Creamfields Bag Calvin Harris

Currently riding high in the UK singles charts Calvin Harris has been unveiled as one of the headliners for this year's Creamfields event.

Hailing from Dumfries in Scotland, Calvin Harris first stormed the charts with his retro hits 'Acceptable In The 80s' and 'Girls'. With chunky beats and an ego bigger than Neptune (does he really get ALL the girls?) Harris was an irresistible pop sensation.

Now returning with his new single 'I'm Not Alone' Harris has moved in a trance direction. The track opens with a gently plucked guitar before transforming into a full on face-melting rave out. Currently at number one in the charts, it will no doubt end up soundtracking the summer for a good many people.

Taking place over the August bank holiday weekend, this year's Creamfields promises to be one of the best to date. The event has already announced some stunning headliners including Dutch DJ Tiesto, 2ManyDJs and much more.

Returning dance heroes Basement Jaxx will play a celebratory set, part of a packed summer schedule that sees them traverse the country. Joining the duo will be the like of Laurent Garnier, David Guetta and much more.

Calvin Harris will be overjoyed to discover that he is on the same bill as Dizzee Rascal. The pair had a massive hit last summer with 'Dance Wiv Me' and already there are rumours of a possible live team up at the event.

In a statement Calvin Harris said "it's a pleasure to finally be part of Creamfields, I've always wanted to play. It's going to go off!”

Creamfields 2009 gets go-ahead for Daresbury in Cheshire

THE UK’s No1 dance festival Creamfields, which takes place on August Bank Holiday weekend, has been granted its licence at its festival site in Daresbury in Cheshire.

Halton Borough Council granted the license for the world famous music event at its regulatory committee meeting last night.

The festival site in Daresbury has been home to the award winning festival since 2006, which saw Creamfields move from the Old Liverpool Airfield site in Speke.

This year’s line up includes Basement Jaxx, Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Dizzee Rascal, Calvin Harris, Mylo Live, David Guetta, 2manydjs Live and Deadmau5 to name a few.

Event manager Jim King from Loudsound said: “We are happy that Halton Borough Council have granted the premises licence for Creamfields for the fourth year running.

“We are looking forward to continuing the excellent working relationships with Cheshire Police and the local authority to ensure that this year’s Creamfields is a success.”

2008 saw Creamfields become a two day camping show which attracted more than 65,000 people, generating £7.2 million to the local economy and was one of last years festival highlights.

Whilst the UK festival remains its flagship event, Creamfields remains the only festival concept that has successfully been established in the global market.

This year will see Creamfields stage 10 festivals around the world including Argentina, Portugal, Romania, Brazil, Czech Republic, Spain, Mexico, Russia and entering new territories in Malta and the Ukraine

For a limited period, all weekend and camping tickets are priced at £100 plus booking fee, on sale now at http://www.theonlineticketshop.com/festivals/1569/creamfields-festival/creamfields-festival-tickets.htm

Crowds flock to Creamfields event

Thousands of people have flocked to Cheshire for the Creamfields festival.

The two-day dance music extravaganza, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is being held at Daresbury near Warrington.

The star-studded line up includes Fat Boy Slim, Pete Tong, Kasabian and Beth Ditto's band Gossip.

About 40,000 revellers attended last year's event where 22 people were arrested for various offences such as drug possession and drink-driving.

However, Cheshire Police, which has about 800 officers on the site, said reported crime at the 2007 event had dropped by about 80% on the previous year.

Traffic management

Insp Debbie Dodd said: "We have had in-depth discussions with the organisers of the event, the two local authorities and the Highways Agency and produced a detailed traffic management plan.
"This addresses the fact that extra people will be travelling into the area, the likelihood of any congestion on local roads and what plans are in place if there is a major incident on any roads."

Drivers in the local area are being advised to allow extra time for their journeys and to be alert as the roads will be busier than normal.

A number of roads in the locality will be partially closed through to the end of Sunday, although residents will still be able to gain access to their homes.
Shuttle buses
Warrington Road will have partial closures at both ends, Daresbury Lane will be closed after the south car park and Delph Lane will also have partial closures.
There will be no left turn off the A49 at the Cat and Lion into Hatton Lane and Keckwick Lane will be closed completely.
There will also be a partial closure off the A56 Chester Road at the junction with Newton Lane. At this junction, drivers will be able to turn right into Newton Lane but will be unable to turn left towards Daresbury village.
Shuttle bus services are running throughout the weekend from Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington, Widnes and Runcorn.

