In 2009 Creamfields was a really good weekend, a bit wet on the Sunday but nothing to dampen our spirits, After we had got home we heard the news that a woman had died in a car crash on the way to the festival which was awful news to hear.

In Dominique’s name a charity event took place in Liverpool recently which raised money for youngsters to develop through performing arts. The fund was set up by Edge Hill University were Dominique studied.

One of her close friends had the following to say

I wanted to do something to raise money for the trust set up in Dominique’s name. It will help young girls who want to dance and perform which is what Dom wanted to do. Dom was amazing – every time she went out she looked superb.

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Charity Event For Dominique

As revaled moments ago on radio 1, Artists performing at Creamfields will include:

Davis Guetta
Tiesto
Deadmau5
Armin Van Burren
Paul Van Dyk
leftfield
Sweedish House Mafia
Calvin Harris

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Initial Creamfields Lineup 2010

Creamfields is the festival that really has spanned the globe, Its spiritual home is in Liverpool but its name stretches across the world. Over the last few years there have been Creamfields events in places like spain, The Chech, Russia, Portugal, Poland, the list goes on!

Now Creamfields have teamed up with some event organisers in Australia to bring you 4 festivals spread across Australia. You will be able to visit Creamfields on these dates and places:

Saturday – May 1 – Sydney

Sunday – MAY 2 – Perth

Monday – MAY 3 – Brisbane

Saturday – MAY 8 – Melbourne

The lineup is not complete but you will be able to find the following acts playing

The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 (6 piece band)
Steve Angello
MSTRKRFT
Ferry Corsten
LMFAO (6 piece band)
Dave Clarke
Marco V
Green Velvet
Dirty South
Kid Sister (4 piece band)
Joris Voorn
Lifelike
Riva Starr
Tommie Sunshine
Bingo Players
Zoo Brazil
Filo & Peri
Oh Snap!!

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Creamfields Australia

Creamfields 2009 brought together the very best in Dj’s and performers who put on an insane show for all who attended. Part of the show also entailed fireworks and pyrotechnics. Its nothing new but there was definitely more there this year than in years past. Many of the Dj’s had pyrotechnics coming from the stage at some point, especially Tiesto during his outdoor set. As well as this these small scale displays there was also a larger fireworks display on the Sunday evening which left everyone looking skyward! From the campsite the display looked great and all we needed was a stall to buy fireworks from and we could have joined in the display with our sparklers! Obviously a fireworks stand in a campsite is a ridiculous idea and such festivals will not allow you to enter with fireworks.

However the point of this ramble is that the more festivals need to impress to attract the crowds then the more fireworks they should use! Everyone loves fireworks.

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Fireworks Finale

It was only a couple of days ago when i was writing about the standard camping tickets selling out and saying that there is a warning on the VIP tickets that they are selling well. The time has come already that all the VIP tickets have now sold out for the event. The organisers have put a warning in place that they expect all tickets to be sold by next Wednesday, that’s one week today.

This news really excites me as it has been a long time since Creamfields actually sold out in advance. The festival selling out is a big issue as when Creamfields started it was the king of the festivals, then after around 2002 / 2003 i personally feel the excitement had gone a little, the hype surrounding the festival wasn’t as great, when ever you spoke to people they always changed the subject to Global Gathering. This year though it is different, the lineup is one of the strongest for a long time, ticket sales are showing the popularity is back and i feel there is a genuine fresh excitement for Creamfields 2009 that there hasn’t been for a long time (i have been to almost all the previous creamfields).

If you want a ticket now you will have to get single day tickets, as we mentioned they are now selling fast so don’t wait around. If you go to the dark side and buy tickets of eBay it IS NOT RECOMMENDED but if you do be careful, there going for a pretty penny on there now so you don’t want to be had.

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Creamfields 09 Predicted To Sell Out

Its not long to go now till Creamfields and the Standard camping tickets have now sold out. If you haven’t already got tickets and you want to camp at the festival then the only way to do it is to purchase VIP camping for the event which the organisers also say are selling out fast.

