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Artist News Festival Line-Up Update Gigs & Festivals
Festival line-up update – 8 Jun 2012
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 8 June 2012
BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR, Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, South Derbyshire, 9-12 Aug: With US metallers Machine Head just confirmed as Bloodstock headliners alongside Behemoth and Alice Cooper, the outdoor rock fest will also host Deicide, Sanctuary, Grand Magus, Nile, Mayhem, The Black Dahlia Murder, Dimmu Borgir and Hatebreed. www.bloodstock.uk.com
FARMFESTIVAL, Bruton, in Somerset, 27-28 Jul: Having just unveiled its line-up in full, this year’s Farmfestival will star Submotion Orchestra, Man Like Me, The Boy Least Likely To, The Lovely Eggs, The Blood Arm, Trophy Wife, My Tiger My Timing, Polly & The Billets Doux and so very many others besides. www.farmfestival.co.uk
ICELAND AIRWAVES, various venues, Reykjavik, Iceland, 31 Oct – 4 Nov: A recent influx of artists, not least Dirty Projectors, The Vaccines, Purity Ring, Doldrums and Moon Face, will now accompany Sigur Rós, Patrick Wolf, Friends and Django Django on this year’s Airwaves roster, as is staged in venues throughout the Icelandic capital. www.icelandairwaves.is
SUPERSONIC, Custard Factory, Birmingham, 19-21 Oct: Such new add-ons as Hype Williams, Swans musician Jarboe, Italian metal band Ufomammut and Australian dance troupe My Disco further enhance Supersonic’s niche appeal, aligning with alt luminaries like Kim Gordon’s Body/Head, Tim Hecker, JK Flesh, Dylan Carlson and Dope Body. www.supersonicfestival.com
T IN THE PARK, Balado, Scotland, 5-8 Jul: The Coronas, Dry The River, Meek Mill, Dot Rotten and Teengirl Fantasy represent those just-introduced acts now supplementing the T roster, as has so far featured Snow Patrol, The Stone Roses, Kasabian, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Florence And The Machine, Tinie Tempah and New Order. www.tinthepark.com
WATCHET LIVE, Parsonage Farm, Watchet, West Somerset, 24-26 Aug: Transylvanian pop twins The Cheeky Girls prove novel new additions to Watchet’s 2012 listings, with The Real Thing and The Popes & Babyhead also joining the previously announced likes of The Blockheads, Mad Dog Mcrea and The Wurzels. ‘Eclectic’ just isn’t the word. www.watchetfestival.co.uk
