Butterfly Knights

Róisín Murphy to Headline at London’s Unique Fashion & Music Super-Event!

Butterfly Knight’s – Burlectric

**Moloko’s first lady to headline on blazing line-up of live performances**
**Razorlight, Hybrid, David E. Sugar, Rae and Goldierocks all confirmed for DJ sets**
**Exquisite Burlesque performances from Miss Bijou Noir & Kiki Kaboom**
**Fashion Room with ‘carousel catwalk’**

Saturday 5th September – SeOne, London Bridge

Butterfly Knights will be spreading its diamanté wings for a third outing, gracefully glimmering over London and casting its creative spell on London Bridge’s SeOne Club next month. Expect new music from handpicked, cutting-edge bands & DJ’s, fashion from the scene’s emerging designers, and a very healthy serving of ‘Burlectric’ (burlesque & electric). There will also be innovative live performance art and breathtaking interactive audio visuals.

‘Burlectric’ is a party like-no-other, a truly one-of-a-kind super-event and THE highlight of September’s calendar of clubbing in the capital. SeOne, London’s newest party postcode, is to be transformed into a haven of glamour and glitter, groove and gusto, debauchery and delight, for one night only this September.

Moloko’s revered and eccentric fashionista, Róisín Murphy, adds her style and sass to a perfect blend of headline acts and up-and-coming talent. The boys of Indie, Razorlight, the boss of Breaks, Hybrid, and the engineer of Electronica, David E. Sugar, will all grace the decks alongside Rae, Goldierocks, Feelin’ Electro and Johan Ten Houten.

As well as using established acts and musically renowned artists, Butterfly Knights champions hot new talent and offers a unique platform to perform on. For this extravaganza, they will be offering up live performances from hot new bands The Coolness, Kindle, The Vibrants and Dega Breaks.

The Fashion Room will provide a podium for up and coming designer talent by showcasing exciting new creations by graduate students from the London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martins. Kate Underwood, a finalist in this year’s ASOS’s top 100 competition, will also be dressing models in her uber-leather designs, previously worn and modelled by music’s newest icon, VV Brown. There will also be original burlesque performances from Miss Bijou Noir and Kiki Kaboom.

For those of you who demand more from your weekend adventures, Butterfly Knights has created an interactive ‘PlaySpace’ equipped with touch-sensitive ibars, ifloors, and itouch screens. Combine this with the awe-inspiring collection of magicians, acrobats, dancers and ‘Social Butterflies’ that will infiltrate the club, and you will see how much of a punch this party is going to pack.

Butterfly Knights was born out of a love for great, original clubbing, with an alternative twist. Now on its third event, Butterfly Knights has built up a loyal following, renowned on the clubbing scene for the night’s unique mix of music and performance.

Beatlemania Museum

THE ULTIMATE TICKET TO RIDE

Almost half a century after their first gig in the port city of Hamburg, more than a decade since the first sketches were committed to paper, following two years of intense planning and ten months of construction, The Beatles have finally come home to Hamburg. On 29th May, 2009,BEATLEMANIA Hamburg, close to the new Beatles Square, at the heart of the famous St Pauli district where it all began,opened its doors to the world.

Visitors to BEATLEMANIA can look forward to a fantastic journey through time as they immerse themselves in the world of The Beatles. With exhibition space covering some 1,300square metres on five storeys of the former Erotic Art Museumon the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, this is the ultimate ticket to ride. BEATLEMANIA boasts a wealth of enthralling and, in some cases, unique exhibits documenting the story of The Beatles, from their days in Hamburg to the final break-up, a fascinating experience. Each of the eleven spaces focuses on a particular theme from the band’s career as they became one of the most influential groups in the history of music.

Thanks to its engaging character and a range of interactive features, BEATLEMANIA Hamburg extends an entertaining and informative invitation to its guests as they spend a few hours exploring the world of the Fab Four.

