Relentless NASS announce its main stage headliners as Bowling for Soup supported by Hadouken on Friday 9th July and Chase and Status Live Act on Saturday 10th July. With the rest of the line up to be announced and an incredible Indoor Arena already booked, Relentless NASS 2010 will eclipse previous years and give festival fans exactly what they want and expect.
Headlining Friday night are the Texan pop-punk band, Bowling For Soup. With their 10th studio album, Sorry for Partyin’, Bowling for Soup have proved that they are a worldwide phenomenon with a string of hit singles to their credit. Considering how long they’ve been a band, it’s no small wonder that Bowling for Soup still find new ways to go for it in the niche they’ve carved out for themselves. “We’ve always said that the day it’s not fun anymore, we’re just not gonna do it anymore,” Let’s keep doing what we do best. Let’s keep having fun.”
“We’ve created our niche, and our niche is us,” says Jaret Reddick, who formed Bowling for Soup in 1994. We like funny movies, and we like to drink beer and talk smack about each other’s moms. There’s nothing contrived about it—this is who we are.”
Supporting Bowling For Soup are Leeds based new rave outfit Hadouken!, Britain’s most forward-thinking and dynamic young band. Experimental and genre-hopping Hadouken! are rooted firmly in the here and now. For every decade, a British group weaves together underground dance and rock influences into a new sound that then vaults without invitation into the mainstream. In the 80s, it was The Shamen. In the 90s, it was The Prodigy. Now, in the dog days of the 00s, it is Hadouken! Britain’s next great dance-rock band have arrived.
This is a band with an enviable reach, a band who speak directly to a defiantly loyal fan base that shames many far more established acts. And the brilliant thing is it’s all their own work. That’s because, like all originals, they’re just that little bit smarter, braver and younger than the rest of the pack. This isn’t a band. This is a youth explosion. As band founder James Smith says, “We’re carving our own niche. There aren’t many bands who can do what we can do.”
Moving up the bill on Saturday night, after an incredible performance supporting N.E.R.D. at Relentless NASS 2009, are Chase and Status Live Act. How many artists / producers can count Jay Z, Snoop Dogg and Pharell as fans as well as drum and bass’ finest Andy C, Hype and Pendulum; enjoy heavy rotation in the hands of dub-step royalty such as N-Type and Skream; and have each release enthusiastically supported by Annie Mac and Zane Lowe? This is what Saul Milton and Will Kennard, producing under the name Chase & Status, have achieved in 5 years becoming the biggest crossover act to come out of the underground since Pendulum. They rocked Relentless NASS in 2009, what lies in store for 2010?
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