lBlZA ROCKS 2008

[McRackin]

ibiza rocks tonight:​

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cassette jam​

a.human​

dj doorly​

cage the elephant​

steve aoki​

the streets​

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what a night. by the time this week's resident band a.human started
playing the dancefloor was still almost empty so its singer decided to
come down to sign one song from there which was fun..... cool concert,
which included a cover of donna summer's i feel love. the fact one of the
members of cage the elephant was wearing a beautiful MC5 t-shirt was an
indicator, apart from good taste, of what we were about to see: with
difference the most intense 30 minutes of live music we heard this
summer at ibiza rocks..... at moments it felt like we were seeing the
dwarves or new bomb turks, absolutely chaotic with a completely wasted
singer even climbing the speakers..... my fave concert of the summer
along with the fratellis. the truth is that everytime they bring hip hop
artists they get the biggest audiences..... as with dizzee rascal, the place
was rammed to see the streets and in the vip you could spot various
famous faces that usually you wouldnt see in a rock concert..... people
was so excited by the end that lots of them jumped in the pool singing
the intro of that classic called chelsea dagger. a night to remember ! !​

 

[mr_l_k]

the streets last night at ibiza rocks

i have to say i was sat in our local bar before the gig wasnt sure how it would turn up out (and i'm not exactly a big fan of the streets) - i was sceptical about how mike et al would do a live show - i was happy to be proved wrong. mike skinner had the audience eating out of the palm of his hand. It was easily the best gig i've seen in a long while.

He got the entire to audience to sit down twice, then asked them to split in half so he could go down the middle and asked them to crowd surf him back to the stage. At the end he told the audience to jump in the pool - so they did. An amazing gig, a sentiment echoed by everyone i spoke to afterwards.

 

[stephen]

He got the entire to audience to sit down twice, then asked them to split in half so he could go down the middle and asked them to crowd surf him back to the stage. At the end he told the audience to jump in the pool - so they did.

hi de hi!!

 

[dan_in_ibiza]

The Streets have performed for Ibiza Rocks live for the last four years (even when Ibiza Rocks wasn´t really born ... they performed in the Music Box at Manumission).

Personally, i don´t like their music and would never buy an album or a single of theirs ...

However, these guys (well, Mike Skinner !) is just amazing live. I think he was born to perform on stage.

I was also there last night and it was amazing, best Ibiza Rocks gig of the summer i would say. Such an electric atmosphere and nearly every song had the crowd in raptures. Naturally i was at the back trying to look cool, but that didn´t work too well. But at least i didn´t get any cups of beer thrown over me !!

The crowd surfing was crazy and the security must have gone mental when everyone started jumping into the pool lol.

Wicked night !

 

[McRackin]

 

[McRackin]

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Next week Myspace and Sony Ericsson are helping us out in London under cover of darkness for a secret gig in Soho on Thursday, August 28 starring live sets from The Presets and the divine Ladyhawke, with Skull Juice DJs on hand too.

We're keeping the details close to our chests but you can get your name in the hat to win tickets simply by e-mailing Londonrocks@ibizarocks.com. If you're among the lucky winners then notification and more details will follow on Tuesday, August 25th.

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Back on the white island, our respect goes out to The Streets for providing one of the craziest shows we've ever seen with Mike Skinner surfing the length and breadth of the crowd before the whole thing disintegrated into an impromptu pool party.

Terrific fun, just don't tell the health and safety people.

Thanks are also due to Cage The Elephant and A.Human whose excellent support - both musical and moral - was essential and appreciated.

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Next week is our final show at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel before we return to the Hipodromo to close the 2008 season.

In a fitting farewell to "the Greatest Hotel In The World" (© The Enemy, 2008 ) the incomparable party-starters Soulwax Nite Versions/2MANYDJS will be accompanied by the lovely Das Pop in a show for the ages.

You can shack up for five nights at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel and get a ticket to the gig for just £182 a head so click here to get yours.

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The 2008 Ibiza Rocks season continues to stream onto your TV screen in style - this week The Fratellis play the Hipodromo and mess around on a yacht while Ladyhawke tears up the Ibiza Rocks Hotel in style before getting lost in the woods a la Hansel & Gretel.

It all goes down on the brand spanking new 4music channel at 11pm on Wednesday August 27th and 00:20 on Thursday August 28th on Channel 4 proper.

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The new Ibiza Rocks 2008 merchandise line is in store now!

The Ibiza Rocks Star range, the Diffusion range and a whole host of accessories and clothing inspired by Ibizan hedonism, classic '70s tour T's, funked up '80s slogans, the irreverent creative of dayglo clubbing and the attitude of the punk generation, are all available now right here.

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Once Soulwax/2MANYDJS have done their thing the rest of the season belongs to The Zutons and Black Kids (September 2) and the closing party with Pendulum, The Whip and Iglu & Hartly (September 9).

