James May Presents…Love FungusLady Starlight DJ SetTicket Holders Grand Draw: Win A Signed Fender & Limited Edition Marshall Amp

The dates: July 23 and 24, 2011.The place: Victoria Park, London, UK. Custom Built By Rock Fans, For Rock Fans…

Praise for High Voltage 2010“Critics Choice” – The Times“The Best 50 Festivals Of 2010” – The Independent“A fantastic bill for fans for prog and classic rock” – the Guardian Time Out Show Of the Week

Following the launch of the UK’s new prestige rock festival, in 2010, High Voltage returns in 2011 with exclusive performances from headliners Judas Priest and Dream Theater, UK festival exclusives from Black Country Communion, Jethro Tull, Queensryche, Thunder, Neal Morse and Spock’s Beard and performances from Slash, Thin Lizzy, Michael Schenker group, John Lee’s Barclay James Harvest, Skin, Rival Sons, Amplifier, Von Hertzen Brothers, Caravan, The Enid, Pallas, Saint Jude, Anathema, Curved Air, Mostly Autumn, Neurosis, Electric Wizard, Evile, Grand Magus, Raven’s Creed, Primitai, Attica Rage, Black Spiders, Gentlemens Pistols and Furyon and more….

James May Presents…Love FungusHigh Voltage are pleased to announce their involvement in the second series of James May’s BBC2 series “Man Lab” – where James May teaches modern man skills he really should know. James has brought back the mighty but little known Love Fungus for another stab at the limelight. The band – made up of Mat ‘Mush’ McIvor (Vocals), Mark ‘The Bone’ Rabone (Lead Guitar), Dennis ‘D’ Day (Rhythm Guitar), Ben ‘Jim Morrison’ Upton (Bass Guitar) and Ian ‘Kel’ Kelly (Drums) – will put aside their day jobs and relive past glories first on the mainstage of High Voltage Festival on Sunday 24th July 2011. This will be the first time the band has performed in twenty years and will be a 2011 UK festival exclusive! The band will be presented onstage by James May to the High Voltage hardcore and the show will air in late 2011…


Lady Starlight DJ Set High Voltage are very pleased to announce a DJ set by Lady Gaga collaborator Lady Starlight. Lady Starlight is is an American rock'n roll DJ, go-go dancer, fashion stylist, writer and performance artist based in New York City's Lower East Side, and she will DJ in the VIP are area on the evening of Saturday 23rd July.

 

Ticket Holders Grand Draw: Win A Signed Fender & Limited Edition Marshall Amp!

We've got our hands on an amazing prize for 1 lucky winner and the only way you can be entered into this amazing Grand Prize Draw is to get yourself a ticket to High Voltage*!  Win a signed Fender and limited edition 1923 Marshall Combo amp! We’ve got a sleek and sexy red Fender Squire Strat which will be signed by the stars of High Voltage 2011 AND a 1923 Combo Marshall Amp, a limited edition amp specially made for Jim Marshall’s 85th Birthday, and YOU could be the lucky owner! What will be the first riff you bust out on these beauties?!

Remember: the ONLY WAY you can be entered into this amazing prize draw is to buy your ticket to High Voltage! 


*You will only be entered into this competition if you have purchased a ticket online from the following retailers: hmv Tickets, Ticketmaster, Ticketweb, Gigantic, Stargreen, Ticketline, Eventim, See Tickets. If you have purchased a ticket from an hmv Store or from Stargreen in person you will need to opt into their data collection policy. Sorry, but we have to abide by the data protection laws. 

This competition is open to ALL ticket holders, old and new. 

High Voltage is the festival all true rock fans have been waiting for – custom built by rock fans for rock fans. The High Voltage team has been to every rock festival imaginable – taking what they have learned to build a festival unlike any other.

First of all there’s the music: Amazing headliners AND three unique stages specially curated to cater for different sides of the rock audience, and a brilliant supporting cast playing special must-see sets. Then there’s the festival itself. The facilities will be second to none: great food, proper beer, clean toilets and deluxe hospitality packages. This is somewhere you take the whole family.

2011 will also see the inaugural High Voltage Beer Festival. The Beer Festival with have its own area with traditional bench table seating in a marquee that will have one side open with seating inside and outside. Also it will feature a stage for Acoustic / Folk / Blue Grass / Country / Blues music that will be made up of bands selected from GetMeOnStage.com. 14 bands will be selected from unsigned acts that submit to play. These submissions will go live on the day of the announcement. All acts that submit will be listened to.  http://www.getmeonstage.com/

High Voltage offers a new and unique festival experience for rock fans of all ages. Only High Voltage gives ticket buyers the freedom to design their own bespoke festival package – which can include accommodation, transport and VIP entertainment. 

Tickets priced £99 (for weekend tickets) and £56.50 (for day tickets) – subject to booking fee. VIP tickets will be available at £105.00 for the day, £199.00 for the weekend – subject to booking fee. There will also be various VIP and hotel packages available, at varying price levels to suit. 

High Voltage are also pleased to announce the new deposit scheme. This applies to any weekend ticket (i.e VIP weekend or standard weekend) and allows customers to spread the cost of the ticket over 2 payments. General Admission and VIP weekend tickets can be purchased with an initial £50 deposit plus booking fee, with the final payment due on June 1st. More info can be found at http://www.highvoltagefestival.com/tickets/deposit-scheme