Butlin’s, Bognor RegisJohn Cale and Jesus and Mary Chain line up with newbies Black Country, New Road and Nova Twins in a January festival as bracing as the wind whipping off the Channel
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While much of the country detoxes after
Christmas and new year, a small corner of the south coast continues toxing like nothing’s the matter.
Lubricated with a blend of lager and glucose-intense alcopops that would profoundly trouble Joe Wicks, Rockaway Beach, which takes over a Butlin’s holiday camp in Bognor Regis, nevertheless manages to blow at least some cobwebs away with a weekend of diverse indie rock that’s often as bracing as the wind whipping off the Channel.