Festival regular Fatboy Slim has confirmed he will be performing at Glastonbury Festival in 2011.

The superstar DJ revealed his appearance at in a reply to a question posed by Vic on the Ask Norman part of Fatboy Slim's official website, here Norman Cook reveals he will be at the Festival in 2011.

His reply states, "Hello vic, sorry I didn't get this until I got back from Glasto. I didn't get there until Friday coz I flew straight from the world cup in South Africa. I hope you caught me in the dance tent on Friday night coz my 'guerilla' gig didn't happen on Saturday. It was supposed to be a sound system by the bandstand but the security got wind (as did too many people) and they closed us down because of crowd safety. It's a shame, next year I'll go back up to Shangri La and play one of the more recognised systems like Arcadia. I hope you enjoyed the sunshine. What a classic Glasto that was!"

source: efestivals.co.uk

Norman Cook has done it all. Over a career spanning nearly two decades he’s produced global number ones, headlined every party under the sun, and single-handedly kept the Hawaiian fashion industry in the black. As if that wasn’t enough, after years of DJ high-jinx and a well-publicised battle with alcoholism he celebrated his first sober year by running the Brighton Marathon in April. There was only one thing left for him to do…

We are proud to present Fatboy Slim's first ever Mixmag CD.

Full of sunshine friendly tracks from the likes of Basement Jaxx, Sidney Samson, Tom Starr, We Have Band, Afrojack and Detboi, it's a mix that will most certainly be going down in Mixmag's history.

Plus, to celebrate the CD, Fatboy Slim has done an exclusive interview, talking about family life, surviving the Brighton marathon and being the official World Cup DJ, you can read what he's got to say, and hear what he's got to play, in the Mixmag's July Issue…

The July issue of Mixmag is out this Thursday, June 17th, with a special Dubstep 2010 fold out collectors' edition.

Meanwhile, check out the tracklist below:

01 | TJR 'Booty Move'
02 | Tom Staar 'Two Tone Simms'
03 | Art vs Science 'Parlez-Vous Francais?' (Nadastrom remix)
04 | Dan McKie 'Arabian Robots' (Dan McKie’s Fish Don’t Dance remix)
05 | We Have Band 'Divisive' (Tom Staar mix)
06 | Afrojack 'Pacha On Acid' (Original mix edit)
07 | Sidney Samson Feat Lady Bee 'Shut Up And Let It Go' (Chuckie remix, FS edit)
08 | Basement Jaxx 'Acid Luv'
09 | Fatboy Slim Vs Herve 'Machines Can Do The Work' (Action Man aka Hervé’s Acid Flash mix)
10 | Groove Allegiance 'Ramp It Up' (Hijack remix)
11 | Swen Weber 'Time For Samba'
12 | Dr Kucho 'Kung Fu Funk'
13 | Voodoo Chilli 'Love Songs'
14 | Detboi Feat Bliscoteque 'Rainbows'

source: .mixmag.net & fatboyslim.net

By Bernard Salmon
Published:  10 June, 2010

"WHAT a stupid question," Norman Cook said in reply to my opening enquiry about whether he was looking forward to coming back to play at RockNess this year.
 

The superstar DJ, aka Fatboy Slim, is heading back for the shores of Loch Ness to play at the festival and said that "of course" he was looking forward to returning.

He said: "I can't wait for it. This will be my third time playing at the festival and I feel like a proud father seeing how a child's getting on." Once his appearance at Dores is out the way, Norman will be flying out to South Africa to do a series of gigs for fans attending the football World Cup.

Norman describes himself as the "unofficial official DJ" for the England team.

He said: "I'll actually be flying out to South Africa the day after RockNess, so I'll be missing the first England group game, but apart from that I'll be the 'official' DJ..

"I'll be doing some gigs for the England fans and also for the Australians and Brazilians.

"It actually began in Japan two World Cups ago, as I was there when they were awarded the World Cup and I just thought it would be a brilliant idea to schedule gigs around the England games.

