Feeling good for Loopallu!

THREE acts are the first to be announced for the seventh Loopallu festival in Ullapool.

Big on the feelgood factor, headliners The Feeling have a fistful of singalong hits to get the crowd going including Never Be Lonely, Fill My Little World, Sewn and Set My World On Fire.

The band, which played a full-on gig at Inverness Ironworks a few years back, just released their third album Together We Were Made on Monday and played a one-hour special recently for BBC Radio 2 at London’s Mermaid Theatre to mark the occasion.

Loopallu will also see the return of Jon Fratelli – who last played the festival as part of his previous line-up The Codeine Velvet Club fronted by Lou Hickey.

This time Jon continues performing the solo material he unveiled at a series of Highland gigs earlier in the year but with a full band including two drummers.

And as well as songs from his new album, Jon will also fit in some of the classic hits from his first line-up, chart big-hitters The Fratellis.

Jon’s playing with a full band, including two drummers!

And the recently-reformed Scottish veterans The Bluebells will be singing their hits and appealing to the Young At Heart.

Tickets for this year are priced at £60 for weekend tickets and £75 for weekend and camping. Weekend and camping ticket holders wishing to bring campervans and caravans will be charged £25 per vehicle. As, since the beginning, tickets for children 12 & under will be free (though need to be accompanied by an adult)

Tickets, available in person from Northwest Outdoors (Ullapool), Mania and the Ironworks (Inverness).

For online sales, you can go to www.thebooth.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk or www.skiddle.com For 24-hour phone sales, call 08444 999 990.

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