a quick photo before we leave and get home and do the main photos…

courtesy of our iphone and ibiza rocks hotel free wifi…

The first of the Ibiza Rocks confirmed lineups and dates for 2008 are now in and its looking good for live music here in the summer. From the 17th June to 9th September, The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats, The Fratellis, We Are Scientists, Reverend & The Makers, Soulwax and Pendulum will all be playing at Ibiza Rocks over the summer.

Tickets for the gigs will be 35 to 40euros (+ booking fee) and will be available from 11am (UK time) today. Click here to get your ibiza rocks tickets. All Ibiza Rocks gig tickets will include return transport from Bar M, San Antonio, which is the meeting point for Ibiza Rocks. Ibiza Rocks after party ticket options will also be available.

As already announced, The Enemy will be playing the official opening of the Ibiza Rocks Hotel on May 31st - ably supported by The Underground Heroes and Rob da Bank Pictures from last years gig

Next up, as we announced last week, are The Pigeon Detectives who play the opening gig of Ibiza Rocks on 17th June

1st July - The Wombats headline

8th July - After a storming Ibiza Rocks gig last year The Fratellis are back again. Last Years Review and pictures

22nd July - Those wacko, fun guys known as We Are Scientists are again back playing Ibiza Rocks this year. Last Years review and pictures

12th August - Reverend and The Makers return but headline this year. 13th August - Jon ‘The Rev’ McClure and his Rev Soundsystem will be joined with Sheffield pals DJ’s Matt Helders from the Arctic Monkeys and ex-Arctic Monkey Andy Nicholson at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel

26th August - Soulwax Nite Versions and their alter-egos 2ManyDJ’s Last Years review and pictures

9th September - One we’re personally really looking forward to is Pendulum playing the Ibiza Rocks Closing Party

At the Ibiza Rocks Hotel, our favourite guys The Hungover Stuntmen will open the Hotels’ Live Lounge on the 28th May, in June its the turn of Underground Heroes, after them in July its Reading based band OK Tokyo.

A brilliant idea this year will see people being able to use their mobile phone as their ticket to gain entry, thanks to Sony Ericsson. By logging on to www.ibizarocks.com, and selecting ‘mobile-ticket’ upon purchase of a ticket to a gig of their choice, fans can now opt for paper-free entry. Sony Ericsson will send customers a unique bar-code directly to their mobile that will be scanned by Ibiza Rocks hosts - bypassing the hassle of locating mislaid tickets…

Travel packages for all the gigs are available at www.ibizarockshotel.com

That’s the news for now - but there’s more to come…

20 odd years ago Wham did a video here … You may remember it…

But tonight was the first part of the ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ that is the climax of the year of Ibiza Rocks - allegedly the finest invention since sliced bread…

It began with coaches outside their traditional home of Bar M on the beach of San Antonio and ended a couple of kilometres away at Pike’s Hotel, which,ironically, is both the first of the incredibly successful country hotels and, indisputably, the first magnet to drag in global superstars with names like Grace Jones, Freddy Mercury and Wham…

So exactly where does Pikes Hotel fit into the scheme of internationally famous venues on the European festival circuit? Well the answer tonight would appear to be ‘pretty well’. We’re on a tennis court, the stage is bigger than at Bar M so the lighting rig is more impressive and tonight’s main event, We Are Scientists, are from America and they’re brilliant.

They’re not Devo, from the early days of punk, nor the Ramones from more establishment times, but they’ve got a sense of humour and attitude that explains the name.

We cant wait to see the remake of the Club Tropicana video they filmed yesterday afternoon - complete with Tony on maracas…

There aren’t many more gigs left this summer on the Ibiza Rocks road show, but don’t miss any of them - they just get better and better…

As usual click on any of the images for larger versions…

Jade Jagger

	"That" pool in the Club Tropicana video