Bestival have announced a great long list of additions to this year's line up. The latest acts confirmed to appear include Saint Etienne, X-Press 2 and Nordic types Röyksopp. Festival organiser Rob da Bank told CMU "The line-up embraces all the styles I want Bestival to represent - the cream of Indie with the Super Furries, The Magic Numbers, British Sea Power and The Rakes, dance dons 2 Many DJs, X-Press 2, Fabio & Grooverider, Vitalic and Two Lone Swordsmen, off the wall artists like The Go! Team, Saint Etienne and Lee Scratch Perry and the jewel in the Saturday night crown Royksopp! Not to mention country & western, grime, ambient and reggae's finest too! Bring on the Besti!"
And here's the rest of that very long list of additions:
Bez (Happy Mondays)
Bugz in the Attic
Caged Baby
The Pipettes
Boomclick
Krafty Kuts
Kid Carpet
The Egg
Lauren Laverne
The Longcut
Dreadzone
Trevor Fung
Pedro Winter
The Black Dog Punk Rock Sound System
Mistys Big Adventure
Fat Freddy's Drop
The Broken Family Band
Piney Gir
The Shia La Las
Mista Mushroom
Tayo's Tracksuit Party
Frank Tope
Michael Cook
Johnno (Bugged Out)
Justice
Prhizzm
Son Of Dave
Mugison
Mara Carlyle
Bearsuit
Superimposers
Sombrero Sound System
Hot Off the Block feat. Cameo & the Afterschock camp
Bruzza, Triple Threat, El Rae, Menaz & the Lords
See, we said it was long. As previously reported, Bestival takes place on 9, 10 and 11 Sep at Robin Hill Country Park, Newport, Isle Of Wight - see http://www.bestival.net for info.