Bands ready for Happy Sunday! (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Bands ready for Happy Sunday!

11:30pm Friday 15th August 2008 in

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Home-grown talent will support headline acts including the Happy Mondays at the district’s biggest live music event.

Local musicians have signed up to the second Bingley Music Live festival which will be held in Myrtle Park at the end of August.

Included in the line-up are guitarist Kenneth Higgins, who features on Corinne Bailey Rae’s multi-platinum debut album, and Chris Dawkins, who worked on the soundtrack for film Ocean’s Eleven. Singer and guitarist Michael Mallinson will also feature.

Bradford’s own Terrorvision will share the stage with iconic Manchester band the Happy Mondays on Saturday, August 30.

Rock band Redwire, from Bradford, will also take centre stage at the two-day event, along with Hundred Dollar Cigar – another local band which will support Echo and the Bunnymen on Sunday, August 31.

Alabama 3, the British band whose Woke Up This Morning track features in hit television series The Sopranos, will play the guest slot on Sunday.

The three members of Hundred Dollar Cigar – Luke Womersley, Pat Friss and John Driscoll – formed at St Bede’s Grammar School four years ago.

The band is also set to entertain at this year’s Saltaire Festival on September 21.

Luke said: “There’s a lot of great music in Bradford and we are deeply proud to be a part of it.

“We recently competed in a battle of the bands, where we won a slot at Bingley Music Live alongside Echo and the Bunnymen and Alabama 3. We are incredibly excited about this opportunity and hope to impress and put on a great show. The opportunity to play in front of thousands of people at Bingley Music Live is ace. We can’t wait.”

Other confirmed acts include touring bands Delays and Infadels, both of which are set to perform at the V Festival today and tomorrow.

Bingley Music Live was launched last year and attracted more than 15,000 people over the two days.

The festival was shortlisted in the 2007 Best New Festival category in the Virtual Festivals awards.

Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, Bradford Council’s Executive Member for Environment and Culture, said: “These acts are adding to what is already a great line-up.

“Bingley Music Live launched with a bang last year and it is just set to get better and better.”

On Saturday, August 30, gates open at 11.30am and the concert finishes at 9.30pm. On Sunday, August 31, gates open at 11.30am and the event finishes at 8.30pm. Tickets for Saturday’s events cost £12.50 in advance or £20 on the gate. To book, log on to seetickets.com or call (01274) 436000. For more information, log on to bingleymusiclive.com