With tickets sold out weeks ago to our South West Four festival, we can now reveal that we’ve got less than 200 tickets left on sale for our Official After Party!! These are likely to be snapped up within the next few days, so if you haven’t yet bought your ticket – please don’t leave it too late. The Official After Party will be hosted by SW4 fave Bedrock, featuring main man John Digweed as exclusive headliner. Like you, John will be making the short trip from Clapham Common to The Clapham Grand – located less than 10 minutes walk away from the festival site. The Grand is a killer venue, think a smaller scaled Brixton Academy... and it’s also the scene for our Get Loaded After Party too. But back to the SW4 shindig and an extended set from Digger, supported by Paolo Mojo and Matt von Holtz. We’ve also got our mates Twisted Audio hosting the top room too, so plenty of excellent electronic music to keep you bouncing until the early wee hours of Sunday morning!!

FINAL AFTER PARTY TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F0040EAE2EB6087?artistid=943167&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=201

SOUTH WEST FOUR - SOLD OUT!

We knew it would and now it has!! As part of this years Clapham Weekender the South West Four festival, taking place on Saturday 23rd August is now officially SOLD OUT. With less than three weeks to go until the big day, this summer’s event has been our fastest selling festival to date... and with our strongest line-up yet it’s easy to see why. This will undoubtedly come as very bad news to those unlucky enough to be locked outside, but the good news is our Sunday festival Get Loaded in the Park still has tickets left. We must warn you though that these are also selling fast and with this major announcement sending tremors through clubland, it’ll no doubt sell out very soon.

GET LOADED IN THE PARK
BANK HOLIDAY SUNDAY 24^TH AUGUST 2008
CLAPHAM COMMON, SW4

LAST REMAINING TICKETS £40 / After Party until 6am
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/ / 0844 847 2467
http://www.seetickets.co.uk/ / 08712 307141

Featuring in the Dance Tents...

Gossip, Soulwax, Mylo, DJ Yoda, Plump DJs, The Presets, Boys Noize, Krafty Kuts, DJ Yoda, Utah Saints, Beardyman, Midnight Juggernauts, The Nextmen, Plastic Little, Wiley, Streetlife DJs and many more alongside live bands including Iggy & The Stooges, Supergrass, Gogol Bordello, Kate Nash, Reverend & The Makers, The Maccacbees.... grab your tickets whilst they’re hot!

For full line up / more info: http://www.getloadedinthepark.com/

This really is it. South West Four is on the brink of selling out in the quickest time ever!! We’ll be surprised if we’ve got any tickets left after the weekend, so if you’re reading this we urge you to buy yours right this second from Ticketmaster – before they all go for another year!!

Last remaining tickets on sale here: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/artist/943167?brand=uk_southwestfour&camefrom=CFC_UK_LOCKNLOAD_SW4WEBSITE

The sun is shining and the weather is most definitely sweet. Following our latest announcement stating we’re down to our last remaining tickets, we thought we’d show you highlights of last years event just to get your juices flowing!

South West Four‘s official after party has always been a legendary affair and this year it takes place in the more intimate surroundings of one of south London’s best nightclubs the Clapham Grand right next door to the Common. Hosted by one of the world’s biggest DJ`s John Digweed it will be THE place to be as the sun goes down on this summer’s South West Four festival.

Digweed really needs no introduction a top 10 DJ for over a decade and responsible for one of london longest running monthly nights Bedrock, it was a mecca for the music industry as well as fans of John’s sound and still draws roadblock crowds today! His Transitions radio show has also been a huge success since 2000, as well as headlining sell out clubs and festivals across the globe, not to mention his association with fellow top flight DJ Sasha. This is a rare London appearance from John and not to be missed.

With full line up to be announced closer to the event and with limited tickets available (1500 capacity) if you want to make your South West Four festival experience complete this summer we recommend you grab yours ASAP!

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=276515

We’re proud to announce joining forces with one of the world’s leading MP3 download portal Trackitdown.net (http://www.trackitdown.net/) to give you a chance to get inside some of the CD wallets of our superstar DJ line up! Over the coming weeks we’ll be asking some of the best DJs in the world to supply their current Top 10’s that Trackitdown.net will then make exclusively available to buy online giving you a chance to get the inside track on some of the biggest tunes this summer directly from the biggest DJs in the world!

We’ll also be making a selection of the packs available as part of future competition prizes so stay tuned to both South West Four.com and Trackitdown.net for further news and announcements!

