The Ripps: Coventry Phoenix Gig Videos

The Ripps are back and here are a selection of videos from the showcase gig at the Phoenix (Cambells), Coventry:







Read more: HERE


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The Ripps Make Triumphant Return

 The Ripps made a welcome return as they showcased their new material and proved once again why their tunes are so needed today. It had been over a year since The Ripps had publicly taken to the stage, but a lot has happened since they supported Coventry legends The Specials.

 Patch and Raul Lagunas have known the highs and lows of being in a band, while trying to make a living. Thankfully for their fans - they didn't give up, instead they picked themselves up and along with new band mates Alan Ferguson (bass guitar) and Phil Cox (drums) worked hard on writing new material.

The Cambell gig was the first opportunity for family, friends and fans to hear the new songs and judging by the reactions - The Ripps have been given a big seal of approval. The many hours spent together have paid off, you could see The Ripps were enjoying being back on stage in their beloved Coventry.

 It was a triumphant return to the quirky sound that made The Ripps stand out from other bands, as each new track bellowed out from the stage, you couldn't help but tap your feet or hands. The Ripps have their mojo back and they certainly want to use it!

 VIDEOS: HERE

 The Ripps kicked off the set with two familiar songs from 'Long Live The Ripps' before winning over the Cambell crowd with 'This Modern Life', 'Dealer Song', 'The Police Are On The Attack', 'Night On The Town', 'Young and Lost' and 'All Good Things'.

 The Ripps then cranked it up to the next level with 'Riding High', 'True Colours' and 'Lose Yourself' - songs that fans can listen too on The Ripps Facebook page. By the time the final song 'Lovesick' was performed, the venue was buzzing with excitement. Patch, Raul, Alan and Phil wouldn't get away without an encore!

A four song encore proved to be a winner with the final new song 'She's Not All There', two indie hits 'Loco' and 'Holiday', then a track that featured in an episode of Glee ('Dancing With Myself'') rounded the set off perfectly. The band could now relax and enjoy socialising with friends, fired up ready for a summer of gigs.

Supporting bands Revellers Riot (above) and Casual Parents (below) warmed the crowds up ready for The Ripps and did a mighty fine job!

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The Ripps Are Back!

Patch and Raul Ripp

The Ripps are back with a whole new sound and a brand new line up after being out of the spotlight for many months. Legends in Coventry and the originators of the "I Love Cov" t-shirts long before Rebecca Shiner went into the Big Brother house.

Brother's Patch and Raul Lagunas form part of the original band with Phil Cox (drums) and Alan Ferguson (bass) joining them to deliver the SKA influenced beats during their performance at Cox's Yard in Stratford-Upon-Avon. While many bands would compromise their lyrics for the sake of the record label, The Ripps have kept their integrity and maintained their ability to write about real life.

The Ripps @ Cox's Yard, Stratford

The Ripps pull no punches with their hard hitting lyrics and song titles to match, 'Blood On The Streets' and 'Guilty Conscience' lead the way before 'Rudeboy' took us back to their main influence - SKA. Several more tunes into the set and the lads are joined on stage by the brass section as they performed 'Daddy Was A Hero'. Mr Lagunas senior was in the audience and a fitting dedication to a father who can be proud of his kids and in response he is a hero in their eyes. The set ended with 'The People Have Spoken' and judging by the cheers and claps the people approved!

Patch and Raul Ripp

This weekend (April 25/26) will see The Ripps fulfilling one of their dreams - they share the stage with Coventry SKA legends The Specials. With two dates at Birmingham Academy and one date at Coventry's Ricoh Arena (May 15), fans are in for a musical treat. The Ripps are indeed back and this time around the sound is a lot more grown up and mature.

*see more photos HERE

Godiva Festival Coventry: The Ripps

The Ripps @ Godiva Festival, Coventry

The Ripps were on the Main Stage again this weekend at Coventry's Godiva Festival and played a combination of new and old songs that injected enthusiasm into the crowds that had gathered in anticipation. No-one was left disappointed because Patch, Raul and Rachel gave another fantastic performance. Even when the rains came down, it didn't dampen the young people that were jumping around to the sound of SKA with The Ripps.

