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Hey guys,

Just a reminder to let you know that the competition to win a copy of Rob Da Bank’s excellent book, A-Z of Festivals, will end this Friday (15th May) . We have five copies to give away, and to be in with a chance all you have to do is post a comment saying which festival you’re most looking forward to this summer.

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As summer approaches in 2009, the only thing you need to concern yourself with is Rob Da Bank’s A-Z of Festivals, a brilliant, informative and colourful guide to the worlds best festivals, perfectly accompanied by his wife Josie’s illustrations.

The A-Z of festivals covers some of the most illustrious and exclusive festivals that touch all corners of the world, from the 400,000 capacity Sziget in Budapest (not to be mistaken with Bucharest, Romania!) to Oxford’s 5,000 capacity Truck festival. Rob works his way through the alphabet, talking about the history, what makes it unique and appealing in addition to his own personal experiences that helps to give the book a more friendly and realistic feel. Also included are some fun and interesting extra’s such as Angus Watt, flag making extraordinaire or tribute’s to some greats like John Peel and Jimi Hendrix. You could argue that there weren’t quite enough to make the full alphabet, but you would be wrong; everything in this book contributes to the best summer you’ll ever have. This website even gets listed in the book (thanks V Festival).

Perhaps the only thing that stops it from getting a 10 is the fact that he seems to refrain slightly from being critical to any of the festivals and that it doesn’t come with a free ticket for each one. A more fun, interesting and gloryfiying presentation of festivals you wont find. An absolute must for every fan of festivals-so basically everyone, right? 9/10.

Rob Da Banks’ A-Z of Festivals will be released on 1st May through Pan Macmillan.

For your chance to win one of five copies we have, all you need to do is leave a comment here saying which festival you are most looking forward to this summer.

So, Christmas being a time for nostalgia, you’ve got your name down to win a promo of The Kinks’ CD boxset, fingers poised to buy tickets for the Blur Hyde Park gig and you’re all booked in to see the Ian Dury stage show in London. What else can your Christmas stocking hold this year? The first ever official book by the actual real Clash men of course! With unique, never-seen-before content dusted down from The Clash archives comes this very pink and punk book from Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simenon and Topper Headon… called The Clash, of course. Nice. And if there’s still room in Santa’s sack then why not ask him to squeeze in the DVD of The Clash Live - Revolution Rock and the CD of The Clash Live At Shea Stadium? Okay - so has anybody taken the hint? There’s a big empty space underneath my Christmas tree at the moment…

Need some more ideas for Christmas? How about a promo of The Kinks’ CD boxset, tickets to see the Ian Dury play or a place in the queue to see Blur’s comeback gig in Hyde Park next year?