Planet Pop, the new music festival which takes place during the Edinburgh Festival, announced their line up this weekend. Founded in 1996 Planet Pop has consistently brought some of the best new and innovative acts to perform in the Scottish capital each August, and this year is no different. The ful line up this year is:
Sun 4 August (La Belle Angele, £4): We Believe in Planet Pop (opening night party) featuring bis, The Silver Pill, Huckleberry, When Pilots Eject (formerly Annie Christian) and Torqamada
Mon 5 August (La Belle Angele, £9): Ugly Duckling + The Olympic Lifts
Thurs 8 August (La Belle Angele, £4): Babacool + Terrapins Found Us + support
Fri 9 August (La Belle Angele, £7): Chris Brokaw (ex-Codeine) + James Orr Complex + Stuart Braithwaite
Sun 11 August (La Belle Angele, £4): Severin + Cruiser + Slowloris
Thurs 15 August (The Venue, £7): 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster + support
Fri 16 August (The Venue, £5): Camera Obscura + Odeon Beatclub + The Boy Cartographer
Mon 19 August (Studio 24, £9): Jay Farrar + Jason Walker
Thurs 22 August (La Belle Angele, £4): SL Records Night featuring ballboy +The Starlets + desc + Barrichello
Thurs 22 August (Beat Jazz Basement, £6): Orquesta Dinamita + special guest DJ
Mon 26 August (The Venue, £7): Vue + The Magnificents
Wed 28 August (The Liquid Room, £13.50): The Rezillos + support
Thurs 29 August (The Liquid Room, £4): Degrassi + Part Chimp + Macrocosmica + Senator (open to under-14s)
Fri 30 August (The Liquid Room, £4): EVOL Birthday Party featuring Pilotcan + Ex-Tigers + Go Commando + Sons & Daughters(includes entrance to EVOL)
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