Well now that the dust has settled from quite an amazing reveal night on the 20th March for the line up of Tennent’s Vital 2012. Things obviously did not go as planned as the Stone Roses announced that they were headlining the festival a full hour before the official reveal. Read more
In our opinion it came as quite a surprise when Tennent’s Vital announced that the music festival would not take place in Ward Park, Bangor but instead return to Belfast for 2012.
Recently Tennent’s Vital asked for our opinion about what could be done better for the festival in 2012 and it got us thinking of what we wanted to see. While we were delighted to welcome back Tennent’s Vital in 2011 having campaigned for it to return for several years at our old site, there is definitely room for improvement. Feel free to add anything that you feel we have missed in the comments section.
This post is not strictly about Tennent’s Vital but is about the independent music store Head in Belfast. This Sunday 9th January they are meant to be closing down. This is extremely sad considering the wide range of music, films and other merchandise available instore. The staff have always been very pleasant and I know that personally I would be in on a regular basis looking for new music. For the local music scene it’s a blow as the store sell a good range of releases from Northern Irish artists. The store also entice bands to play instore gigs most recently highlighted by the appearance of Bombay Bicycle Club.
The store is located in Victoria Square but according to the Save Head Facebook group, the fashion retailer ‘Superdry’ have made an offer to the centre to buy the unit. Despite Head wanting to keep the unit as their own.
What can you to help? Firstly you can like the Facebook group and help spread awareness by sharing it with all your friends and family. Secondly if you can help the management find a new location for the store please get in touch with them.
