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Ash will head the line up at this year’s new Headstock Festival held on September 11th at the Newstead and Annesley Country Park, 9 miles north of Nottingham. Headstock is being put on by the community of Newstead Village as part of the Big Lottery Fund and BBC’s Village SOS initiative which is being filmed for a major new prime time BBC One television series.

Other acts already confirmed for the Main Stage and Muzika! Big Top are The Beat, Field Music, Penguin Café Orchestra, and Edward II. Headstock Festival will also feature top DJ’s in two dance arenas – the DIY/Smokescreen Soundsystem playing a range of deep and underground house music and UDS/Desert Storm featuring cutting edge DJ’s playing drum and bass, gabba, techno, jungle and breakcore. The music line up is completed by the Orange Tree chill out tent which will feature regional bands and acoustic acts in a chilled out environment.

The Newstead and Annesley Country Park is a 220 acre site of exceptional natural beauty, currently being developed as a sustainable eco-sensitive public park, located on what was formerly the villages coal mine. The Park is conveniently located 200 yards from Newstead train station and 15 minutes from Junction 27 of the M1. East Midlands Trains will be running late trains during the evening of the 11th.

Early bird tickets are priced at £20. Camping is also available overlooking the main arena and is priced at £5. Further details can be found on headstockfestival.com and tickets are on sale via wegottickets.com.

Ash have announced the winners of the support band competition they have been running. Each act will support the band for one show on their upcoming UK tour. The support acts are as follows:

28/06: Falmouth – Pavilion
Ice Cold Idiots / The Panicstruck

30/06: Cardiff – Barfly
The Undivided

01/07: Buckley – Tivoli
Revurb

04/07: York – Duchess
Red Chevrons

05/07: Middlesborough – Empire
3 Foot Ninja

06/07: Barrow in furness – The Nines
Switchboard Spectacular

08/07: Preston – 53 Degrees
Underdogs

12/07: Whitehaven – Civic Hall
With Lights Out

14/07: Derby – The Venue
Max Raptor

15/07: Wimbledon – Watershed
Young Husband

Ash are looking for great up and coming bands to support them at one of the following shows.

28/06/10: Falmouth – Pavilion
30/06/10: Cardiff – Barfly
01/07/10: Buckley – Tivoli
04/07/10: York – Duchess
05/07/10: Middlesbrough – Empire
08/07/10: Preston – 53 Degrees
12/07/10: Whitehaven – Civic Hall
14/07/10: Derby – The Venue
15/07/10: Wimbledon – Watershed

If you think you’ve got what it takes to win over a venue full of Ash fans the send the following to info@Ash-Official.com with the words “ASH SUPPORT” in the subject line:

• A link to your band’s MySpace
• A list of all the gigs your band has performed in the last 12 months
• Your band’s home town or city

Deadline for entries is 7th June 2010. Judging will take place the following week. Good luck!

Ash have also announced a series of UK shows and European festival appearance. Check the live shows section for a detailed list of dates.

Ash have unfortunately had to postpone their upcoming European tour. The band released the following statement:

It is with regret that for personal reasons we have had to make the very difficult decision to postpone our European tour. Currently three shows have been rescheduled and we are working to reschedule the rest of the tour when the World Cup isn’t on.

21/06/10 Berlin – Magnet
23/06/10 Paris – La Maroquinerie
24/06/10 Cologne – Luxor

Anyone that has bought Paris tickets should ask for a full refund.

Anyone that has bought a ticket for a German show that isn’t rescheduled can get a full refund. Original tickets still stand for rescheduled German shows (Berlin and Cologne).

For all other shows can you can either ask for a full refund or await further information.

We’d like to offer our sincere apologises to our European fans for both the postponement and the delay in this announcement. We’ll see you all again soon.

Ash x

Ash have been confirmed to play two Splendour in the Grass sideshows with We Are Scientists this August, in Sydney and Melbourne. The band will now play three dates in Australia, the dates are as follows:

01/08/10 : Splendour in the Grass – Queensland
03/08/10 : Metro – Sydney
04/08/10 : Billboard – Melbourne

Ash have announced details of a series of HMV and FOPP in store appearance to promote the upcoming ‘A-Z Vol 1′, compilation album. The band will perform three acoustic tracks, after which they will remain in the store to meet fans and sign copies of the album, which is released on Monday 19th April 2010 through Atomic Heart Records.

The band will be at the following venues:
HMV Southampton, Above Bar Street – Mon 19th April 2010 – 5.00 pm
HMV Norwich, Gentlemans Walk – Wed 21st April 2010 -5.00 pm
Fopp Cambridge, Sydney Street – Tues 20th April 2010 – 5.00 pm

Ash have today announced the recruitment of Russell Lissack for their forthcoming UK Tour. Russell will bolster the 3 piece on guitars and keyboards, for a tour that now includes an extra London show at Koko on 6th May.

Russell – of Bloc Party and solo project Pin Me Down – is a life long Ash fan, “I’ve always loved Ash, my first ever stage performance was part of an Ash covers band, so when they asked me to join them on their forthcoming tour I jumped at the chance!”

Tim Wheeler, “We first met at the South By South West in 2005, we’d heard he and Kele Okereke met when Russell was playing Ash songs at a party, so we’ve always felt that connection with him. We’ve loved Bloc Party since their first single and have always really admired his guitar playing.”

Ash’s tour coincides with the release of their compilation A – Z Volume 1 on 19th April. The compilation marks the halfway point in Ash’s groundbreaking 26 single campaign, the A-Z Series. Wrapping up singles A to M alongside a host of bonus material, the compilation illustrates Ash’s rejuvenated creative zeal. It is also available in a limited edition CD/DVD format featuring the ’50-minute A-Z tour documentary’ A is For Ash.

Ash have announced details of a UK spring tour. Having re-invigorated the live circuit with their gruelling A-Z tour zigzagging across the UK late last year, Ash return to some more familiar venues this April and May. All tickets go on sale Tuesday 12th January 2010 priced £15 regionally and £16.50 in London. The dates are as follows:

19/04/10 Southampton – University
20/04/10 Cambridge – Junction
21/04/10 Norwich – Waterfront
23/04/10 Birmingham – Irish Centre
24/04/10 Leeds – Metropolitan University
25/04/10 Newcastle – O2 Academy
27/04/10 Glasgow – O2 ABC
28/04/10 Manchester – Academy 2
30/04/10 Bristol – O2 Academy
01/05/10 Brighton – Concorde 2
02/05/10 Oxford – O2 Academy
04/05/10 London – Electric Ballroom