The road to Glastonbury 2010 kicks off at Pilton Working Men’s Club this month.
24 acts have now been chosen and are in with a chance of being the first confirmed act for Glastonbury 2010.
A set at the world-renowned festival awaits the winner of RockStar 09, along with recording time at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios.
Rockstar 09 finalists:
Breaking the Illusion
http://www.myspace.com/breakingtheillusion
The Caper Story
http://www.myspace.com/thecaperstory
Daybreakers
http://www.myspace.com/daybreakersband
The Alex Dingley Band
http://www.myspace.com/alexdingley
Double Handsome Dragons
http://www.myspace.com/doublehandsomedragons
Freaky Sheep
http://www.myspace.com/freakysheep2
The Furbelows
http://www.myspace.com/thefurbelows
Hanjiro
http://www.myspace.com/hanjiro
Higher Love
http://www.myspace.com/higherlove
In Darklight
http://www.myspace.com/indarklight
The John E Vistic Experience
http://www.myspace.com/johnevisticexperience
Lemanis
http://www.myspace.com/lemanisband
Lilies on Mars
http://www.myspace.com/liliesonmars
David Migden and the Dirty Words
http://www.myspace.com/davidmigdenandthedirtywords
My First Tooth
http://www.myspace.com/myfirsttooth
Onions
http://www.myspace.com/onionstheband
The Planets
http://www.myspace.com/theplanets
The Rags
http://www.myspace.com/therags
Roxy's Wardrobe
http://www.myspace.com/roxyswardrobe
Sister Ray
http://www.myspace.com/wearesisterray
Simon Scardanelli
http://www.myspace.com/simonscardanelli
Strangefruit
http://www.myspace.com/strangefruituk
Team Modeliste
http://www.myspace.com/modeliste
Zalinski
http://www.myspace.com/zalinskiband
The RockStar 09 heats will take place on: Friday 31st July, Saturday 1st August, Friday 14th August and Saturday 15th August. All heats will take place at the Pilton Working Men's Club, with the live final taking place at Worthy Farm at the Pilton Party on 4th September 2009.
The competition enjoyed an acclaimed inaugural year in 2008. In 2009 partners include MySpace and Nintendo.
RockStar Bands’ Kelly Sumner, said: “We’ve made quite an impact in just a year or so, and that really hit home watching Glastonbury this year. RockStar 08 winners, Major Major, had a storming debut and three of their fellow finalists: Sound of Guns, Urusen and Dead Like Harry also played the festival – which really is testament to the strength of the competiton.
“The 24 acts that have made it to the heats for RockStar 09 will all be thrilled, and rightly so, they have a lot to look forward to.”
The eventual winner will be announced as the first confirmed act for Glastonbury 2010, just as Major Major were for this year’s festival. Their frontman, Conor Clarke, reflected on his band’s debut: “I’m trying hard to avoid cliches, but it's hard: the mud, the tents, the sun, the cider, the crowds and the rain play such a big part I hardly noticed there were bands on. There were though and we were one of them.
“This was the highlight of our year, it was simply incredible, it's every band's dream to play Glastonbury... and for Major Major that dream has been realised.”
The RockStar competition is open every year to the UK and Ireland’s best unsigned talent. Entries for this year closed on the 31st of May. More on RockStar 09 – as well as a look back at 2008 – can be found on the site: http://www.rockstarbands.co.uk/
