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This article is about Creamfields 2008 (Saturday) @ Daresbury Estate in Runcorn (UK), Sat 23 Aug 2008

Creamfields 10th Anniversary Rocks the Disco

CREAMFIELDS ’08 RECEIVES FANTASTIC FEEDBACK AS FANS RUSH FOR 2009 EARLY BIRD TICKETS!

Creamfields innovative 10th anniversary festival brought an incredible 2 days of entertainment to the North-West countryside this weekend generating fantastic feedback as the world’s best dance festival promoters paved the way for the next decade of dance music festivals.
Introducing camping for the first time, 85% of revellers snapped up the chance to stay over and the brand new boutique campsites proved a success as they completely sold out with the festival attracting 35,000 to the show on Saturday and 30,000 on Sunday.

Kasabian’s highly anticipated headline set on Sunday night saw the band fuse rock and dance like never before, kicking off with a cover of dance anthem ‘Your Love’ and leading a field of 15,000 revellers in a singalong to their hit ‘Cutt Off’ for an unforgettable Creamfields moment.

Fatboy Slim rocked the fields on Saturday night with his headline set on the main stage, playing a mix of house and big-beat techno as glow sticks waved far into the distance and the crowd swirled in mass appreciation for one of the world’s greatest superstar DJ’s. Another much talked about highlight was the legendary Chic who went down a storm getting everyone in the mood for disco as the sunshone throughout their performance.

Other storming sets came from Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto and Paul Van Dyk to name just a few iconic beat masters who took to the decks on the main arenas. Ian Brown played in North West superclub Chibuku’s arena, and has already been receiving rave reviews nationwide for his diverse material.
The hospitality arena was another popular hang-out this weekend with award winning restaurant Puschka providing quality food with top DJ’s lining up to take to the decks.

James Barton, Cream Chief Executive Officer, said: “We are really happy with the success of the festival this weekend. There were some delays getting customers into the campsite early on Saturday morning, but this was soon sorted out. We’ve had a really good festival, with a fantastic line up of acts and great audience which has made this our 10th Anniversary very special. And wed like to thank everyone who came to the show.”

Creamfields introduced more live bands then ever this year, and this diversity reached out to festival goers but the dance acts were as popular as ever, filling the 10,000 capacity Cream arena along with others like Ape, Tidy, Annie Mac, Bugged Out and Chibuku every night with a genre of dance music to suit every euphoric reveller.

Crime was at an all time low with only 7 reported incidents of theft from the campsite, with customers taking advantage of the Lockerbox service onsite. Creamfields festival-goers are described as one of the happiest festival crowds on earth and this year was no exception, roll on 2009!

Following the success of this years 2 day camping festival, Creamfields will return as a 2 day camping festival in 2009. Tickets will go on sale at 9am on Friday 29th August, and also allow customers to pay in 2 installments.
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wo0
I have never ever had such an amazing weekend. There's nothing I can say to fault it!

Those tickets are going to sell out most definately, because I'm getting all my mates up there to sample the pleasure that is Creamfields!

Thank you so much everyone. You're the tits!

x
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
IainC
wo0 said:
I have never ever had such an amazing weekend. There's nothing I can say to fault it!

Absolutely - it was great. I hope to see you all again next year!
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
DJChewy
great review & we all had a fab time there!
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
Dr-Beatz
Ditto to all of the above. I'll be back next year for sure.
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
Sam-E
Same here, by far the best festival I have ever been too, will def be back there next year
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
missvickie
Definately one of the best events I've ever been too!

Felt so thrilled to be part of it, need to do it all again next year!

XOXO
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DJChewy
are all the above besides myself photographers for the event ? mmmmmm
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
Sam-E
Well spotted
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
Dr-Beatz
DJChewy said:
are all the above besides myself photographers for the event ? mmmmmm

What does that mean? We are in no way obliged to sing it's praises. We all just had a fantastic weekend and are saying so.
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
Thai-Wronghorse
Bloody hell it makes a change to hear that a UK festival has done something right for once !
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
DJChewy
Sam-E said:
Well spotted

Dr-Beatz said:
What does that mean? We are in no way obliged to sing it's praises. We all just had a fantastic weekend and are saying so.

just an observation thats all, did u guys all get AAA passes with back stage/vip access i suppose so it makes it a better experience ;-)

Thai-Wronghorse said:
Bloody hell it makes a change to hear that a UK festival has done something right for once !

yup indeed and glad we made a change in scenery and headed up, well worth the trip! did u do sw4 or something local in london ?
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
Sam-E
DJChewy said:
just an observation thats all, did u guys all get AAA passes with back stage/vip access i suppose so it makes it a better experience ;-)

We had press passes and some of us had pit passes, but we get that at most of the festivals we cover so it doesn't really sway us more to this festival than any other.
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
davenewt
Sam-E said:
We had press passes and some of us had pit passes, but we get that at most of the festivals we cover so it doesn't really sway us more to this festival than any other.

Also, most people who went to Creamfields probably haven't seen this thread yet. It was started by a prospotter, who probbaly invited buddies. Those buddies will include other pros, admin and their friends, and so this thread is more likely to include people who had freebies until others get invited in too.
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
DJChewy
Sam-E said:
We had press passes and some of us had pit passes, but we get that at most of the festivals we cover so it doesn't really sway us more to this festival than any other.

good stuff sam, did any of u get any pix in the artist area ? they have free messages and even a fake tan machine! mad huh & was most impressed! lol

it was a great day out - did u guys camp as well ?
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
Dr-Beatz
Most of us stayed at a hotel about 20 - 30 mins away.
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
Sam-E
DJChewy said:
did any of u get any pix in the artist area ?

No they don't allow photos in there
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
DJChewy
Dr-Beatz said:
Most of us stayed at a hotel about 20 - 30 mins away.

ahh i see, so u did not get down & dirty with the rest of the campers & avoided the massive Qs ;-)

did u have to travel back to london ? its a long journey but worth it eh

Sam-E said:
DJChewy said:
did any of u get any pix in the artist area ?

No they don't allow photos in there

ok fair enuf mate, all good :-)
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
Sam-E
DJChewy said:
ahh i see, so u did not get down & dirty with the rest of the campers & avoided the massive Qs ;-)

did u have to travel back to london ? its a long journey but worth it eh

The main reason I opted for a hotel over the camping was security more than anything else. When you have 1000's pounds worth of kit with you, it helps you to sleep easy at night.

Yeah most of us came from london area, it was a long journey, but definitley worth while.
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
DJChewy
Sam-E said:
The main reason I opted for a hotel over the camping was security more than anything else. When you have 1000's pounds worth of kit with you, it helps you to sleep easy at night.

they have those lockerboxer thingy tho but i guess it's better to be 110% safe than sorry eh makes perfect sense to me and heard some stories where people stuff got taken from tents, go boutique camping is the way forward :-)

Sam-E said:
Yeah most of us came from london area, it was a long journey, but definitley worth while.

most definitely !
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Posted Wed 27 Aug 2008
Dr-Beatz
DJChewy said:
did u have to travel back to london ? its a long journey but worth it eh

I did the journey there on my own after work Friday. I left London at 5:30pm. Came back Monday leaving Liverpool at about 11:00am. It took me $:15 mins on the way up and about 3:30 mins on the way back. I avoided the M40 on the way up cos a friend told me it was very busy. Slightly longer, but for the main, I kept moving rather than being stuck in traffic on a motorway.
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