Bit of a change around for Road to Blissfields - Southampton this Friday, The Morphic Fields have unfortunately split up, but never fear the amazing young talent that is England Road will be filling the gap!
Joining Anja McCloskey, The Novatones and The Blue Screen Of Death at The Joiners
With of course the sublime Subgiant as the special guest headline act.
WOW what a night!
Thanks to mINtSOUTH for promoting the gig. This is an 14yrs+ night by the way, or any age if accompanied, bring the family!Road to Blissfields - SouthamptonFriday, May 18 at 7:30pm at The Joiners

Been painting on a sunny day, here's the school crest...

Another great band that we announced on Monday.. Bastille
Hint: make sure you interact with video on YouTube to see it all, you'll need to do a bit of clicking....BASTILLE - Flawswww.youtube.com

You all seemed excited with the King Charles announce among others yesterday so it would be rude not to post this one up...
King Charles - Love Lustwww.youtube.comThe debut album LoveBlood is out May 7th. Pre-order now and get a signed copy http://bit.ly/king-charles-play Music video by King Charles performing Love Lus...

For all you (very) locals we now have physical tickets on sale at Purefoy ARMS in Preston Candover.
Paying by cash or cheque you can be one of the first to get your mitts on the 2012 tickets! the rest of you will have to wait until early June.
Marie-Lou & Andres has kindly waived the booking fee, so stay and have a drink if you can..Purefoy Arms, Preston Candoverwww.thepurefoyarms.co.ukPurefoy Arms

Vote for your house captains for Blissfields Festival 2012 now, time is running out, last votes for 12noon Friday 18th May..Vote for House CaptainsVoting form for your favourites amongst the candidates

After all the music news from yesterday we thought it's about time to feature some of the amazing comedy appearing at Blissfields Festival 2012, so how about a bit of Andrew O'Neill...
Andrew O'Neill - Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala 2010www.youtube.comAndrew O'Neill's standup spot at the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala

We are really excited to unveil the last full announcement of acts for Blissfields Festival 2012:

King Charles, Bastille, Jake Bugg, Emily and The Woods, Tropics, Me, Torches, Markus Aureliusness and K1r3y will also be joining us for the party.

Along with the winners of two more rounds of the Road to Blissfields: Kamikaze Test Pilots and Bigtopp

We'll be bringing you the breakdown of stages and days later in the week.
Roll on the end of June!

Bosh! Another nice confirm in the last few minutes to add to the announce at 3pm...or close to, knowing us!

Looking at a mid-afternoon announce for some more exciting acts...http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/174656_6049252449_197782724_q.jpgBlissfields FestivalTwo favourites from last year's festival are going to be announced this Monday as returning to Blissfields Festival 2012 along with other amazing acts, care to guess who? We'll tell all on Monday! There might be a t-shirt in it if someone guesses both acts.....

Join Imperial Leisure at Blissfields Festival 2012 as part of their crew! Just attend the event page and you might be picked...

IMPERIAL LEISURE @ Blissfields Festival 2012 Thursday Night!
http://www.facebook.com/events/390286820992649/

Give us some vibe Blissfields!

We need a Cava sprayer/CD seller to make up our crew for the day! Only the hardcore need apply! Who ever we choose will be an official part of our crew for the day so you even get to plunder our rider!
Click and join the event, we will be picking the most suitable candidate from people attending our event below.Imperial Leisure @ Blissfields FestivalThursday, June 28 at 8:00pm

Join Imperial Leisure at Blissfields, they've got this on their Facebook Page at the moment.

IMPERIAL LEISURE @ Blissfields Festival 2012 Thursday Night!
http://www.facebook.com/events/390286820992649/

Give us some vibe Blissfields!

