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Tramlines 2011 – Friday
Photo: Ian Spooner / Tramlines PhotosDay one of the ‘free for all’ festival started fantastically. Although the quietest of the three days, Barkers Pool drew a massive crowd and venues up and down...
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Tramlines 2011 – Saturday
Photo: http://underclassrising.net / FlickrDay two at the countries biggest free music festival was even bigger than day one; Division Street was impossible to navigate thanks to hoards of people and...
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Tramlines 2011 – Sunday
Photo: Paul Cantrell / Tramlines PhotosThe third and final day saw saw festival goers in even better spirits than the previous few days thanks in no small part to the scorching temperatures. Ash @ Main...
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so have a peak at this fine collection of photos, courtesy of Paula Goodale, from Tramlines festival.
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Tramlines: Preview
Tramlines Tramlines is here again for another year and it is still as free and as brilliant as ever. This year as well as a range of promising upcoming acts, there are some Sheffield favorites and also...
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Tramlines: The Blue Jays @ Western Park Bandstand
The Blue Jays The Bluejays, comprised of Robyn Haddon, Will Ingram, Oliver Manning and Joe Wood, performed at Tramlines on Sunday at 2pm, in their first open-air gig, under the Weston Park bandstand....
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Tramlines: 65daysofstatic @ New Music Stage
If the Sunday of Tramlines was meant to be more relaxed than its Saturday counterparts, 65daysofstatic didn’t get the memo. Ending, ironically for a band with multiple albums, proceedings on the New...
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Tramlines: AlunaGeorge @ The Harley
AlunaGeorge When your EP, emphasis on EP and not LP, is recently tipped as one of Pitchfork’s ‘Best Albums You’ve Missed this Year’, there could potentially be a little bit of pressure on your next...
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Interview: Alt-J @ Tramlines
The Bowery is busy. Really busy. Which is strange, because the doors haven’t even opened yet and there’s an anxious queue of music fans going up the road; all desperate to ensure they make it into...
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Feature: Tramlines, Folk Forest, the Blues and Ale Trail and Buskers’ Bus
Image: Gerard Morgan The price may have gone up but that doesn’t mean the quality of music has gone down. Last years Tramlines was spread across more than 70 venues and four live stages and it’s only...
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Seven days until Tramlines: Interview with M O N E Y
Not your average straight-forward thinking band, Manchester’s M O N E Y looks to challenge our assumptions on music and the conventions that come along with it. Lead singer and ideologue Jamie Lee...
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Six days until Tramlines: Interview with Screaming Maldini
Screaming Maldini are no strangers to Sheffield’s music scene; this six-piece are returning home to play all three days at Tramlines. Forge Press caught up with lead-singer Gina Walters over the phone...
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Five days until Tramlines: Interview with Lemuria
Lemuria isn’t a new band; this American trio have been going since 2004, have changed their bassist three times and have an impressive discography, with three albums, one compilation and a shed load of...
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Four days until Tramlines: Interview with Rolo Tomassi
Rolo Tomassi have come back to Tramlines year after year, and now they’re curating a stage at the O2 Academy on Sunday, and it looks to be one not to miss, featuring the likes of Dog is Dead, Lemuria...
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Three days until Tramlines: interview with Wet Nuns
How did you guys meet? On a dating website. Your music has been labelled ‘death-blues’, ‘punk’ and classic rock n’ roll. Any label you prefer? We try to invent new labels constantly. ‘Party guff’ is...
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Two days until Tramlines: Interview with headliner Lianne La Havas
She won Itunes Album of the Year 2012, was nominated for BBCs Sound of 2012 poll, Barclaycard’s Mercury Prize and the Ivor Novello. She just played Glastonbury, and now she’s headlining Tramlines....
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One day until Tramlines: Interview with Lulu James
Lulu James, only 21 years old, always gives quite the performance at her shows. Decked out in weird and wonderful outfits, not dissimilar from Gaga, she no doubt has something similar planned for her...
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Tramlines 2013: Friday 19th
Alessi’s Ark 20,000 people attended Tramlines on Friday, and it didn’t disappoint. We managed to catch a few bands in the evening, dotted around Sheffield. Alessi’s Ark @ City Hall With Alessi’s Ark’s...
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Tramlines 2013: Lianne La Havas @ Devonshire Green
Taking command of the Mainstage at Tramlines 2013, Lianne La Havas, the East London songstress, effortlessly gains her rightful place as one of the best acts of the entire weekend. With her...
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Tramlines 2013: Saturday 20th July
Lulu James, she definitely recognised us after our phone chat. It’s day two, and the Saturday of Tramlines is infamous for being absolutely mad and completely rammed. This year is no different,...
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