Witnness Festival 2003: Stage Breakdown and New Acts

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The Witnness stage breakdown, along with thirty new acts to fill the stages have been announced. witnness.com have listed some incorrect bands for Saturday on the line-up page (such as Tricky and Kings of Leon) so I assure you that these are correct.
I wouldn't confirm that this is the order of appearance for all the acts, so don't count on it. Also, newly added bands are marked in italics. Enjoy.

SATURDAY 12

MAIN STAGE
Coldplay
Damien Rice
Supergrass
Badly Drawn Boy
Sugababes
The Revs
Echo and the Bunnymen

WITNNESS UPSTAGE
Underworld with Darren Price
The Streets
Turin Brakes
The Coral
The Roots
Mark Geary
Relish
Rubyhorse
Alphastates

WITNNESS RISING
Röyksopp
Gemma Hayes
Mogwai
The Thrills
Appleton
Ron Sexmith
Mull Historical Society
Ed Harcourt
Dave Couse
Pet Sounds (competition winner)

WITNNESS DANCE
Richie Hawtin
DJ Sneak
Lemon Jelly
Tom Middleton's Cosmos
Nightmares on Wax
Death in Vegas
Medicine 8
Complete Stone Roses
Ray
Noel Phelan
110th St. DJ's

WITNNESS X
Jesse Malin
The Raveonettes
Tom McRae
The Rapture
Turn
Maria Doyle Kennedy
OKGo
The Bandits
Ten Speed Racer
Berkeley
Fionn Regan
Myslovitz

SUNDAY 13

MAIN STAGE
David Gray
The White Stripes
Zwan
The Frames
The Cardigans
The Walls
Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club
Ashley Hamilton

WITNNESS UPSTAGE
Manic Street Preachers
The Polyphonic Spree
Super Furry Animals
Beth Orton
The Music
Paddy Casey
Snow Patrol
Bell X1
Woodstar
Zongamin

WITNNESS RISING
The Flaming Lips
Tricky
The Datsuns
Flint
Calexico
Ladytron
The Jimmy Cake
The Basement
The Futureheads

WITNNESS DANCE
Dave Clarke
Laurent Garnier
Justin Robertson
Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man
Phil Hartnoll
The Pale
Headzinc and Johnny Moy
White Trash Girls
Arveene

WITNNESS X
The Redneck Manifesto
The Mars Volta
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
The Warlocks
Kings Of Leon
Har Mar Superstar
The Stands
Autamata
Cane 141
Simple Kid
Colm Quearney and Hallucinations

dregin

Hey thanks for the info man. I've been told that Berkeley are playing the Rising tent on Saturday though. I heard it from a good friend of the band so I'm pretty sure it's true.

Dregin

Tyrrial

well, it seems that a lot of bands i wanna see are going to clash.... which isn't good!

acquiescefc

But but but Berkeley were supposed to be playin Sunday????

Please dont tell me White Stripes and Manics are gonna clash...I couldnt possibly be in 2 places at once.

lamda

Ashley Hamilton??? lol I may have to fashion some kind of catapult to get that idiot off the stage...
But yay to the Mars Volta

Tyrrial

Originally posted by lamda
Ashley Hamilton??? lol I may have to fashion some kind of catapult to get that idiot off the stage...
But yay to the Mars Volta

i think we're going to need more then one catapult for witnness this year

Saint-dotsie

hmm lips or manics?
mogwai yay

dregin

Are the Mars Volta still playing after someone from the band died last week??

Dregin

therecklessone

They probably are, they just won't suck as much.

Jazz fusion bo**oxology.

Unknown

On the subject of Berkeley, their label Supremo Records website says they are playing Saturday 12th on the Goodness Stage (?) at 1:45pm. I think this an alternative or correct name for the "X" stage.

I just found out who Ashley Hamilton is. Another one of these Pop Idol rejects. Man, that sucks.

