in May 2009 the fans themselves get a chance to curate half the line-up in, “The Fans Strike Back”.
The event, which will take place from the 8th – 10th May at Butlins Holiday Resort will see half of the festival line-up chosen by ATP and the other half voted for by everyone that buys a ticket.
To make things even more interesting ATP organisers have also decided that at least for the first round of voting, which opens on November 17th, no bands can be picked that have ever played a UK ATP event before!
To kick things off the first bands chosen by ATP are Devo, Sleep (performing Holy Mountain / selections from Dopesmoker + more) Spiritualized (full band, not Acoustic Mainline which HAVE played before) and Grails.
Devo are one of the most important and successful post-punk bands and make a rare UK festival appearance for ATP. Legendary stoner rock band Sleep split up in 1998 after releasing two hugely influential albums. Members went on to form underground heroes High On Fire and Om. They reform for two performances at ATP as a world exclusive that will never be repeated.
The venue itself which is Butlins in Minehead looks out across a superb sandy beach. The site is equipped with a supermarket, newsagent, cash points and restaurants. Onsite facilities include a cinema, Splash Water World - a sub-tropical environment that has a huge wave pool, a swimming pool, 3 flumes and also a flume based raft ride - Ten-pin bowling and amusement arcade. Sports include Archery, Football, Basketball, Darts, Petanque, Fencing, Kwik Cricket, Netball, Rounders, Table Tennis, Outdoor Bowls and Crazy Golf.
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Room Only accommodation is available in 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 berths and offers either double, single or bunk beds with private bathroom and TV, but no kitchen facilities or lounge, more like a hotel room. (£150 + booking fee per ticket)
Self Catering accommodation is available in 4, 6 and 7 berths and offers private bathroom, full kitchen facilities and separate lounge area with TV. (£160 + booking fee per ticket)
All Tomorrow’s Parties are also offering a limited deposit scheme which will allow people the chance to pay £50/£60 per person up front for their chalet now, with the remaining amount to be paid in January. Full information available at www.atpfestival.com
All tickets include a 3-day festival pass and 3 nights accommodation. Ticket includes performances starting from mid-afternoon, with around 40 acts set to play live across the weekend. There are four pubs and DJ sets through till late, plus three nights in a self-catering chalet or room only accommodation all with private bathroom suites and TV’s.
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