We need a Cava sprayer/CD seller to make up our crew for the day! Only the hardcore need apply! Who ever we choose will be an official part of our crew for the day so you even get to plunder our rider!
Click and join the event, we will be picking the most suitable candidate from people attending our event below.
Imperial Leisure @ Blissfields FestivalThursday, June 28 at 8:00pm

Here's some beautiful atmospheric beats from Heathwardmusic for a sunny Sunday morning...Orange (featuring Lucy Kitchen)vimeo.comThe first single from the new album "Amoeba" available on worldwide digital release 4th June 2012, Orange (featuring Lucy Kitchen) Many thanks to Robin Savage for his excellent video work, and the amazing vocals of Lucy Kitchen x

Had a great night with Coalescence Collective talking Hidden Hedge stuff for Blissfields Festival 2012
They've got some scary shit built for this year and amazing things planned.
Subgiant was there too, showing some designs for Hidden Hedge T-shirts that will be on sale soon. They really are becoming a festival within a festival! We'll have a Hidden Hedge take over here soon, letting you know about plans for this year
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Wow sunny sun! Forgot what it looked like.
Campervan people, the live-in passes are looking a bit thin on the ground now, make sure you don't miss out

Posters have been going up across the land in the last couple of weeks, where's the furthest away (from Blissfields) one you've spotted? Or strangest positioning? Post your photos here. Not that we are checking up on our lovely posterers or anything! :)
Could be a T-shirt in the for good spotting!Wall PhotosOur latest flyers and posters have just arrived, message us above if you're a lovely person and got somewhere public you can stick some...

We'll be there....Wall Photos@[6049252449:274:Blissfields Festival] WARM UP SHOW WITH THE DUB PISTOLS ON THEIR 'WORSHIPPING THE DOLLAR' TOUR SATURDAY 26TH MAY!!!! TICKETS ONLY £8 ON SALE NOW!!!! WWW.SOUTHAMPTONCELLAR.COM

Don't be doing this with your limited edition vinyls!Vinyl Throw: MusicBunkwww.youtube.comHanging with my friends and throwing vinyl records around. Vinyl record trick shots.

We are hugely looking forward to seeing Theme Park at Blissfields Festival 2012.
With rave reviews from Camden Crawl 2012, they will be owning the 2nd Stage in their late slot on the Saturday...Theme Park - Milkwww.youtube.comTheme Park - Milk Directed by the Unthank Alliance - http://www.unthankalliance.com/ Released on Luv Luv Luv Records, order the 7" with b-side Ghosts here ht...

Two favourites from last year's festival are going to be announced this Monday as returning to Blissfields Festival 2012 along with other amazing acts, care to guess who?
We'll tell all on Monday!
There might be a t-shirt in it if someone guesses both acts.....

Our best friends over at Green House Group (without whom Blissfields would not be what it is) are launching an amazing new music sharing and discovery site, a place to store all the songs you stream from the net.
Sign up now to be in at the start when it launches next week for alpha testing: http://songdrop.com/
Check out the promo video below:Songdrop Promo v1www.youtube.com

Coming to Southampton on Saturday 26th of May @ The Soul Cellar.
This is going to be something of a Blissfields shin-dig with our favourites Dub Pistols on tour, supported by Cut Corners and DJ magic from Matt Clark.
Come along and get excited about the festival with us all!The Dub Pistols "Worshipping The Dollar Tour"Saturday, May 26 at 12:00pm at The Cellar, Southampton

Love this feel good track from The C90s (Flight Facilities Remix)
Catch them on the School Bus at Blissfields Festival 2012THE C90'S | SHINE A LIGHT (FLIGHT FACILITIES REMIX)www.youtube.com

Just got a fabulous new confirmation for the lineup so looking like a nice little announce for beginning of next week is shaping up with our other recent additions, watch this space....

Big song for the summer here from Spector, and the sun's out, what more do you want...
Video for "Celestine" released today, single out 21st MaySpector - Celestinewww.youtube.comMusic video by Spector performing Celestine. (C) 2012 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

A week on Friday we have our last Road to Blissfields:
Road to Blissfields - Southampton, it's going to be BIG, with Subgiant as special guests.
And The Novatones, The Blue Screen Of Death, Anja McCloskey and The Morphic Fields competing for a place at Blissfields Festival 2012.
Vote for your favourites here:
https://www.facebook.com/Blissfields/app_319571988091929Road to Blissfields - SouthamptonFriday, May 18 at 7:30pm at The Joiners

Hi everyone, hope you all had a splendid Bank Holiday Weekend

We've got last adjustments going on to stage schedules so we thought we'd ask.....Which two bands at Blissfields would you most like not to clash?
We'll do our best to make sure this doesn't happen!Wall PhotosOur latest flyers and posters have just arrived, message us above if you're a lovely person and got somewhere public you can stick some...

