Sophie Ellis-Bextor to play thelondonpaper HEADLINERS

thelondonpaper and MAMA Festivals are pleased to announce that tickets for their new 2-night, live music event thelondonpaper HEADLINERS are on sale now exclusively with thelondonpaper by either going online to thelondonpaper.com/headliners or by taking a copy of the paper into HMV. For readers of thelondonpaper, tickets will be priced at £17.50 for one day or £30 for a two-day pass; they will then go on general sale a week later on Thursday 9 July.

thelondonpaper HEADLINERS will be taking place on Wed 16 and Thurs 17 September 2009 bringing together up to 20 of Soho's finest venues to create a celebration of live music in the city,

Operating a single wristband system, the event will allow people to move between venues, catching as many bands as they want. Chart-topping acts will rub shoulders with breaking new bands, and up and coming talent will find themselves sharing stages with the finest singer songwriters around. In the spirit of thelondonpaper, the event will also include a number of impromptu free gigs in both established and more innovative, unexpected venues.

The first acts have now been revealed as multi platinum selling Sophie Ellis-Bextor, upcoming popster Frankmusik, quirky rockers The Magic Numbers and London's quiffed pop pioneer Esser, along with Animal Kingdom, Just Jack, Tommy Reilly, Fink, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Flood of Red, Ben Howard, Tommy Reilly, Dot Allison, The Boxer Rebellion, Gabriella Cilmi and stunning female songstress VV Brown. Other major artists are to be announced over the coming weeks, with the final line-up expected to offer a showcase of over 50 acts.