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Hong Kong (Aug 25, 2010) – Live Nation is proud to announce that Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook), the legendary DJ, musician, producer from UK and pioneer of dance music, will return to Hong Kong this October for an exclusive show.

Fans can expect to see Fatboy Slim performing with a full production, each song will be backed by a newly created state-of-the-art visual. These incredible visual displays had been created by the UK’s top visual art studio, Plastic Reality. Norman was taken to pinewood studio to create a digital avatar of himself that will feature in the live show. Plastic Reality creates digital special effects for Playstation and Xbox titles, such as DJ Hero. they have also created the roller-skating Evian 3D babies and worked on blockbuster movies like Harry Potter and James Bond Quantum of Solace.

Fatboy Slim has played the world's greatest venues, headlined numerous festivals and entertained millions with his ground breaking advances in dance music. In 2002, he played a free concert at Brighton Beach where 250,000 music lovers danced along the promenade at Brighton Beach. Fatboy Slim has taken the Big Beach event all over the world from Brazil to Japan to Ireland and he will now bring the same spirit to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong fans should prepare to be wowed by this full-on audio and visual extravaganza in October.

Opening Guest DJs:

Miss Yellow

Wong Yat Tung aka DJ Miss Yellow, renowned actress, model, TV personality and the most in-demand female DJ in HK. She started learning mixing with a little help from her mentor, HK’s legendary DJ Ryan Li. She’s now a part-time resident DJ at HYPE NASTY, and she also spins at various club nights and fashion parties. With her flawless technical skills, unique style and magnestic charisma, Miss Yellow is able to captivate every crowd.

Frankie Lam

Started his career at the age of 17, Frankie Lam is one of HK’s top DJs in the electronic music scene, he was also chosen to be Hong Kong Best DJ in 2006 by HK Magazine. His talent is best renowned by his widespread track selection and mixing skills that allow him to create a unique sound. Frankie is currently spinning at various clubs in China and working as event DJ / music consultant in many fashion shows.

Tickets will be on sale 10AM August 30.

The Legend Returns – Fatboy Slim Hong Kong Tour 2010

8PM – Fri Oct 8, 2010

AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 8

Tickets: HK$690 (all standing)

Tickets available at HK Ticketing, Tom Lee Outlets & HMV

Booking Hotline: (852) 31-288-288        Online Booking: www.hkticketing.com

General Enquiries: (852) 2989 9239

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By Jasmine Gardner,

Over the last weekend in August, 40,000 people will head to Clapham Common for the South West Four festival — a daily 20,000-strong crowd made up mostly of twenty-somethings.

Yet look at some of the headline acts, such as Carl Cox, Paul Oakenfold, Judge Jules, Pete Tong, John Digweed, Erick Morillo, Armand Van Helden, Josh Wink — a plethora of old-timer superstar DJs — and the average age on stage will be about 44 years old. It's an old-boys club of the Nineties dance music scene, still striving to be “down with the kids”.

“Anyone who actually likes dance music will be in the side tents,” says a friend of mine, who lists A-Track (28 years old), Skream & Benga (24 and 23) and Boys Noize (28) as the “worth-seeing” acts. “They produce relevant music whereas those main stage acts will just be trading off their past glories and hoping everyone is too pilled off their faces to notice,” he says. Tellingly, SW4 has not yet sold out.

Top of the bill on Sunday's main stage is Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook), who comes in just above the headliner average, at 46. These days he's not only a father of two (his second child, Nelly, was born in January) but also teetotal after a spell in rehab for alcohol addiction in 2009. After years tanking up on booze just to get up on stage because, says Cook, “for me it was always part and parcel of being a party DJ”, he now plays big events such as Glastonbury without a single drop.

“I get a bit nervous the hour before but then as soon as you hear the crowd chanting your name before you go on, something goes zzzzzzz' up the back of your neck.”

And Cook rejects the idea that his DJ retirement age could be approaching.

“There has never been a cut-off age for DJs,” he protests. “For pop stars, unless you're someone like the Rolling Stones, there is a cut-off age when you kind of look, or are considered, too old to be a pop star. You can't be a sex symbol when you're too old to be sexy. Whereas with the generation of superstar DJs, none of us were oil paintings in the first place and we never traded on our good looks and sexuality so seem to get away with it.”

The name Fatboy Slim has always brought to my mind a somewhat red face, a lined forehead, a receding hairline. Now those creases are a little deeper, the remaining hair a lot greyer. But otherwise, he's right, he remains the same. Silly shirt, jeans, goofy grin. It's all still there.
But he seems to forget that even Jagger's fans these days are mostly his own age. The job of DJs, whose home is in clubs surrounded by youth, is to appeal to their audience.

