Graham Coxon to headline Soundstation

United Kingdom | | 17 March 2006

Graham Coxon will headline Birmingham's first ever city centre festival, Soundstation. The one-day event will see dance and rock acts playing over two stages. Read on for more bands confirmed...

The inaugral Soundstation Festival takes place at the newly created Eastside Park, just minutes from Birmingham's New Street Station, on Sunday, 28 May.

Graham Coxon, Boy Kill Boy, Orson and The Crimea are the first acts confirmed for the Live Stage.

Mr Scruff, Kenny Dope, Bugz In The Attic, and Quantic will be throwing down some beats in the Bacardi B-Live Arena.

Event organiser Nick Morgan said: "The format of Sound Station is a ground-breaking collection of styles with a clear focus on new, exciting indie/rock talent and credible, leftfield dance Djs and acts. We are delighted to be holding this event in Birmingham and feel we have an incredibly strong line-up of up-and-coming bands and leading-edge Djs on the bill."

The festival is expected to attract 7,000 music fans and is expected to become an annual event.

Tickets are priced at £25 with a small number of early-bird £20 tickets being made available when they go on sale at 9am on Thursday, 30 March. They will be available to buy at www.bigcatshop.co.uk.

More acts are expected to be announced so stay posted for more details.