Protesters unable to stop Creamfields

The Creamfields dance festival will take place as planned on the August Bank Holiday weekend (26-27) in Daresbury, Liverpool despite protests from a neighbouring council about noise levels.

During a meeting at Runcorn Town Hall last night (June 27) Warrington Council argued against an application that requested use of the land for the festival.

The councillors said that having the festival in the semi-rural location would lead to unacceptable levels of noise and increase crime and anti-social behaviour.

Julian Wrigley, one of the objectors who lives a mile-and-a-half away from the site said: “I believe the proposed event and the influx of people on such a large scale has the potential to do untold harm to the community. We have nothing against Creamfields, but it is a Merseyside-based commercial operation. Do they really care about the area in which we live, other than as a site for this event?”

However, the application was approved. Organisers hoped they could make Daresbury the new permanent home of the festival, reports Liverpool’s ’Daily Post’.The festival was moved from its original location at the former Liverpool Airfield site in Speke as it is now being re-developed.Bands set to play at the event include Gnarls Barkley, The Zutons, Goldfrapp and DJ Shadow.

Creamfields 2009 Soldout! Tickets For 2010 On Sale September 4th

We are pleased to announce that this year’s Creamfields 2009 festival has sold out. The demand for tickets has been unprecedented, with this weekend’s line-up set to include performances from the likes of Basement Jaxx, Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Dizzee Rascal, Calvin Harris, Mylo Live, David Guetta and 2mandjs Live to name a few. Following the successful sell out of this year’s event, £100 Early Bird tickets for Creamfields 2010 will go on sale at 9am on Friday 4th September 2009, giving everyone who missed out on this year’s show plenty of time to buy a ticket, so they don’t miss out again. The team behind the dance fest are sticking to their winning formula pricing their camping and weekend Early Bird tickets at an affordable £100, another bold move from the UK’s leading dance festival promoters. Creamfields 2010 Early Bird tickets will be available from www.dontstayin.com . Info: www.creamfields.com / Tel: 0151 707 1309We advise everyone attending this year’s event, to beware of unofficial ticket sellers. All tickets will be scanned on entry. Creamfields 2010 returns to Daresbury, Cheshire as a 2 day camping festival on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th August Bank Holiday 2010. Tickets are available on http://www.theonlineticketshop.com/festivals/1569/creamfields-festival/creamfields-festival-tickets.htm

Creamfields dance festival in Daresbury

FAKE tickets could pose new headaches for police at this weekend’s Creamfields festival it was revealed.
Because the 60,000 tickets for the Bank Holiday weekend are now sold out the only time it has happened since 2000 officers from Cheshire Police are on red alert to catch those who try to get inside the Creamfields site in Daresbury with forged tickets.
Creamfields arrangers said there was grounds that fakes were still being sold by unauthorised online outlets.
Each ticket will be scanned at the entrances and those found to be forged will be forfeited and those carrying them will be declined entry.
A spokeswoman for Creamfields said: “The festival is sold out, so please don’t try and buy tickets from unofficial sources.
“If your ticket doesn’t scan, then you won’t get in and you’ll have lost out on over £100”.
Over 500 police officers will be on responsibility at the Halton site between Saturday and Monday for the longest event the force polices.
Rigorous searches will be in place at the entrances to forfeited any weapons and drugs after knuckle dusters and knives were forfeited last year.

Drugs and weapons at Creamfields target to police

CHESHIRE Police will target festival goers carrying drugs and weapons at this year’s Creamfields.
The dance music pageant, which attracts 100,000 fans to Daresbury Park, takes place next weekend and officers are keen to make it a crime free accident.
Hundreds of police officers across the county, including the Western Rural unit, will patrol the two day festival and annual leave has been cancelled across the weekend.
Music fans and campers will be checked by sniffers dogs at the access to the site, as police target would be criminals.
Insp Giles Pierce said: "Searches are a condition of entry and drugs dogs will be used at the admittance to the site.
"Anyone found with drugs or weapons, having not placed them into the pordon bins which will be provided at the admittance to the access arena, will be dealt with by police.
"A number of measures have been put in place by the pressure to deal with any incidents of crime and derangement while the festival is in progress.
"Police will take positive action against anyone absorded on committing a crime, or being included in crime and disorder, so as to maintain the good nature of the event that we have seen in previous years. Police will also patrol the huge camping area surrounding the main arena.