"It gives the fans something to do on their days off, particularly in the group stages, and I think that's good for everyone – good for me, good for the fans and I think good for the World Cup." But Norman had some reassurance for Scottish fans.

He said: "When it comes to England, there's always the factor that they'll go out on penalties in the quarter-finals or in the semis.

"I want them to win, but I think it will be another brave but glorious failure by England.

"I never actually book gigs much past the group stages." Another sporting thing that Norman's been involved with recently was running a marathon in his home city of Brighton.

He said: "It was very hard work, but very rewarding.

"It's one of those rites of passage that you want to do once in your life.

"It was a good time for me to do it, as I'd given up drinking and we also had our new daughter, so I had the time to do the training.

"I was in training for five months and got round in four hours 53 minutes..

"I ran the whole way round and didn't die, which was the main goal I'd set myself.

"I don't know if I'd do it again, though, as it was really brutal." In addition to running 26 miles, Norman's also recently collaborated with former Talking Heads star David Byrne on Here Lies Love an album about the life of the Philippines' ex-first lady Imelda Marcos.

Norman said: "It came about because David just phoned me up.

"I've been a fan of his ever since my youth and I like everything he's done.

"The idea of working on a musical about Imelda Marcos was a suitably leftfield one and it was just a pleasure working with him." Norman admits that he didn't know an awful lot about Marcos before embarking on the project.

"I just knew what most people know, which is that she had lots of shoes," he said.

"But working on the project meant I had to do a lot of research and it was interesting to find out the real story.

"As David said, he wrote 22 songs for this and none of them are about shoes." In addition to RockNess and the World Cup gigs, Norman said he would be having a busy summer playing several festivals, with an appearance at Glastonbury lined up, as well as gigs at Clapham Common in London and in Belfast, amongst others.

And he's also got a new single coming out, which is a collaboration with his DJ colleague Herv é ..

He also intends releasing a new Fatboy Slim record later this year, although he's not working on that yet.

But before then, Norman promised a treat for the fans at RockNess.

"Look out for a special tailor-made song," he said.

"This is my third time playing there, and every time I have a special tune for Rock Ness."

l Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim will be headlining Rock Ness tomorrow (Friday). "I set up the first one and it was just supposed to be a big party by the lake but it's grown into a fully-fledged festival and I do like to come along every other year and see how my child's getting on and growing.He stated: "I could not believe that no-one had thought of using such a beautiful location for a festival.

"Luckily the good people of Dores thought this could be really good fun.

"They might have been wary of all these people, but once a year they just open the place up for a good party." Norman said the location by Loch Ness was what had attracted him to set up the festival.

source: highland-news.co.uk

Special thanks to Rory

source: h2oparty.com

Fatboy Slim has always known the value of a decent video. The dance giant stormed the United States on the back of inventive promos such as 'Praise You' which may have featured on of the world's first flash mobs.

Helping push his music into a global sphere of recognition, some of the videos are better known than the actual single. 'Weapon Of Choice' featured Christopher Walken strutting his stuff, mixing Hollywood stars with British dance music.

Now Fatboy Slim is set to commission a new director via the online project Radar Music Videos. New track 'Machines Do The Work' will be given an inventive video by an as yet unknown director.

The project could uncover a vital new British film talent, with the video set to be given an official release. In the past Radar Music has been used by a variety of groups, including Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip.

The spoken word duo previously recruited an unknown director, sparking a series of collaborations. Director David Fisehl was chosen to create the video for their single 'Sick Tonight' and has gone on to work with several other artists.

In total, more than 100 artists have used Radar Music to find a new director with the site uniting artists with previously unknown film crews.

Fatboy Slim will pick the best video, with the pick of the crop being broadcast on the BBC Film Network via the Radar section on the broadcaster's official website.

source: clashmusic.com

Cat No: SKINT186

A Machines Can Do The Work

B Machines Can Do The Work (Action Man Aka Hervé "Acid Flash" Mix )

Special thanks to woka & Johnny B.T.N.T.

source: www.fatboyslim.net

Last updated: 01st May 2010

I'm not sure if we are official but we've been getting away with it!

