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!

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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.’

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!

]]> http://www.fly53.com/blog/win-festival-tickets/feed/ 0 http://www.fly53.com/blog/glastonbury-this-week/ http://www.fly53.com/blog/glastonbury-this-week/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:23:07 +0000 Group User http://www.fly53.com/?p=7826 Read More]]> 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!

Hadouken! Birmingham O2 Arena, Saturday 6th

FLY53 favourites Hadouken! work their little bones off touring the country following the release of their new album For The Masses, released in January. Their live shows always get rave reviews due to the bands onstage energy and sound, so check them out and expect a review and tour update from the band right here on the FLY53 Blog..

Since Kaiser Chiefs declared it open in 2004, Club NME has been the place to catch the best new bands before they usually catapult to mega stardom. Couple this with the fact the night is usually held at KOKO in Camden (really one of the most amazing venues in London) and your always in for a memorable night. 12 Dirty Bullets are headlining the night, and NME has promised that their debut album will be a ‘milestone for London’….which is quite a statement, so this is a band to catch before they blow!

Hadouken! Birmingham O2 Arena, Saturday 6th
FLY53 favourites Hadouken! work their little bones off touring the country following the release of their new album For The Masses, released in January. Their live shows always get rave reviews due to the bands onstage energy and sound, so check them out and expect a review and tour update from the band right here on the FLY53 Blog…

Since Kaiser Chiefs declared it open in 2004, Club NME has been the place to catch the best new bands before they usually catapult to mega stardom. Couple this with the fact the night is usually held at KOKO in Camden (really one of the most amazing venues in London) and your always in for a memorable night. 12 Dirty Bullets are headlining the night, and NME has promised that their debut album will be a ‘milestone for London’….which is quite a statement, so this is a band to catch before they blow!

Where many musicians would rest following a UK and US tour, such as Cassell recently did with The Streets whose 5th studio album Computers & Blues is released soon (stay on point for tour details), The Beatmaker was straight back on the grind, and shows no sign of slowing down. Plan B’s single ‘Stay Too Long’ was top ten in the charts and his much anticipated album ‘The Defamation of Strickland Banks’ is released in April…all co-written by Cassell. This would be enough for most, but not this man. His work with AKALA on both his ‘Hip Hop Shakespeare’ project and album Double Think! are already creating a lot of hype, and affirm the depth of talent this musician possesses. Add this to the various other projects he has been working on such as producing funk/soul band Bassistry’s entire album and you start to get a picture of how hard some artists work.

His work with these artists will be supported by various appearances on the Summer festival circuit, by which time we are sure there will be a huge amount more that he will have accomplished….