Manchester Orchestra to join Deftones in South Africa

So Em and I are heading to Cape Town for the long weekend in August. I'll be heading to One Night in Cape Town to see Deftones with my brother, while Em will likely go shoe shopping. 

Manchester Orchestra have been added to the line-up as the third international act, which I'm quite excited about, although I am also still hoping some local acts will be performing at the event too.

Super Bock Super Rock you say?

So I didn't make it to Optimus Alive as originally planned. After a week in Barcelona in which the earliest I got the bed was 01:00, and my latest time to get up was 07:30, and every hour of 'sleep' being punctuated by other people in the dormitory coming back/ getting up to leave. It was probably for the best since as I have a series of lectures to attend this week.

One of the benefits of not attending Optimus Alive this weekend, is that I should have enough money to attend Super Bock Super Rock instead, which Queens of the Stone Age are headlining! I don't feel so bad on missing out on Depeche Mode and Crystal Castles now, as I'd much rather see QotSA perform live. One downside though, Super Bock Super Rock is a little bit further than this weekends festival, and as such a little trickier to get to. I also wont be able to attend the first two days due to the aforementioned lectures, but I'll be happy enough with seeing Saturday's line-up.

Deftones to play Oppikoppi Festival, South Africa

The organisers of Oppikoppi Festival have just announced that Deftones will be one of the headlining acts for the nineteenth instalment of Oppikoppi, entitled BewilderBeast.

Hopefully this means that Deftones will add an additional tour date for Cape Town, and possibly Durban, depending on the demand for tickets.

I've never been to an Oppikoppi Festival, but reckon the reunion of Kidofdoom, as well as the confirmed visit by Deftones definitely warrants a first-time visit to the festival.

Now to work out the logistic of getting there, and who I'm camping with, especially since Em doesn't like dirt and camping; two things synonymous with Oppikoppi.

The Prodigy are coming to South Africa.

The Prodigy are returning to South Africa in November/ December for Synergy Live 2012. They'll be playing in Cape Town on 30 November and Johannesburg on 1 December. Too bad I'll be in Bangkok.