Norman Cook

 

 

 

Music and football go hand-in-hand as we prove on a weekly basis on Soccer AM, nearly as much as Rocket and Taking One for the Team.

 

Add into the mixture the World Cup and your day job and you're basically in heaven… if you're world renowned DJ Norman Cook that is!

 

The man behind Fatboy Slim, Norman's blend of house, funk, hip-hop, electro and techno has had the masses moving to his music for almost two decades now, and this summer he's planning to entertain the England fans in South Africa.

 

"I am the semi-official FA, official DJ of the World Cup!" he told Soccer AM.

 

"We started it in Japan. We were there when it was announced that Japan had the World Cup and we just thought 'why don't we just book gigs around the England games – then we get to be there.'

 

"So I did a t-shirt saying 'Fatboy Slim official DJ of the World Cup', because you can have the official beer and the official chewing gum.

 

"Then at all the games the FA people kept coming up and offering us tickets to Ireland games and Japan games and after a while I said; 'it's really kind of you' and they said ' well you are our official DJ'!

 

"I'm not sure if we are official but we've been getting away with it!

 

"The basic gist is; I go and play a gig either the night before or the night after the England games and it gives the England fans something to do when they're there and this time we're doing six shows and six games at the World Cup.

 

"We're playing Rockness then flying out, so we miss the first England game, but we're seeing Brazil, Spain, Holland and the other two England games.

 

"But we only book the gigs up to the group stages, because we don't want to tempt fate with England getting too much further!"

 

Brighton

 

When he's not spinning his decks in front of crowds of tens of thousands, Norman can be seen on the terraces at Brighton, where he is also a shareholder.

 

The south-coast club are currently sitting comfortably in mid-table in League One and Norman admitted he couldn't be happier with the way the season has gone.

 

He said: "Mid-table is really good for us. We're normally at the top or the bottom, usually at the bottom so we're really happy at being gloriously mid-table.

 

"The way things have gone the last few seasons it's a triumph for us. And we've always got something to work on."

 

Stadium

 

As well as being 'gloriously' in mid-table the club have a new home to look forward to as they prepare to leave the Withdean for the Falmer Stadium.

 

And Norman revealed he was excited by the prospect of seeing the Seagulls in their new surroundings.

 

He continued: "We've been homeless for well over 10 years, but we've got a lovely new stadium which is flourishing and growing and it's great because every time you drive by it it's got bigger!

 

"So it will be ready for the season after next (to play in), but it should be ready about this time next year, and it looks great."

 

 

 

source: socceram.com

 

Special thanks to Vambo

No stranger to Malaysian shores, both rapper Wyclef and Brit dance maverick Fatboy Slim have played in Kuala Lumpur previously. They will be the crowd-pulling acts again next month and both men will be out to top the 15,000 fans that turned up at the Sepang venue to watch Jamiroquai last year.

Wyclef, renowned for his humanitarian work, has been busy helping out the earthquake victioms in his native Haiti.

 DJ Norman Cook a.k.a. Fatboy Slim holds up a joke with one hand carefully on the controls.

The 37-year-old rapper, who made a name for himself with the multi-platinum outfit Fugees in the 1990s, has also established a solid solo career and been a prominent force in hip hop. A new album is on the cards for Wyclef, who already has solo hits like "Ghetto Religion," "We Trying To Stay Alive," "Hey Girl" and "Gone Until November" to his credit.

Hailing from Brighton, England, Fatboy Slim (real name Norman Cook) is a good bet to get the crowd into a frenzy with a career of built from big beat anthems and big party deejay notoriety.

He has worked on an eclectic spread of collaborations in recent years, including the Brighton Port Authority project and the upcoming David Byrne collaboration featuring music based on Imelda Marcos' life and times.

With a deejay set to roll, Fatboy Slim is not to be missed at Sepang next month.

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source: star-ecentral.com