And so, Planet Love 2003 is very proud to introduce to our mighty line up, POLOROID and that spine-tingling slice of Balearic aural utopia ‘SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL’.

Released on Decode / Telstar just one week later on September 22nd, Poloroid is the alter ego of Essex born singer songwriter Dan Rowe, an artist of precocious talent who’s given us one of the biggest songs of the year.

The emotive, haunting strains of ‘So Damn Beautiful’ were first heard as the TV sound bed to England’s 5-1 thrashing of Germany and further embedded itself in the public’s heart as the soundtrack to England’s defeat of Argentina in the 2002 World Cup. Soon the setting changed from football stadiums to main room dancefloors as a club version of ‘So Damn Beautiful’ appeared on Dave Seaman’s ‘Global Underground’ mix and became an end-of-night club anthem across the country and Ibiza. As DJs and producers scrambled to get their hands on the track, ‘So Damn Beautiful’ was propelled to Number 1 in both the Cool Cuts and Buzz charts, on the back of amazing remixes from Andy Morris, Chris Coco and Dogzilla. The result of all this frenetic club action being an invitation to perform a bespoke Balearic set live for Radio 1 in Ibiza, an experience Dan will never forget.

Dan is currently putting the finishing touches to the debut Poloroid album which features a varied selection of tracks from tender ballads to all out rock anthems. Having already been described as ‘the female Michael Stipe’ (Music Week), Dan has collaborated with the likes of Dave Hemmingway (of Beautiful South fame) and film score wizard David Arnold on an album that’s been part produced by Andy Duncan (best known for his work with Robbie Williams cohort Guy Chambers).

You can catch the full PA on in the main LOVE arena. It’s the biggest tune of the year, at Ireland’s biggest festival this year. And to hear it live with some of our country’s most up for it party crew, is something you won’t want to miss.

The main DJ sets from the Love arena will go our live across Ireland via 2FM who will be live from 8pm. Mr Spring’s popular ‘Firing Squad’ where the kooky DJ gets a team of people to review the top tunes of the week will be conducted from Love03, while well-known jock John Power will also be hosting live on 2FM from the festival site.

Cool FM will be recording sets from their Outdoor Stage during the day and evening, then broadcasting them through the night and into the early hours of September 14th on 97.4FM. They’ll also conduct a number of ‘live reads’ throughout the day where clubbers and DJs alike will be interviewed at the festival and aired on the popular radio station. BBC Radio Ulster’s Across the Line will record DJ sets from the Love Allstars arena for broadcast over the following weeks.

Ian Wilson, Head of Music Production at 2FM, says, "Planet Love was the first dance festival in Ireland and we were the only radio station broadcasting it at the time. It’s a great festival which grows in stature and popularity from year to year. It’s always good craic. We’re in it for the long haul."

It’s a little known fact is that the ‘Just Won’t Do’ star Tim Deluxe was born and lived for the first seven years of his life in Portrush, Northern Ireland - just 30 miles from Shane’s Castle where the massive festival will take place on September 13th!

Tim, who now lives in London, rose to eminence most remarkably last year when his tune ‘Just Won’t Do’ feat Sam Obernik, became the biggest dance track of 2002 having rocked the Miami Winter Music Festival, the party island of Ibiza and every club and jukebox across the world.

Tim will present his live show together with the collaborators from his forthcoming album ‘The Little Ginger Club Kid’, which is due out at the end of September. The band, comprising of percussion, saxophone and guitar players, will bring to life as yet unheard tracks from ‘The Little Ginger Club Kid’ with vocals from Californian songbird Terra Deva.

Terra Deva is one of the dance music world’s most sought after singers, having performed on Shakedown’s seminal ‘At Night’, Who Da Funk’s ‘Sting Me Red’ while the acclaimed singer has also worked with a plethora of dance heavyweights including Erick Morillo, Satoshi Tomiie, Harry Choo Choo Romero and Jimmy Van M.

Tim Deluxe (Live) feat Terra Deva will headline the Love Allstars Arena and play alongside Dave Angel, King Unique, Benny Benassi, Jamie Anderson and Phil Kieran. Other dance stars performing under the five big canvasses at Love03 include Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, Lisa Lashes and many more.

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And that’s not all. House music maestros King Unique have been added to the bill which is outlined below, arena-by-arena, and furthermore, one of the most exciting concepts of the festival this year is the introduction of ‘The Village.’

A festival within a festival, The Village will have its own arena the pyscadelic trance Earth Tribe arena as well as a chill out café, masseurs, tarot readers, buskers, body piercing and a wide range of other attractions.

"The Village will be amazing," says event co-ordinator Sandra Gourley. "It’s bringing an entirely different element to the festival. While the three main arenas and the outdoor stage will be offering the best in house, trance and techno, The Village will have an entirely different atmosphere. In Earth Tribe there will be full-on psychedelic trance, progressive psychedelic trance and psychedelic techno which has to be experienced!, while elsewhere in the village there will be a chilled, ambient vibe. It’s going to be brilliant!"

"This year's Planet Love will be about having a mega outdoor party, a festival of music and good vibes," said promoter Eddie Wray. "The line up, although featuring some international artists who have played before, will be a lot different than previous years and will focus more on those local, national and international artists who haven't played. We have tried to avoid the usual suspects as they appear to be playing in clubs here all the time now and have concentrated on a cross-section of sounds through three main arenas whilst adding something entirely new and interesting in ‘The Village’."

There are three arenas confirmed so far:
The Love Main Arena - Hard dance and trance
Love Allstars - House and techno
Rendezvous - Classic and old skool

www.planetlovemusic.com is the main source of information for Love03 this year so be sure to log on regularly for updates. And so, with tantalising thoughts of cool beers in the sun, and some of most celebrated names in world dance music coming to a great big field in County Antrim for your entertainment, the countdown to Love03 is on.