Glastonbury have announced their line-up!
Proof that Glastonbury is still the best festival on the planet (as if it were needed), this line-up spans four pages and every genre known to man.
They have come in for some stick in recent years for their pop-centric programming, but there is always genuinely something for everyone at the music feast. This year there are some curveballs as usual - but there are also some absolute winners. Morrissey is warming up for U2, Wu Tang Clan ain't nuthin to F with, Paul Simon is warming up for Plan B, (bet he never saw that one coming) and Pendulum get things started in preparation for Beyoncé. (What are Pendulum doing on the Pyramid Stage?)
Over on the Other Stage things are looking equally mixed, with Primal Scream laying it down Friday night, but then they throw in the odeous Chipmunk, followed by Jessie J and Jimmy Eat World on Saturday. They redeem themselves on Sunday with Queen's Of The Stone Age closing proceedings on the final night. Dan Mangan is also playing the Other Stage, which makes me very happy.
West Holts has some interesting stuff, Janelle Monae popping her funk, plus Kool and The Gang, Little Dragon and Hercules and Love Affair. (An odd Chase and Status addition on friday night though - surely they are better off in the dance village?)
The Park is one of the best stages – a beautiful field with a sloping stage front - and it's the secret gigs that really make their mark (in recent years they've had shows from The Dead Weather and Radiohead), this year they've got Sea of Bees, Lykki Li, Caribou and Crystal Castles.
Dance-wise it's as you'd expect - big acts in a huge tent - but we rarely venture down that way, preferring to keep it real at the stages and in Shangri-La.
All in all, we are now literally buzzing with excitement about the best festival on the planet.
Glasto, we bloody salute you!
A reminder - the ticket resale occurs this Sunday April 17th at 9am.
The Full-Line-Up:
PYRAMID U2 Coldplay Beyoncé Morrissey Elbow Pendulum Biffy Clyro Paolo Nutini Plan B B.B. King Tinie Tempah Paul Simon Wu Tang Clan Rumer Laura Marling Two Door Cinema Club The Gaslight Anthem Don McLean Metronomy Tame Impala The Low Anthem The Master Musicians of Joujouka Stornoway Fisherman's Friends
OTHER Primal Scream The Chemical Brothers Queens of the Stone Age Mumford and Sons White Lies Kaiser Chiefs Fleet Foxes Friendly Fires The Eels Bright Eyes Jimmy Eat World TV on the Radio The Wombats Jessie J Bombay Bicycle Club The Vaccines Twilight Singers The Noisettes The Kills Treetop Flyers Cold War Kids Brother Alice Gold Clare Maguire Chipmunk Dan Mangan
WEST HOLTS Cee Lo Green Big Boi Kool & The Gang Chase and Status Janelle Monáe Hercules and Love Affair Jimmy Cliff Aloe Blacc The Go! Team Heliocentrics with Mulatu Fools Gold Duane Eddy Little Dragon Omar Souleyman Bellowhead Gonjasufi The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble Jah Wobble & the Nippon Dub Ensemble Dengue Fever Nicolas Jaar LIVE Jamie Woon Ziriguidum Narasirato Hidden Orchestra Plus, Shlomo will be doing rolling skits between bands London Afrobeat Collective