Tickets are selling fast - get the last few here.

Don't forget - whether you were there or not you can experience all the live Ibiza Rocks action at www.ibizarocks.com with the latest videos, photos and more from each and every show...

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[McRackin]

Skinner 20.08.08 - Bodies in the bath

I ****ing love Ibiza. Absolutely up for it based. The Ibiza Rocks hotel kind of reminded me of Johnny Cash at Folsom prison as I walked out to the baying crowd of prisoners. In fact no, it was gladiatorial. I was Russell Crowe. Blood thirsty. Claustrophobic. Hot. The perfect holiday crowd. Surrounded by balconies, 4 stories high. Tanned people stamping their feet to some inner house tune (and a few of mine). So many possibilities - the Go Low... tick. The Don't Know... tick. The Moses... Standard. All the time as toilet roll streams from the rooms like white carnival ribbons

And then there was the ending. There was a perfection to the way it ended. Suddenly it wasn't so much warriors in battle. It was renaissance art. It was a sculpture. It was ballet. The final Go Low is normally the peak but I created a beautiful child. I have to actually apologise to the venue for our flouting of the rules. Mayhem came up to me at the end after the final Go Low shouting, "GET THEM IN THE POOL!". I couldn't believe it. It was so simple.

Art sometimes happens in a split second. The flick of a brush. A chip off the block. "IN THE POOL!". If you can walk offstage while things are getting even more ****ed than when you were onstage then you've done something right. My child went from toddler to fully grown angry lagered up lad in the space of the next cataclysmic 15 minutes. The police were called. It was a beautiful thing

THANK YOU IBIZA



( http://www.myspace.com/thestreets )

 

[McRackin]

accompanied by the lovely Das Pop

das pop will not be playing

 

[McRackin]

ibiza rocks tonight:​

cassette jam​

the holloways​

dj doorly​

soulwax​

2 many djs​

this week's resident band the holloways, which didnt appear on the posters,
played and das pop, which appeared on them, didnt (funnily enough, one
of the guys from 2 many djs was wearing a t-shirt of the belgian band).....
good change as das pop are a bit too zzzzzzz for me. fantastic night,
specially soulwax (with the best drummer we have seen this summer) ! !​

 

[mr_l_k]

soulwax at ibiza rocks

arguably the least impressive gig of the year

and their dj set afterwards was godawful

 

[mr_l_k]

pics from ibiza rocks last night

all day i've been trying to think of redeeming features of last nights ibiza rocks - i'm stumped...

their alter-ego of 2manydj's were abysmal - a cr4p wedding dj couldve done better - they'd play an eurthymics intro which got the crowd going and then end it and go into bad euro pop techno leaving the audience going "er ???"

it was completely different to last weeks The Streets - and i'm looking forward to going to see The Holloways at the hotel this weekend for some decent live music, and then the zutons back at the hippodrome next week

anyway, some pics:

 

[McRackin]

 

[McRackin]

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Massive thanks to those eclectic maestros of electronica/guitar fusion Soulwax/2MANYDJS who took the Ibiza Rocks crowd to the moon and back last Tuesday night.

Also along for the ride were surprise special guests The Holloways - our respect and gratitude goes out to the bands, the crowd and everyone else who made it so special.

Click here for tickets for the rest of the Ibiza Rocks season.

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Continuing to bring a taste of The White Island into your homes, Ibiza Rocks TV hits the small screen once again on Wednesday September 3 (4Music at 23:00 and then Channel 4 at 00:00).

This week it's the turn of the mighty Dizzee Rascal to rip up your TV with some exclusive footage from his Ibiza Rocks show this year. Zane Lowe will be presenting.

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The Ibiza Rocks season is burning out over the next couple of weeks, but we wouldn't want to go out any other way:

Tuesday September 2 Ibiza Rocks presents one of the finest live bands in the UK - The Zutons. Support comes from best new band of the moment Black Kids.

For just £134 per person you can get a gig ticket and five nights at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel -
click here.

Tuesday September 9 sees Ibiza Rocks with Sony Ericsson 2008 close down in style with a triumvirate of irreverent party-starters; Iglu & Hartly, The Whip and Pendulum.

Once again, five nights at the Best Hotel In The World, plus a gig ticket, can be yours for just £134 so don't miss the best closing party on the White Island - click here.

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But even once we've peeled ourselves off the walls after the Ibiza Rocks Closing Party - we're still not done.

That's right, come the morning of September 10 Ibiza Rocks will still have unfinished business on the White Island.

Friday Sept 12 to Friday Sept 14 sees our good friends and partners throwing the free Xbox Weekender at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel. There'll be poolside action with Barry Peters and friends from 4pm to the small hours on the Friday, then on Saturday we have a monster of a line-up with the mighty mighty Zane Lowe, plus Mystery Jets, The Cuban Brothers and more playing live.

