More festival news now, and tickets for WOMAD are on sale. So you could get them now, if you wanted. Confirmed artists for this year's event, taking place at Charlton Park in Wiltshire from 25-27 Jul, include the likes of Boy George. Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Eddy Grant, Roni Size and Squeeze, so why wouldn't you want to get tickets right away?
Weekend tickets including camping are £125 (£100 concessions) whilst a day ticket for the Sunday of the event will cost £50. Plus, two children under thirteen can attend free with every adult ticket purchased. Now that I'm a parent, I like to know these things. If I'd have written this story this time last year, I'd've missed that bit off.
As you know, WOMAD is a truly international festival, because it features a truly diverse collection of musicians from all over the planet (including, this year, Tibetan Monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery) and other WOMAD festivals take place all over the world. Plus, there are loads of things for kids to do (see?).
Anyway, here's what Eddy Grant says about his upcoming performance at the event: "I'm delighted to be playing WOMAD. WOMAD is still about real people from all over the world coming together to play real music... I'm thrilled, it's going to be a great event, to be going back on the road after 25 years and play WOMAD is something very special for me".