Interviews and live recordings from Road to Blissfields - Portsmouth over on Express FM this evening 6pm-8pm.

With Bigtopp, Kodiak Jack, Forest Floors and Laurel (Under The Laurels)

Listen online as well....Homewww.expressfm.com

AlunaGeorge - "You Know You Like It" in the Hottest Downloads in The Sunday Times yesterday.
We know we like it....AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It (Official Video)www.youtube.comOfficial video for AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It Directed by Laurence Matthew Blake & Matilda Finn of The AU Agency Styled by Aimee Croysdill Make up by...

We are totally chuffed to announce Tori Morley as our official artist at Blissfields Festival 2012
She produces amazingly realistic paintings, and we know she'll find loads to inspire her during the weekend both on and off the stages. Currently producing a preview piece for the festival we'll post it up when it's finished.
You can check out her work on the Facebook page below...Artwork by Tori MorleyI am 19 year old student nurse, with a passion for art. I create realistic paintings and drawings, incorporating intensity with detail.

In eight weeks time we'll be looking forward to Guillemots on the main stage, the sun will definitely be out for them...Guillemots - Annie, Let's Not Waitwww.youtube.comMusic video by Guillemots performing Annie, Let's Not Wait. (C) 2006 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

Big weekend ahead, hoorah! We've got a few friends camping over on the farm so we'll be feeling festivally!
Have fun if you're off to the The Camden Crawl, there are loads of Blissfields Festival 2012 acts playing.
What are the rest of you up to?

Tag your friends in a tent on the site map and you can sort out where in the campsite you'll be. You can feel the grass under your feet already can't you....Wall PhotosSo here's the site map for @[195540880531860:4:Blissfields Festival 2012], drawn by one of the girls in the younger classes, she got some good house points for it!
So who can spot differences to last years site?

Remember to vote today!ELECTIONS: VOTE TODAY!So which upstanding boy or girl do you want to see captain a house at Blissfields this year? Someone to uphold the fine ideals of Blissfields or someone add a quirky flavour to the proceedings? Whoever it is we need someone to rally their houses in the Sports Day competition, someone who you can be...

So here's the site map for Blissfields Festival 2012, drawn by one of the girls in the younger classes, she got some good house points for it!
So who can spot differences to last years site?

We promised you the site map a while back when our likes hit 5,000 sorry we totally forgot, we'll post it up in a moment!
Meantime have you thought which school house you'd like to be in for the weekend and who to vote for house captain?Blissfields House Captain ElectionsBlissfields Festival 2012 will take place 29th June - 1st July .

Big new Dub Pistols song ready for the mucky bank holiday weekend.
Also they'll be doing a unmissable gig before the festival at Soul Cellar, Southampton along with Cut Corners on Sat 26th May:Dub Pistols - Mucky Weekendsoundcloud.comDub Pistols feat. Rodney P from the upcoming album Worshipping The Dollar, released 02/07/2012 on Sunday Best Recordings.

We went over to the festival site yesterday evening, with the sun out it looked amazing, we'll all be there in only eight weeks!
You can check out this page for photos and videos to see what it's like...Blissfields Festival Site: WoodmancottGrass and trees just waiting for you to make into a party.

Bebe Black part of all the fun in the Hidden Hedge at Blissfields Festival 2012 featuring on Benga's new single "Icon"....
Benga - Icon (Audio) ft. Bebe Blackwww.youtube.comMusic video by Benga feat. Bebe Black performing Icon. (C) 2012 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

We are liking this new vid by Skinny Lister down on the farm, because it's...well...down on a farm!
Maypole for Blissfields Festival 2012 anyone?Skinny Lister - Rollin' Overwww.youtube.comTaken from the forthcoming album 'Forge & Flagon', set for release on 11th June 2012 on Sunday Best Recordings. Download Rollin' Over now (http://bit.ly/I81l...

