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Festival line-up update: Ibiza Rocks, Body & Soul, Sonar Barcelona and more

By Aly Barchi | Published on Friday 22 March 2013

I have to say, Irish independent festival Body & Soul – the same Irish independent that stars headliner Nick Cave and Kurt Vile, PiL, Solange, Charles Bradley and Willy Mason – is looking rather great this year, isn’t it?

Yes, yes it is. And so are inextricably-linked pop raves Mallorca and Ibiza Rocks, who’ve taken in an extra artistic bilge featuring Tinie Tempah, Chase & Status, Bastille and 24 hour party people Franz Ferdinand. FF’s Alex Kapranos says this: “This is the first time we’ve been to Ibiza Rocks, so are looking forward to it. Paul’s been and told us all about it, so we’re expecting a great crowd there and in Mallorca”.

Chase & Status paraphrase that same sentiment, adding: “We’re excited to bring our live show to Ibiza Rocks again this summer – the crowds at Ibiza and Mallorca Rocks are always amazing!”

Amazing! And now, be similarly amazed by this list of astonishing FLUUs:

AS ONE IN THE PARK, Victoria Park, London, 26 May: Conor Maynard, Boy George & Marc Vedo. www.asoneinthepark.co.uk

BODY & SOUL, Ballinlough Castle, County Westmeath, Ireland, 21-23 Jun: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Public Image Ltd, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Charles Bradley And His Extraordinaires, Solange, Breton, Willy Mason, Mmoths, Pantha Du Prince, Iron Curtis, Jon Hopkins, Almighty Sion, George Fitzgeraldn, Adultrock, Monto, RSAG, Ryan Vail, Fish Go Deep. bodyandsoul.ie

FON FESTIVAL, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, 26-28 Jul: Felix Kubin, The Bohman Brothers, Ryoko Akama, Lee Gamble, Ore Herb Diamante, Lauren Redhead, Jon Hering, Gail Brand, Steve Symons, Sound Network, FON Air Radio Works, Laura Cannell & Andre Bosman, John Richards. www.fonfestival.org

IBIZA/MALLORCA ROCKS, Rocks Hotels, Ibiza/Mallorca, Spain, 4 Jun – 18 Sep: Franz Ferdinand, Tinie Tempah, Chase & Status, Bastille, The Other Tribe. www.ibizarocks.com / www.mallorcarocks.com

LONG DIVISION, various venues, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 7-9 Jun: Allo Darlin, Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel, The History Of Apple Pie, This Many Boyfriends, Sky Larkin, That Fucking Tank, Blacklisters, This Is The Kit, Kid Canaveral, Humanfly, Runaround Kids, Too Many T’s, Middleman, Olympic Swimmers, Mark Wynn, New Vinyl, O Messy Life, Harry George Johns, Imp, St Gregory Orange, Above Them, The State Of Georgia, The Birthday Kiss, The Coopers, The Spirit Of John, The Do’s, Piskie Sits, The Exhibition, Morain, The Grand, Aztec Doll, Rosie Doonan, Johnny The Firth, Cry Baby Cry, Witch Hunt, Rose & The Howling North. www.longdivisionfestival.co.uk

OFF THE TRACKS, Park Farmhouse, Castle Donington, Derbyshire, 24-26 May: The Popes, Dub Pistols, Scott McKeon, New Bushbury Mountain Daredevils, Neverland, K, Linos Wengara Magaya, Orchid Star, Kris Dollimore, Nordic Giants, Maia, Damn Vandals, The Convulsions, Shamus OBlivion And The Megadeath Morrismen, Ne3Folk, Mas Y Mas, Cloudbase, The Convulsions, Akahum, Rattleshack, Cupola, Sam Brookes, Woolly Mammoth, Woolley & Archer, 52 Commercial Road, Free Control, Inta Africa. www.offthetracks.co.uk

OTHER VOICES, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 5-7 Apr: Laura Marling, Villagers, SOAK. www.barbican.org.uk

SONAR BARCELONA, Fira Monjuic/Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain, 13-15 Jun: Jurassic 5, Bat For Lashes, Skream, Luciano, Alvin Risk, Alizzz, Thug Ladies DJs, Kimberly I Clark, Benjamin Damage, Anstam, Phon.o, Bambounou, San Proper, DJ Antal, Clockwork feat Atavism & Vaal, Coyu, Edu Imbernon, Neuhen And Cardopusher. www.sonar.es/en

SUMMERTYNE AMERICANA FESTIVAL, The Sage, Gateshead, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 19-21 Jul: The Mavericks, Heritage Blues Orchestra, Willy Mason, Patty Griffin, Matthew E White, Mud Morganfield, Shelby Lynne, Larkin Poe, Elizabeth Cook, Jan Howard, Yolanda Quartey, David Wax Museum, Tom Russell, Polly And The Billets Doux, Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys. thesagegateshead.org