Raul and Rachel

Patch Ripp

Even from the stage you can feel the humility and genuine appreciation that The Ripps have, they are a band that have loyally promoted Coventry and love playing in front of their growing fan base. The Ripps deserve to be signed up to a major record label because the wider audience are missing out on the new sounds of SKA music. The videos below give a taste, but the quality does not do The Ripps justice. Check out their MySpace page and grab a listen to their tunes and get to know The Ripps better.................

The Ripps - "1000 Miles From Home" (Godiva Festival, Coventry)

The Ripps - "Vampires" (Godiva Festival, Coventry)

...with a little help from their friends

Godiva Festival 2008: Saturday Line Up

Here is the full line up for the Godiva Festival in Coventry on Saturday 5th July 2008:

Electric Main Stage - Rock:

12noon
Dogfight Revolution
12.45pm
Shadowplay - G Factor Winners
1.40pm
Exit Calm
2.35pm
The Ripps
3.30pm
Pint Shot Riot
4.15pm
Kombat Breakers
4.45pm
Six. By Seven
5.55pm
The Displacements
6.55pm
Glasvegas
8.00pm
Art Brut
9.30pm
The Enemy

Rhythm Tent:

12noon
Claudio Kron
2.00pm
Vamos
3.30pm
Los Tropicales
5.00pm
Buffalo Soul Jah
7.00pm
Mankala
9.00pm
Kanda Bongo Man

Spotlight Tent - Hip Hop:

1.00pm Woodend DJ’s

1.20pm P’Nology (Warm up)

1.30pm Hillz Fm

1.55pm YIP Group

2.10pm Mc Dee & Crew

2.20pm Evivo

2.40pm Zanity Dance Group

2.50pm Charlie Healy

3.10pm Italia UK

3.25pm Ricta

3.50pm Kombat Breakers

4.00pm Open Mic (pt1)

4.40pm DJ Frogeye

5.00pm C.O.Vs

5.20pm Open Mic Finals

6.00pm TLG

6.20pm Reggiemental

6.40pm Starvin Artists

7.00pm Parly B

7.10pm TBC

7.20pm KOF

7.55pm Brotherman

8.35pm Yogz

9.15pm Kano

10.00pm DJ’s - 4th Front

Market Tent - Street Entertainment etc:

12.30pm - 2.30pm & 3.00pm - 6.00pm

The Sneakers - House Band

Matt Barnard – Compére
Jason Maverick

Wolly the Clown

Jones and Barnard

Nakupelle

The Black Eagles

Market Tent - Poetry:

7.00pm
Mike McKimm
7.10pm
Coventry’s ScrubberJack
7.20 pm
Irish Twin City Poets
7.50pm
Yusra Warsama
8.00pm
Jane Holland
8.15pm
Mario Petrucci
8.30pm
Kei Miller
8.45pm
Dreadlockalien
9.00 pm
Linton Kwesi Johnson

Official Website: www.godivafestival.co.uk

Coventry Godiva Festival 2008: Line Up and Times

The Enemy headline Coventry's Godiva Festival and here is the line up for the Main Stage on Saturday 5th July 2008. The Ripps, Pint Shot Riot, Shadowplay (G Factor Winners) and Kombat Breakers will also be showing off the cream of talent on offer from Coventry's music scene.

12noon Dogfight Revolution

12.45pm Shadowplay - G Factor Winners

1.40pm Exit Calm

2.35pm The Ripps

3.30pm Pint Shot Riot

4.15pm Kombat Breakers

4.45pm Six. By Seven

5.55pm The Displacements

6.55pm Glasvegas

8.00pm Art Brut

9.30pm The Enemy

Full Godiva Line Up:

*Friday Godiva Programme: HERE
*Saturday Godiva Programme: HERE

*Sunday Godiva Programme: HERE

*Godiva Festival website: http://www.godivafestival.co.uk

*visit: www.theenemy.eu -for the latest news on The Enemy

The Enemy - 30,000 Coventry gig

The Enemy - stars of Coventry's biggest ever open air party.

Coventry band The Enemy, will be playing at the biggest open-air festival Coventry has ever seen. The annual Godiva Festival will be making changes so that up to 30,000 fans will be able to attend the free festival. The Coventry trio were performing in Leeds at the weekend as support for the Kaiser Chiefs and head off to Ibiza this week to launch "Ibiza Rocks"

The main tent is being replaced by a large open stage and will be relocated to a different part of the Memorial Park so that an extra 27,000 visitors can watch The Enemy perform tracks from their number one selling album "We'll Live And Die In These Towns".

