South West favourites Reef will be a headline act


Rock legends Reef top festival line-up


‘Place your hands’ on tickets to see Brit rock legends Reef, along with The Darkness, who have just been announced to play on the beach for the third Looe Music Festival.


The festival, which is due to take place over the weekend of September 27-29, promises 60 bands, three stages and one very big party.


Reef, whose anthem song Place Your Hands comes from their gold album Replenish, are Westcountry favourites, having played around Cornwall and Devon many times.


They have graced the main stage at a number of festivals, including Glastonbury, and have had eight top 20 hits.


Also Dizraeli And the Small Gods will head a hefty line-up of rock, punk and modern ska talent that includes


The Damned, Sham 69, Missing Andy and Simon Townshend fresh from his UK tour with The Who. Folk fans can look forward to a busy weekend of performances from celebrated folk singer-songwriter and virtuoso fiddler Seth Lakeman, who will be making the short journey across the Tamar to take Looe beach by storm on the Saturday night.


Also in the festival line-up are BBC Folk Award winners (Best Folk Duo 2012) Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman.


Also performing will be singer- songwriter Judy Dunlop and folk-pop starlet Lisbee Stainton.


If swamp-infested, Latin-American gypsy blues is more your style, Congo Faith Healers are one to catch.


Listed as one of The Independent’s Top 10 Bands to see live in London,


TV fisherman ‘humbled’ after his return trip


A Looe fisherman has again been featured on TV trying his hand at fishing in Sierra Leone.


Andy Giles (pictured), who normally fishes from his high-tech trawler The Guiding Light lll, spent two weeks in the west African country working alongside fishermen and his experiences were shown on the BBC programme The Toughest Place to be ...A Fisherman last year.


While there Andy went out with the men in their dugout canoes and was appalled by their situation as they tried to make a living from their catch.


Their future was at risk from illegal trawlers which took all the fish and were not being controlled by Sierra Leone’s government.


Recently, BBC Two’s The Toughest Place to be ...A Fisherman Last Year: The Return showed how much things have changed since Andy’s original visit.


He was overwhelmed by the transformation – and by the welcome he received.


Folk hip-hop fusion band Dizraeli & the Small Gods will be on stage Former Lion Luke


a champion of Europe FORMER Liskeard-Looe youngster Luke Chapman was in the England under-18 rugby team which has been crowned champions of Europe for a second successive year.


The Sierra Leone government was given a new fisheries patrol vessel, donated by the Isle of Man, which is manned by soldiers and the illegal fishing has almost been eradicated, transforming the lives of local fishermen.


Andy said he was humbled by the welcome from the community waiting to greet him.


While at home between trips Andy and his wife Leigh set up a fund which collected thousands of pounds to help the Sierra Leone community and Andy took fishing gear with him from Looe to his friends in Africa.


‘How many fishermen from Cornwall can come out here and make a difference?’ he said. ‘It is surreal and very humbling.’


The loosehead prop is currently on Exeter Chiefs’ books and lives with his parents, Bill and Kay Chapman, at Duloe.


After attending Looe Comprehensive, Chapman, (pictured), went to Truro College and followed in his father’s footsteps by playing for Liskeard-Looe, where his skills were soon recognised.


Along with his College team-mate Matt Bolwell, who also plays for the Cornish All Blacks at Launceston, Chapman’s England team beat France, 27-22, winning the Justin Bridou Trophy in front of 15,000 fans at the Stade de Alpes in Grenoble.


Blindside flanker Bolwell, a former Wadebridge Camels colt, scored one of England’s tries.


England had also defeated Portugal, 82-8, in the opening round of the European tournament before overcoming Scotland 25-12 in the semi-final.


Said Head Coach John Fletcher: ‘I’m delighted for Luke and all of the guys. It was a great game and both sides played their part – I thought we played well for large periods and deserved to get the win.


‘Full respect to France, though, they had the crowd behind them and pushed us all the way.’


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The Darkness are set to ‘rock the beach’


carnival outfit Tankus The Henge have a reputation for whipping crowds into a frenzy too. Named as one of Glastonbury 2011’s top 10 bands, check them out for yourselves.


As always, the festival will be showcasing local talent from Looe and seasoned performers from all over Cornwall and the South West.


BBC Poetry Slam champion Dizraeli, with world Beatbox champion Bellatrix and a supernaturally gifted


seven-piece band, make Dizraeli And the Small Gods the ones to see on the Friday night at the beach.


‘Rockney’ heroes Chas and Dave will close the weekend in style, supported by the pioneers of ‘oom-pop’ the lederhosen-clad, London-based Oompah Brass.


Last year sold out, so don’t miss the boat.


Tickets for Looe Music Festival are now at available at www.looe music.co.uk


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