New festival is bound to be a Ruckus

FESTIVAL season is well and truly upon us and, after the success of the Summer Sessions on the Hoe, we have the brand new Ruckus Festival to look forward to next weekend.

- BY CLARE ROBINSON

Taking place at the Plymouth Albion RFU stadium, it boasts a great line-up of music, with eight or nine bands appearing on each of three days, including headline acts Tom Meighan, the voice of Kasabian, indie pop faves The Feeling and ska revival king Neville Staple of the Specials.

“We're delighted with our line-up,” says Plymouth Albion marketing manager Paul Nicholson. “We feel we have a real mix of styles and there will be loads of familiar tunes and plenty of hits from our headliners.

“When we first put our plan in place we realised that we were aiming for the same weekend as Rec Fest, set to take place at The Rectory ground nearby,” continues Paul. “Theirs is more of a heavy rock line-up that includes headliners Knotslip, Stiff Bizkit and Metallica Reloaded, so we invited them to join with us and those acts, which may perhaps attract a slightly different audience, will be performing on the Friday.”

Saturday and Sunday also offer plenty of fabulous contributions from a host of bands and artists as well as the headliners.

Support for Tom Meighan on Saturday comes from Elvana, Cardinal Black, Showhawk Duo, William the Conqueror and the Busketeers.