Included in this years Godiva Festival line up along side The Enemy will be Exit Calm, an up and coming band that are tipped to be big and are mentored by the Coventry manager who took The Enemy under his wings. Glasvegas will also be taking to the stage during the three day festival, they have also been tipped for the top by music mogul Alan McGee - the man who discovered Oasis. Recently signed to Columbia records, Glasvegas have already won the Radar Award at the NME Awards in March. Their debut album is due out later this summer and is a fusion between "fifties Rock 'n' Roll with a large helping of Jesus and Mary Chain", according to the Coventry Telegraph.

The Ripps will rock Godiva

The cream of Coventry will also be on stage during the eleventh Godiva Festival, The Ripps and Pint Shot Riot are expected to add to the electric atmosphere. Art Brut, The Displacements and Dogfight Revolution have been added to the event which will take place at Coventry's Memorial Park from Friday 4th July until Sunday 6th July 2008.

*visit: http://www.theenemy.eu/ - for the latest news on The Enemy

The Ripps: New Album

The Ripps

Get set for a Ripptastic 2008 because Coventry band The Ripps are well and truly back! Bumping into Patch and Raul on the way to the studio today, they confirmed they are very busy recording new tracks for the album. The long awaited follow up too "Long Live The Ripps" is expected to hit the shops in the coming months with heaps of gigs to keep the army of fans happy during 2008.

To keep up to date on The Ripps, check out their MySpace.

http://theenemy.eu/

OxJam Gig - Leamington Spa

The Rrrs: "Is That Your Underwear On The Floor?"

Proving that music really can be about having fun and enjoying yourself, The Rrrs have come up with a cracking little video to their song "Is That Your Underwear On The Floor". Some readers may remember back in May they were "Band of the Week" on this blog, well the feisty four some are back and have been performing across the Coventry area with their new drummer, Tom.

Teaming up with The Ripps and Kalenko, The Rrrs will be part of the nationwide fund raising event "Oxjam" - which is raising cash for Oxfam through various gigs. On Thursday 25th October all three bands will be performing at Moo Bar (24 Russell St, Leamington Spa), trying to make poverty history through music. All proceeds from the door will be going to Oxfam, so it will be £4 well spent.

There is also a raffle on the night with some prizes of course - one being some studio time for up and coming bands. Tickets can be bought in advance from HERE. It promises to be a mad fun night, as is always the case when The Rrrs and The Ripps are on the billing list and a bonus for those under 18's - the event is open to all.

Media lovers - the event will be filmed and sent in to MTV, so there is a chance your face will grace the homes around the UK in the very near future!

Coventry's Got Talent: The Ripps Interview

Here is the full interview with The Ripps, taken from "Feel Alive" Magazine (produced by CV One).



UP AND COMING COVENTRY TALENT THE RIPPS ARE A THREE PIECE BAND WHO DESCRIBE THEIR MUSIC AS ALCOPOPALTPIC, CHIPTASTIC AND TOSTADORA! THIS FUN AND ENERGETIC BAND ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH AND ARE EMERGING AS ONE OF COVENTRY'S HOTTEST NEW BANDS TO WATCH. WE CAUGHT UP WITH PATCH FROM THE BAND :

• You've been touted by NME's Radar Special as one of the bands to watch this year. Tell us about your amazing year?

Where do we start? We've been touring the UK for most of the year (it feels like forever!) and it's been so much fun. The highlights been our Glastonbury show and our hometown shows. Obviously Godiva will top them! Our debut album "Long Live The Ripps" came out earlier in the year and it was a truly overwhelming experience seeing it in the shops. The past year has been very surreal. It feels like we've lived so much in a very short space of time.

• How does it feel to be playing at the Godiva Festival in front of your home crowd?

We've lived here all our lives and growing up in Coventry it was THE event of the summer. We've been to the festival loads of times and seen many inspiring acts there so feel extremely privileged to be playing. Our hometown crowd always make our gigs special so we can't wait. We've got a few days off around the festival so we'll be hanging out maybe watching the skate comp and enjoying a few drinks.