I am really glad that the Mars Volta has been added, chances looked slim after the recent death of their keyboardist (RIP).
However, now my worst supposed clash of the festival is The White Stripes, The Polyphonic Spree, and The Mars Volta...

stez

They should have an extra tent...let's call it the Facist Tent. Punters enter the tent, firstly, MCD will take all your cash you brought with you....120euros isn't enuf!! Then you get a good beatin from the bouncers!! Following this you will be force fed with e-coli contaminated burgers and 10 day old chips. This followed by another savage beatin from the Gards. And anyone in possession of a ghetto blaster or guitar will have all such items confiscated by comreg. All this will be done to the music of Aphex Twin. If you don't enjoy this experience you will be promptly ejected from the festival.

Raggamuffin

But i like Aphex Twin.
Don't put them in the same sentence as MCD.

Anyway lamd who are mars volta?


and echo and the bunnymen on first..... thats a joke.

but flaming lips......

stez

Yeah, I like Aphex aswell, it would just be funny with all that sh*t.
And I'm picturing myself rockin my tits off at Supergrass and then getting real depressed when Damien Rice comes on.
They put David Gray on the main stage before and I can tell you now, that singer songwriters don't work on the main stage in front of 30 odd thousand people.

lamda

Originally posted by Raggamuffin
Anyway lamd who are mars volta?

They're the remnants of At the Drive In.....
TBH I haven't heard any of their stuff yet, but i'm curious cos i've heard good things... try new things thats my motto. (no its not)

Raggamuffin

oh right...
might try wing my way into their direction witha microphone.
just for you lamda.
of course....

sha na na na

therecklessone

Originally posted by lamda
They're the remnants of At the Drive In.....
TBH I haven't heard any of their stuff yet, but i'm curious cos i've heard good things... try new things thats my motto. (no its not)

Don't bother, trust me.

They make the sort of music Cedric threatened to when people wouldn't stopmoshing at ATDI concerts, i.e. unlistenable jazz fusion.

For something more akin to ATDI, try Sparta, containing the other three members of the now-defunct ATDI (minus Cedric and Omar)

Raggamuffin

thatw as a great gig in the music centre...

Tyrrial

well i'm looking forward to Snow Patrol, i would have liked to see the reindeer sectoin again.. but Snow Patrol are just as good.

Mewzel

Originally posted by Tyrrial
well i'm looking forward to Snow Patrol, i would have liked to see the reindeer sectoin again.. but Snow Patrol are just as good.

no, they're better

knobbles

for several reasons (arrive back from hols sat morn, seen all my saturday favs before, which leaves snow patrol and zwan on sunday) i'm just gona get a sunday ticket, so....

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lamda

Originally posted by Tyrrial
well i'm looking forward to Snow Patrol, i would have liked to see the reindeer sectoin again.. but Snow Patrol are just as good.

Ahh Snow Patrol: the most boring band on gods green earth... which is good cos i usually get no sleep at witnness and they should do the trick nicely

Raggamuffin

Snowpatrol...
i saw that guy talking to his mam and dad after a concert... so sweet...

he looks a bit like ralf little would'nt you say so ms.devotchka

lamda

Well the two are quite alike, both untalented, irritating etc....
Come to think of it, i've never seen the two of them together...
Ah the conspiracy is revealed!!!

MrGump

why did i think Moloko were playing at witnness.

by the way lamda, is tyrrial pierce?

lamda

Q.1 Cos you wish they were and were hoping if you wished hard enuff it might come true???
Q.2 er...no. What an odd thing to say......

therecklessone

Originally posted by MrGump
why did i think Moloko were playing at witnness.

T'was on their website a while back, can't be arsed to look again myself.

MrGump

yeah i checked, we wont be seeing Miss Murphy them evenings. oh well. i suppose the other murphy i.e. rapture queen will have to do!

Someone better organise a tent, lamda- go to it!
" " " drink, liz- thats u!
" " " food, dee - task asigned!


That is all.
wiedersehen.

Tyrrial

i wouldn't call snow patrol a very boring band, they have good diversity in there music, now i'm not a perticularly huge snow partol fan but i do know that there songs can be slow and soft and some times loud and irratating but as bands go, i think there good.