I noticed this weekend that the ’special offer’ price of £100 have had the ’spacial offer’ banner removed but the ticket price stayed at £100 for the standard weekend camping. I initially thought this was a sign the tickets may not be selling to quickly however i am happy to hear it has sold out as it shows the demand is still there for what i think is the best festival of the year.

Tickets are still available for the individual days and weekend tickets are still available for people who don’t want to camp over at the event.

Because the tickets have sold out and there will still be people wanting to stay at the event people are being warned over fake tickets for the event, If you but your tickets second hand or from an unauthorised retailer then you will have no guarantees that you will gain entry and you definitely wont get your money back!

If you are like me and you already have your ticket then sit back and relax!

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Creamfields Camping Sells Out

The Radio 1 essential mix is legendary, Being able to feature in an essential mix must be a great honor for a Dj. This year the essential mix will be  live from Creamfields, im not sure if it is to be recorded to be broadcast or broadcast live, i would hope it was broadcast live.

Its a very special essential mix this year as it is split between three different D’js which also means three different stages. I have read today on @djmarkknight that he is doing the essential mix along with David Guetta and Tiesto.

Tiesto will be recorded from his main stage performance, David Guetta will be performing from the Cream arena with Mark Night giving the world a glimpse of the Swedish House Mafia tent.

Tiesto will have a massive crowd with an immensely high energy set as its outdoors, Guetta will send the crowd wild with his new tracks but for me Mark Night will be the highlight of the mix, At last years festival the Swedish House Mafia arena was easily the highlight of the festival which is evident with its return!

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Creamfields Essential Mix 2009

Creamfields is taking place at the end of August and like many of the other festivals they have a VIP area. I personally have stayed VIP at another popular festival and i found that the extras were worth the extra money. At creamfields this year they seem to have a few little extras that really makes me want to go VIP, unfortunately its a little out of my grasp next month.

Anyway!! One of the most common questions i face is; ‘what is the difference between VIP and normal camping?’ well let me tell you. For starters the availability of showers! because VIP campers get their own campsite which is not connected to the regular campsites then the showers that are available are only being shared between the select few VIP campers.

VIP tent, not always the most happening place in my experience however creamfields in 2009 have a cream logo shaped tent which has been split into 3 areas, The first area is the dance area which yet again will be hosted by Hed Kandi, they have also introduced a lounge area which i predict will be popular this year!! The lounge area will have furniture and is built for chilling out and relaxation. The final area is the area that will definitely be busy, for the VIP’s they will be laying on a free buffet which will be provided by pushka.

Finally you get the usual VIP treatment,which includs luxury toilets a cocktail bar and plenty of heating and seating areas as well as your own car park and fast track entry to the festival.

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Creamfields Hospitality 2009

Rumours have started to circulate that Creamfields 2009 has been cancelled which has today prompted an announcement on the Creamfields Twitter page that the festival has NOT been cancelled like people have been saying.

Personally i am following Creamfields as a search term on twitter and up until the announcement was made by @Creamfields i had not heard anything about this.

it seesm the roumour has originated on uk-clubbing-directory.co.uk says there has been an outbreak of Foot and Mouth on a farm in Surrey and this could threaten creamfields going ahead as the fields are used for cattle. What the people who have been spreading this havent realised was that the thread was from 2007!!!!

Even if it was current; Creamfields is a long way from Surrey and as the country has had a foot and mouth crisis in the past im 100% posative that if it has been detected the measures are in place and lessons have been learnt in the past to contain it.

31 days to go!!

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Creamfields NOT Cancelled

Creamfields have announced that Halton Borough Council have approved the licence for 2009 so that creamfileds can go ahead with its two day festival which it stated to run with last year.  Last year £7.2M was generated for the local economy because of the festival, when figures like that are thrown around then you would find it hard if you were that local council to say no! There have not been any word on the times of the licence though i would presume they will be the same as last year which was till 4am on the friday and 12 midnight on the sunday.

This year you can expect to see the likes of  Basement Jaxx, Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Dizzee Rascal, Calvin Harris, Mylo Live, David Guetta, 2manydjs Live and Deadmau5 to name a few.

For a limited time only tickets are priced at £100 for the weekend camping which compared to some of the festivals last year is a really good price.

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Creamfileds Licence Approved