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Artist News Festival Line-Up Update Gigs & Festivals
Festival line-up update – 26 Apr 2012
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 26 April 2012
BEARDED THEORY, Kedleston Hall Park, Derbyshire, 18-20 May: With Adam Ant’s The Good, The Mad And The Lovely Posse just confirmed to replace former headliners The Levellers – who cancelled their Bearded Theory appearance due to injury – this year’s festival will also feature Wheatus, Terrorvision, The Travelling Band, Dreadzone and Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs. www.beardedtheory.co.uk
HULTSFRED FESTIVAL, Sweden, 14-16 Jun: Hulstfred’s latest supplements, who include Chase & Status, Spector and Willie Moon, unite with the likes of The Cure, Mumford & Sons, Noel Gallagher, Kasabian and Noah & The Whale in – for the most part of the festival’s roster – bringing a distinctly British sense to proceedings at this Swedish three-dayer. www.hultsfredsfestivalen.se
LAND OF KINGS, various venues, Dalston, London, 4-5 May: O Children, Male Bonding, Is Tropical, and the one-time Lulu & The Lampshades line-up, now renamed Land Shapes, are new introductions to the impending Land Of Kings roster, as are DJs Kwes and Micachu aka Kwescachu. The list of those acts already confirmed includes Speech Debelle, Trophy Wife, Slow Club, Connan Mockasin, Bos Angeles, Bullion, NCZA/Lines and Stay+. www.landofkings.co.uk
LEEFEST, Highams Hill Farm, Warlingham, Surrey, 29-30 Jun: Friction & Linguistics, Jakwob, Raf Daddy, Urban Nerds and Dismantle are amongst those acts appearing on the just announced LeeFest dance line-up, and thus join the already mentioned Mystery Jets, Summer Camp, Slow Club, Ghostpoet, Bastille, The Skints, Man Like Me, Casiokids, Sound of Guns and FOE. www.leefest.org.uk
MYSTERYLAND, Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands, 24 Aug: Avicii, Fedde Le Grand, A-Trak, Simian Mobile Disco, Goldie, Tiga, Fake Blood and Seth Troxler, feature on the first and last announcement regarding this one-day Dutch dance-athon, which celebrates its nineteenth anniversary in 2012. www.mysteryland.com
NOZSTOCK, Bromyard, Herefordshire, 27-29 Jul: Organisers confirm that The Futureheads, DJ Zinc and Imperial Leisure are new inserts to Nozstock’s 2012 roster, which includes The Proclaimers, Andy C, Dreadzone, The Correspondents and Camo & Krooked. www.nozstock.com
PLAY FEST, New Eccles Hall, Quendenham, Norwich, 1-3 Jun: Sub Focus, DJ EZ and Gypsy Hill prove fitting final amendments to a broad Play Fest programme, sealing a line in submissions that has hitherto included Ash, The Pigeon Detectives, Feeder, Roots Manuva, Reverend & The Makers and The Big Pink. www.playfest.co.uk
TRAMLINES, various venues, Sheffield, 20-22 Jul: Eugene McGuinness, Crushed Beaks, Keep Shelly In Athens and Theme Park are the most recent additions to this free-to-enter Sheffield fest’s current live programme, which also counts amongst its ranks Roots Manuva, Ms Dynamite, Charli XCX, We Are Scientists, Esben & The Witch, Mazes, Frankie Rose, 65daysofstatic and Rolo Tomassi. www.tramlines.org.uk
WESTPORT FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, 23-24 Jun: This family-focused Westport arts and music fest will mark its first ever edition with performances from Ray Davies, Seasick Steve, The Waterboys, Alison Moyet, Beth Orton and Marc Almond, also hosting an array of less established local artists. www.westportfestival.com
