Status Quo and The Damned have been confirmed as headline acts at the 21st annual Bulldog Bash which takes place between August 9-12 at the
Shakespeare County Raceway, Long Marston, near Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire.
Status Quo, who have sold over 118 million records worldwide, recorded 63 British Hit Singles and had more hit albums (32) in the UK album charts than any other band apart from the Rolling Stones, headline on Friday August 10th. They have notched up 22 top ten UK singles since their first, 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men', reached number 7 in the chart in January 1968.
Commenting on their sole UK festival appearance in 2007, Rick Parfitt says: "The whole band are looking forward to the Bulldog Bash at Long Marston. Hopefully we'll have a nice hot August day and we can really get the place rocking. I'm going to find some time to have a look at all the bikes and gear too."
The Damned, featuring original vocalist Dave Vanian and guitarist Captain Sensible, headline on Saturday August 11th. The Damned were the first of the London punk bands to release a single, 'New Rose', on Stiff Records, in 1976 - and have subsequently scored six top 40 hit singles out of 17 top 100 chart entries, let alone half a dozen top 40 hit albums.
Captain Sensible comments: "It's the first time we've been on the same bill as Quo and I'm very much looking forward to it. Whenever they played the Croydon Greyhound in the mid 70s I was there.... and it was refreshing to see a band in the bar having a drink with their fans, which the Damned have also been known to do occasionally. In this day and age of X-Factor, Simon Cowell and all these plastic celebrity karaoke shows on TV we have seen our audience figures swelling, which we reckon is a reaction to the lack of decent live bands these days. You just can't beat it, a thrashing drum kit.... a cranked up guitar.... the front man going beserk blurting out some anti establishment lyric or other. Great stuff indeed, and the UK punk movement as led by the Pistols, the Clash, the Stranglers and ourselves was a pretty wild time when the UK was at the forefront of global musical trends.... whether Mike Read or Phil Collins liked it or not! I reckon The Damned deserve medals for our services over the years but I'll settle for the fact that we're still out there having fun onstage up and down the country in 2007 after a wonderful career lasting 30 years so far. And I wouldn't have predicted THAT in 1977....otherwise I might have chosen a
better stage name than Captain Sensible I can tell you!"
A host of other acts are currently being finalised to appear at the Bulldog's 21st annual Bash, which will be rammed with more things to do than you can shake a stick at.
Tickets are available by post, priced £45 (until June 30th and £50 after July 1st) from THE BULLDOG BASH, PO BOX 5026 EAST READING RG6 1ZQ. (Sterling only) cheques should be made out to 'The Bulldog Bash' and all postal applications must include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Tickets can also be purchased from credit card hotline 08713 100000 (booking fees apply) and will be available online soon. For more info
www.bulldogbash.com.