JOHN PEEL DJ Shadow Glasvegas The Streets Example Battles Robyn The Coral Noah and the Whale Hurts I Am Kloot The Horrors The Vaccines Darwin Deez Warpaint Everything Everything Cage the Elephant Anna Calvi OK Go Miles Kane Dry the River The Joy Formidable Mona Yuck Foster the People Stonefield Brave Yesterday Raghu Dixit Cocoon My Tiger My Timing
THE PARK Crystal Castles Wild Beasts Gruff Rhys Caribou James Blake Lykke Li Special Guests Special Guests John Grant Big Audio Dynamite Tame Impala The Bees Warpaint The Walkmen James Vincent McMorrow Jenny & Johnny Graham Coxon Jonny Caitlin Rose Those Dancing Days Sea of Bees Dylan Le Blanc About Group The Pierces Group Love Balearic Folk Orchestra Troy Ellis & Hail Jamaica Narasirato Ellen & The Escapades
ACOUSTIC Brit Floyd Deacon Blue Suzanne Vega Raul Malo from The Mavericks Nick Lowe Imelda May Eric Bibb Pentangle John Cooper Clarke Hothouse Flowers Thea Gilmore sings Dylan's John Wesley Harding Wine Women & Song featuring Matraca Berg, Suzy Boggus, Gretchen Peters Newton Faulkner The Webb Sisters or, to quote Leonard Cohen, "the sublime Webb Sisters" London Community Gospel Choir The Otway Band Emily and The Woods The Magnets Sean Rowe Isobel Anderson Iona Marshall Gabrielle Aplin Kassidy Caitlin Rose Rainy Boy Sleep Simon Lynge Ellyn Maybe
EAST DANCE Fatboy Slim Professor Green Pete Tong Fatboy v Carl Cox Devlin The Japanese Popstars Carl Cox Labrinth Steve Lawler Ke$ha Wretch 32 Claude VonStroke The Midnight Beast Jodie Connor Azari & 111 Katy B MistaJam Funkagenda & Chris Lake B2B Fenech-Soler Skepta Mark Knight Mike Posner Yasmin Matt Hardwick Beardyman Giggs MZ Bratt P Money Griminal Dot JR
OXLYERS IN WEST Annie Mac John Digweed Subfocus & ID Erol Alkan Sander Kleinenberg - 5K Live featuring Dev Photek James Holden Yousef DJ Fresh Jamie xx Zinc Caspa feat MC Rod Azlan Sbtrkt Live Krafty Kuts Skream and Benga Jim Jones Revue Dreadzone Joker King Blues Cherry Ghost Metronomy Guillemots Patrick Wolf dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip Emmy The Great Pulled Apart By Horses Egyptian Hip Hop Summer Camp Brother Crystal Fighters DRY THE RIVER Fujiya and Miyagi Cults Danny And The Champions Of The World The Phoenix Foundation Esben And The Witch Exlovers Mirrors
SPIRIT OF 71 Melanie Terry Reid System 7 The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Linda Lewis Nik Turner's Space Ritual Edgar Broughton BJ Cole and Emily Burridge Roybn Hitchcock Shpongle DJ Set feat Raja Ram Nick Lowe Chris Jagger Murray Lachlan Young Pink Faries Gringo Ska Noel Harrison Trio and friends Charlie Dore & the Hula Valley Orchestra Nigel Mazyln Jones Solstice String Quartet Bex Marshall Avalon Free State Choir Tom E Lewis Baku Dan with Moussa Kouaty
AVALON 3 Daft Monkeys, Admiral Fallow, Barenaked Ladies, C.W. Stoneking, Chumbawamba, City & Colour , Danny & The Champions of the World, DeVotchKa, Flogging Molly, Guillemots acoustic set, Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs, Katzenjammer, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, KT Tunstall, Lau, Louise & The Pins, Mama Rosin , Newton Faulkner, Ron Sexsmith, Shooglenifty, Show of Hands, The Low Anthem , The Popes, The Wombles
