Festie Update

A bit of a festie update from our pals down under: Australia’s award winning Playground Weekender music festival has a stellar line up, including: Chic (featuring Nile Rogers), Boy & Bear, Roots Manuva, UNKLE Sounds, Black Lips, Neon Indian, The Orb, Bomb The Bass, The Cuban Brothers, Tokoloshe, Sam Roberts (FIT!!!!), and more. www.playgroundweekender.com.au

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Festie news is just pouring in… Now it’s Larmer Tree Festival who announces that comedy legend Tim Minchin is headlining! Joining Tim are The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company, Jools Holland, Levellers, Otis Gibbs, Shlomo and more. www.larmertreefestival.co.uk

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Now our favourite festie of all – BESTIVAL – outdoes itself yet again. Already announced are New Order, The Xx, Sigur Rós, Friendly Fires, Justice, Two Door Cinema Club, Hot Chip, Soulwax, Nero, Emeli Sandé, Orbital, De La Soul, Sister Sledge, The Horrors, Spirituatlized, Death in Vegas, Gary Numan, Michael Kiwanuka, Earth Wind & Fire Experience featuring Al McKay, Django Django, Little Dragon, Adam Ant & The Good The Mad and the Lovely Posse, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Slagsmålsklubben, Field Music, and more… I just got tired of writing it all down there are too many in this first batch of announcements! www.bestival.net