DROP AND ROLL AT BELLADRUM FESTIVAL
We are delighted to announce the exclusive first ever UK festival appearance of Drop and Roll, the brand new Bike Show team and brand formed by professional street trials riders Danny MacAskill and Duncan Shaw.
Danny MacAskill is perhaps the best known bike rider in the world. His Inspired Bicycles – April 2009 video catapulted him onto the world stage and brought him recognition from millions of people across the globe (over 34 million youtube views to date). He has since gone on to produce some of the best and most exciting riding videos the world has ever seen.
After riding in shows over the past few years with various other teams, Danny and Duncan, from the Isle of Skye and Inverness respectively, decided they wanted to create a new team to develop and help raise the profile of trials riding and Drop and Roll was born.
Danny MacAskill said “I am so excited to be performing at Belladrum this year. After doing shows out on the continent with the team it is going to be amazing to come and do a show a lot closer to home. I am sure the Bella crowds are going to be great.”
Duncan Shaw added “It has been hard work getting the whole team together and the show ready over the past 6 months but now its all set up the fun can start. Of all the shows we are doing this year, I am looking forward to Bella the most. It will be awesome to see so many familiar faces there”.
DANNY MACASKILL VIDEO LINKS
Inspired Bicycles Video (34.9 million views) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o
Way Back Home Video (32.1 million views) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw
Danny MacAskill’s Imaginate (21.1 Million Views) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv3xVOs7_No
The legendary Tom Jones is to headline the Friday of the festival while the Saturday night features the popular rock band Razorlight at the top of the bill. Frightened Rabbit will return to the event as very special guests. Also featured will be: Bill Bragg; Band of Skulls; Grandmaster Flash; The Temperance Movement; I Am Kloot; Adrian Emondson & The Bad Shepherds; Catfish & The Bottlemen; nine below zero; The Mekons with Robbie Fulks; Casual Sex; Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire; George Barnett; The New Picadilly’s; Esperanza; The vatersay Boys; Danny & The Champions Of The World; brownbear; Torridon; The Big Fat Electric Ceilidh Band; Raintown; Call To Mind; Randolph’s Leap; Luke Jackson; Dorec-a-Belle; The Lorelei; Scooty & The Skyhooks; Mad Dog McRea; The Singing Kettle; Caledonian Ceilidh Trail and Holly Atkinson from Inverness, the 2013 winner of Bella’s Got Talent. Many more artists are still to be announced.
Electrical hook-up caravan/campervan tickets can be purchased by going to the ticket link on the festival’s web site www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk.
The 2014 theme is ‘Wild Life, in keeping with the party atmosphere the milestone event is bound to create. Belladrum 2014 takes place in the beautiful Highland surroundings of Belladrum Estate, near Beauly in Inverness-shire. The independent festival has built a reputation for its eclectic line-ups, its offbeat non-musical entertainments and its all-ages approach. The festival won a VisitScotland Thistle Award in 2009 and is a past winner of the Grassroots Festival Award at the UK Festival Awards, the festival industry’s ‘oscars’.
