Text Overload!

Apologies to those of you who have already registered to receive your burn alert texts and were sent the same UV warning more than once on Saturday. There was a slight technical hitch from text service provider. Please don’t worry, as ever, these messages are completely free of charge and it won't happen again. We hope you enjoyed the sunshine and didn't get burnt!

New tickets!

We have a pair of tickets up for grabs to the sold out V Festival next weekend in Weston Park, Stafford!

All you need to do is sign up online here or text 'rubitin' to 80231 to be in with the chance of winning.

Dont miss out on seeing some of your favourite bands, line-up includes The Killers, Kasabian, Foo Fighters, Snow Patrol, The Fratellis, Kanye West, Pink and many more.

Breaking KASABIAN news!!!!

Rubitinuk has just be given a pair of tickets to see Kasabian at i-Tunes Festival at the ICA in the heart of London next Tuesday, July 31. Kasabian are keen supporters of Teenage Cancer Trust and you don’t want to miss out on winning these tickets as it’s not everyday that they play at a venue as small and intimate as the ICA. Sign up now to be in with a chance to win.

T4 Weekend Is Here!

Look out for our TCT sun safety bandits down at T4 on the Beach this weekend. We will be giving away free suncream to keep you protected from that hot sun and also our mini-magazines with info and celeb interviews. There are some great acts playing including our TCT supporters Mark Ronson, Natasha Bedingfield and Calvin Harris.

NEW! TICKETS TO TALES OF THE JACKALOPE!

Tales Of The Jackalope is a 24-hour party set in the stunning grounds of Kimberley Hall, South Norfolk, just two hours from London by road or rail and is bought to you by Vice and My Beautiful City. Taking place on August 4th you can expect more than 50 acts across 4 arenas. Running from noon till noon Jackalope offers the best and most debauched all night party of the summer soundtracked by a varied and innovative lineup featuring the likes of Dizzee Rascal, The Fall, 2ManyDJS, Chromeo, Uffie, Shy Child and The Rumble Strips. Time Out described Jackalope as ‘a unique boutique festival’. If by that they mean ‘a small but perfectly formed festival for people with good taste’ then we agree! All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is sign up to receive sun safety alerts - you know it's good for you!

PAOLO'S PARK LIFE

Summer’s not all about sunbathing on the beach. Take for example a typical week in my life. I might fly to the city on Monday, go to work on Tuesday, take a date to the park on Wednesday and on Thursday and Friday and Saturday, we’ll chill on Sunday. Ha ha! Forget Craig David all over your body, forget Chico, forget everyone, this is Paolo time! But spending that much time rolling around in the grass, I’ve learnt a thing or two about parks, like never to take strawberries and Champagne to impress the ladies. One time, at the band stand, I popped my cork and ended up looking like Leonardo Dicaprio did in Titantic (you know that scene where he’s drowning on a log board?) As for strawberries, try getting that juice out of your white vest and chinos. Daz doorstep challenge can go and try their luck with my neighbour. Jokes aside, one of my worst experiences was forgetting to put my lotion on. I felt like a piece of chicken lying on a barbecue and was getting really worried about getting a white bottom which would totally clash with my red and brown bits. Then there was that guy skin cancer nibbling at my ear. Enough was enough. What kind of fool are you taking me for? I located the girl with the biggest tube of suntan lotion, pumped up my chest and hoped she wouldn’t notice the marks my sunglasses had left. Thankfully she rubbed it in with no questions and asked me where I got my thong-inspired Speedos so she could get some for her girlfriend. Well you can’t have it all my mother used to say.

After that I got thinking – what things can I do in the park without getting burnt. In all honesty, I’m not going to share my tips with you cause I'm a nice guy, it's just the nightclub I was going to has been slapped with an ASBO so I’ve got a few hours to kill while I deep condition my hair. It’s 2007 and getting it twisted is so last season.


