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Fatboy Slim (born Quentin Leo Cook on July 16, 1963,<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/fatboy_slim/artist.jhtml MTV.com bio]</ref> also known as Norman Cook) is an England|English big beat musician.

History

Image:Button-disque.jpg|thumb|left|Button Badge created by Cook (circa 1979) for his band Disque Attack in which he played drums and for whom he was later lead vocalist.

Quentin Leo Cook grew up in Reigate, Surrey|Reigate, Surrey, England, and was educated at Reigate Grammar School. He started a Punk rock|punk fanzine titled ''Peroxide'' with his neighbour Andrew Thomas and art student Ian McKay (writer)|Ian McKay (formerly Laidlaw). Contemporary with his publishing activities, he played drums in Disque Attack (a British New Wave music|new-wave-influenced rock band) for which he later performed lead vocals. At Reigate College he also met Paul Heaton and, at 18, he went to the University of Brighton|Brighton Polytechnic to study a Bachelor of Arts|BA in English language|English, Politics and Sociology. Although he had begun Disc jockey|DJing some years before, it was at this time that he began to develop his skills on the thriving Brighton club scene.

In 1985 Cook's friend Paul Heaton who lived in Kingston upon Hull|Hull had formed a guitar band called The Housemartins. The Housemartins' bass guitarist|bassist had just quit on the ev... read all

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1. Africa Exprez on 6 Mar 2008
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
2. Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Day 1 on 26 Apr 2008
Location: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio 92201, United States
3. Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on 25 Apr 2008
Location: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio 92201, United States http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2057/2273228785_630f7b2415.jpg Not on the poster: Above and Beyond added according to their Myspace Yeasayer added according to Pollstar Art: [url=http://blog.orbswarm.com/]Swarm
4. RockNess 2008 on 7 Jun 2008
Location: Dores, United Kingdom
5. Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts on 27 Jun 2008
Location: Pilton, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4BY, United Kingdom Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts The next Glastonbury Festival will be held on the weekend of 27th, 28th and 29th June 2008 Glastonbury 2008 Tickets 2008 will see the return of Glastonbury’s award winning registration process and photo tickets. Full details regarding ticket purchase and how to register will be published here, on the official website by the middle of January, so watch this space for details. Performing at Glastonbury 2008 Agents for artists signed with major labels can contact the Festival in the usual manner. Only digital submissions are accepted for Pyramid, Other and John Peel stages. Please do not send in CDs. For Acoustic Stage please send CDs to Glastonbury Acoustic Stage, Asgard, 125 Parkway, Regents Park, London, NW1 7PS and for Dance Village - CDs to Glastonbury Dance Village, P O Box 1132, Bristol, BS99 2JZ or EPKs to the usual address. For other peformers, the Festival is again running the Glastonbury New Talent Competition. Over 50 performers or groups that entered the competition last year played at Glastonbury 2007, with the winner, Liz Green, having a spot on the Pyramid Stage.
6. Fatboy Slim at Pyramide, Vösendorf on 28 Jun 2008
Location: Vösendorf, Austria
7. O2 Wireless Festival on 3 Jul 2008
Location: London, United Kingdom Thursday 3rd TBA Friday 4th TBA Saturday 5th Fatboy Slim Underworld Bootsy Collins Sunday 6th Counting Crows Ben Harper Powderfinger The Hold Steady Delays
8. O2 Wireless Festival on 5 Jul 2008
Location: London, United Kingdom
9. Balaton Sound on 10 Jul 2008
Location: Hungary
10. The Mission presents Fatboy Slim on 12 Jul 2008
Location: Mamaia, Romania
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