• Who are you looking forward to seeing at the Godiva Festival?

We've been lifelong Super Furry Animals fans so we're looking forward to them. We've played with The Noisettes a few times and they're really cool. Be good catching up. The bill is really strong so it should be great. We are intrigued that The Silent League are playing. That will be hilarious.

• Have you ever been to the Godiva Festival before?

Loads and loads of times.

• How has living and growing up in Coventry inspired your songs?

Our album has been shaped by our experience here. We've even got a song called the "Cov Song" with references to the Lower Precinct and The Burges. We're 100% Coventarian so we write about what we know; Far Gosford Street, The Colly, that sort of thing. Cov might not be pretty but the people here are and it's getting better.

• So the Ripps - where did the name come from?

We were brainstorming names and it was the one that sounded most like punk bands from the late 70's like The Clash, Buzzcocks, Rezillos which we're all into. The two p's is purely an aesthetic thing R.I.P is kinda negative and we're a mostly happy bunch.

• How did it all start for you guys?

We were in other bands from Cov and we wanted a change. When we started we rehearsed for a year before playing a gig. We've always been committed. We got a manager after our first gig then slogged it playing up and down the country and playing many a time at The Colly. Eventually we got a deal. The usual story really.

• Describe your style of music?

Spanglish, kick-ass, ska tinged, mostly tongue in cheek, punk, power pop.

• Who would you compare yourself to?

Our first album is kinda like The Buzzcocks, Ramones, Rezillos, Cardiacs, These Animal Men, Supergrass, Blur or that's what we've been told. Hard question. Some of these songs have been around for a couple of years so they don't feel like they represent us where we are now, although we do like them. Our new stuff is much more Sandinista era Clash and Specials sounding. We're really excited about the new stuff.

• What would you be doing if you weren't in The Ripps?

Probably struggling in other bands or maybe at university.

• If you could form a Super Group who would be in it?

Great question!

John Lydon from The Sex Pistols or Jello Biafra from The Dead Kennedys fronting it. On guitar Kirk Hammet from Metallica or Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead. Drums - Matt Cameron originally from Sound Garden, Keith Moon or Mithc Mitchell. Bass - Paul Simonon from The Clash or maybe even Sting. Ha!

• If you could sum up Coventry in three words what would they be?

City Of Dreams.

• Who or what are your inspirations?

Loads of stuff. Lyrically Billy Bragg, Joe Strummer, Victor Jara. We've got so many influences. Salvador Allende is a massive inspiration. From Cov Steve Ogrizovic, Clive Owen. Any of the 1987 squad are inspiring.

• Have you heard any mistruths about yourselves in the media? If so what has been the best lie you've heard?

A funny one is that me and my brother Raul were born in Chile. Our parents are from Chile but we're from here. Another good one is that I'm a smack addict. In an interview Rachel told them that and so it was printed. She was getting her own back for all the lies I tell about her.

• Do you have partners? And if so how are they coping with your rise to stardom?

We're all in relationships. It's difficult when we're away but it makes the time you have together more special.

• Who in the group gets the most attention?

Easily Rachel. People love her smiling and she laps up the attention particularly from the males.

• Any weird fans or have you been sent any strange fan letters/objects?

Ha Ha! We love all our fans and don't consider any weird :)

The best things we've received are playing cards and someone even bought us samosas. He's a legend.

• Have you ever been star struck and if so by whom?

We recently met Terry Hall and nearly died. He was very humble and down to earth. We nearly wet our pants though!

• Any celebrity crushes?

Rachel - Jeremy Paxman.

The Ripps are currently working hard in the studio and their current album "Long Live The Ripps" and other merchandise can be purchased from Coventry's Urban Village (above Kong), in The Burgess.

*Interview taken from "Feel Alive" Magazine, produced by CV One and typed up by robmacca.

The Ripps "Celebrate Coventry"

The Ripps (Patch and Raul) performed an acoustic set as part of the "Celebrate Coventry" weekend and the fans turned out in style for what was one of the best behaved events of 2007. It may have been something to do with the time of day (14:25 on a Sunday afternoon), but everyone was on their best behaviour. Patch even managed to keep his mobile phone and avoid a stage invasion!