GLADE Asian Dub Foundation Lee Scratch Perry Stereo MC's Younger Brother Don Letts Plump DJs Robert Babicz Hiatus Feat LKJ Pretty Lights Engine Earz Prem Joshua Freestylers Dub FX Tristan London Elektricty Pathaan Gaudi Live Camo & Krooked Nathan Lee Tom E Lewis Mr Nice Black Jesus Experience Correspondents Sashi & The Wild Beans
WOW Netsky, Maya Jane Coles, Julio Bashmore, Ms Dynamite, Trolley Snatcha, Ke$ha, Subb-an ft Beckfod, Futureboogie, SOUL CLAP, Tensnake (Live), Greg Wilson, Eglo Records Ft. Floating Points, Alexander Nut, Fatima and Funkineven, Maxxi Soundsystem, Dead Rose Music Company, Starsmith, Feel The Real Soundsystem, Nero, Roller Express, Digital Soundboy Soundsystem, Neneh Cherry, Danny Byrd, Maverick Sabre, Flux Pavilion, Diafrix, True Tiger, Interface, Lewah, Rebel Rave ft Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones and Damian Lazarus, Bonobo (DJ Set), Mount Kimbie, Electric Wire Hustle, Hyetal, Space Dimension
Controller, Lone, Applepips ft Appleblim & Al Tourettes
CUBEHENGE Bobby Friction, Craig Charles DJ Set, Crazy P Soundsystem, Wiley, Oh
Land , Kraak and Smaak DJ Set, DUFFSTEP, Stinkahbell, Little Miss DJ, Example & DJ Wire, DJ Vadim presents The Electric, Dub Pistols Sound System, Brandt Brauer Frick, Gold Panda, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Dirtyphonics, Not Squares, Orphan 101 & Bloodman, Jah Shaka Soundsystem
PUSSY PARLURE The Underground Rebel Bingo, Nick Warren Cosmic Disco Set, The Nextmen Ft. MC Wrec, DJ Task, King Kapisi, Kormac DJ, Cubic Zirconia, Dominque Young Unique, DJ Delay, Black Jesus Experience, Malachai, METALS, Tropics, Iration Steppas, The Heatwave & Sticky, Dub from Atlantis Live PA, Prince Fatty Soundsystem, Mista Savona, DJ Derek, Gentlemens Dub Club, RSD, Submotion Orchestra, SledgeHeadBristol, DJ Giuliano, DJ Badly, Hercules & Love Affair DJ Set (Andy Butler), Foreign Beggars, Ghetto Funk All Stars, Benny Tones, Electric Empire, Ayesha, Bella Kalolo, Ronit, Alex Clare, Movin' Melvin Brown, Vid Warren, Randy & Earl
THE HUB 2 Bears, Gorillaz Soundsystem AKA Blakkspring, Iration Steppas, Katy B, Lovebullets Takeover, MANLIKE ME, Rack n Ruin + P Money, Ragga Twins, Reggae Roast, Rob Da Bank, Shyfx, Southern Fried Mobile Disco, Sway, The Heatwave, Warrior One, Wiley, Yoyo Soundsystem
CLUB DADA Anaolgik, Deaf Rave, Discodeine, Orchestra Del Sol, Polito Boogaloo; Magpie's Nest including Cut A Shine, Pony Pony Run Run, Roghan Memet, Tako Lako, The Correspondents, Continental Drifts, Caravan Palace, Global Local presents Attitude is Everything, Gypsy Soundclash, Le KKC Orchestra, Los Albertos, Movimientos including Latin Dub Soundsystem, Rotfront, Sonora Balkanica, Vive Le France, White Mink Electro Swing Speakeasy
THE COMMON Campo Pequeno, La Arcada de Adavinos, Los Artistas Bohemios, Medi-cines Sans Frontieres and Buchinger's Boot Marionettes, Photo Booth, The Lost Picture Show, carnival sideshows, Copperdollar, Eerie Automata, La Tomatina, Luxury Cinema, Twisted Voodoo Parlours
KIDZFIELD The Gruffalo, The ZingZillas, Cbeebies Crew, TuckedIn: Tim & Light, Bell & Bullock, Magic Kev, Seikou Susso, Miss LouLou, Object Dart, Clown Zaz, Cecil Sassoon's Silly Cinema, Coreo Hazzard
LEFTFIELD
Mark Thomas, Kid British, Viv Albertine, Badly Drawn Boy, and of course Billy Bragg
