TinieTempah set to headline | Electric Peacock Festival 2013
View(s):Organisers of the Electric Peacock festival have announced TinieTempah – famous hip-hop and rap artist, will take center stage as the festival’s headliner – act at the upcoming Electric Peacock lineup on Saturday, April 27, 2013 in Colombo.
“This is a huge first for Sri Lanka,” said Leah Bazalgette, Co-founder of the festival, “he is the most current commercial music artist to perform here to date.” Tinie Tempah has a number of credits to his name, being a multi award-winning artist, gracing the main stage of Glastonbury festival, collaborating with music industry greats like Snoop Lion, Rihanna and Calvin Harris.
Tinie made his breakthrough with his debut single ‘Pass Out’ into the commercial music scene; currently the video has 50 million views on YouTube. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 1, having sold just over 92,000 copies in its first week. He was further thrust into the limelight after his famous collaboration with the house music demigods, Swedish House Mafia, being the lead vocals on their chart-topping track ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’.
He was asked to play at the closing ceremony of the Olympics in London says Tasha Marikkar, Co-founder of Electric Peacock adding that “It is an incredible fete at just 23 years of age to perform at an event that has approximately 770 million viewers watching it worldwide!”
As part of the festival’s multi-genre offering, the festival’s second artist in the line up includes British pop and electro soul sensation AlunaGeorge, who was cited as the one to watch for 2013 by the influential poll BBC Sound of 2013.
A first for the festival which will see a collaboration with the British Council on a special music project titled ‘The Selector programme’. The Selector is an international showcase for the best new music the UK has to offer, a 2 hour weekly programme that covers all styles of music from indie, dubstep, folk, soul, electro and everything in between – much like Electric Peacock Festival’s multi-genre platform. As part of this partnership, the British Council will feature AlunaGeorge a fresh new artist from the UK as the main support act.
AlunaGeorge are entering 2013 with fans in all the right places. They are among the final three contenders for the Brits Critics’ Choice Award and on the shortlist for the BBC’s influential Sound of 2013 poll.
The festival directors have developed new collaborations as well this year with strong sub-culture groups specifically skating and break-dancing to showcase a unique installation. “We believe that hosting Sri Lankan break-dancers and skaters at the festival will get the crowds pumping and get into the vibe of the party, not to mention adding diversity to our show,” said Leah.
More so, the team is very keen to encourage their festival-goers to plan their outfits in advance and ensure they try to dress up according to the theme planned for their third year. “Our theme this year is based on a famous book called ‘Where the wild things are’. We hope that all the festival goers will come dressed up in animal print or animal costumes, or just be inspired to be wild!” explained Tasha. The festival pioneered the first free costume tent in 2011 and will be giving away more free costumes this year.
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