We can’t quite believe it, but this year marks the fifth year of the mighty Boomtown festival hitting us up with the finest in reggae, dub, funk, punk, swing, ska and bass music in the land.

Sold out year on year this is possibly the fastest growing festival to date multiplying like rabbits from just 1,000 dedicated ravers in 2009 to 28,000 of us rocking up with a pocket full of beans and a bag full of tins in 2012.

This year this ever boundary busting music phenomenon will unveil even more craziness for the ladies and gents of Boomtown town. Including a 300 ft moving magic carpet ride offering visitors an amazing view of the entire camp and saving tired feet for late night partying, a 15 meter high Lion’s Den Mayan temple and The Spider of Arcadia who will be stomping his way through the seedy streets to stake his claim and dub the centre of Downtown the hottest party destination in town.

Excited is an understatement, weird and wonderful and jam packed with some of our favourite DJs and artists ever including Stantion Warriors, DJ Hype, David Rodigan, Dirtyphonics, and more. Roll the fuck on August we say.

Get your tickets here: BOOMTOWN 2013 TICKETS

Posted on: May 3, 2013

Eagles of Death Metal, the highly acclaimed American rock band from Palm Desert, California have been in collaboration with Fly53 since the wolf man found his first facial hair. That’s a long bloody time and their still one of our favourite rock bands on the books.

Catch EoDM on the festival scene this year. They are confirmed to play at Kulturfabrik Kofmehl festival in Switzerland on the 21^st of June, Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium on 16 – 18 August and Reading and Leeds Festival on the 24 – 26 August. So don’t miss out ..

Jesse “The Devil” Hughes, who formed EoDM in 1998, has just released a spanking new solo album aptly named ‘Honkey Kong’, produced by Tony Hoffer, responsible for some of the most successful indie-rock albums of recent years including The Fratellis & The Kooks. ‘Honkey Kong’ is described as “a mix of glam-pop, keyboard-heavy dance grooves, and Hughes’ signature brand of rock’n’roll grit that drips with swagger”. Tracks set for inclusion are ’Trippy Blob’, ’No Fun’ and ‘Swallowed By The Night’.

Check out ‘Trippy Blob’ by Jessie Hughs below..

Posted on: March 30, 2012

People, the festival season is upon us once more. A chance to say fuck off to normality, kick back and enjoy living the life of a bum. A few friends of ours will be working hard to rock your socks off. Check them out;

Roots Manuva is set to headline Beacons Festival, Yorkshire. 17^th – 19^th August. If you fancy this cutting-edge festival, get your waders on, 2011 was cancelled due to extreme flooding.

Hudson Mohawke headlines Simple things festival. A one-day music and visual festival situated in the heart of Bristol. 6-7^th May

Keiser chiefs are playing at T in the park, Scotland. Aptly named after the brewing company Tennents. 6^th – 8^th July.

Causing chaos is second nature to us. Let it be known with this perfect festival accompaniment.

Posted on: March 10, 2012

Dirty Pretty Docklands

The On/Off Libertine and ex Dirty Pretty Things Member, Carl Barat is set to appear at the Latitude festival where he will introduce a film about the London Docklands….random….but why Carl?

The Barat has had a busy year so far which has included making his theatre debut and again reforming the much celebrated Libertines. The band are set to rock the Leed’s festival, and will no doubt be the band to see!

In between this, however, Carl Barat has narrated a fascinating documentary about the London docklands area. The historic area is surrounded in myth and legend, connecting London to the outside world. The band will perform the score to the film live, with Barat lending his vocals to ‘The Rime Of The Modern Mariner’

Carl Barat is set to introduce the film and will be accompanied by writer and director Mark Donne to discuss the attachment to the London docklands area.

The screening will sit alongside many huge acts including Belle & Sebastian, Vampire Weekend and more.

Latitude runs between July 15th – 18th, and if you want to win tickets…then FLY53 CAN HELP!

Check out the Competition section, where there is a link win! All you have to do is follow it, and tell us why you should be there….that easy!!

Posted on: June 29, 2010

FLY53 Favourites Get The Fanzine Treatment!

Hadouken! have been down with FLY53 since the dinosaurs were roaming the earth! Thankfully they died off millions of years ago…and in their wake (only a little while after) a new ruler has emerged…one of our favourite bands over here at FLY53….Hadouken!

Not only are there pretty little faces splashed all over our Fanzine front cover…but they even stopped by for a little interview as well:

You’ve been Descibed as a ‘Grindie’ band, how would describe yourselves?