Keeping it local, Clapham-based house crew PUSH step up to host the fourth and final arena at this summer South West Four in association with leading leading online web magazine DATA TRANSMISSION.co.uk and clubbing bible Tilllate.com nightlife website TILL LATE.com . Having cut their teeth with weekly roadblock Sunday afternoon sessions at venues like The White House, PUSH are welcomed onboard with open arms and in true PUSH style they’ve pulled together and absolute blinder of a line up headlining with Nic Fanciulli who joins us hot off the back of releasing his debut artist album alongside long-time collaborator Andy Chatterly under their Skylark guise ‘I-Panik’ (out now on Saved Records kids!) This international superstar DJ and resident at some of the globes leading house clubs including Space Ibiza, Space Miami and The End. Nic is one of the new breed of superstar DJs having been talent spotted by Pete Tong, Nic ascension to the upper echelons of the international DJ community has been nothing short of meteoric.

Second on the bill will be San Francisco’s champion of all things slightly wonky Claude Von Stroke.  Claude hit the big time following some seriously sick releases such as the massive ‘Who’s Afraid Of Detroit’ ‘Beware Of The Bird’ and ‘The Whistler’ on his own Dirty Bird imprint, Claude wonky donkey house music has seen him win fans the world over. Joining Claude will be a return booking for SOS Collective AKA Demi, Omid 16B and Desyn Masiello, SOS or ‘Sex On Substance’ comprises of these three highly talented friends who as individuals are all highly respected within the electronic music field but when joined together draw on each others rich musical influences to create a sonic musical synergy that has recently transformed into a live performance utilising cutting edge technologies to remix and edit tracks live in the mix! Finishing up this strictly a-list line up will be PUSH residents Aaron Baskerville and Roastgroove.

…AND THERE’S MORE!

More announcements… are we mad? Put simply YES! OK, about adding up-n-coming superstar DJ talent in the form of Jon Rundell and Anil Chawla in the Fire Arena and trance-legend Andy Moor into The Gallery / HeatUK Arena – I think we have actually outdone ourselves here!!!

In Anil Chawla SW4 welcomes one of the UK’s hottest rising stars. As resident for cult club Together, he’s a prolific producer for labels such as Saved and Brique Rouge and releases his debut artist album on Global Underground after the summer.

As one of Mixmag’s original Future Hero’s Jon Rundell has come a long, long way. Creating more studio releases than an Octopus, Jon has released tracks across labels like Intec, Vandit, Mentor and many more, collaborating in the studio with the likes of SW4 headliner Carl Cox on tracks for his forthcoming artist album as well as touring the globe, Jon really is about to explode!

Andy Moor really needs no introduction, hailing from the big room days of old producing under names such as Tilt (alongside Parks & Wilson) Leama & Moor and Whiteroom, Andy’s productions have featured on play lists of the worlds leading DJs like Tiësto, Armin Van Buuren and Paul Oakenfold!

For the second in our series of exclusive South West Four video interviews we caught up with Markus Schulz, a man who is currently riding high at No. 13 in the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs Poll, who’s weekly radio show ‘Global DJ Broadcast’ is listened to in over 30 countries worldwide and is about to re-release remixes of his latest single ‘Daydream’.

We caught up with Markus on a recent visit to London to headline The Gallery at Ministry Of Sound to find out more about his new releases, his summer long residency at Armada held at the legendary Amensia in Ibiza, why he loves The Gallery crowd and of course his involvement in this summers South West Four Festival!

Watch the exclusive video interview here: www.southwestfour.com

For more information on Markus Schulz visit http://www.markusschulz.com/

With the sun finally shining here in the UK we thought it would be a great idea to dig out some videos of last years South West Four festival, an event lucky enough to side-step last years rainy season and was one the hottest day of the summer (we reckon!)

With twenty thousand people dancing in the sun it was sun-block-o-clock whilst the South West Four revellers where treated to killer sets from the likes of Paul Van Dyk, Sasha, Roger Sanchez,  Oakenfold, Pete Tong, and The Shapeshifters Live on the Main Outdoor stage whilst John Digweed, Josh Wink, Hernan Cattaneo and friends took care of the Bedrock International Arena, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules, Marco and Sander too smashed up the Gallery and Heat UK Arena and Steve Lawler, Smokin Jo and Paul Woolford raised the summer heat in our Ibizan Underground Arena!

Check out the videos here:

Paul Van Dyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ0TaTfrRwc&feature=related

Judge Jules
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkKBatH1b-g&feature=related

Roger Sanchez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb26Z5gH1ZQ&feature=related

Sasha:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Xu5W1y6ts

Hernan Catteneo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u65ppgwRbw&feature=related

Paul Van Dyk closing With Born Slippy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ7YJqWlfOE&feature=related

With the sun high in the sky and tickets selling fast we are not shy to predict this years South West Four festival will sell out and if you want to be part of London’s greatest outdoor dance festival… grab yours whilst they’re hot!