It was good to see so many young Ripps fans make the effort and come into Coventry precinct and support Patch and Raul. Likewise, Coventry can be so proud of The Ripps because they have done so much for Coventry. Although often overshadowed by a certain other band from Coventry, Raul, Rachel and Patch have travelled many thousands of miles this year to bring their brand of music to the masses and have worked their socks off.

For me The Ripps are a perfect reason to "Celebrate Coventry" because they sum up what being a Coventarian is all about. Everyone who knows Patch, Raul and Rachel have said on numerous occasions how "nice", "friendly"and "down to earth" they are. I'd like to think people around the world have a better impression of Coventry because of people like The Ripps. On stage and off, these are humble people who love what they do yet never take a performance for granted and that comes across so clearly.

It felt weird not hearing Rachel Ripp on drums or seeing her smiling face, but this was an acoustic set after all. Patch told the crowds; "we miss you Rachel" and I'm sure we all agree with him on that point but can look forward to seeing more of Rachel, Raul and Patch for many more months yet.........



The Ripps - "You Don't Even Care" (acoustic)



The Ripps - "Loco" (acoustic)

*Don't know if anyone else noticed that the security guard (see picture 2 and the videos) had a striking resemblance to Jack Sugden from Emmerdale - might just be my twisted humour or maybe he's trying to get in with Raul and Patch Ripp!

Celebrating Coventry

Coventry will be celebrating the likes of The Ripps and the Kombat Breakers this weekend as part of the "Celebrate Coventry Festival". More than 200 performers and 50 free acts will provide entertainment in locations all over the city centre.

The event, on Saturday and Sunday, will feature two carnivals and tie in with the UK School Games to show the range of cultural and creative talents the city has to offer.

Performances in Coventry will take place at The Precinct and Lower Precinct, Millennium Place and University Square in Priory Street over the Bank Holiday weekend.

UK School Games Comes To Coventry

Meanwhile the UK School Games take place 23 - 26th August around the city:

• University of Warwick – host to Athletics
• Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre – host to Badminton and Swimming
• Ricoh Arena – host to Fencing and Table Tennis
• Coventry SkyDome Arena – host to Gymnastics
• Alan Higgs Centre – host to Judo and Volleyball

Channel 4 will broadcast two, one-hour UK School Games programmes from 8.00am to 9.00am on Sunday 16th and Sunday 23rd September.

The Ripps @ Kapow! Coventry

The Ripps performing new tracks @Kapow (Phoenix ,Coventry)

The Promenade Stories @ Kapow, Coventry

The Bootleg Poets @ Kapow, Coventry

Hung over but happy is how I'd describe my morning after feeling after another night out @ Kapow! in Coventry. This time around Kapow was open until 2am, which meant you had time to enjoy the bands and the alcohol. The Ripps headlined at the venue and were well supported by two other bands with Coventry connections.

The Promenade Stories are more known around Nottingham because both band members are at University there but the singer comes from Coventry. For me it was unusual to see a two piece band where you just had a drummer and the guitarist on vocals. At first I thought something might be missing but once you heard them you soon realised nothing was missing and this duo worked together well. Lots of hair couldn't help but make me think of "Cousin IT" from "The Addams Family", but I'm only jealous!

Talking of hair, the Bootleg Poets had no shortage of it and were happily playing with it on and off stage during their Libertinesque set. This band had no shortage of musicians as all five crammed on stage and gave the Cov crowd what they wanted - a night of good live music.

The Ripps were back in their beloved Coventry after what seemed an infinity away, even though it had only been a few weeks since they had performed at the Godiva Festival. Getting back to intimate gigs is what I love most and we were in for a right treat tonight as Patch, Raul and Rachel shared a whole cluster of new songs they had been working on for the new album. You can check out the videos below, but live is always best and if you missed Kapow! then get yourself down to Taylor Johns next Sunday night for more new material.

Along with the new tracks we were soon bopping along to classic Ripps numbers such as "Loco", "Holiday" and The Specials hit "Too Much Too Young". One thing that hasn't changed since The Ripps became famous is the down to earth personality of each band member. Raul is just as happy stamping peoples hands as they enter Kapow, Patch will have a fag and drink with anyone and everyone, Rachel is her usual smiling self no matter what!


The Ripps "Loco" with Patch tuning up after having to change guitars because he'd broken some strings.





