Tramlines 2010 - The festival on our back doorstep

Tramlines is Sheffield's biggest music event of the year. From Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th of July, come and see 38 bands at dozens of venues, with loads of real ale pubs on hand, and entry is free! You can't get better value than that.

We missed it last year for one reason or another, so we're determined to get there this year. 23inertia has expressed no particular preference for what bands we see, but I have a short lineup I'm wanting to catch if at all possible:

• 65daysofstatic - hot on the heals of their latest album, We Were Exploding Anyway
• The Hoosiers - A bit like Marmite, you love 'em or hate 'em. Apparently the new material is vastly different to older stuff so I really fancy a listen
• Echo & The Bunnymen - Just ... because. Do I have to spell it out?

I'm a bit miffed that The Eighties Matchbox B Line Disaster aren't coming back. They played last year, and they have a new album out. Oh well, can't have everything I suppose.

Oh and one other thing. Craig David? Toddla T? I think not ...