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Festival Line-Up Update: Benicassim, Sonisphere, British Summer Time and more

By | Published on Thursday 10 April 2014

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So, Barclaycard’s pop-picnic-in-the-park British Summer Time has revealed a tasty new spread of artists playing at it. One is family-friendly Welsh sex belter Tom Jones, who will headline the event’s final day, aka 13 Jul.

Mr Jones sonorously intones: “I love playing in Hyde Park, it’s such a beautiful place and so many of the greats have played there. There is a real sense of musical history and a fantastic atmosphere that comes with playing in the middle of a great London park on a wonderful summer evening”.

In contrast, and on a noisier note, this year’s Prodigy/Maiden/Metallica-capped Sonisphere bill has gained a lorry-load of additional acts, not least Atari Teenage Riot, Canterbury, Trash Talk, Bo Ningen and alt-metal heads Therapy?, who as a special treat will play their 1995 LP ‘Infernal Love’, from its first track to its last, at the festival.

Therapy? leader Andy Cairns says, “Delighted to have been asked back to Sonisphere UK to perform ‘Infernal Love’ in its entirety. Our ‘Troublegum’ show there back in 2010 was a special night indeed and we are very much looking forward to playing our 1995 fan favourite at the UK’s premiere rock festival. See you all on the Bohemia stage!”

BEERMAGEDDON, Stoke Prior Country Club, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 22-24 Aug: Achren, Engraved In Blood, Razorblade Smile. www.beermageddon.co.uk

BENICASSIM, Recinto De Conciertos, Benicassim, Spain, 17-20 Jul: Travis, Razorlight, Hozier, Chloe Howl, La Femme, Jero Romero, Triangulo De Amor Bizarro, Mucho, Kokoshca, El Ultimo Vecino, The Parrots, Skizophonic. www.fiberfib.com

BRITISH SUMMER TIME, Hyde Park, London, 4-13 Jul: Tom Jones, Little Mix, Boyzone, 10cc, Bootleg Beatles. www.bst-hydepark.com

COACHELLA, Indio, California, USA, 11-13 Apr/18-20 Apr: Pixies, Julian Casablancas And The Voidz. www.coachella.com

THE ELECTRIC FROG & PRESSURE RIVERSIDE FESTIVAL, Riverside Museum, Glasgow, Scotland, 3-4 May: Tiga, Killer Kitsch, Mash, Pan-Pot, Derrick May, Slam, Notsosilent, Ivan Kutz, Lindsay Green, Kendal Baird, Visionquest, Francois K, Lord Of The Isles, Sunday Circus, Craig Moog, Kev Stevens, Derrick Carter Does Disco, Melting Pot, Pistols At Dawn. www.theelectricfrog.co.uk

FARR FESTIVAL, Bygrave Woods, Newnham, Hertfordshire, 18-20 Jul: Âme, Channel One Soundsystem, Horse Meat Disco, Luke Solomon, Dan Beaumont, Eagles For Hands, Tudor Lion, Dub Conductors, Horus Records, Dagger Soundsystem. www.farrfestival.co.uk

GALTRES PARKLANDS, Duncombe Park, Helmsley, York, 22-24 Aug: A Joker’s Rage, Bull, Counting Coins, Pantheon, RSJ, The Buccaneers, The Holy Orders, We Could Be Astronauts. www.galtresfestival.org.uk

LOVE SUPREME JAZZ FESTIVAL, Glynde Place, East Sussex, 4-6 Jul: Imelda May, De La Soul, Incognito, Melt Yourself Down, Phronesis, Jaimeo Brown, James Torme, Takuya Kuroda, Slowly Rolling Camera, Mammal Hands, Jazz Rooms Soundsystem,Nikki Yanofsky, Matthew Halsall, Natalie Williams Soul Family, Reuben James Trio, Natalie Williams. www.lovesupremefestival.com

SLAM DUNK, Leeds University/The Forum, Hertfordshire/Wolverhampton Civic, 24-26 May: Feed The Rhino, Natives, Landscapes, Vinnie Caruana, Mike Hererra, You Me And Everyone We Know, Rob Lynch, The Lion & The Wolf. www.slamdunkmusic.com

SONISPHERE, Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, 4-6 Jul: Therapy?, Atari Teenage Riot, Bo Ningen, Trash Talk, Canterbury, LostAlone, Bleed From Within, Hellacopters, Dregen, TRC, Beastmilk, Malefice, Glass City Vice. sonisphere.co.uk

SPLIT FESTIVAL, Mowbray Park, Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, 9-10 Aug: Dizzee Rascal, Maximo Park, The Cribs. www.fiberfib.com

WE LOVE GREEN FESTIVAL, Parc De Bagatelle, Paris, France, 31 May – 1 Jun: Foals, Lorde, London Grammar, Cat Power, SBTRKT, Evian Christ, Earl Sweatshirt, Little Dragon, Jungle, Joakim, Lunice, Moodoid Denai Moore, Winter v Riton, Joy Orbison v Boddika, George Fitzgerald, DJ Tennis & Luke Jenner, Asgeir Trausti, The 2 Bears, DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn. www.welovegreen.fr



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