Dub Colossus will be making their debut at this years' Edinburgh Festival with a residency as A Town Called Addis at the World @ St George's West between 6th and 26th August.

This extraordinary event will transport you to the music halls and smoky night clubs of Addis Ababa, their show will incorporate a wide range of musical styles from Azmari (traditional Ethiopian) songs, Ethiojazz, 70's reggae to Afropop.

The group played sold out shows at the Barbican last year and at the Glastonbury festival, more recently they have played successful gigs at Roskilde and WOMAD.

Efestivals are hosting are great selection of photos from Dub Colossus' live show at WOMAD UK on Friday 24th July

Here's the link...
Dub Colossus WOMAD photos

Dub Colossus headlined Sunday night at Wychwood festival this  past weekend and the Independent had this to say about their fantastic performance:

"...Dub Colossus, whose chilled-out blend of jazz, African music and dub proved just right to soothe sore heads at the end of a sun-drenched weekend."

Dingwalls will have as special guests:
 
Dr Das on Bass  (ex Asian Dub Foundation)
Nick Van Gelder on Drums ( ex Jamiroquai )
The Horns of Negus ( Dr John )

Dub Colossus will be performing at Roskilde Festival on 3 July 2009
http://www.roskilde-festival.dk

Dub Colossus have been nominated as Best Newcomer at the Songlines Music Awards 2009, also nominated are fellow Real World Labelmates Dengue Fever.

"The Songlines Music Awards
recognise outstanding talent in world music and are run in partnership
with WOMAD festival, culminating in performances by a selection of the
nominees at this summer’s WOMAD in Charlton Park, July 24-26 2009,,
including Rokia Traoré, Dub Colossus and Los Desterrados."
(Songlines.co.uk)

Kicking off the UK Festival season is Wychwood Music Festival at the
end of May. Launched in 2005 Wychwood quickly gained a happy audience
and a great reputation for eclectic programming. The festival's name
comes from the ancient forest that once covered large parts of
Oxfordshire, but the festival has found its own home over in
Gloucestershire and is steadily becoming that county's largest music
festival. It was described as 'a bijou Glastonbury' by The Independent.Returning
to Europe for a series of dates Dub Colossus In A Town Called Addis
bring together musicians from Ethiopia and the UK in a unique
collaboration. "...As if Lee Scratch Perry were producing Éthiopiques"
(Financial Times) "The result is a sprawling idiosyncratic delight that
strives one minute for the epic gravitas of great film music and the
next just settles into a pleasantly exotic groove." ( The Word).Bringing
the group together for live performances is an epic undertaking of
logistics, funding and visas. We are delighted that Wychwood will be
their first show of the summer. Watch out for the group at WOMAD
Charlton Park in July and further appearances listed under our Tour
dates.  Dub Colossus at Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse - Sunday 31 May 2009