Five twenty-something alcoholics who make noise.

As well as your name, do video games influence your sound?

We loved computer games growing up. Fifa 10 influences my mood on a day-to-day basis, and its probably better if I win!

What can we expect from the new album?

It’s a hard and heavy sound,energetic and most importantly lots of unpretentious fun.

When you made the album what were you responding or reacting to?

Playing tours up and down the country and the rest of the world gave us a taste for the style of music we really wanted to play to our audiences. Heavy, bassy, chaotic.

Aside from the new album what’s on the horizon for Hadouken?

We are looking forward to touring the rest of the world after playing up and down the country. So bring on Japan, Europe and the USA!

How important is fashion to Hadouken?

Fashions change, style is eternal.We all take pride in the way we dress, but don’t lose much sleep about what we are going to put on in the morning. Free clothes are a huge bonus.

What’s your worse fashion secret?

Nu Rave.

What did you all have for breakfast this morning?

Alka Seltzer

The band are currently touring, promoting their brand new album ‘For The Masses’…so be sure to check their website for full touring schedule, along with the FLY53 blog where we hope to run a tour diary exclusively with the band!

Posted on: June 23, 2010

So You Got The Ticket…Now What?

Festivals are a tricky old game. Take too much and you will resemble a commando struggling to lug your giant pack around. Take too little and risk both stinking and freezing!

With this in mind…FLY53 have put together an essential checklist of items that you need not forget…alcohol/drugs are your own essentials…

So theres the obvious essentials list:

Tent…..Just in case you don’t manage to mack yourself into a chicks tent
Change Of Clothes…..rain+mud+sweat= bad times
Contraceptives.….stranger things have happened…be prepared scout!
Torch…..for those that don’t have nightvision
Tunes…..the festival music shut’s down at some point leaving you with the eerie silence…sort it out!
Deodrant…..a shower in a can
Toilet Paper…..you think toilets with that stench are goin to have paper?

Now thats the basics covered…what about havin some style? FLY53 are famous for our festival wear. You can never have enough t-shirts when living in a tent, and a lightweight shower proof jacket is a vital festival companion…we do both of these….and do them well!

Checkout the ‘FLY53 Festival style guide’ and get over to the ‘Online Store‘ to shop the key looks to make sure your lookin’ your best this Summer Season of Music.

For the full festival checklist produced with Clash magazine read on ‘here.’

Posted on: June 22, 2010

Win Tickets To Some Of This Summer’s Biggest Festivals!

Not only have we produced a festival guide giving you the low down on pretty much everything about this Summer’s biggest festivals, but theres more!

FLY53 have teamed up with Clash Magazine to give you the chance to win tickets to one of 17 of this Summer’s Biggest Festivals!

First up is Lovebox, a relatively new festival that is already gaining a reputation as one of the Summer’s best day events. Held in East London, this year features acts such as Dizee Rascal, Roxy Music and the ex-bond baddie Grace Jones. The strangest thing is, all you have to do to win the tickets, is follow the link below and tell us why you deserve to be there?! Thats it!

win-tickets-to-lovebox

Now you have the tickets, your not exactly going to turn up naked are you? Why not read our Festival Guide, get some ideas and head over to our Online Store to get the looks!

As its only a one day festival, theres no point taking loads of heavy garms, a nice lightweight jacket would not only suit most weather conditions…but will make sure you don’t turn into a B.O warrior if the sun does decide to come out.

Try the Spektrum Festival Jacket….exactly what we are talkin about…and a true bargain!

Posted on: June 22, 2010

U2 OUT….Gorillaz IN…..

Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, 23rd-27th

‘The daddy of UK Festivals is 40, and if it’s good enough for Bono’

Well….it was good enough for Bono…but ickle Bono has gone and hurt his back so U2 are out, replaced by the ruddy awesome Gorillaz…..total win for anyone attending, especially after new album Plastic Beach proved to be so damn good..

As Clash Magazine said, the festival is 40 years old, and is an absolute beast, taking 90mins to walk from one end to the other…the line up includes Stevie Wonder, Vampire Weekend and one of the bands of the moment The Foals amongs literally countless other great acts…this festival is not one to be missed.

The weather is even looking good, so the Glasto mud curse may finally be lifted right in time for the 40th….anyone thats going get your pics over to the FLY53 facebook!

Check out the full Clash/FLY53 festvial guide here….and pick up any last minute essentials from our Online Store!

Posted on: June 21, 2010