From a non-corporate festival (below) to arguably the most corporate, this year's V Festival has announced its headliners which includes a strong dance line-up.

The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Hot Chip and erm, Robyn join the dancier end of the acts playing at this years events.

Other headliners include Muse, The Verve, Kings of Leon, Stereophonics, Kaiser Chiefs, Amy Winhouse and The Kooks.

The events take place on 16th and 17th August 2008 at Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire. Tickets go on sale on Friday at www.vfestival.com

We've just received the last EVER line up for Turmills, the London clubbing institution which closes at the end of March.

The details are as follows: The Last Ever Gallery on Friday 21st March will feature, among others, Judge Jules, Tall Paul, Seb Fontaine and Sister Bliss.

The Heavenly Get Together on Saturday 22nd March will feature The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim and Justin Robertson.

The Last Dance House Special on Sunday 23rd March will include sets from Frankie Knuckles, CJ Mackintosh and another 'what retirement?' set from Danny Rampling.

All parties start at 9pm and will probably roll til the afternoon. Check www.ticketweb.co.uk for tickets at £20 + bf. You can only buy four tickets per booking.

Chemical Brothers will be playing live in a one-off, never-to-be-seen again performance as part of the  first ever Beck's Fusions live performance taking place on Sunday 9 September in Trafalgar Square - and you can be there thanks to Mixmag. Beck's Fusions, presented with ICA, unites leading musical and artistic talent to join forces and create original and inspiring performances and the Trafalgar Square event sees Chemical Brothers uniting with United Visual Artists to perform a one-off, live projection set, while Scot-of-the-moment Calvin Harris will be unleashing his 3D
set with artists Novak 3D Disco. Tickets for this unique event are all sold out, but we've blagged 5 pairs of tickets.
For the chance to win email your name and phone number to competitions@mixmag.net with Chemical Brothers in the subject line.
For more info go to www.becksfusions.com

The Chemical Brother-s new album ‘We are The Night- has gone straight into number one in this week-s UK album charts. This is their fifth consecutive studio album to top the album charts alongside ‘Dig Your Own Hole- ‘Surrender- ‘Come With Us- and ‘Push the Button-. The only other acts to have five consecutive number on studio albums are Abba, The Beatles, Led Zepellin, Oasis, Blur and Rod Stewart.

Catch the live show in December:
Sat 8th - Glasgow SECC
Thu 13th - Brixton Academy
Fri 14th - Brixton Academy (late show)

Check out www.thechemicalbrothers.com and www.myspace.com/thechemicalbrothers for more info...
 
 

After the resounding success of Fatboy Slim's Rockness gig last year, organisers have turned this year's event into a 2 day festival with Chemical Brothers (Saturday 9 June) and Daft Punk (Sunday 10 June).
Taking place on the banks of Loch Ness, it will have an increased capacity of 35,000 and will also feature Soulwax, Erol Alkan, The Cuban Brothers, Groove Armada and another 60 acts over 4 stages.
See www.rockness.co.uk for more info

If you want to see an exclusive clip of the awesome Chemical Brothers performing live at Glastonbury then click here

It's from the brilliant Glastonbury movie that will be released 17 July on a special two-disc set with extras that allow you to edit the film so you only see the bands you want to. It includes performances from the Chems, Goldfrapp and Kaiser Chiefs.

Who would you edit in or out? tell us...