Originally written by Colin Weston · 17 May 2002
The line up for this years Fleadh Festival at Finsbury Park in London has now been finalised.
The one day event that is to be held on June 8th is set to be a belter with 2 stages filled with popular, and a fair few cult, acts being confimed. A few suprises were in store with the inclusion of Boston punks Dropkick Murphys along with UK ska act Jessie James who are currently getting a fair bit of airplay on satellite TV music channels. The stage line ups are as follows:-
Main Stage
The Pogues (with Shane McGowan) Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros The Wonderstuff Paul Brady Paul Kelly The Proclaimers Cornershop Aslan Bellefire Hawksley Workman and the Wolves
Mojo Stage
Alabama 3 Dropkick Murphys Altan Peter Green And The Splinter Group Mary Coughlan Gemma Hayes Damien Rice Jessie James James Yorkston and the Athletes
Tickets for the event are £32.50 and are available from Mean Fiddler & Ticket Master as well as some HMV stores around the country. You can also buy them over the phone on these two numbers:-
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