Electric Picnic stars line up for Hot Press Chatroom

Clash legend Mick Jones, his Carbon/Silicon and Generation X counterpart Tony James, Elbow and The Flaws are among the stars set to appear at this year's Hot Press Chatroom at the Electric Picnic

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 12 Aug 2008

Also on the bill is the best of home-grown talent, including recently-reformed That Petrol Emotion.

The line-up so far is: Carbon/Silicon, Elbow (pictured), The Flaws, That Petrol Emotion, The Stunning, Mark Geary, Cathy Davey, Kíla, Josh Ritter and James Yorkston.

Jones is best known as guitarist in The Clash, and more recently came to the attention of a new generation by working with The Libertines, Babyshambles and Hard Fi. Carbon/Silicon, his latest project, played The Village in April.

Watch this space for further Hot Press Chatroom appearances, dates and times.

The Hot Press Newsdesk

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