We told ya this year’s line-up would send tremers throughout clubland and it has with Early Bird tickets selling out in record time. The demand for tickets is even greater than last year’s festival... which as you know sold out at the start of August!! If you haven’t yet bought your tickets then make sure you grab yours ASAP. This event will sell out even quicker than ever!!

With favourites like Carl Cox, John Digweed and Erick Morillo being joined by many ‘new faces’ like Danny Tenaglia, Sven Vath, Armin van Buuren, Green Velvet, Francois K, Markus Schulz and Tiefschwarz... South West Four 2008 is going to blow everything we’ve ever done into the water!!

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!

London’s BIGGEST and BEST outdoor dance event returns to Clapham Common for its fifth year as one of the UK’s leading dance festivals on Bank Holiday Saturday 23^rd August. Unrivalled by any other London-based outdoor festival and now firmly established on the UK summer festival circuit, South West Four is your one-way ticket to superstar DJ heaven, so ladies and gentlemen prepare yourself for our biggest and best line up to date...

**1ST LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT**

** CARL COX IS BACK **
Topping the bill in 2008 sees a welcome return to the people’s champion Carl Cox, a DJ who come rain or shine has proved himself to be the best crowd rocking DJ around (as his recent 2 sell-out Heaven clubs events showed!) His unique blend of techno, house and electronic beats has seen him win the hearts and minds of clubbers the world over. A professional DJ since his early teens, a veteran of acid house a champion of techno (and an award winning disco dancer!) When Carl takes to the decks crowds are swept up in his energy, technical ability and unwavering enthusiasm for the music he plays. Week in, week out for nearly twenty years Carl has been placed firmly at the forefront of dance music and club culture. Joining Carl will be another SW4 veteran and Subliminal Records head honcho Erick Morillo, a man who had the pleasure of headlining our very first event when we were just a wee 10,000 capacity festival! Also making a welcome return to the event and the main stage is Bedrock main man John Digweed. After doing a stirling job hosting his own arena in 2007, we thought it was only right to put him front and centre. Our first ‘fresh blood’ for 2008 sees Dutch chart topping sensation Fedde Le Grand unleashed on the main stage, prepare to ‘put your hands up’ for one of the hottest new DJ / producers in the world! Also making their SW4 debut will be Olmeto Records’ bosses and the duo responsible for the anthem ‘Love Story’ Layo & Bushwacka alongside a man that really needs no introduction and a DJ loved the world over... step forward SW4’s very special guest Danny Tenaglia!

** IN THE TENTS **
Adding a brand new facet to the ever-changing face of South West Four is the Global Arena held in association with DJ Magazine and Residentadvisor.net this arena sees us bring one of the most influential DJs in the history of club culture as well as being regarded by many as one of the hottest DJs on the planet. The man responsible for making techno ‘cool’ again with his Cocoon club in Frankfurt, summer residency of the same name in Ibiza and record label pushing some of the freshest sounds around, we welcome German powerhouse Sven Vath. Joining Sven rolling out the seamless techno grooves will be Francois K flying in especially from NYC, what this man has achieved in his lifetime really cannot even begun to be listed in this press release, simply a legend. Next up German duo Ali & Basti AKA Tiefschwarz, two men who single handedly switched on a new generation to techno and finally Chicago-based Green Velvet who’s crazy productions such as ‘Flash’ and ‘La La Land’ have kept club land going insane for years.

London club land institutions HeatUK and The Gallery return to host the hard dance and trance arena with an interstellar line up with Gallery super resident Sister Bliss. Headlining this arena we enrol the talents of the worlds’ No.1 DJ Armin Van Buuren, a man who has captivated audiences the world over with his pumping, uplifting sets for many years. Add to these club anthems such as Blue Fear, Burned With Desire and Shivers it is easy to see why he is No.1. Joining Armin is the UK’s leading contender for No.1 DJ in the world. Markus Schulz will be keeping this tent fully powered up with his deep, melodic trance sound whilst young gun and international DJ superstar Sander Van Doorn completes the bill!

**THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT**

We’re not shy to say this summer’s line up is easily our best line up to date and with plenty more additions to be announced, the buzz surrounding this event is already reaching fever pitch. If you plan to attend this summers South West Four we strongly advise you buy your tickets sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment!