aaamusic | On 09, Mar 2011

THE ONE AND ONLY ‘BIZARRE SUMMER BALL’ RETURNS TO THE SCALA, LONDON ON 21^ST MAY 2011!

Featuring The Futureheads, Kunt And The Gang, Play & Deville’s Circus of Marvels:

Clear your diaries, freaks and geeks. The glorious BIZARRE SUMMER BALL – The Greatest Show On Earth – is coming back to London on SATURDAY 21ST MAY 2011 for another night of prodigious performance, delirious dancing, luscious live music and perverse partying!

Staged once again in the decadent SCALA near King’s Cross – the site of last November’s Bizarre Ball carnage – our May event promises to be another unforgettable evening of musical mayhem, deranged alt.performance and costumes so damned hot they’ll scorch your retinas, including smoking live sets from the hottest new bands and fabulous freak show oddities peddling acts so weird they’ll make you question your sanity.

The Summer 2011 BIZARRE BALL will be headlined by Sunderland’s very own edgy, post-punks THE FUTUREHEADS with support from Cult internet superstarsKUNT & THE GANG and the Bizarre ‘Battle of the Bands’ Winner – a chance for an unsigned band to air their wares in front of the freakiest crowd around. This year, Bizarre magazine have teamed up with Unsignedbandreview.com and Kerrang! Radio for the opportunity to open the best party ever, the winners will also get a full page feature in Bizarre, their song played on Kerrang! Radio and music industry mentoring from Unsignedbandreview.com. Full details on the link below!

http://www.unsignedbandreview.com/bizarre

This special night will also host a plethora of entertainers including the stupendous variety of cabaret, burlesque and vaudeville talents of FLAY AND DEVILLE’S CIRCUS OF MARVELS, World renowned contortionist & escapologist CHRIS CROSS, body piercer, model and luscious suspension artist, PM. SLEEZE and mind bending magic from Birmingham’s DEE CHRISTOPER.

The Summer 2011 BIZARRE BALL will be held at The Scala in London’s King’s Cross from 8pm-3am and will deliver a delirious blend of incredible live bands, twisted cabaret and freak show frivolity not seen anywhere else. This is the greatest show on earth but don’t just take our word for it – here’s what our famous friends have said about BIZARRE’s wild events:

“… just unbelievable – utterly great! It’s a terrific surprise to see so many people in amazing costumes. When we arrived we saw a load of girls strutting around on enormous stilts and blokes in stockings and suspenders – it felt just like home.” – ALICE COOPER

“…the Bizarre Ball provides an excellent opportunity to acquaint yourself with a variety of special interests.” – Time Out

Full lineup includes:

THE FUTUREHEADS (live)

Post-punk Sunderland rockers The Futureheads have four albums under their belts and are set to perform a headline slot on the night that will get your toes revving on the pedals. Their mix of irresistible melodies, harmonies and bubblegum finger-clicking tunes will be an exhilarating headline to close the Summer 2011 BIZARRE BALL. – www.thefutureheads.co.uk

KUNT & THE GANG (live)

Cult internet superstars Kunt and the Gang are responsible for some of the web’s frankest, filthiest and funniest songs and videos. With over a million YouTube views Kunt and the Gang has become Basildon’s most famous export – apart from Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke, Alison Moyet, Denise Van Outen, Terry Marsh and of course, Brian from Big Brother. www.kuntandthegang.webs.com

FLAY AND DEVILLE’S CIRCUS OF MARVELS

A devil-may-care man of action and master of the elusive arts, The Irrepressible Mr. Flay has been performing death-defying shows at cabarets, festivals and other events around the UK and the US for the last four years. Flay has performed escapes at every original music hall left in London, and was once shot in the face by Tracey Emin! www.flay-deville.com

DEE CHRISTOPHER

Birmingham based magician Dee Christopher presents his highly visual and impactful metal bending routines and is one of the top new talents in psychokinesis. Bring a spoon with you!

CHRIS CROSS

Chris Cross is a Contortionist & Escapologist who Performs his World-Renowned Show to Thousands ALL over the Globe. He is Known to be One of the TOP Cabaret Acts currently working with his Weird and Wonderful Act; He will Turn your Frown Upside-Down & Your Stomach Inside Out! www.chris-cross.co.uk

PM SLEEZE

PM. Sleeze (Sedition) is a Body Piercer/Bod Modifier, Model and Performer. She has been modeling since 2004 as well and Performing as a ‘Sedette’ with Sedition Industries since early 2010. She has also been doing Body Suspension since 2005 with Bodyshock 13 Suspension team in Dublin and founded Post Modern Primitive Suspension (Dublin) and performing with DisGraceLand Hook Squad in New York and has performed in Clubs like Temple Bar Music Centre, The SFX and Toads Place in Connecticut NYC and Blood Manor Haunted Attraction in Oct 2010.

BIZARRE SUMMER BALL LONDON

SATURDAY 21^st MAY

THE SCALA

275 PENTONVILLE ROAD

KING’S CROSS

LONDON N1 9NL

HOSTED BY THE LEGENDARY ALIX FOX & DESMOND O’CONNOR

The debonair hosts DESMOND O’CONNOR & BIZARRE’S OWN ALIX FOX are set to serve as master of ceremonies and compere the BIZARRE SUMMER BALL, still wielding ukuleles like George Formby from hell.

DJs
Mark Jones (Back To The Phuture, Wall Of Sound)

Scarlett Nymph

DJ Trebor

DJ Bod

In four years the BIZARRE BALL has grown into the UK’s wildest party, so start planning your costumes right now and steel yourself for London’s most extraordinary night out!

TICKETS

£22 plus booking fee (£17 plus booking fee students and BIZARRE subscribers)

www.wegottickets.com www.ticketweb.co.uk www.seetickets.com www.bizarremag.co.uk