Little Noise legends

Kasabian, Keane, Glasvegas and Florence and the Machine head up Little Noise Sessions bill

29 September 2008 - A magic line-up of acts are secured to play the series of intimate acoustic gigs at the Union Chapel in London’s Islington in November.

In aid of Mencap, this year’s Little Noise Sessions will take place from Saturday 8 November and run for eleven consecutive nights until Tuesday 18 November.

This year's line up will include performances from Glasvegas, Razorlight, Stereophonics, James Morrison, Kasabian, Keane, Seasick Steve, Florence and The Machine, The Script as well as some special secret guests.

2007 saw Bono and The Edge from U2 give an exclusive acoustic performance of never heard before tracks.

Welsh rocker Kelly Jones, frontman of the Stereophonics is excited: "We are really looking forward to playing the show for the Little Noise Sessions on behalf of Mencap.

"To be able to do an acoustic show in such an intimate venue and be able to support such a worthy cause will be a really special thing to do and something we rarely get chance to do.  It will be beautiful."

And it is all for a very worthy cause, as Jo Williams - Chief Executive of Mencap, says: "Mencap’s Little Noise Sessions is a really important event for learning disability. Not only does it help raise money to ensure we can support people with a learning disability, but it raises the profile of the challenges that the 1.5 million with a learning disability face.

"We are hugely grateful to all the acts who freely give their time and effort, and especially to Jo Whiley, Mencap’s ambassador, who puts in a huge amount of time and effort to help organise and curate the event."

Registration for tickets kicks off on Monday 1 October until Sunday 19 October at www.mencapmusic.org.uk .

Tickets are priced at £40, with all proceeds going to the charity Mencap.

See below for the line-up so far:

Saturday 8 November
Glasvegas
Cage the Elephant
Plus surprise special guest

Sunday 9 November
Razorlight
Florence and the Machine
Esser

Monday 10 November
Stereophonics
Seasick Steve

Thursday 13 November
James Morrison
Sam Beeton

Friday 14 November
Kasabian

Saturday 15 November
Keane
The Script
Bryn Christopher
Red Light Company

Tuesday 18 November
Fratellis

Georgie Rogers