[email protected] @NightshiftMag NightshiftMag nightshiftmag.co.uk Free every month NIGHTSHIFT Issue 272 March Oxford’s Music Magazine 2018 “When you’re on a bill with Sean Paul, Foals and Groove Armada you have to be heavier and more brutal then you’ve ever been.” Oxford’s rock beasts on getting heavier, and hitting the road again Also in this issue: COMMON PEOPLE, TRUCK, CORNBURY & NOCTURNE announce line-ups Introducing SELF HELP plus All your Oxford music news, previews and reviews, and six pages of local gigs for March NIGHTSHIFT: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU. Phone: 01865 372255 NEWS Nightshift: PO Box 312, Kidlington, OX5 1ZU Phone: 01865 372255 email:
[email protected] Online: nightshiftmag.co.uk Brookes’ Dr Dai Griffiths; long- time Nightshift contributors Richard THE JACKSONS, THE NEW POWER GENERATION, JAMES Ramage and Sam Shepherd; AND RIDE are among the star names announced for this year’s Common Professor Martin Clunes from People. Glasgow University; former The two-day festival returns to South Park for its third outing over the Sandman editor Jan Webster; BBC weekend of the 26th-27th May. Introducing in Oxford producer Liz The Jacksons head up a day of disco, funk, reggae and soul on the Green; Irregular Folks organiser Saturday; the legendary family band are joined on the main stage by Vez Hoper, and musicians Mike Prince’s former backing band The New Power Generation, plus glam-pop/ NILE RODGERS & CHIC, Monaghan (drummer with Gaz art-rock pioneers Sparks; British reggae and r’n’b heroes Aswad; 70s NOEL GALLAGHER AND Coombes, Willie Healey and St disco hitmakers Boney M; New York hip hop crew Jungle Brothers; ELVIS COSTELLO are the latest Etienne) and Mike Smith from Lucy ragga DJ General Levy, and Common People regulars The Cuban names to be added to Blenheim Leave, who’ll be discussing their Brothers.