GREENFIELDS Tony Benn, Caroline Lucas MP, Meditation Garden, Heartfelt Performance, Hiroshima Peace Flame, Resident Earth Musicians
THEATRE AND CIRCUS: No Fit State Circus: The Powder Puff Girlz: Marcus Brigstocke: Mitch Benn: Circolombia: Kevin Cruise: Mark Thomas: Insect Circus: blackSKYwhite: Steven Frost's Impro Allstars: Dirty Fred: Circomedia: Murray Lachlan Young: Avanti Display: The Black Eagles: Jonathan Kay: The Dream Engine: Norman Lovett: Area 51: Babyhead: Sonic Forest: Mimbre: Shappi Khorsandie: Icarus: Movin' Melvin Brown: Emergency Exit Arts: Phil Kay: Rumple the Kangaroo Fool of OZ: Ojarus: Jeremy Hardy: 1623 Theatre Company: Naked Lunch: Arthur Smith: Jaipur Kawa Brass Band: John Hegley: Shazia Mirza: Rory Motion: The Flamborough Trolls: Twisted Cabaret: Attila The Stockbroker: Aisle16: Phil Nichol: John Otway: Robin Ince: High Rise Rubber: Simon Munnery: 4 Poofs and a Piano:
Herbie Treehead Disaster Band: Haggis and Charlie
AVALON CAFE: Folkface, RSVP, Malarchy, Mad Dog Mcrea, Rory Mcleod, The New Forbidden, Back Before Breakfast, With Love from Humans, Two Man Ting, MaybeMyrtleTyrtle, Mojohooker, Josh Thorner, Tree top Flyers, Banco de Gaia with Dr Trippy, Flipron, Kidnap Alice, The New Joe Public, Horizonto, Sashi and The Wild Beans, Julie Daske, Nick Langston and the cool nachos, Dumb Instrument, FUR, Gringo Ska, Katey Brookes, Hidden Tapestry, Morning Orchestra, Tom E Lewis
ZONO BASSLINE: Abandoman, Aruba Red, Cal Jader, Ed Sheeran, Engine-Earz Experiment, Example, Ghostpoet, Kaya, Latin Dub Soundsystem, P Money, Papaya Republic, Shlomo's Glasto Circus, The Boxettes, True Tiger, Uproot Andy, Zona Circo Bassline Cabarave
THE BANDSTAND: The Banana Sessions, Bethia Beadman Band, Boxcar Aldous Huxley, Chicken Shed Zeppelin, Daisy Chapman, David Gibb & the Pony Club,The Duckworths, The Fiasco Brothers, Hattie Hatstar, Hodmadoddery, Howlin' Lord, The Ladybugs, The Mandibles, Punk's Not Dad, Samuel Brooks, This is the Kit, Violentango, World Government
CROISSANT NEUF: Biggles Wartime Band, Chris Rees Band, Easy and the Cali Five,Ed Sheeran, Goodnight Lenin, Jimmy Davis, Josh Thorner, Lancashire Hotpots, Luke Concannon, Mad Dog Mcrea, Moya Brennan, Mr. B Gentleman Rhymer, One Sixth of Tommy, Posh Boy, Raghu Dixit, Rory Mcleod, The Beat, The Huckleberries, The Momeraths, The Phoenix Rose, Scubaroots, The Boat Band
BOURBON ST: Alpha Manoeuvre, Ben Poole, Benoit Viellefon & His Orchestra (featuring Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton on trumpet...), Bourbon Street Jam, Brooks Williams, Carmen Ghia & The Hotrods,Chrissi Poland, Clara Sanabras, Clare Teal, Claude Bourbon, Connie Lush, Grey Dogs Jazz Band, Havana Swing, Jon Allen, Ledfoot, Leon O'Doherty & Nick Davis, Maggie Bell & Dave Kelly, Marcus Bonfanti, Matt Andersen, Nicki Allan, Nova Scotia Jazz band, Orbitsuns, Paddy Milner, Rabbit Foot Spasm Band, Sean Taylor, Simon McBride, Top Shelf Jazz, Trudy Kerr, Will Scott CUBANA: Direct from Cuba: Sur Caribe, To 'Mezclao, Bandera Cubana - from Colombia: LA33 - King Salsa - Beginner Salsa Classes - DJs Felix el Gato, G.Die, Jose Luis, Robimusic
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