Shortly after one of London's most esteemed clubs, The End, closed in January 2009, I spoke to Layo Paskin, one half of DJ duo Layo and Bushwacka!, who ran The End for 13 years. Having called time, Paskin explained: “James Holden and I once had a discussion in which we said that there should be no DJs over 30. I'm not quite sure how old James is now, but I'm 38.” (Layo & Bushwacka! are also on the South West Four bill.)
Billy Reilly, who used to run The Cross, The Key and Canvas at King's Cross, agrees with Paskin.

“What 20-year-old really wants to go and party to music being played by a 49-year-old?” he says. Put that question to 46-year-old Cook and his response is: “Well, they [the 20-year-olds] patently do.” Although I'm 27 and I wouldn't pay to see him play.

“If you look at Carl Cox, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Tenaglia, all the originals from my generation, we're all still going so we don't know where that cut-off point is. It's definitely not over 30, it doesn't seem to be over 40, and over the next five years we'll see where we can push it. As long as I'm enjoying it and the crowd is enjoying it, it seems to work.”

Yet the dance music industry is a different beast from the days of Fatboy Slim's peak. While in 1999 his hit Praise You went to No 1 in the charts, his latest release with the electro house DJ, Hervé (30, by the way), Machines Can Do The Work, had (says his PR) no chart expectation and — as with most dance records these days — was an online-only release. The days of DJs turning “superstar” are over.

Although Cook says “being a DJ, there are no real peaks and troughs”, he lists his career highlights as the second Big Beach Boutique in Brighton, when more than 250,000 people turned up to see him play, which was in 2002, and “one week when my album knocked Robbie Williams off No 1, I got engaged to [Radio 2 presenter] Zoë [Ball] and I won a Brit.” That was 1999.

He also contradicts his “making a living out of doing something I really enjoy is what keeps me going” line when he says: “I don't really go to clubs in London unless I'm working at them so I don't really know what's going on in there … People go there to not be reminded of their boring day job, and when I go there I am reminded of my boring day job.” You can never be quite sure if he does still love it, or if it simply pays the bills.

These days he has different priorities. “I've always said I'm happier at No 9 in the charts than No 1 because you can also be a human being and a husband and a father at the same time.”

So while he's at home being a 46-year-old dad, the twentysomethings will be out in London, dancing to a new beat.

source: www.thisislondon.co.uk

Sample of Fatboy Slim – Soul Surfing (1998) (at 07:18)

First and foremost, how are you?

I am Norman Cook also known as Fatboy Slim. I am very well, thank you for asking.

What have you been up to this summer?
This summer I went to South Africa to be the official DJ for the world cup. I did seven shows and five matches which was great fun. Then straight to Glastonbury, we've also done festivals in Poland, Vienna, Athens, Dublin, it’s been full on… Its summer season!

Have you been taken over by World Cup fever?
I was totally taken over by it, obviously being there in the heart of it. Surrounded by the vuvuzelas which I have to say they sound more powerful and inspiring when you're at the game but on TV they sound like annoying bees. When you're there it’s kind of like an animal and crowd roar! It’s also a lot easier watching other teams which were all fun until we went to the England game, it got a little bit more edgy, but yeah followed England and obviously being there really helped. Even brought two vuvuzelas home!

Do you think you would ever incorporate a vuvuzela into one of your sets?
Ha ha! Yes! I was going to use a vuvuzela in my set at Glastonbury but we left it in our tent. What we were trying to do, as we sometimes use airhorns on stage, was work out if we could put the gas from the air horns through the vuvuzela which would be pretty loud. I'm going to try and do that for Clapham so keep them peeled!

How was it to play in South Africa after the England games?
It was quite weird playing Cape Town after we drew with Algeria. Everybody was a little annoyed after a second draw and I had to walk from the match to the gig as we couldn't find our transport. I was walking with some England fans so I was like 'C'mon! C'mon!' Half of the people at the gig won't be English but you’ve got to get yourself together and do a good show. We got to the point where we thought, sod football and lets party! It’s quite hard, obviously with mixing the emotions of the football with the emotions of the gig. I'm glad I only have to do it every four years.

How was Glastonbury for you this year?
It was great this year! As everybody knows, it has been the sunniest year and that really brings out the best in Glasto, it’s easy to just chill out and relax. I think when the weather's bad everyone just drinks and canes drugs to get through it as where in the sunshine everyone seemed a lot more relaxed and on it. Had a great time… saw Stevie Wonder, Hot Chip, Muse and Plan B.

