URN

On Sunday 26th May, Nottingham was lucky enough to host the third instalment of the Dot-to-Dot festival 2013, in association with Fred Perry Subculture. With a wide range of acts across eight venues, Dot to Dot brought an electric atmosphere to Nottingham and kicked off the the festival season with an incredibly worthy bang.

Swim Deep, Rock City, 5pm

It is back. Do NOT miss the awesome opportunity on Sunday 26th to see some truly amazing bands. If you’re a massive music fan, or want to find a new artist to fall in love with, Dot-To-Dot is the festival for you. The variety of bands to see is fantastic, each venue has a great atmosphere plus you don’t have to crack out the wellies to get from A to B.

So what is Dot To Dot?
Basically, an awesome festival over three days; starting in Manchester on the Friday, Bristol on the Saturday and, saving best til last, ending in Nottingham on Sunday. It’s 14 hours of running from venue to venue, giving you the opportunity to see whichever great artists or bands you want. There’s literally something for EVERYONE.

Who's playing?
Last year’s stages were graced by Bastille, The Drums, To Kill A King and Jake Bugg, to name a few! DtD is the perfect opportunity to see all those fantastic artists for a ridiculous good price. Once again, Dot to Dot have got some absolute corkers for you. Headliners are

Dot-to-Dot 2012

This year, Dot-to-Dot Festival returns to Nottingham on Sun 3rd June. Dot-to-Dot has built up a reputation for being the place to see the very best new and upcoming artists; Previous line-ups have included Friendly Fires, Laura Marling and Simian Mobile Disco to name a few. Last years festival brought sets from SBTRKT, Ed Sheeran and Darwin Deez, each on the brink of a huge 2011/2012.

The festival takes place across Nottingham city centre, with artists playing in 5 of Nottingham's live venues - queue a mad rush across town from Rock City to The Bodega, and then back to Rescue Roooms to cram in as many acts as possible! One ticket gets you into all the venues.

If you missed our preview show on Monday, these are some of the artists we're particularly looking forward to seeing:
Jake Bugg
The Drums
Bastille
Hooray for Earth
Clock Opera
Last Dinosaurs

You can find all the information on artists, venues and tickets here:
http://dottodotfestival.co.uk/

and here's the Spotify Playlist!
http://sharemyplaylists.com/dot-to-dot-2012

On Sunday 29th May, URN headed down to Dot to Dot to bring you news, photo and gossip fresh from the festival. We spent the day running from Rock City to Bodega to Trent and back to Stealth to see as many acts as possible. If you weren’t able to make it or want a reminder of the day we have put together a bunch of photos, reviews and videos HERE for you to check out.

Wolf Gang

We squeezed our way into the packed Rescue Rooms to get a glimpse of Wolf Gang and it was immediately clear that the lack of air was worth it! Their music was energetic and catchy and the room was filled with feet tapping and hips shaking. Their popular tracks ‘Back to Back’ and ‘Lions in Cages’ went down a storm. Along with this, their latest single ‘The King and All of His Men’ retained the band’s signature raw sound but was very accessible with the crowd chanting the lyrics. We had an all round fun half an hour watching Wolf Gang.

Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran