EVENT NEWS: Mos Def To Headline Rock The Bells

After another successful 10-city tour in the United States with headliners Nas and A Tribe Called Quest, Guerilla Union have announced that they will take their Rock The Bells Festival for a run through Europe for the first time.

The tour will kick off in Prague, Czech Republic on October 31 and continue on to stops in Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Paris. It will hit the UK on November 6 at Birmingham Academy and at Manchester's Apollo on November 12.

Acts for the European dates include Mos Def, Nas, De La Soul, The Pharcyde reunion featuring all four original members, freestyle world champion Supernatural and beat boxer Scratch.

For fans not able to physically make it to one of the upcoming shows, BBC's 1Xtra is set to support the festival with exclusive interviews and live music, which you may check out online.

Past Rock The Bells performers include by Rage Against The Machine, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Lauryn Hill, Blackstar (Talib Kweli and Mos Def), Hieroglyphics, Busta Rhymes, Cypress Hill and Jurassic 5.

One of the past memorable moments of the festival came at the 2004 event, which reunited the Wu-Tang Clan for the first time in 10 years. It was the last time for anyone to experience the Wu-Tang Clan as a whole, as ODB passed away a couple of months after the show.

Rock The Bells 2008 International dates are as follows: 

10/31 - Prague, Czech Republic @ T-Mobile Arena
11/01 - Amsterdam, Holland @ Heinken Music Hall
11/04 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Annexet
11/06 - Birmingham, UK @ Birmingham Academy
11/10 - Paris, France @ Zenith
11 /12 - Manchester Apollo