WATCHETLIVE C.I.C, the organisers of WATCHET FESTIVAL are proud to announce four more incredible acts for 2018!
Scouting For Girls, Turin Brakes, Reef, and The Selecter will all be taking to the West Somerset festivals main stage this August Bank Holiday weekend, joining a bill that already includes former Spice Girl Melanie C, Britpop legends Cast, 80s superstar Hazel OConnor and many more!
Returning after a fallow year, following their completely sold-out 10th Anniversary in 2016, Watchet Festival is a not-for-profit family friendly event with amazing views of the West Somerset coastline and beyond. Three live stages host more than 60 live acts, bringing a wide range of high-calibre performers not normally found performing in West Somerset, at a very affordable price.
Scouting For Girls have sold over 2,000,000 records, and have been nominated for four Brit Awards and an Ivor Novello. Their self-titled debut album hit #1 on the UK charts, spawned the iconic singles She So Lovely and Elvis Aint Dead, and has gone on to sell in excess of 1 million copies. Their #1 smash hit single “This Ain’t a Love Song” preceded the release of their second album Everybody Wants to Be on TV, which peaked at #2. Since then they have released two more hit albums, and continue to tour extensively around the UK and overseas.
The Selecter are the riotous skank machine who exploded out of Coventry in the game-changing, multicultural 2 Tone explosion of 1979. Now reunited around the nucleus of original members Pauline Black and Arthur Gaps Hendrickson, The Selecter are once again firing on all righteous cylinders. They will be performing tracks from recently released album Daylight, along with their huge back catalogue of hits including Too Much Pressure, On My Radio and Missing Words.
As one of Somersets best known musical exports, Reef need little introduction to the Watchet Festival audience! Whilst the iconic anthem Place Your Hands is unquestionably their best-loved track, in a career stretching 23 years they have scored nine Top 40 hit singles across 5 hit studio albums, including such classics as Naked, Come Back Brighter and Yer Old.
After 17 years together, seven studio albums and over a million records sold worldwide, Turin Brakes might be excused a bit of downtime. But no, the London 4-piece have just released their eighth studio album Invisible Storm. 2016 saw them enjoy a huge resurgence, with three singles from their critically acclaimed album Lost Property receiving national radio playlisting.
Melanie Jayne Chisholm, aka Melanie C is one of the most successful British recording artists of all time. In addition to achieving worldwide fame and selling over 100 million albums as a member of the Spice Girls, as? ?a? ?solo? ?artist? ?Melanie? ?has? ?released? ?seven? ?solo? ?albums,? notching up over? ?10? ?million sales worldwide,? ?alongside two? ?UK Number? ?1? ?singles? ?and? ?six? ?top? ?10?s. Her debut album Northern Star sold 4 million copies worldwide and went triple platinum in the UK, and she is the only female performer to top the UK charts as a solo artist, as part of a duo, quartet and quintet.
Cast are undeniably deserving of the moniker Britpop Legends, and their debut album All Change is widely regarded as one of the classic Britpop albums. Released in October 1995, it become the fastest selling debut album in the history of Polydor, going double platinum. Casts second album Mother Nature Calls went platinum and stayed in the Top 40 for over 6 months.
Headlining the Udder stage on Saturday is renowned singer-songwriter and actress Hazel OConnor. With a career spanning more than 30 years, she became famous in the 1980s with hit singles “Eighth Day”, “D-Days” and “Will You”, as well as starring in the film Breaking Glass.
After two decades on the music scene, Aswad remain one of Britain’s best-loved reggae bands. Their 1994 album Rise & Shine earned them a Grammy nomination for Reggae Album of the Year, and also gave the band a No.1 hit with now famous summer reggae anthem Shine.
The Dub Pistols return to Watchet by popular demand, after their triumphant performance back in 2014. Led by indefatigable south-Londoner Barry Ashworth, they have lived every rock n roll cliché, yet in 2018 they are busier than ever, having reinvented themselves as the ultimate Festival band.
Watchet Festival are also very proud to have booked From The Jam. Fronted by the legendary Bruce Foxton, they will bring their unique punk / mod sound to the main stage on Friday, performing hits such as Thats Entertainment, Going Underground and Town Called Malice.
Watchet Live CIC, the community charity behind Watchet Live Festival, are recipients of the 2017 Queens Award for Voluntary Service; the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK.
Festival will also once again make financial donations to local charity groups including The Childrens Hospice South West, Elliots Touch, and the Stand Against Speed 4 Bethany
Alongside a wide variety of high quality food stalls, the extensive in-house Cider and Real Ale Bar prices are always kept as low as possible, providing one of the best-value refreshments offerings to be found at any event in the UK.
WATCHET LIVE FESTIVAL 2018
Weekend Tickets (includes camping)
£82.50 (Adults 16+), £65 (Youths 13-15), £225 (Family Weekend Ticket – 2 Adults & 2 Youths)
Weekend Tickets (no camping)
£70 (Adults 16+), £55 (Youths 13-15), £195 (Family Weekend Ticket)
Parking
Cars £10 Campervans SOLD OUT
Accompanied Children aged 12 and under can attend for free – no advance ticket required.
Tickets subject to booking fees. Buy online and full T&Cs at www.watchetfestival.co.uk