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Artist News Festival Line-Up Update Gigs & Festivals
Festival line-up update – 17 Jun 2011
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 17 June 2011
GREENWICH SUMMER SESSIONS, Old Royal Navy College, Greenwich, London, 26-31 Jul: Chris Difford of Squeeze is to curate the final evening of this bustling London-based fest with a night entitled ‘Songs In The Key Of London’. Attending on-stage will be a host of quintessentially-English performers including Gary Kemp, UB40 star Ali Campbell, Mark Nevin and Eddie Reader of Fairground Attraction and jazz cat Pee Wee Ellis, a former member of James Brown’s touring band. They supplement an overall Greenwich Sessions programme that boasts The Divine Comedy, Jose Gonzalez, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl, Turin Brakes, The Pogues and Buzzcocks. www.greenwichsummersessions.co.uk
LATITUDE, Henham Park Estate, Suffolk, 14-17 Jul: Performances from James Blake, Alabama 3, When Saints Go Machine and Faris Badwan’s new duo Cats Eyes are all fresh on Latitude’s ever-expanding programme of events. Guillemots, who will provide live accompaniment to Akira Kurosawa’s film ‘Dreams’, also feature amongst the new prospects. They join a host of prior announcees including The National, Suede, Paolo Nutini, I Am Kloot, Laura Marling, Bright Eyes and Bombay Bicycle Club on the existing bill. www.latitudefestival.co.uk
