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Full Line Up Announced For LeeStock Music Festival 2012

The LeeStock Music Festival is delighted to announce it’s full line up for 2012 to be held at AFC Sudbury’s MEL Group Stadium on June 3rd.

The Suffolk festival, now in it’s fifth year, will run alongside the successful Live and Kicking festival, held at the same venue on the following day.

Watch our promo video below for more information

Having already announced US indie rockers, Wheatus (Teenage Dirtbag, A Little Respect) will be topping the bill; the full line up for this year’s event is detailed below with a brief band biography. D:Ream have been announced as the main support for Wheatus. Their biggest hit ‘Things can only get better’ was a number one hit back in 1993. Mark Morriss of The Bluetones and Nigel Clark of Dodgy also both return to Suffolk after headlining last year’s festival. Wheatus front man Brendan B. Brown said, “We’re proud to be involved and can’t wait to play at LeeStock 2012.″

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LeeStock was launched in memory of music mad Lee Dunford who died aged just 21 after a four year battle against cancer. Since that time the festival has grown year on year. The festival, and its related fundraising events, have so far raised nearly £30,000.00 in Lee’s memory for the Willow Foundation, a charity aimed at improving the lives of seriously ill young adults.

Live and Kicking is an outdoor, 10-hour music extravaganza, now in its third year. Last year’s festival was headlined by seventies glam-rock legends Sweet (Ballroom Blitz, Block Buster, Wig Wam Bam) and organisers have announced tribute bands to Bon Jovi, Coldplay and The Commitments, amongst others, will be performing this Summer. The festival is the main fundraising event for AFC Sudbury Football Club.

May 10, 20122012, Line UpD:Ream, Festival in East Anglia, Festivals in Suffolk, headliner, Howl Griff, IDEALS, Jack O'Brien, LeeStock 2012, Lemonparty, Line Up, Mark Morriss, Nick Howard, Nigel Clark, Sons of Icarus, Suffolk Festival, The Crimson Dixies, The Tom Sanderson Band, Two Steps Twice, WheatusMatt Keogh

Sunday G-roast – The LeeStock bug eating challenge 2011

For LeeStock 2011, my girlfriend and I tried to think of an original way of raising money for the Willow Foundation.

After the success of my tattoo challenge for LeeStock 2010, I had set the bar quite high, so we really had a lot of thinking to do! A lot of our friends and family came up with different suggestions, for example a chilli eating competition, body waxing, body piercings to name a few.

The festival was getting nearer, and we were starting to worry, when my girlfriend came up with the wonderful idea of a live bug eating competition, which was to involve myself and her brother Roy battling through mini games, with the loser eating bugs. This was the one!! She tried to think of something truly disgusting, difficult to do and entertaining and of course something people would pay to see!! The plan was made.

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With a week to go, our local pet shop Seedee’s kindly picked us the perfect selection of treats, which included waxworms, mealworms, brown crickets, locusts, morioworms and lobworms!! Everything was set until 3 days before the event when I had a phone call from Roy, he couldn’t make it!

I was alone, there was no hope, I couldn’t persuade anyone to do this with me. As I called Roy up in a desperate state, he suddenly reminded me of the person who had come up with this tasty idea in the first place! His sister, my delightful girlfriend Bekka Gifford! It was back on! What choice did she have? Later that same day, a call from Matt Keogh pushed this whole thing further forward when he said he would also have a go! This was a surprise as he was adamant just a few days before there would be no way he could ever even pick up most of these bugs!

Over the LeeStock weekend, the money was coming in fast. With the help of a couple of band members, we completed all of the challenges and raised a total of around £900! The challenge itself was pretty scary and not your usual Sunday roast but it was worth it, even if Matt and I were vomiting after each round whilst Bekka soldiered on without throwing up once!!

Hope you enjoy the video and look forward to seeing you all at LeeStock 2012!!

Ash Watts

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View some highlights from LeeStock 2012 below

March 30, 2012FundraisingAsh Watts, Bug eating challenge, charity, Fundraising, LeeStock 2011Matt Keogh

LeeStock Tattoo Challenge!

Those who know Ash Watts will have seen some his tattoos already – well this one could be the biggest and best yet. Ash will be going under the needle for LeeStock!

Please visit his Just Giving Page www.justgiving.com/leestocktattoo or cantact any of us to donate (tattoo@leestock.org)

Here are our targets…(remember Ash is a big West Ham fan!):

£50 LeeStock – Small Inside Lip

£100 LeeStock Logo – Large

£200 LeeStock & Willow Logos

£300 Pink My Little Pony

£500 Jedward Faces on Bum Cheek

£750 WHUFC SUCK – Large Ring Around Thigh

£1000 Tottenham Badge on Thigh

£1500 Most Popular Suggestion!

£2000 All of The Above!

March 11, 2010FundraisingAsh Watts, charity, Fundraising, LeeStock, Tattoo challengeMatt Keogh

Ben Barnbrook Beard Challenge!

Lads, what’s the longest you’ve gone without shaving? Have you made it past the ‘itchy stage’? Ladies, don’t you love a bit of stubble on a man?!?

I’ve been known to sport a patch or two of facial hair myself but Ben is taking his five o’clock shadow to a new level to help raise money for the Willow Foundation, through LeeStock 2010.

Barners is seeking sponsorship throughout the next four months and every penny will go to LeeStock.

So please dig deep and commit your pennies either here, direct to Ben (barners@leestock.org) , or via the JustGiving page www.justgiving.co.uk/leestock

I know he’ll look funny with a beard and am more than happy to start things off with a fiver – a small price to pay for four months of walking talking entertainment!

Matt – matt@leestock.org

January 4, 2010FundraisingMatt Keogh

LeeStock Music Festival – 27th & 28th May 2023 at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk, CO10 9BA

Held in memory of Lee Dunford with proceeds donated to the Willow Foundation and other local causes.