1 BASIN BARBECUE
Every park has a public toilet. When you’re getting too hot, or if you want to stay out of the sun light when it’s at it’s strongest over lunchtime, set up your barbecue in the public toilet. The toilet paper serves as the perfect fuel, you can cool down with the taps and a urinal a stones throw away and no-one will want to eat your food now, so more for you.

2 TWO’S COMPANY
You know that dog you can’t be bothered to take out? Fetch the lead now. Love walking your pooch? Get on all fours then. Even if you don’t own a mutt, the great thing about this is you don’t even need one. Make yourself a dog suit out of old curtains, bin bags or carpet. If you’re rich, go hire a costume. With your disguise complete and you feeling all animalistic, go and hang out like a dog for the day. Squat in bushes, run around the trees, lie in the shade and drink plenty of water. No straws allowed.

3 BAND AID
Remember the bandstand I mentioned earlier, well one of my childhood dreams was to be a singer and I’ve always said I’d do it before I became an old man and do it, I did. I threw water over the deck of the bandstand and got my Wham! on. Although no record companies witnessed my performance, I have to admit it was pretty damn beautiful. Me parading around the bandstand like I owned it with loads of honeys dancing in the background. I like to think they were laughing with me and not at me though.

4 ICE ICE BABY
If you see an ice cream van, enquire about work opportunities. You get to watch everything going out, make people smile, meet lots of interesting stunning ladies, I mean people and get paid for the honour. Unfortunately, when I applied, I didn’t have my visa with me which stopped dead my chance of a career dealing 99’s. Being good looking definitely helped though. I would now like a job in rubbing in suntan lotion.

5 WEAR AND WEAVE
Wear and weave I call this. We all know it’s good to wear a hat in the sun, it helps block some of the suns harmful rays for starters, and given my style I go for straw. I’m often told the wide brim suits me too. Plonk a deckchair in the shade and weave replicas of your straw hat with bits of twine and twig. If you finish a wearable head piece, you may even be able to sell it to someone else in the park. Money for nothing and your chick for free!

6 PUT A BLOCK ON IT
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this at first. If I’d just put sun block, or a high factor sun oil, on in the first place I wouldn’t have had to make such a fool of myself, looking for things to do without getting burnt. In the name of research It was worthwhile but next time I go I want to go on a picnic, play tennis, conversate with ladies, drink on the bench with the old men and feel nature between my toes. That's the Paolo way.

SHOCKING "BURN UK" SUN SURVEY RESULTS

A few weeks ago Teenage Cancer Trust conducted a survey of 1000 13-17-year-olds about their attitudes to sun safety. The results are now in and there are some very surprising statistics...


41% of teenagers NEVER wear suncream when in the UK!


75% of UK teenagers admitted to having burnt in hot weather


80% admitted to not wearing suncream every time they are exposed to the sun


33% were not aware that prolonged exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer


48% were unsure of what factor suncream they should be using


76% in Northern Ireland and 60% the North East of England were clueless about what factor to wear


65% in the South West correctly stated that you should always wear factor 15 or above


12% of boys admitted to NEVER using suncream at all compared to 7% of girls


18% of UK teenagers are unsure about the dangers of sun beds

FESTIVAL TICKET GIVEAWAY UPDATE

We've just had confirmation that we will have tickets to give away for the awesome LATITUDE FESTIVAL, which is taking place in Southwold, Suffolk on the weekend of July 12-15.

Hopefully the weather will be better than at Latitude's big sister festival, Glastonbury, so if you win, don't forget to pack your Factor 30+ along with the tent and loo roll. The line-up looks absolutely amazing...

ARCADE FIRE, DAMIEN RICE, MAGIC NUMBERS, NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB, THE RAPTURE CSS, RUMBLE STRIPS, THE GOOD THE BAD & THE QUEEN AND LOADS MORE INCLUDING TOP COMEDIANS ALAN CARR, DYLAN MORAN AND PHIL JUPITUS