Kasabian footage

Here it is people, first official footage of Kasabian gig at Eden. Brings back happy memories no?

Oasis tonight!!

http://www.edenproject.com/sessions/news2009-Oasis-at-Eden-Project-gig-rescheduled.php

Ticket holders are kindly requested to bring along ID to avoid any potential ticket fraud and to minimise delays on the night. We advise ticket holders to arrive as early as possible to get through the security checks. Your ticket will allow you entry into the Eden Project on the day or day after the concert.

WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHEN...

Main stage
Howard Eliot Payne 8.00 - 8.30
Oasis 9pm

Med Biome
Tim Hill 5.30pm
Chris Smith and The Love Gap Band 6.30 - 7.30pm

See you there

Tweet to win Eden Sessions tickets

Hello to you if you're going to the Razorlight / Maccabees gig tonight - you're in for a treat! Follow us on Twitter for the latest backstage goss plus the best tweet of the night from u guys wins Paul Weller gig tix http://www.edenproject.com/sessions/sessions-twitter.php

Still a handful of tix left BTW!

Only 1 day to go till the next Eden Session of the summer

There's only 1 day to go till the next Eden Session of the summer and there are a handful of tickets left! Visit http://www.edenproject.com/sessions/news2009-razorlight-live-gig-tickets.php for a full line up and running order and to buy your tickets.

This Thursday July 9 will see Razorlight and The Maccabees take to the world famous Eden Project stage. And if that wasn't enough, we're expanding the Sessions programme beyond the main stage to include festival style performances and workshops across the whole of the Eden Project landscape.

Creative activists Cape Farewell will be bringing a programme of artists such as Marcus Brigstocke, Liam Frost and Human Beatboxer, Shlomo to host Cool Sounds from the Frozen Artic, which will include an intimate workshop from 3:30pm - 5pm and a performance at 6pm in the Med Biome.

The best of South West musical talent will also be performing around Eden throughout the afternoon from 4pm.

Following the headline acts you'll witness a powerful light show by artist Chris Levine, which will be the first exposure of a long-term experimental collaboration.

P.S. - if you can't make Thursday there are a handful of tickets left for Paul Weller on Friday at https://www.edenbookings.com/events/sessions/ but be quick!

Additions to this Thursdays line-up

As if Razorlight and The Maccabees weren't enough, this year we’re expanding the Sessions programme beyond the main stage to include site wide festival style performances and workshops.

Back from the Artic, where they hold their innovative expeditions, creative activists Cape Farewell will be bringing their enlightening cultural response to Climate Change to the Sessions, which will kick start a 3-year collaboration with the Eden Project. A programme of artists such as Marcus Brigstocke, Liam Frost and Human Beatboxer, Shlomo will be hosting Cool Sounds from the Frozen Artic, which will include an intimate workshop from 3:30pm – 5pm and a performance at 6pm in the Med Biome, this Thursday.

The best of South West musical talent will also be performing around Eden throughout the afternoon from 4pm.

Following the headline acts you’ll witness a powerful light show by artist Chris Levine, which will be the first exposure of a long-term experimental collaboration.

The Biomes are open until 9pm .

See you there

There are still a handful of Razorlight tickets available, but be quick, cos they're going fast!

Kasabian and The Hours: Saturday July 4

Statement regarding bars

“We are really sorry that people had to queue for far too long for drinks at the Kasabian Session on Saturday night. We pride ourselves on getting all aspects of the Sessions experience right and this time we let you and ourselves down. Lessons have been learned and we are doing everything we can to get the bar set-up right in time for Thursday’s Razorlight Session, Friday’s with Paul Weller, Oasis (July 14) and The Kooks (July 18). Sincere apologies once again - we hope that it didn’t spoil people’s experience of what turned out to be a fantastic show.”

Peter Hampel, Creative Director.

Gig Review

With a sell-out crowd eagerly anticipating the return of Eden's iconic summer gigs, indie soldiers The Hours stepped out under a sky that threatened but never delivered rain and took their place in history as the first band to play the 2009 Eden Sessions. Playing tracks from Narcissus Road and this spring's See The Light, their unique brand of piano-led indie-pop was the perfect curtain-raiser for the summer.

Kasabian, fresh from the release of West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum and a brilliant show at Glastonbury, hit the Eden stage on top of their game. WRPLA, their third studio album, was a critically lauded UK number one and carries all the swaggering hallmarks of a band who know they're up there with the best.

Tom, Serge and co. strode on stage like a proper rock band - skinny jeans, hair over their ears, guitars locked and loaded - and launched into a punishing set. Few have rocked the Biomes harder and the crowd, mesmerised by Tom's cocksure Ian Brown-esque frontman presence, were treated to anthem after anthem - Fire, Shoot the Runner, Club Foot, et al - all accompanied by a typically spectacular Eden lightshow.

The effect was one of being assaulted by music, in the best possible way.

