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Festival line-up update – 5 Mar 2012

By | Published on Monday 5 March 2012

RockNess

2000 TREES, Upcote Farm, Withington, Gloucestershire, 12-14 Jul: Not to be outdone by the considerable competition in this season’s festival stakes, super-green rural fest 2000Trees counts Gallows, We Were Promised Jetpacks and Dog Is Dead amongst its latest instalment of line-up extras, with these acts and more joining the previously announced 65daysofstatic, Pulled Apart By Horses, Rolo Tomassi, The Xcerts, Johnny Foreigner and Brontide. www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk

INCUBATE, various venues, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 10-16 Sep: Buzzcocks, Nils Frahm, Ramesses, a resurgent Divorce and Human Don’t Be Angry (aka Malcolm Middleton) lead those acts just booMked to partake in Incubate’s reasonably-priced alt-rock revelry this year, with additional festival guests including Frank Fairfield, LUIK, Digger & The Pussycats, House Of Wolves and Royal Headache. www.incubate.org

MFEST, Harewood House, Leeds, Yorkshire, 7-8 Jul: Stocking relatively fresh produce in the forms of Matt Cardle, Cher Lloyd and Scouting For Girls, this Morrisons’ supermarket-sponsored bash will also feature consumer durables the Human League, Heaven 17, Beverley Knight, The Blockheads and Sir Bob Geldof at its first ever edition. www.morrisons.co.uk/Family-Life/MFEST/

ROCKNESS,  Loch Ness, Scotland, 8-10 Jun: Organisers have confirmed Friendly Fires, The Drums, The Rapture, Dave Clarke and Kassidy as the latest acts to align with prior conscriptions Mumford & Sons, Biffy Clyro, Deadmu5, Justice and Ed Sheeran on RockNess’ 2012 roster. www.rockness.co.uk

SPRINGFESTIVAL, various venues, Graz, Austria, 16-20 May: Electronic types Cassius, Skream, Benga, Gilles Peterson, Modeselektor, Toddla T and Solumun are each destined for Springfestival’s green and pleasant climes this year, with a further horde of names for the ultra-cultured Austrian event still to be revealed. www.springfestival.at



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