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Rock The Bells

A Tribe Called Quest re-unite to play Rock The Bells 2008

Guerilla Union have come correct once again with another stellar line-up for the annual Rock The Bells hip hop tour of the States. Backing up from the strong 2007 bill, which included the likes of Rage Against The Machine and the whole Wu-Tang Clan; Rock The Bells will indeed do that. Headlining this year’s event are A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, Ghostface and Raekwon, Meth and Red, Immortal Technique, Murs, De La Soul, and the re-union of the original members of The Pharcyde.

The Pharcyde origional members play Rock The Bells 2008

Fan’s can expect to hear a huge amount of new material from the artists, with new albums on the way from Nas, with the self-titled NAS, due in July; Mos Def with The Ecstatic, supposedly due April; Ghostface and Raekwon reunite for Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II, due this American summer; Immortal Technique’s The Third World is due in June; and Meth and Red are back with The Blackout 2, also being released this American summer.

Mos Def – one of many amazing headline acts at Rock The Bells 2008

The festival will hit 9 US cities through July and August, and with tickets priced from US $32.50-$74.50 it’s a bargain that you’d have to be foolish to refuse given the opportunity Lets hope we something of this magnitude on the scene down this end of the world sometime soon.

For more info and the complete 2008 line-up head to www.guerillaunion.com/rockthebells or check out what Rock The Bells 2008 means to the artists at the press conference…

Tags: Festival, hip hop, Old School