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 Here are a few shots from The Young Knives‘ homecoming show at the Oxford Academy, 21 December 2008.

Support came from up-and-coming local stars Tristan and the Troubadours.

As part of a slightly-bizarre series of gigs called ‘Homecoming’, The Young Knives will perform at the Oxford Academy on Sunday 21 December. According to Academy Events, the shows see established musicians ‘paying homage to their roots and crafting a bill of live music from their stomping ground’ – it will be interesting to see which Oxford stars will be picked out by TYK for the show, which goes on sale this Thursday (23 October). Oxford gets the best end of the deal, with Liverpool getting The Rascals, and Dogs being chosen to represent London for some unfathomable reason.

Dive Dive are offering local music fans the chance to get discounts on tickets for the upcoming Offset Festival on 30/31 August at Hainault Forest Country Park. To get tickets for £40 (non-camping) or £45 (camping) instead of £45 and £55 respectively, click here and enter ‘Dive Dive’ as the discount code. The festival also features Wire and Gang of Four, as well as Future of the Left, Blood Red Shoes and Oxford’s own Young Knives.

Worthless musical revisionist Mark Ronson is amongst the big names confirmed for this year’s Wakestock festival on 27-29 June at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock. Other stars confirmed for the summer bash are former Truck headliners The Futureheads, Pendulum, Lightspeed Champion, Ty, Groove Armada, The Streets, Hadouken and local heroes Supergrass and The Young Knives. Tickets for Wakestock, which celebrates the cult watersport of wakeboarding, cost £110 for weekend with camping, £85 for weekend without camping and £40 for a day ticket. For more information, have a look here.