The Ripps "Holiday" @ Kapow,Coventry


The Ripps - "Too Much Too Young" was the final song from the set and always a classic to close on as this Specials track reminds everyone how great Coventry is musically.


Bootleg Poets - "Follow The Leader" @ Kapow, Coventry

robmacca on his way home after another very enjoyable night out in Coventry!

Godiva Festival - The Ripps, Pictures and Videos

Patch and Raul jamming at the Godiva Festival

Patch and Rachel giving it some welly

The crowds show their love for all things Ripps

The Ripps were on top form at Coventry's "Godiva Festival" on Saturday, here are a few of the videos from their fresh performance from the Electric Tent. The home crowd loved the set and gave it their full support, with an active mosh pit and solid participation from the audience. Below is the "exclusive" first public performance of a new song The Ripps have been working on and although the band may have been over shadowed by Enemymania, let it not be forgotten The Ripps are a force all of their own and bring something very special to the music scene.




The Ripps "You Don't Even Care", this video captures the crowd in full flow as they jump around to this fast paced track.




The Ripps "Nice Guys", a non album track but one which produces enough energy from band and crowd to light up the whole of Britain!




Patch had just been talking about "Godiva Day" for the ladies (say no more!) before going into the "COV Song", a very fitting tribute to life in Coventry. The crowd are totally up for it, which isn't bad for 14:30 on a Saturday afternoon.




A totally new song by The Ripps not seen before and an exclusive for the Godiva Festival. The crowds showed their approval with some impressive clapping and moshing!

Godiva Festival, Coventry: Who's Playing and When

The Godiva Festival in Coventry looks like being the best yet as The Human League, The Enemy,The Ripps, Super Furry Animals, Noisettes, The Cribs and a whole host of other bands perform at the Midlands largest FREE festival. Get over to Coventry this weekend and enjoy the fun.

The Cater Manouevre

Friday 13 July:

Electric Tent - 9.00pm The Human League 7.35pm Broken Dolls 7.00pm Two Giraffes

Rhythm Tent (Comedy) - 8.00pm MC Dan Atkinson 8.15pm Stuart Goldsmith 8.35pm MC Dan Atkinson 8.40pm Topping and Butch 9.00pm INTERVAL 9.30pm Mark Watson

Spotlight Tent (G Factor Finalists) - 5:30pm Little Girl Screaming 6:05pm The Crooks 6:40pm Jamsons Nook 7:15pm The Carter Manouevre 7:55pm Men In Caves 8:35pm The Hearing 9:15pm DbMA 10:00pm Sun, Zoom, Spark The finalists:Sun Zoom Spark

Market Stage (Local Bands) - 5:30pm The Juliana Down 6:15pm What About Cube? 7:00pm Ottogono 7:45pm Shakes & Shivers 8:30pm Kifaru 9.20pm Decatone

The Enemy

Saturday 14th July:

Electric Tent (Live Bands) - 12.05pm Fiori1 2.50pm G Factor Winners - Sun Zoom Spark 1.35pm Vijay Kishore 2.20pm The Ripps 3.10pm The Silent League 4.10pm Maps 5.10pm Noisettes 6.20pm The Cribs 7.35pm The Enemy 9.00pm Super Furry Animals

Rhythm Tent - 1.00pm African Drum Workshops 3.00pm Hamana Bjemakan (African Dance and Drums) 4.00pm Caliche 5.30pm Drumalicious 7.00pm Siyaya 9.00pm Ozomatli

Spotlight Tent (Hip Hop) - 12.30pm DJ set (Dapper) 12.45pm Open Doors 1.00pm P’knology 1.15pm Canley (Street Dance Jnr’s) 1.20pm AT7 Breakers (AJ) 1.30pm TBC 1.40pm Street stylers Vs Y.I.P Group 2.00pm Cubs & the firm 2.15pm Tight Vibes 2.30pm Mc Dee + S.A Massive 2.45pm Red 3.00pm White shark & Mistah Menace 3.15pm Dutty bwoy Malla 3.35pm B-boy Battle (Round 1 – Spin Doc) 4.15pm Open Mic (Round 1 - 4th Front) 4.50pm Tru Street Dance Crew 5.05pm Regimental 5.30pm B-boy Battle (Round 2 – Spin Doc) 6.00pm Open Mic (Round 2 - 4th Front) 6.40pm Genisis Elijah 7.10pm Precha & Baby J 740pm Jehst 8.20pm Klashnekoff 9.00pm KRS-ONE 10.30pm Shut down