Was it a pleasant change to see bright sunshine at Glastonbury this year, or did it take away that Glastonbury feel of being knee deep in mud?
I normally remember Glastonbury as knee deep in mud, half way through a bottle of vodka so for me it’s really nice to be sober, clean and dry. The sunshine brings out the best in people, it’s kind of like an Ibiza spirit!

How would you prepare for an event of that magnitude?
The preparation for a gig is always pretty much the same. Get there on time, make sure all the equipment is working, make sure you got the biggest show that you technically can and put on a loud shirt. It’s the same for the big and small shows, the only difference being the lighting and production.

You’re playing at Space and Eden in Ibiza this summer. Are you looking forward to getting back over there again?
YES! I’ve actually been back already this year, played at the opening at Space so it’s nice to be back there. I'll be doing my normal thing, taking the family over for two weeks but then daddy disappears and doesn't come back for 24 hours. This is mine and Zoe's 12th Ibiza together, we always celebrate our anniversary there… We met at Pete Tong’s villa 12 years ago now!

What’s the best thing about spending the summer in Ibiza?
For me, it’s being able to mix a family holiday with doing work as normally work involves a lot of travelling. To have the audience just down the road from somewhere where you'd be there on holiday anyway is fantastic! Kids, don’t spend a summer in Ibiza, three weeks tops! A lot of my friends have spent various seasons out there and it’s not good for your mental and physical health!

How did you find working with Hervé on ‘Machines Can Do The Work’?
It’s great working with Hervé, we're kind of kindred spirits. We like the same music but we were a little freaked out about the idea that we do tend to cross over with pop themes and we were thinking this is kind of David Barry and Queen so we felt under pressure and decided to go the other way. I had my trustee 303 with me, Hervé hadn't seen a real one before, only on simulator so we got playing with that and we said ''let the machines do their work and we could make this massive house tune!''

How are your SW4 preparations coming along? Is there anything you’re particularly excited about?
I’m trying to get someone to build the gas powered vuvuzela, some lighting ideas that we need to check with health and safety but can't give anymore away at the moment, and then trying to get all the lazers in the whole of England!

How important is it to you that you put on a show for a crowd as well showcasing great music?
I think for me, if there has to be a priority it’s putting on a show for the crowd. Even if it means not playing a brand new tune that I don't think the crowd know that I want to get off my chest. I'm there to please the crowd… there to entertain, not educate.

What do you like most about playing an inner-city festival like SW4?
I don’t actually play a lot of them, they tend to be fields in the middle of nowhere or beaches. Very few apart from in London are actually in the city. So, what you try and do is forget that you're surrounded by the buildings and noise and try to imagine that you're on a beach like Copacabana which might work!

Why do you think this year’s South West Four will be the best one to date?
The weather is going to be fantastic, an amazing line up and this time I will headline the stage with the proper equipment and all the lights and visuals.

You’re unable to do your famous Brighton Beach Show this year. Why is South West Four an ideal replacement?
SW4 is naturally the replacement for Brighton Beach as geographically is the closest. South London is where all my family are from too, so we'll be bringing the posse down!

Any hints on the surprises you have in store for us at SW4?
The only hint I can give is something that happened at Glastonbury that if we can do it safely we will be doing it at SW4. I'll say no more!

Having seen the SW4 line-up, is there anyone who you are particularly excited about seeing?
The good thing about it is that it’s my mates like Carl Cox and Hervé so a lot of them I've played with them throughout the summer BUT Salt N Pepa! I've never seen before and they remind me of my youth so I'm very interested to see their show which I hope will be a good one.

source: www.southwestfour.com

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Special thanks to Rory

Duration: 20min 19sec:

Bitrate: 128kbps.

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Source: RTE 2 Fm, Ireland

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Tracklist by Rory:

Roland Clark – Intro
Fatboy Slim – Praise You
Rico Tubbs – Hip Rave Anthem
Fatboy Slim – F***ing In Heaven (Acapella)
Sidney Samson – Riverside
Art vs Science 'Parlez-Vous Francais?' (Nadastrom remix)
Tom Staar – Two-Tone Simms
Fatboy Slim VS Herve – Machines Can Do The Work (Acapella)
Fatboy Slim – Right Here Right Now (Abel Ramos To Brighton With Love Remix)
Fatboy Slim – Right Here Right Now (Redanka Remix)

Special thanks to Woka & Rory