Due to technical issues that have now been successfully resolved, the organisers of the Hi:Fi North festival have had to adjust the live bill for what will be the first large scale festival of the North East.

Earlier this week high winds damaged equipment that has now been safely removed the Hi:Fi North site, forcing the event managers to merge two arenas. This means ?You Say Party We Say Die?, ?Sound Explosion?, ?The Envelopes?, ?The Marshalls?, ?The Motorettes? and a Youth Music local competition winner band called Youth Music ?Stone Free? will no longer appear on the bill.

HI:FI is the first festival ever in the UK to combine rock gods and dance legends. Local heros ?Maximo Park?, ?Your Code Name is Milo? and ?Forward Russia? will all join Ian Brown, The Editors, Dirty Pretty Things and The Brakes on the main live stage. The DJ line up remains the same and the event continues to be co-headlined by legends such as Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, Digweed, Audio Bullys and 2ManyDjs. The line up for HIFI North will remain the biggest in the North East for an outdoor music festival that will see thousands of people enjoy fantastic contemporary music in the stunning grounds of the Northumberland countryside.

The event will feature buses to take festival goers to and from the centre of Newcastle. Buses will depart from the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle from 10am in the morning leaving every 15 minutes: on the hour, quarter past the hour, half past the hour and quarter to the hour. This service will run until 22.00 hours when the service will be less frequent and will run on demand until 2am on Sunday. From 2am the service will run from the festival site returning to the centre of Newcastle, leaving every 15 minutes.

The festival organisers hope that this service will be well received by ticket holders and local residents. The buses will reduce the number of private vehicles going to and from the site and will thereby ease the possible risk of congestion. The offer of public transport should also deter people from drinking and driving. The event organisers are taking every step to minimise disruption to residents and communities near the festival site.

Tickets cost ?52.50 and VIP passes cost ?75. Tickets will be available at the site entrance on the day. For further information on the event please go to www.hififestival.com.