So, why does Bestival announcing their line up for 2008 appear here in the lead story spot and not down there in the bulging festival news slot? Well, for those of us who publish the Edinburgh Festival newspaper and who therefore tend to be indescribably busy throughout July and August, safely-in-September Bestival is one of the few music festivals I will actually make it to this year - which is why the news that I'll be getting to see CSS, The Breeders, Lee Scratch Perry, Pendulum, Grand National, Aphex Twin, Foals, The Wedding Present, Baaba Mal an My Bloody Valentine later this year makes me very excited. And in a 'get that in the lead news story spot' kind of way.
So, yes, Rob da Bank and the rest of the Bestival crew made their initial line up announcement last night at midnight, and among the long list of acts confirmed was the first headliner - My Bloody Valentine - who will headline night one of the proceedings. The other two headliners are tbc, but meantime take a look at this long list of acts who will be playing, in addition to those mentioned there in paragraph number one: George Clinton And Funkadelic/Parliament, Gary Numan, The Human League, Jamie Lidell, 808 State (live), Baaba Mal, Jeffrey Lewis, Metronomy, The Cuban Brothers, The Count & Sinden, Sebastien Tellier, Transglobal Underground, Two Gallants, King Creosote, Chas & Dave, Ladyhawke, Ebony Bones, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, The Duke Spirit, Teenagers, Crystal Castles, Ox Eagle Lion Man, These New Puritans, Tawiah, Red Snapper, Jon Hopkins, Lets Wrestle, Little Dragon, Subway, Imperial Leisure, Gideon Conn, Zombie Zombie, George Pringle, Subgiant, The Restaurant, Cage The Elephant, Vessels, The Ghost, Peter Von Poehl, St Vincent, Fuck Buttons, Drew, Micah P Hinson, Fleet Foxes, FM Belfast, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Grand National, Christopher D Ashley, Sportsday Megaphone, Kid Carpet and Bastila.
Obviously that's just too long a list to even begin to take in, so just take my word for it that it's a flippin marvellous selection of top bands. Hurrah. Tickets are now on sale for Bestival 2008, which takes place on the Isle Of Wight from 5-7 Sep. See you there.