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Festival line-up update: Reading & Leeds, The xx’s Night + Day, Vans Warped Tour and more

By Aly Barchi | Published on Thursday 6 June 2013

The team at Hevy have released a lengthy explanation (a new site, hidden licensing laws, etc) as to why they’re cancelling the festival’s 2-4 Aug with-camping bash, and instead staging a “new breed” of Hevy-branded live events that same weekend.

The first is at the capital’s Brixton Academy on 4 Aug, and will feature Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed and Comeback Kid, with Horse The Band headlining a separate show at The Borderline on 3 Aug. Tickets to the cancelled festival are refundable, whilst passes to the new dates will be available on 12 Jun. Since that’s all quite complicated, find info on it at this link.

So, what else? Oh yeah, Reading and Leeds have both added acts like Villagers, Wavves, Don Broco, The Pretty Reckless, Savages, DIIV, Mount Kimbie, Chance The Rapper, Frankie And The Heartstrings, Charlie Boyer And The Voyeurs to their parallel line-ups.

On to The xx’s London-based Night + Day which, unlike Hevy, lived to tell its site-change tale, and so will go ahead as billed (second time round) at Hertfordshire’s Hatfield House. New artists aligning with Kindness, Solange, Mount Kimbie, Poli√ßa and, naturally, the one-dayer’s convivial hosts, a la N+D’s final listings say-so, are Jon Hopkins, London Grammar, Floating Points and Koreless.

BEATHERDER, Gisburn, Lancashire, 5-7 Jul: Dub Pistols DJs, Jon Carter, Elite Force, Russ Cuban, Breaksjunky, Mumbai Science, Justin Robertson, Bentley Rhythm Ace (DJ set), Cut La Roc, Paul Taylor, Dave The Drummer, The Squire Of Gothos, Mr Benn, Shepdog, The Squatters, Beat Freekz, True & False, Dave Tupling, Jalapeno Sound System, The Other Tribe, Breaksjunky, Stu Miller, DJ Slanty Abba to Gabba, Matt McHenry, Beat Freekz, Key Lo & Sicknote. beatherder.co.uk

FIELDVIEW, Little Somerford, Chippenham, Wiltshire, 1-4 Aug: Delphic, Bear’s Den, Jacob Banks, Parachute Youth, Hacktivist, 360, The Other Tribe, Luke Sital-Singh, Gentleman’s Dub Club, Martin Harley Band, Nimmo and the Gauntletts, Too Many T’s, No Ceremony, Wolf Alice, Sam Green & The Midnight Heist, Old Man Diode, They Say Jump, Dingus Khan, AZ & Tor, The Physics House Band, Electric Swing Circus, YYZ, Troumaca, Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, Killamonjambo, The Icarus Youth, DJ Bunjy, London Afrobeat Collective, Fun Adults, The Bronze Medal, Polar Collective, Keston Cobblers Club, British Harlem, Quiet Lions, Common Tongues, Son Of Kong, Lunatrix, Old Colours, Sally Archer, Kitten and Bear, Alex Haynes & the Fever, Colour the Atlas, Babilondon, Henry Green, To The Moon, The Cadbury Sisters, Stony Browder Jr, Tempting Rosie, Sea Stacks, Kezia, The Dark Tides, Steve Morrison, Lilliput. www.fieldviewfestival.co.uk

HAMMERFEST, Haven, Gwynedd, North Wales, 13-15 Mar: Kreator, Overkill, Soilwork, Unleashed, Grand Magus, Enthroned, Paragon, Earthtone9, Breed 77, Annihilated, Gravil. www.hammerfest.co.uk

HEVY FEST, Brixton Academy, London, 4 Aug: Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Comeback Kid, Sylosis, Evergreen Terrace, Heights, Empress. www.hevy.co.uk

NIGHT + DAY, Hatfield House, Great North Road, Hertfordshire, 22 Jun: Jon Hopkins, London Grammar, Floating Points, Koreless. thexx.info/nightandday

RADIO 2 LIVE IN HYDE PARK, Hyde Park, London, 8 Sep: Manic Street Preachers. www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed6q2m

READING & LEEDS FESTIVALS, Little Johns Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading/Bramham Park, Leeds, 23-25 Aug: Villagers, Wavves, Don Broco, The Pretty Reckless, Savages, DIIV, Mount Kimbie, Chance The Rapper, Frankie And The Heartstrings, Charlie Boyer And The Voyeurs, Night Engine, Dan Croll, Sons And Lovers, Post War Years, Feed The Rhino, Papa, Deaf Havana, Darwin Deez, Alvin Risk, Filter, Hacktivist, The Virginmarys, Beware of Darkness, Hawk Eyes, Itch, Pegboard Nerds, The Creepshow, Rat Attack, Palm Reader, Gnarwolves, In The Valley Below, China Rats, San Cisco, Sonic Boom Six, Off With Their Heads, Chuck Ragan, Anti-Vigilante, Sharks, Great Cynics. www.readingfestival.com / www.leedsfestival.com

RIVINGTON STREET FESTIVAL, Shoreditch, London, 23 Jun: The Alternative Dubstep Orchestar feat DJ Switch, Boglewaltz, Batty Bass, Livin Proof, Reggae Roast, Rock The Belles feat Emily Rawson, DJ Mag Allstars, Somethink Sounds, Shorebitch, Stony Browder Jr, Nu Northern Soul Records, A Vibe Called Quest, Sister Sister, Remedy Chima, DJ Captain Crunch, Lazy Talk, Bass 6. rivingtonstreefestival.co.uk

SHAKEDOWN, Stammer Park, Brighton, 28 Sep: Nero. www.shakedown.co.uk

VANS WARPED TOUR, Alexandra Palace, London, 16-17 Nov: Chiodos, Coheed And Cambria, Flogging Molly, Hype Theory, Memphis May Fire, The Wonder Years, We Came As Romans, Air Dubai, Anberlin, The Colour Morale, Like Torches, The Maine, Like Moths To Flames, Skinny Lister, Sublime With Rome, The Younger, RDGLDGRN, Fact. vanswarpedtouruk.com