Did we mention it's free? Click here for more info.

Even then there's more. from September 17 to 21 the fine men and women of Snowbombing will be swapping their skis for surfboards and jetting into the Ibiza Rocks Hotel to prove they can still party even without the snow!

It's gonna be four days of Beachbombing - click here for info.

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Anyone with even the slightest interest in looking good should check out the new Ibiza Rocks 2008 merchandising line - in store now.

The Ibiza Rocks Star range, the Diffusion range and a whole host of accessories and clothing inspired by Ibizan hedonism, classic '70s tour T's, funked up '80s slogans are all available now right here.

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...keep checking ibizarocks.com/live for all the latest pictures, footage and interviews from the White Island.

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[McRackin]

peter colours added to tomorrow's line-up!!

http://www.myspace.com/thepetercolours

 

[McRackin]

Ibiza Rocks reaches boiling point

 

[McRackin]

Pleasure Island ... Ibiza

 

[McRackin]

ibiza rocks tonight:​

dj nicola bear ​

peter colours​

dj doorly ​

black kids​

dj arveene ​

the zutons​

back to the hippodrome with the (well-deserved) late minute addition of local heroes
peter colours which rocked as usal, covering this time radio killed the radio star.
what to say about the zutons? simply amazing..... they are on top of
my list as best concert of the season, along with the fratellis ! !​

 

[mr_l_k]

black kids & the zutons at ibiza rocks

arguably the best gig of the season so far - it was right for the black kids to be billed as co-headliners. i'd heard their songs on the radio before but didnt realise it was them so to see them live was a bonus. The Zutons were fantastic, real bluesy, guitar driven rock - and funny to boot.

Black Kids:

The Zutons:

 

[McRackin]

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First-up, a massive thanks must go out to both The Zutons and Black Kids for proving last week that they fully warrant their places among Indie Rock's shimmering firmament.

Both bands turned in stellar shows that left the audience grinning from ear-to-ear, beautifically blissed out and chanting the tunes all the way back to the airport.

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The final show of the Ibiza Rocks 2008 season is upon us and this year we're going out with a bang you could measure on the Richter Scale.

Guaranteed to boom, boom and most definitely shake the room are drum and bass gods Pendulum - their live show truly is the stuff of legend.

Representing the UK will be scalding hot electro outfit The Whip. This Manchester band are doing the legendary city proud and blowing up fast. Not one to miss.

Finally, rounding out one of the finest bills you're ever likely to see anywhere, are the soon-to-be-massive Iglu & Hartly. Trust us - where this LA band goes, the party soon follows. We'd bet their shirts on them being household names within the year if they ever wore any.

There're also the usual top notch DJs, Steve Aoki and Doorly, on hand to keep the party rocking with all your Ibiza favourites.

The venue is the mighty Hipodromo and we'll be laying on free buses leaving from Bar M from 6.30pm, plus free return buses back to the afterparty, which starts at Bar M and then moves back the hotel.

No excuses will be accepted for missing this final blow out and, with VIP tickets already sold out, anyone wanting in must move fast.

Click here to snap up the final few tickets.

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To cushion your descent back into the gloom of the British winter Sony Ericsson and Ibiza Rocks have cherry picked all the best bits of the 2008 season for you to watch and enjoy here in the UK.

That's right; live gig footage, exclusive band interviews and backstage gossip from Europe's favourite beachside rock-fest is available only at www.ibizarocks.com/live, thanks to Sony Ericsson.

You can also get updates on your mobile, just text ROCK to 84118 to visit our WAP site. Standard text rates will apply.

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The next X-Box Weekender stars Zane Lowe, Mystery Jets and Cuban Brothers.

Priority entry wristbands will be available from the Ibiza Rocks Hotel and shop, the Ibiza Rocks shop at Bar M plus at the Ibiza Rocks closing party and Manumission closing party on Sept 12th.

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Just a reminder to make sure you all remember that the final few nights of fun at Ibiza Rocks this year also include the visit of the Snowbombing crew for a monster rocking party that's going by the name of Beachbombing.

We'll be shaking the foundations of the Ibiza Rocks Hotel loose with a cranked up mixture of live performance, DJ sets and general craziness from the Beachbombing crew, including star turns from Krafty Kuts, The Whip, Todd Terje, Greg Wilson, Barry Peters, Russ Cuban, Freestylers and many more.

It all goes off on September 17-21.

Get your tickets right here and strap yourself in for a wild ride.

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Your friend went to Ibiza and all you got was a lousy t-shirt?

Side-step this common holiday faux pas with a visit to the Ibiza Rocks online store.

Click here now to wrap yourself in the glory of the Ibizan party spirit all year round with our complete range of Ibiza Rocks clothing and merchandise.

See you on the dancefloor. One last time!

 

[McRackin]