Dizzee Rascal among artists in window display project

Music artists Dizzee Rascal and Florence Welch are to create window displays at London store Selfridges.
They are among 10 artists given free rein to create their designs, based around one of their songs, in a project called Sounds Of The Mind.
Others involved in the project include Hot Chip, Empire Of The Sun and Paloma Faith, as well as hotly tipped bands The XX and Marina And The Diamonds.
The project, which launches in May, is intended to celebrate lyrical power.
It has been timed to tie in with the start of the festival season.
Dizzee Rascal chose to build use hit song Bonkers as his theme while Welch, who fronts Florence And The Machine, chose to illustrate her track Cosmic Love.
"The concept behind this is crazy. I want people to be blown away, to see how creative we can be visually with my music," Dizzee Rascal said.
Meanwhile, Ms Welch said the project was about "creating a representation of the song in a visual sense" to envisage "what a song would look like instead of hearing it".
The windows will be part of a themed sequence of displays which includes others by Selfridges' own experts.

Dizzee Is One Luck Rascal

Dizzee Rascal has sorted out the perfect ticket to the World Cup - he's signed up to perform a gig at the Cool Britannia festival site in Cape Town, South Africa.

The festival has room for 10,000 footie fans to watch all the live games in a safe environment. And later on there are DJs and live acts playing into the night.

Best of all, it's just a stone's throw from the Green Point stadium, where much of the action will be taking place.

It doesn't get much better than that.

Arcade Fire - Guns N' Roses Headline Reading

Guns N' Roses Arcade Fire and Blink-182 have been confirmed as headliners for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals, with The Libertines, Queens of the Stone Age, Dizzee Rascal and Biffy Clyro among other artists on the bill.

Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink-182 have been confirmed as headliners for this year's Reading and Leeds festivals.

The US groups will each top the bill on one night of the three-day event - which takes place on two sites between August 27-29 - with Dizzee Rascal, Paramore, Biffy Clyro and Queens of the Stone Age also performing.

As has previously been reported, The Libertines - Carl Barat, Pete Doherty, Gary Powell and John Hassall - have reformed for the event, playing their first shows together in almost six years.

Guns N' Roses - who play Reading on the first day and Leeds on the final night - are still fronted by Axl Rose, but feature no other original members.

Other artists playing across the three-day event include Lostprophets, Limp Bizkit, Weezer, Mumford and Sons, The Gaslight Anthem, LCD Soundsystem, We Are Scientists and Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke.

Crowd goes Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal Big Day Out Akl 2010

The Prodigy Headline Ibiza Rocks 2010, Florence and the Machine and Dizzee Rascal are also announced

The Prodigy have been confirmed to play a special fifth birthday party at this year’s Ibiza Rocks which takes place all summer long on the legendary party island.Also confirmed to appear during the season are Dizzee Rascal, Florence and the Machine.Calvin Harris and Delphic will also be there while Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke is also set to play one of his first ever solo shows.Ibiza Rocks kicks off on June 8th at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel in San Antonio and goes right through until September

Dizzee Rascal tries to fight audience member – Daily Gossip (video)

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Dizzee Rascal leapt into the crowd and tried to grab an audience member during his Big Day Out gig in Brisbane, Australia, (January 18) – after he was hit in the head with a stick of deodorant. Watch video footage of the aftermath of the incident below. The rapper halted his set straightaway, jumping into the photo pit and trying to get to a blonde haired man in the audience, who other fans were pushing towards the barrier. However, security intervened and prevented the two from clashing (various).

Dizzee Rascal to headline London Lovebox Weekender festival

Dizzee Rascal has been announced as a headliner of the 2010 Lovebox Weekender festival, set to take place in London's Victoria Park next July.

Chase & Status will also play at the event. Dizzee Rascal will headline the first night of the bash, on July 16, with the event continuing until the Sunday (18).

The rest of the line-up is yet to be announced. See Lovebox.net for more information.
To check the availability of Lovebox tickets and get all the latest listings, go to GigSport.