Xfm's Winter Wonderland in aid of Shelter will be taking place over three days from Thursday December 7 to Saturday December 9 across three venues in three cities. The London event will feature The Kooks, The Feeling, The Automatic, Boy Kill Boy, Captain, the winner of Xfm London's Rock School competition (whoever that ends up being) and a secret special headline act (who'll be announced in the coming weeks).

Tickets for all three event will be going on sale on 9am November 3. Keep checking Xfm for more ticket details during today.

The full line up of all three events is:

Xfm Scotland's Winter Wonderland - Thursday December 7

* The Fratellis
* Biffy Clyro
* The View
* Special Guests
* Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly.
* The Dykeenies
* Xfm Scotland's (as yet undecided) Rock School winner.

Xfm Manchester's Winter Wonderland - Friday December 8

* Manic Street Preachers
* Special Guests
* Badly Drawn Boy
* The Rakes
* Little Man Tate
* Mumm-Ra
* Xfm Manchester's (as yet undecided) Rock School winner

Xfm London's Winter Wonderland - Saturday December 9

* Secret Special Guest Headline Act
* The Kooks
* The Feeling
* The Automatic
* Boy Kill Boy
* Captain
* Xfm London's (as yet undecided) Rock School winner

I've heard about this Rock School competition thing.
Apparently bands have to perform an "indie cover".

Is anyone else with me when I say that that is a shit idea?
Young bands need guidance and assistance, but that's just hampering creativity and pampering to the current comercial climate and artificially perpetuating a currently popular genre.
No, sir, I don't like it.