Talking of which... we're doing it all again on Thursday and Friday (phew!). Razorlight and The Maccabees will play on Thursday and then, once we've all had a sleep, Paul Weller and Florence and the Machine, playing in support of the Prince’s Rainforests Project in association with EDF Energy to mark the first Green Britain Day , round the week off in style on Friday.

And the best news? There's still a few tickets available.

And if you're at any of the Sessions, join the Twitter fun for your chance to win tickets to future Sessions.

Do you tweet?

R U coming to watch Kasabian tomorrow? Tweet us during the gig - the best Tweet of the night wins a pair of tix to Razorlight.

http://twitter.com/edenprojectedenproject

R U coming to watch Kasabian tomorrow? Tweet us during the gig - the best Tweet of the night wins a pair of tix to Razorlight.

http://twitter.com/edenprojectedenproject

New full line-up of events for Kasabian gig

This year's Eden Sessions include site wide festival style performances and workshops providing a platform for the very best in South West talent.

This Saturday July 4 prior to the Kasabian and The Hours gig, listen to Cornwall’s hottest musicians and songwriters, including Hitchcock Rules, Ryan Ashley-Jones and Jamie Lawson, watch spectacular skate boarding tricksters and hilarious cabaret, ease stressed heads and shoulders in our Sail Away healing zone, all set within Eden’s beautiful outdoor and indoor biomes in their most stunning summer finery. The programme kicks off at 2pm. See you there.


Full line-up here

The Maccabees - on Eden, whistling and Hibiscus

The Maccabees have just received great reviews for their Glastonbury set and are being described as rapidly becoming one of the 'must see' cult bands of the year.
They lay the Eden Sessions with Razorlight on Thursday July 9 2009. Here, lead singer Orlando chats to our Ben about their plans for the gig and his favourite flowers.

You can see highlights from The Maccabees Glastonbury performance on the BBC website...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2007//artists/maccabees/

There are still a few tix left for The Maccabees and Razorlight - buy them here
https://www.edenbookings.com/events/sessions/

New Razorlight drummer "excellent"

According to Q magazine this week Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell has revealed Razorlight considered calling it quits after drummer Andy Burrows quit earlier this year.

The talented drummer left the band in March citing "personal reasons" and although the band seemed destined to carry on at the time, it's revealed on the Q website that they considered hanging up their skinny jeans, "It was not at all certain that we were going to carry on" says Borrell.

But all is well again now that new drummer David "Skully" Sullivan-Kaplan has joined the band. "He's a really great guy and an excellent drummer, so it all feels new and exciting" says Borrell on the Q website.

Read the full story on the Q website

See our interview with new drummer Skully here

You can see Razorlight at Eden on July 9, buy your tickets here

Why Razorlight can't wait to play Eden

Razorlight and The Maccabees will play an Eden Session on July 9 that's set to go down in history as one of the finest we've ever seen. Recently we met with Björn (guitar), Carl (bass) and Skully (drums).

As well as being thoroughly nice chaps, there was a real sense that they were looking forward to their Eden show for the same reasons the rest of us do - the unique atmosphere, the beautiful surroundings and the fact that they get to have a look around the Biomes (picking up tips for their prolific vegetable growing one would hope).

Razorlight play at Eden July 9. A few tickets are still available, you can purchase them at our Eden bookings site.

Great reviews for Razorlight headline set at Isle of Wight

Razorlight played a great joint headline set with Stereophonics at the Isle of Wight Festival this weekend.

Frontman Johnny Borrell led his band onstage to a huge welcome. They started their set in energetic style, performing 'Stumble And Fall' and the Top 10 single 'In The Morning' early on.

The band also showcased several tracks from recent album 'Slipway Fires', including 'Tabloid Lover'. They also played older songs, with 'Golden Touch' and 'America' getting huge crowd reactions.

Razorlight played:

'Back To The Start'
'In The Morning'
'Stumble And Fall'
'I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got'
'North London Trash'
'Golden Touch'
'Before I Fall To Pieces'
'Wire To Wire'
'Blood For Wild Blood'
'Tabloid Lover'
'America'
'Somewhere Else'

Razorlight headline a 2009 Eden Session on July 9

NME Review Razorlight at the Isle of Wight Festival
You can watch Razorlight perform at Isle of Wight on ITV2 player

Two top support acts announced for Eden Sessions

Alt rockers The Maccabees will play on the Razorlight bill on July 9 and indie pop sensations Florence and the Machine will appear on July 10 at Paul Weller’s Session, which is being staged in support of the Prince’s Rainforests Project in association with EDF Energy.

More on the announced supports at the Eden Sessions website

Accoustic Kasabian

Check out Guardian Unlimited where Kasabian's Tom'n'Serge treat us to an acoustic version of Underdog, recorded at Home House, London. Their new album, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, is out 8 June.

Still a few Kasabian Eden Sessions tickets left... but not for long!