Imagine

Biggest Ever Prize Set To Be Awarded To 1 Lucky Music Fan

The Imagine Corporation, is proud to announce the launch of the world’s most exciting music competition. One lucky music fan is set to win Brian Epstein’s original contract that John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr signed before they gained global fame and fortune as the legendary Beatles.

This amazing piece of popular music history has only changed hands a couple of times over the decades and was acquired for The Imagine Corporation at Christie’s world famous auction house. The contract is currently insured for £500,000.00, but is regarded as an irreplaceable piece of musical heritage.

The competition is simple to enter and is open to anyone around the world. The rules are easy to follow and can be found at www.imagine.uk.com So if you are the world’s biggest Beatles fan, or you just want to pay your mortgage off by winning the prize, then log on and find out how all your dreams could come true!

Arts & Culture

A Star PR is renowned for our significant Arts and Cultural client list, having represented some of the most prestigious cultural events of the last decade. From the XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester to the Benicassim International Music Festival in Spain, A Star PR have gained an enviable reputation over the last 10 years for delivering sound campaigns, that encapsulate strategic marketing and communication activity.

From world class venues to internationally staged events, A Star PR have unrivalled experience in the Arts and Cultural landscape. Examples of our clients include Quebec Ministry of Culture, Liverpool Capital of Culture Bid, Lille Capital of Culture, The Queen’s Jubilee, The National Mozart Competition, Legs on the Wall Aerial Ballet and The World Premier of Seagulls Dance, Dublin.

Love Difference Festival

In September 2008, European Alternatives presented a one-off series of exceptional and unique day-long mini-festivals in London, Northampton and Bristol to mark the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. With a political as well as cultural edge and featuring bands, poets and artists from the UK and Eastern Europe, the LoveDifference Festival was a long overdue, updated take on an old-fashioned debate to promote a new European ideal of culture, travel, youth and exchange. A Star PR conducted an extremely successful print and online campaign for the festival and are looking forward to working on LoveDifference 2009!

City Showcase

For 5 days last June, over a million people flocked to central London to witness 400 artists across all music genres perform at 35 different venues. From midday to midnight Londoners mingled, browsed, shopped and listened to great live music at Londons City Showcase. A Star PR is delighted to announce that from 2nd 6th June this year City Showcase will be back again and we promise to make it one to remember!! Renowned for showcasing the best in new music, City Showcase has previously played host to Amy Winehouse, Newton Faulkner, Keane and Razorlight. Who knows which future stars will be performing this year…?

The International Arts Festival of the XV11 Commonwealth Games 2002

A Star won this prestigious client following a five-way pitch against some global PR heavyweights. With over 200 separate events involving performers from 72 Commonwealth nations, spanning every possible art form, the five-month Cultureshock event was the largest entertainment showcase the UK has seen in this generation. Participants in the event included Cherie Blair, Sir Trevor McDonald, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Andrew Motion (Poet Laureate), Courtney Pine, Evelyn Glennie, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawhney, Talvin Singh, Shekar Kapur (Oscar-nominated director of films Elizabeth, Bandit Queen etc), and Michael Nyman. Over the five-month project A Star achieved more than 250 separate pieces of coverage, with an audience reach of 393 million.

New Generation Arts Festival 2006, 2007 & 2008

Following a highly successful campaign for the inaugural NGA Festival in 2006, A Star PR have been also completed triumphant campaigns for the festival in both 2007 and, more recently, 2008. Directing the PR strategy for the series of exciting events that make up the festival, which included an opening show with Julian Lloyd Webber, the now highly revered Big Debate and graduate showcases, A Star PR offered a full range of print, online and broadcast PR, contributing to its massive achievement for three years running.

Hampton Court Palace Festival 2004 & 2005

Hampton Court Palace Festival is the UK’s finest and most diverse musical event on the festival circuit. In 2005 the festival played host to performances from international artists such as Brian Wilson, Jools Holland, Van Morrison, Katie Melua and Andrea Bocelli. For two years A Star carried out an extensive PR campaign for the festival, encompassing print and broadcast media.