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Ticket Exchange Information
Please read the following carefully.
The ticket exchange desks will be open from 12pm on Friday the 6th April and will remain open till 8pm.
Exchange your wrist bands at the UNDERWORLD TICKET BOOTH if you purchased your tickets via…
Leeds Tickets
Ticket Web
Friday Day Tickets
Anyone exchanging weekend tickets on Saturday or Sunday…
Date Posted: 4-Apr-2012
The Bendal Interlude at Desertfest
They’re from Liverpool and they’ve probably nicked yer riffs, but God Damn, they sound much better through guitarist Stu’s amps! Bringing their Northern sludge-metal destruction down South once again, The Bendal Interlude are a four-man wrecking crew of anger, rage and explosive aggression culminating in one of the ugliest brands of sonic devastation. With the…
Date Posted: 2-Apr-2012
Gonga play Desertfest
One of the most under-celebrated Great British heavy bands, Gonga have been lurking at the bottom of many a Bristol swamp pit since 1998. Occasionally poking their weedian spirits above the mire for the odd show here and there, the foursome have recorded two timeless full-lengths – 2003′s self-titled debut slab of stoner grooves and…
Date Posted: 2-Apr-2012
Ashes Of Iron Announced
Northern Rocking Stoners Ashes Of Iron invade Desertfests Black Heart Stage. With their full on riff laden grooves, thunderous vocals from Alan Greener, duelling guitar licks from Tom Hoad and Richard Thompson, and not forgetting the heart of beat bass player Dean Young and drummer Mark Cliff. The Sunderland 5 piece have shared the stage…
Date Posted: 31-Mar-2012
Diesel King Crowned at Desertfest
Having been around since 2009, it’s testament to their hard work and appreciation by sludge fans in the know that Diesel King were invited to play support to this year’s legendary festival headliners, Corrosion of Conformity, on the London leg of COC’s come-back tour last year. Formed of experienced hands, from the likes of post-stoner…
Date Posted: 30-Mar-2012
Undersmile double up at desertfest
Aww, two couples in a rock band, isn’t that sweet…? No, it’s not. Don’t let those two friendly front-women dressed in white fool you, this is Undersmile, the most downtrodden funeral doom this side of the Atlantic. Hailing from Oxfordshire, Taz and Ollie Corona-Brown, along with Hel Sterne and Tom McKibbin have crafted some of…
Date Posted: 29-Mar-2012
Deville play acoustic set for desertfest
Heavy rockers Deville from Sweden will do a special acoustic performance with songs from the new album that will be released later this year and play some old ones too.
A two-piece performance in a way you usually don´t hear or see Deville and where you will experience the songs in a whole new way….
Date Posted: 28-Mar-2012
Astrohenge announced for desertfest
Take the drumming blizzard that is Keiran Iles, bolt on the heavy riffing guitar duo of Matthew Rozeik and Hugh Harvey, now sprinkle with the pixie dust of keyboard wizard Oliver Weeks, and what do you have? Astrohenge – Camden’s four knights of the jazz-doom round table, as merry and silly as they are ferociously…
Date Posted: 28-Mar-2012
Download Roadsaw’s 3 track E.P for free
The awesome Roadsaw,being the good people they are have decided to give away 3 tracks inspired by Desertfest. You can hear a track below and head over to there bandcamp page for more..
“This is part of three songs we put together, inspired by Desertfest in London. It is 95% live in the room. These …
Date Posted: 28-Mar-2012
Death Letter Announced for Desertfest’s unplugged Stage
Death Letter plays stripped down to nothing but raw sounds of one instrument and one voice.
Starting as a few acoustic experiments featuring two members of London sludge doom metal band Dead Existence. The Death Letter was born from a mutual admiration for blues based music. Influences ranging from the early blues of Charly Patton,…
Date Posted: 26-Mar-2012
Official Desertfest Screen Prints Available
Pre purchase a limited edition screen-printed festival poster for the Desert Fest designed by Rhys Wootton (rhyswootton.com). Commissioned by the desertscene.co.uk as art memorabilia for the festival – only 60 made.
Printed with U.V. florescent ink that glow under a black lamp. Limited edition of 60 signed and numbered by artist. Size Approx 45×64 cm….
Date Posted: 25-Mar-2012
Iron Claw At DesertFest
Iron Claw began in 1969, in Dumfries, Scotland. Their total recorded output from around these early years floated around on bootlegs, with no official release, for a many moons. Over the years, those lucky enough to come across these recordings were stunned by their skills, comparative to the hard rock greats of the time; they…
Date Posted: 21-Mar-2012
Steak Set To Sizzle at Desertfest
Veggies take note – Steak are announced for Desertfest. If you like your rock n roll laced with energetic stoner grooves, crunching fuzz and atmospheric interludes, then grab yourself a Steak dinner at Desertfest. These London based riff worshipers will also have copies of their debut EP ‘Disastronaut’ available at the festival, so check them…
Date Posted: 19-Mar-2012
Day Tickets Released Monday
Here is some news that many have been waiting for. We are pleased to announce that we are releasing a limited number of day tickets at 10am on Monday 19th March.
Prices are as follows:
Friday 6th April £25.00
Saturday 7th April £32.50
Sunday 8th April £32.50
Don’t hang around as these wont last long….
Date Posted: 15-Mar-2012
Ponamero Sundown confirmed for Desertfest
Ponamero Sundown are all set to bring the fuzzy grooves to Desertfest. Formed in mid November back in 05, the idea was to write music combining hard rock of the 70′s with fuzzy stoner and plenty of hooky riffs. The Swedish 4 piece from Stockholm have released 2 studio albums, ‘Stonerized’ in 09 and more…
Date Posted: 13-Mar-2012