Market Stage (Street Art etc) - 1.45pm Wolly the Clown – compere 2.15pm Rex Boyd 2.45pm Bread and Butter Theatre Company 3.15pm Maynard Flipflap 3.45pm Wolly the Clown 4.15pm Bruce Airhead 4.45pm Bill FergusonWalkabout in the field: Jelly Roller – The DragonRex Boyd Bread and Butter Theatre Company Maynard Flipflap Bill Ferguson Bruce Airhead Swank

Market Stage - 6.00pm Nalle 7.00pm Adrian Crowley 8.00pm Baby Dee 9.00pm James Yorkston and The Athletes

The Ripps

Sunday 15th July:

Electric Tent (Big Band Orchestra) - 1.00pm - 2.00pm & 2.30pm - 3.30pm Back to Basie Orchestra 4.30pm - 5.30pm & 6.00pm - 7.00pm The Syd Lawrence Orchestra & Singers

Rhythm Tent (Folk) - 1.00pm Thom Kirkpatrick and the Beautiful Noise 1.35pm Justine 2.10pm Harbour Lights 3.00pm Abi Lanigan 3.25pm Clarksville Mountain Band 4.20pm Jim Crawford 5.10pm Isambarde 6.05pm Sean Cannon

Spotlight Tent (Fools Paradise) - Sunday in the Spotlight Tent: 1.00pm – 5.00pm 1.00pm The Jazz Fakirs – House Band 1.45pm Gary Giffard – compere 1.50pm Rex Boyd 2.20pm Bread and Butter Theatre Company 2.50pm Maynard Flipflap 3.20pm John Hicks 3.45pm Wolly the Clown 4.10pm Bruce Airhead 4.40pm Gandini JugglingWalkabout in the field:Rex BoyceGandini JugglingMaynard FlipflapJohn HicksWollyBruce Airhead

Market Stage (Singer/Songwriter) - 12.00pm Atlum Schema 12.15pm Kristy Gallacher 12.30pm Matt Fisher and Mike Nowland 12.45pm Jen Lexmond 1.00pm Kris Bucin 1.15pm Suzy-Indygo 1.30pm Al Britten 1.45pm Abi Lanigan 2.00pm Lee Mitchell 2.15pm BBC Coventry & Warwickshire’s Singing City Choir 3.15pm Chris Tye 3.35pm Declan Bennett 3.55pm Gary Nock 4.15pm Polly Paulusma 5.15pm Newton Faulkner 6.00pm Mr Hudson and The Library

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Over on robmaccaEXTRA this month I'm doing a "31 robmacca pictures" which will be going back through the years looking at the various hairstyles and awful childhood teeth. It's worth a look just to see I get worse or better as the pictures go back in time........

I'm not Patch Ripps personal stalker (honestly, the restraining order still hasn't come through and I don't sniff his underwear!) - here is Patch's mobile phone picture taken on Thursday night as he tried on my glasses. Must admit - they suit him better than they do me! Looking very dappa Mr Lagunas............

Congratulations to Coventry's The Enemy for getting another chart hit this week (#4) with "Had Enough". They worked damn hard last week doing signings up and down the country as seen last week on "robmacca's entertainment news" but I'm rather annoyed and feel ripped off once again. I'd ordered three copies of the signed limited 7" vinyl (only 500 available) - but instead I got just 3 ordinary 7" singles arrive in the post today. I'm sending them back to HMV as i can buy them for 99p from Virgin if i really want them.

At the last single "Away From Here" they said their was 1,000 copies limited edition Stiff Records release - I ordered 10 and it turned out to be not so limited and not numbered so I was annoyed to say the least. OK rant over, well done lads, now stop blagging to us with bogus limited editions cos it p**ses me right off!

Finally, as the Spice Girls reunion became the talk of the world and over 1 million registered for concert tickets on the first day alone, the single "Stop" is available for download. It's all part of a fan campaign called "Stop To The Top". It was the only single not to get to #1 for the Spice Girls and already it has generated a lot of interest with the single entering the Top 100 on iTunes today. Watch this space for more updates............