NEW YORK -- Public Enemy frontman Chuck D will unveil his new rock band,

Confrontation Camp, during a four-day festival in July.

The Digital Club Festival, scheduled to take place July 20-23 in clubs

throughout Manhattan, is the new name for the live music and webcast

event formerly known as the Intel Fest. It's also expected to feature

performances by rock bands Bush, the Apples in Stereo, Manic Street

Preachers and hip-hop artist Prince Paul, according to organizers.

Confrontation Camp, whose lineup features Chuck D, controversial Public

Enemy member Professor Griff (born Richard Griffin) and singer Kyle Jason

backed by rock musicians, will make their live debut July 22.

"Me and Griff like to work together a lot, so we came up with Confrontation

Camp," Chuck D (born Carlton Ridenhour) said recently. "We bring three

attacking vocals -- singing vocals, rap and poetry. We would like to

think there's nothing out there that can compete with this vocal

application over driving tracks."

The band has yet to record anything, but plans on issuing a release on

Chuck D's label, Slam Jamz, or another independent label.

The New York gig may turn into a de facto Public Enemy performance, with

the group's other rapper, Flavor Flav (born William Drayton), likely to

appear, according to Chris Newmyer, who is booking the festival. Public

Enemy recently released an album, There's a Poison Goin' On, online

through Internet label Atomic Pop (www.atomicpop.com). The disc features

the single "Do You Wanna Go Our Way?" (RealAudio

excerpt) as well as the song "World Tour Sessions" with Jason

as guest vocalist.

Other confirmed acts for the Digital Club Festival include former Pixies

frontman Frank Black, punk-rockers the Donnas and the Belle and Sebastian

side project Looper, organizers said.

British rockers Bush, known for such hits as "Swallowed" (

HREF="http://media.addict.com/atn-bin/get-music/Bush/mono-excerpt-Swallowed-28.ram">RealAudio excerpt),

will play three shows at Irving Plaza during the festival, July 21, 22

and 23.

Unlike other well-known festivals, including South by Southwest and CMJ,

the Digital Club Festival is meant to focus on established bands rather

than up-and-coming acts, Newmyer said.

The festival also is meant to have a strong digital bent, with shows

webcast from the festival's site (www.digitalclubfest.com). Shows from

another 10 clubs around the world will be webcast simultaneously, festival

co-founder Andrew Rasiej said.

Newmyer, who books the Manhattan club Tramps, said the festival's Internet

presence is a major attraction for artists. "It's one of our biggest

selling points," he said. "A lot of the bands are really into it."

Although the festival will use only streaming technology, some record

labels were initially cool to the event because of their concerns over

digital downloading of music, Newmyer said. "They're not quite sure what

it means," he said. "You have to explain it to them, but once we

get them on board then they're very much into it."

The festival, which is in its fifth year, changed its name because Rasiej

and co-founder Michael Dorf plan to use this year's event to launch a

new business venture, to be called the Digital Club Network, Rasiej said.

The site will showcase live music 24 hours a day, he said.

Last year's Intel Fest featured Blondie, Joey Ramone, the Jesus and Mary

Chain, and dozens of other acts. In previous years, the festival has

hosted Ben Folds Five and the Offspring.

Many more acts for this year will be confirmed soon, Newmyer said.

(Staff writer Chris Nelson contributed to this report.)