Howling Bells Playing Hyde Park, London

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Howling Bells are playing Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park on Friday 26th June, opening for The Killers and The Kooks. The main stage too.

Details:
www.hardrockcalling.co.uk/lineup/index.aspx

Headliners on Saturday and Sunday are Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. The Bells are certainly keeping esteemed company at the moment.

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Here's a review and a nice photo of Juanita:

www.hardrockcalling.co.uk/news/index.aspx?aid=e0ce1e38-9599-48d5-9863-99b75e421331

It’s Friday night in London Town. The sun is shining, the atmosphere is electric, and Hyde Park is rapidly filling to the brim with rock-hungry fans, all ready to kick start an awesome three days of tenacious rock. Yes music lovers - the weekend has officially begun. We arrived at the Park today and enjoyed some stonking sets from the ever-growing crowd here in London’s back garden. We saw Chew Lips launching Hard Rock Calling in style, and witnessed Passion Pit sending everyone wild over on the Main Stage earlier this afternoon.

All of this was followed by a phenomenal set from Australia’s Howling Bells who sounded absolutely incredible. The band got everyone going with tracks including Low Happening and Treasure Hunt, before launching into a fantastic rendition of hit single Into The Chaos, which sent the Hyde Park crowds absolutely crazy (oh, the irony). Lead singer Juanita was on top form, and sounded as good as she looked – truly superb. The rest of the band weren’t half bad either.

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theres a whole bunch of really fabulous pictures from this festival on getty images (mostly of juanita obviously, who looks terrific even by her standards). including a really lovely one with both brendan and juanita (you'll see which one i mean), one of joel and juanita doing zz top-style synchronized guitars, and a brilliant one of joel performing guitar heroics powered by a divine light

www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=howling%20bells&assetType=image&src=quick

theres also a bunch of other ones below from the razorlight support slot etc

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Being the fashion guru that I am, I would venture to suggest that Juanita is wearing a new frock. A lovely purpley one it is too.

Pity that Getty Images always splash that very irritating logo over all their photos.

[houdini]

yeah get rid of the getty logo

[mattchew]

review by: Nick Hagan (Backup)
9 photos courtesy of: Jessica Gilbert
3 photos courtesy of: Matt Kent/WireImage featured for LIFE magazine (website) (Backup) (Backup) (Backup)
12 photos courtesy of: Matt Kent Photography *size reduced, off center watermark (Backup)
11 photos courtesy of: Andy Sheppard
5 photos courtesy of: Helen Boast
3 photos courtesy of: 573ff1
3 photos courtesy of: gialouris75
2 photos courtesy of: Pix Gremlin
5 more photos courtesy of: Andy Sheppard and Mark Broussely