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Artist News Festival Line-Up Update Gigs & Festivals
Festival line-up update – 29 Mar 2011
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 29 March 2011
FRIENDS OF MINE, Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, 21-22 May: Organisers have pulled of a coup in securing Leed’s finest The Cribs for Friends Of Mine’s first edition. They are the latest rabble-rousers in the mix alongside the likes of The Fall, Black Lips, The Longcut and The Buzzcocks. www.fomfest.com
HOP FARM MUSIC FESTIVAL, Hop Farm Country Park, Kent, 1-2 Jul: Making up an eclectic mix on Hop Farm’s latest line-up update are Chrissie Hynde, Damien Dempsey, The Duke Spirit, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Frankie & The Heartstrings and hotly-tipped Australian indie sorts Cloud Control. The existing two-day bill, topped off by co-headliners Morrissey and The Eagles, also stars Lou Reed, Iggy & The Stooges, Bryan Ferry and a lone Brandon Flowers. www.hopfarmfestival.com
LATITUDE, Henham Park Estate, Suffolk, 14-17 Jul: Bombay Bicycle Club and Eels are the most recent pair of acts added to the sterling Latitude line-up. In older news, headlining honours will be shared by The National, Paolo Nutini and Suede, with The Vaccines, I Am Kloot, Deerhunter and Bright Eyes also already set to perform. www.latitudefestival.co.uk
SOUTHERN SOUNDS, Clapham Common, London, 11 Jun: Carving its niche in the overstocked festival programme by “celebrating the very best in Southern Hemisphere music under a Northern sky”, headliners INXS are the first sub-equatorial act on the bill for the inaugural edition of Southern Sounds. www.southernsoundsfestival.com
URBAN ART FORMS, Arena Nova Playgrounds, Wiener Neustadt, 16-18 Jun: Heading to the fusion of dance music and visual arts that is this wunderbar weekender will be bill-topping DJ Fat Boy Slim, who is joined by an array of dance acts like Deadmau5, Simian Mobile Disco, Crystal Castles and Does It Offend You, Yeah? www.uaf-festival.at
WYCHWOOD, Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire, 3-5 Jun: Newly-announced acts including Scottish songwriter Eddie Reader and retiring Britpopsters The Bluetones will be joining in with the congenial atmosphere at this family-friendly bash. Fans can also expect a solo appearance by Eliza Carth of The Gift Band, as well as performances from such already confirmed acts as Cornershop, The Waterboys and Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble. www.wychwoodfestival.com
