Co-founders and hosts of White Mischief are Tough Love, who will be appearing on the main stage to celebrate the launch of their first ever mini-album.

Blending tribal, world-influenced drums and percussion with quirky, acerbic English lyrics, six-piece pop band Tough Love have been described by the Guardian as “the afrobeat Scissor Sisters” and by Flavorpill as “tribal pop ambassadors”.

Their dressed-up live shows are a riot of chanting backing vocals, face paint and Victorian-inspired finery, which might explain why Record of the Day has said that “they look and sound like nothing we have seen in recent times” and why Music Week called the group “brilliant – packed with pop hits and charisma.”

Having supported The Crimea, British Sea Power and Yeasayer, Tough Love are making an impact on audiences in London’s more eccentric and quirky clubs; one gig has seen Dexy’s Midnight Runners singer Kevin Rowland stood in front of the stage, mouth agog, looking quite appalled at the boundless energy coming from Tough Love’s two drummers.

A review from trendy blog Boing Boing called the band “completely kick-ass”, continuing “Tough Love played a show that felt like something from Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense tour, with funky, rhythm-heavy numbers that I enjoyed from the first song.”

Tough Love’s thirst for the unusual has inspired them to found White Mischief (www.whitemischief.info), a regular one-night indoor festival which combines live bands with wild circus and cabaret performances. At its last outing the night sold out the 1000-plus capacity Scala venue in Kings Cross with an assortment of revellers dressed as everything from steampunk airship captains to giant pandas.

Time Out called White Mischief: “The event of the week, the month, the year”.

The band has recorded with producers including Toby Smith (Jamiroquai), Phil Vinall (Elastica, Placebo), Cenzo Townshend (U2, Athlete, etc) and James Lewis (Arctic Monkeys, Wombats, Morning Runner).

For more information on Tough Love please contact Dominic Williams at William Bulldog Management.

http://www.toughloveband.com

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Meanwhile, for a glimpse of the shots that have so far been uploaded to Flickr, take a look at this slideshow. (Photo credit: Siberfi)

Promoters: Kunta Kinte / Alex de Campi (Lot 49 Films)

Production Manager: Estelle Rogers

Art Direction: Alice Herrick

Art assistants: Bim Sturdy / David Neon

Main Stage Earth Room Stage Manager: Joe Toll

Main Stage “Earth Room” Bands:

British Sea Power
Lord Large Experiment
Kunta Kinte
(Kunta Kinte Sound: Stuart Jarvis)

Main Stage “Earth Room” Compere: Mat Fraser

Main Stage “Earth Room” Performers:

1927 Cabaret
Red Sarah
Fancy Chance

Main Stage Earth Room DJs:

BSP DJs : Ian Harrison / Roy Wilkinson
Jean-Paul Séculaire (Right-On.org)

Second Stage “Moon Room” Stage Manager: Steve Collinson

Second Stage “Moon Room” Bands:

Envy & Other Sins
Dear Britch
The Stillhouse Orchestra
Des O’Connor

Second Stage “Moon Room” Compere: Dusty Limits

Second Stage “Moon Room” Performers:

Ophelia Bitz
Ruby Blues
Trixie Malicious

Second Stage “Moon Room” DJ:

Dickon Edwards

Lobby Room Performers:

Kamelyan and Skinphony
Ginger Roger, Edwardian Space Pirate (Josh Knowles)

Lobby Room DJs:

The Shellac Sisters
Suicide Ally

Glass Bar:

Miss Moon’s Portrait Parlour

Stage hands

Gary Murphy
Ciarron Clarkson
Alex Pitkin

Volunteers:

Nicolle Carter

Maud Young

Nicola Wong
Joanna Shortt
Natalie Zacharias
Emily Bastian
Alicia Teare
Anmol Sandhu

Event Photographers :

Mike Brydon
Alasdair Watson
Man In A Hat
Ellie Harvey
Brendan McNamee
Natasha Mihajlovic
Ara Maye
Amanda Farah

Catering:

Jeremy Stent

Door:
Letitia
Denise Kutser
Keeley-Amanda Watson

Stage Management agent:

Andy Corrigan
Whoopee Agency:

Lara Clifton
Tamara Tyrer

Press:

Rhiannon Scott, Spring PR
Nuala, Spring PR

Scala Events Manager: Jane Cotter

Scala Lighting: Darek

Scala Sound: George Gregori

Scala Logistics: Lee

We’ve collected answers to all the questions you’ve been asking and have shared them here. If you want to know about group discounts, what time to arrive (8pm!), what time the acts are on stage, what to do if your tickets haven’t arrived, or whether there’s disabled access, the answer is to be found within. Read on!

Q: What time should we arrive?

A: 8pm, or as close to 8pm as you can manage. There is entertainment across multiple rooms from early in the evening, and if you don’t arrive early you will miss some key parts of the show.

Q: I can’t make it until late. Will I still get in?

A: Yes; doors will be open all night, though we do strongly encourage guests to turn up early. If you haven’t yet bought a ticket and you arrive after midnight, you can buy them at the reduced rate of £15.

Q: What time does the night finish?

A: 3am.

Q: Can I buy tickets on the door?

A: Yes; tickets on the door will be £20 each. (We recommend you book in advance for a discount.) From midnight, tickets will be available at the reduced rate of £15 each.

Q: What time are British Sea Power on?

A: We don’t reveal stagetimes for our artists until doors open, as we want you to experience the many wonderful bands and vaudeville acts playing White Mischief all night. But (at the band’s request) British Sea Power are playing early so that most of their fans will have a chance to catch the last train home. We’d advise dedicated fans to be in the main stage Earth Room by 21:00 if they want to bag a good spot from which to see the band.

Q: We are a large group of people. Can we get a discount?

A: Yes – please contact us to discuss discounts for large groups.

Q: Where is the venue?

A: Click here to read the full address with a Google map and link to further information

Q: I’m not dressing up – will I still get in?

A: Yes. Though we encourage people to dress up (even your best shirt / new dress / fancy hat is a start!), it’s certainly not compulsory and we don’t turn people away for not dressing a certain way.

Q: Are there age restrictions?

A: Unfortunately the venue has designated tonight as over-18s only; please bring photo ID such as driving licence.

Q: Is there wheelchair / disabled access?

We are sorry to say that there are access difficulties at Scala, though the venue and its staff will do their best to help, and we will be glad to offer disabled guests access to our balcony which is a prime viewing spot. For full details check Scala’s access page.

Q: My ticket/s haven’t arrived. What do I do?

A: Do not fear as there are still ways to get you in if you act fast. First of all contact us (being sure to include your booking reference number, address and date of ticket ordering.) Secondly call your ticket retailer (which will be either TicketWeb or SeeTickets), phone them up, and explain the situation. In most cases they will authorise the tickets to be picked up at the will-call window.

No wonder tickets are nearly 90% sold in advance (don’t worry, there will be tickets on the door for those who haven’t managed to book!) Look inside for the full line-up, including links to biographies and photos of every act.

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