http://sheffieldblog.com/2009/07/14/sheffield-music-city-incorporating-tramlines-festival/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8048343.stm

Still no sign of the line-up though…

That’s what a number of the city’s promoters and artists (including Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders, ‘Reverend’ Jon McClure and Toddla T) concluded, and thus decided to come together to organise an event showcasing Sheffield’s hottest talent, as well as a range of leading cross-genre acts from around the country.
The result is Tramlines, which will take place across the city between July 24th-26th this year, there will be a weekend main stage on Devonshire Green plus a big screen in the Peace Gardens, workshops and dancing in Barker’s Pool, and specialist markets on Fargate and Devonshire Green.

We attended the press launch at The Bowery Bar and grabbed more ten minutes with some of the players, there was propaganda on the tables with little nibbles, champaign at the bar, bitching behind people backs and then polite hand shakes with the people they had just slagged of.

This is the state of play in Sheffield’s village, do not get us wrong because we do not own a Pulp record dose not mean non respect, neither do we own a Toddler T record and would ask just who the fuck is James O Hara?

The first time we watched The Arctic Monkeys, we liked them said stadiam rock and left them to it, there is more to Sheffield Reverend and the Makers, and emerging DJ Toddla T, all have interesting things to say about the state of play in Sheffield today.

But likewise so do people like Freenoise, who for us should contact the organiser and say yer right you want something and give it to then double loaded, another good idea rubbished by the likes of Exposed and hallam FM

The moment you begin to place the commercial into music, you get The Human League and don’t you want me baby, as Jarvis has said the last 2 albums of Pulp was not a joy but a pain, when something music becomes this then time to walk of stage exit left, as we have often done, we are the people that brought you and so fourth, we did it because we love it not for the ego.

Sometime back, we bounced back with Matilda 190 gigs and for us all blinding all successful because there was no agenda, but our own, we was doing this because we loved music, the vibe of a dirty down trodden and often cold venue, but when the likes of c90 come in and kicked of an old school rave, DJ Scotch Egg with his game boy made the plaster fall of the wall, it took us back to The Limit The Halcyon days of Sheffield Music where The Beat was the Law.

You can never repeat the Maples or The Early Days of The Leadmill, The round the block queue for Radical Dance Faction at The Hallimshire, and we would not desire to, but neither do we want more shit, and we hope we are proven wrong with Tramlines, all we can say is watch this space:

this is the lib dems going for the young ones look at us we are hip and trendy etc, shall not say to much but the meetings for this was erm of intrest who is? is that a drink i joke not.

it will happen and lets hope each year from now on, music in the sun should have known that would happen seemed that way when we offerd to help out for nowt, a little bit freeked anarchist being involved, utter diffrent story rergards what is planed, at long last a ruleing party willing to work with people and for the benafit of widder sheffield.

at long last sheffield understands what makes it good..

It includes a main stage on Devonshire green for ‘big name pop acts’ and the line-up will be unveiled on May 12 by curators Jon McClure, Toddla T and Matt Helders.

this is nice …
http://www.acrylicafternoons.com/nmesound.html