Your chance to get up close and personal with Bloc Party

Bloc Party are among the latest additions to the Hot Press chat room at the Electric Picnic.

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 31 Aug 2006

Kele and the London lads are now confirmed for an appearance ahead of their 8.15pm slot on the main stage on Saturday.

They'll be interviewed by a top HP journo in front of an audience of festival goers at 4pm.

Also newly confirmed is Josh Ritter, who'll be doing likewise at 5pm on the Sunday. This leaves the current line up for the Hot Press chat room looking like this:

(all times are subject to change)

Friday:
dEUS (8.30pm or 9pm)

Saturday:
Broken Social Scene (3pm)
Bloc Party (4pm)
DJ Shadow (5pm)
The Frames (7pm)
New Order (8pm)
Gang Of Four (9pm)

Sunday:
Elbow (2.30pm)
The Rapture (3.30pm)
Josh Ritter (5pm)
Duke Special (time tbc)

We'd bet our own granny that say that more bands will be confirmed throughout the weekend, so keep an eye out on notices outside the Hot Press chat room and hotpress.com for the latest additions and changes.

To watch your fave bands being interviewed, just turn up early enough to get a seat. As well as being interviewed, bands will take questions from the audience, and who knows, may even play a tune or two and sign your memorabilia.

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