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Coca Cola Presents £15 Festival
Other | Thursday 5th April 2012 | Osh
Coca Cola are celebrating the Olympics in style with a day of chart-toppers performing in the capital. On the 26th of July Hyde Park with play host to headliners Dizzee Rascal and The Wanted, along with Eliza Doolittle, Little Comets, You Me At Six, Rizzle Kicks, Morning Parade and Mark Ronson.
The concert will mark the end of the Olympic Torch’s journey across the UK. It will give thousands of attendees the chance to celebrate with some of the nation’s most popular acts for just £15 (plus a couple of pounds for processing charges). It will take place just a day before the official Olympic opening ceremony.
Coca Cola, the primary sponsors of the Olympics 2012, have also revealed four other smaller gigs completely free of charge throughout the summer. Those interested can register at http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/coca-colacelebrations now and those lucky enough to go will be picked at random. The gigs will be held in Cardiff, Glasgow Leeds and Birmingham, and each feature 3 amazing acts. There are isn’t even a processing or handling fees for the four gigs or age restrictions, so head over to the website now!
The 4 free show’s details are as follows:
1. Cardiff’s Cooper’s Field, May 25th (You Me At Six, Emeli Sandé, and Kids In Glass Houses )
2. Glasgow’s George Square, June 8th (Eliza Doolittle, Emeli Sandé and General Fiasco)
3. Leeds’s Temple Newsam Park, June 24th (Friendly Fires, Tribes and Little Comets)
4. Birmingham’s Cannon Hill Park, June 30th (details of line up coming soon!)
To register for the 4 free shows, head over to http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/coca-colacelebrations
The events are part of a whopping 66 nights of Olympic celebrations across the Olympic Torch Relay route. Coca Cola hope to unite friends and families throughout different communities to celebrate together and participate in glory of the games being held in London.
Hyde Park headliner Dizzee Rascal said, ‘I’m looking forward to hooking up with Coke to bring music to Hyde Park at the end of the Olympic Torch Relay. Young people out there make a really positive difference and now we can recognise and celebrate them with music. It’s wicked so get a ticket, see you there!’ Emeli Sandé stated how thrilled she was to be a part of the celebrations and cannot wait to ‘share in the excitement and energy that the Olympic Flame will bring to the UK.’
Last summer, Pop-Punkers You Me At Six helped Coke to choose inspirational torchbearers and played a show with Eliza Doolittle and Dizzee Rascal at Westfields Shopping Centre, West London. The band said, ‘It’s amazing that we now get to celebrate them (the torchbearers) with these amazing concerts…this is going to be huge!’
So why not nab yourself a ticket to see some of the nation’s best acts for just £15 and celebrate the Olympics!?