Have you checked out the updated Blissfields 2012 playlist yet?
It has all the latest additions from last week and we'll be adding a few more in an announcement later this week too!
Let us know if we've missed anything....

A funny article over at News Thump here aimed squarely at one of our "home" towns, the much maligned Basingstoke, have you got anything to say on the matter The Daily Basingstoke?All alien messages should be sent from Basingstoke, warns Stephen Hawkingnewsthump.comIf the human race is to continue its attempts to contact potentially resource-hungry aliens, it should ensure all messages emanate from Basingstoke, Professor Stephen Hawking has warned.

Worth a try?Woodstock - Rain Chant - Maybe we can stop the rainwww.youtube.com

Quality festival previews two national papers this weekend,
featuring in the 100 Best Festivals in Sunday Times (sorry no link due to the pay wall) and 50 Best Festivals in The Independent who's moshing in the photo then?The 50 Best festivalswww.independent.co.ukThe experts:Elisa Bray is Music Editor of the Independent. She has been a festival-goer since 16 and has judged the prestigious Mercury Prize. This summer she is especially looking forward to Wilco at Wilderness.Jenny Stevens is Deputy News Editor of NME magazine (nme.co.uk) and has written for the ...

Bigtopp winners of Road to Blissfields - Portsmouth and will be joining us at Blissfields Festival 2012, thanks to everyone who came along, great night out. Big thanks to all the acts who competed and Bear Cavalry our special guests!Bigtopp at Road to Blissfields, Portsmouth

Please note doors open tonight at 19:30 not 21:30 as was on the event page...not sure how that happened!
See you soon!Road to Blissfields - PortsmouthFriday, April 27 at 7:30pm at Edge of the Wedge

Tonight in London:
https://www.facebook.com/events/435617116452453/

Tonight in Portsmouth: https://www.facebook.com/events/230347597039637/

Hope to see you at one or the other!

Our latest flyers and posters have just arrived, message us above if you're a lovely person and got somewhere public you can stick some...

Need a relaxing tune for the end of the day?
How about this from Josh Kumra Official.....Josh Kumra "Don't Go" Acoustic Performancewww.youtube.comDownload a free track by Josh at http://www.joshkumra.com/ / Josh Kumra performing an acoustic version of "Don't Go"

Catch The Noisettes new single, which will be released only a week after Blissfields Festival 2012, on the link below.

It's called "Winner" they must have had our sports day theme in mind! http://blissfields.co.uk/information/sports-day-fun

We have a feeling that this will be on the radio quite a bit over the summer, hear it here first.....Noisettes - Winnersoundcloud.com‘The best live band in Britain’ - Noisettes - are back with new single ‘Winner’. Released July 9th http://www.facebook.com/TheNoisettes h...

If you are sad and blue because you live in London and can't make it to Road to Blissfields - Portsmouth this Friday, cheer up you can go to The Old Queens Head, Islington instead and party with Spector, Summer Camp, rockfeedback Artrocker and Transgressive records. That should bring a smile to your face
https://www.facebook.com/events/435617116452453/Wall PhotosIf you are sad and blue because you live in London and can't make it to @[230347597039637:4:Road to Blissfields - Portsmouth] this Friday, cheer up you can go to @[112729125409904:274:The Old Queens Head] head instead and party with @[185764688123373:274:Spector], @[204547286982:274:Summer Camp], @[163938167086:274:rockfeedback], @[134476686588402:274:Artrocker] and @[22663151116:274:Transgressive records]. Why oh why did they have to be on the same night?
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We've got two great events for your diary on Friday:

The first is our next Road to Blissfields - Portsmouth at Edge of the Wedge with Forest Floors , Bigtopp, Kodiak Jack and Laurels competing for a place at Blissfields Festival 2012 and Bear Cavalry as special guests. Get there early it's going to be rammed!
You can vote now for your favourite act as a virtual judge here: https://www.facebook.com/Blissfields/app_319571988091929

Also we'll be telling you more about an exciting Blissfields warm up event for any Londoners at The Old Queens Head, Islington in a moment.Road to Blissfields - PortsmouthFriday, April 27 at 9:30pm at Edge of the Wedge