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Festival Line-Up Update: Glastonbury, GuilFest, Roskilde and more

By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 4 April 2014

Glastonbury has announced its initial line-up via an online poster this morning, filling out the scraps of information that we had already – like the fact that Arcade Fire would be one of the headliners. Kasabian seem to have joined them on that list (at last!), while the enigmatic Special Guests take the third slot (unless they’re taking the usual ‘special guests’ slot, but why would you put that on an incomplete line-up poster?).

Not on the official list is Idris Elba, who self-confirmed a DJ set at the festival yesterday. And also in Glastonbury news not made available by the aforementioned poster, the ‘experimental area’ of grass within the Glasto festival The Glade is back again in its traditional place in the woods this year, and more brimming with green and pleasant vibes than ever it was. This is something I’m sure you’ll appreciate if you are going to Glastonbury.

But if you’re not going to Glastonbury, don’t worry about it, and cast a glance instead over the updates to these fine alternatives…

CAMP BESTIVAL, Lulworth Castle, Dorset, 31 Jul – 3 Aug: Pop Will Eat Itself, Tayo & Rob Da Bank, Mnek, Courtney Pine, D:Ream, Hot 8 Brass Band, Brushy One String, Ady Suleiman, Beans On Toast, Bo Saris, Rory McLeod, Indiana, Lucky Elephant, Too Many T’s, Dream Themes, CoCo And The Butterfields, Cut A Shine, Feckless, DJ Yoda, Wilkinson, Cholombian, Big Fish Little Fish. www.campbestival.net

GLASTONBURY, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, 25-29 Jun: Arcade Fire, ‘Special Guests’, Kasabian, Jack White, The Black Keys, Elbow, Dolly Parton, Robert Plant, Lily Allen, Lana Del Rey, Skrillex, Pixies, Massive Attack, Disclosure, Ed Sheeran, De La Soul, MIA, Jake Bugg, Rudimental, Danny Brown, Jamie xx, Jurassic 5, ESG, Midlake, Angel Haze, London Grammar, MGMT, Four Tet, Temples, MNEK, John Newman, Little Dragon, Chvrches, Metronomy, Interpol, Foster The People, Manic Street Preachers, Goldfrapp, Chromeo, James Blake, The 1975, Bonobo, Kelis, Blondie, Paolo Nutini, Warpaint, Chloe Howl, Parquet Courts, Francois Kevorkian, Crystal Fighters, Nitin Sawhney, Tune-Yards, DJ PIerre, Toumani & Sidiki Diabate, Chance The Rapper, The Sun Ra Arkestra, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Phosphorescent, Connan Mockasin, Public Service Broadcasting, Courtney Barnett, Gorgon City, Lil Louis, Daptone Super Soul Revue, Wolf Alice, Radiophonic Workshop, Jagwar Ma, Ms Dynamite, Breach, The Wailers, Wilco Johnson, Tinariwen, Royal Blood, Mogwai, John Grant, Byran Ferry, Richie Hawtin, Kodaline, DSXYS, Above & Beyond, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Eats Everything, Annie Mac, Suzanne Vega, Idris Elba. www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

GODIVA, War Memorial Park, Coventry, 4-6 Jul: Buzzcocks, The Selecter. www.godivafestival.com

GUILFEST, Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey, 18-20 Jul: Boomtown Rats, Kool & The Gang, The Human League. www.guilfest.co.uk

OPEN’ER, Babie Doly Airfield, Gdynia, Poland, 2-5 Jul: Jack White. opener.pl/en

ROSKILDE, Festivalpladsen, Roskilde, Denmark, 3-6 Jul: Stevie Wonder, Drake, Manu Chao, Mogwai, Bastille, Darkside, Deftones, Diplo, Icona Pop, Les Ambassadeurs, Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang, Skambankt, Sleigh Bells, The Horrors, Ibibio Sound Machine, Juana Molina, and Toumani & Sidiki Diabate, Arto Lindsay & Paal Nilssen-Love Duo, Arto Lindsay Band, Balkan Khans, Banks, Barmer Boys, Bottled In England, Cancer, Cashmere Cat, Chorus Grant, Classixx, Connan Mockasin, Cuneyt Sepetci & Orchestra Dolapdere, Denai Moore, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Die Nerven, DJ Nigga Fox, Drug Honkey, Electric Wizard, Emicida, Eprom, Fendika, Future Islands, Groundislava, Helhorse, Kelela, Klumben & Raske Penge, La Chiva Gantiva, Lunice, Major Lazer, Mamar Kassey, Maya Jane Coles, Moodoid, Mournful Congregation, The Necks, The Ocean, Omar Souleyman, Party Supplies, Perota Chingo, The Psyke Project, Ra, RL Grime, Ryan Hemsworth, Ryley Walker, Skammens Vogn, Slowolf, Spids Nogenhat, Tempel, Tokimonsta, Vattnet Viskar, Vic Mensa. roskilde-festival.co.uk

SEA SESSIONS, Bundoran Beach, County Donegal, Ireland, 27-29 Jun: Kelis, The Dandy Warhols, The Strypes, Ella Eyre, Flight Facilities, Erol Alkan, Drenge, Dub Pistols, DJ Yoda, Walking On Cars, The Minutes, Hudson Taylor, Raglans, Lonnie Liston Smith, Hayseed Dixie, Trojan Sound System, Ron Pope, Gentleman’s Dub Club, Dublin Afrobeat Ensemble, Sun Ladders, Friction, Fish Go Deep, Hermitage Green, Southern, 2 Bad Mice, Ghost Culture, Funeral Suits, Billy Scurry, Sirkus Sirkuz, Rackhouse Pilfer, Mojo Gogo, Slowplacelikehome, Corner Boy, New Secret Weapon, Cause N Effect, G Frequency, Pyramid Hill, Eoin Glackin, Dean Gurrie, Stone Free, In Their Thousands, Fiona-Maria Fitzpatrick, Anthony C, Will Softly. seasessions.com

SHAKEDOWN, Waterhall, Brighton, 19 Jul: Zane Lowe, Wilkinson, Friction & Linguistics, Zinc, Foreign Beggars, Hannah Wants, B Traits, Dismantle, Primitive People. www.shakedown.co.uk

UNDERCOVER, Bisley Pavilion, Nr Woking, Surrey, 19-21 Sep: UK Subs, Spizzenergi, TV Smith, The Meow Meows. www.undercoverfest.com

ZOO PROJECT, Donington Park, 12-14 Sep: Sasha, Tama Sumo, Mr Beatnick, Bleak, Evan Baggs. www.thezooproject.com