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Artist News Festival Line-Up Update Gigs & Festivals
Festival line-up update: Reading & Leeds, Hard Rock Calling, EXIT and more
By Aly Barchi | Published on Tuesday 30 April 2013
Ah, festivals, what a lark. ‘But what of the real nitty gritty intricacies of their line-ups?’, I hear you scream. Well, we have that all listed and itemised below, starting with The Prodigy, who’ll headline their so-called Warriors’ Gathering, a festival-within-a-festival at Serbia’s EXIT.
“EXIT has a crazy wild side that only very few festivals have. We fukin luv it”, scream the band (what’s with all the screaming today?), adding this: “Come on!”
What else. Super duper Swedish fest Øya has enhanced its already pretty great artist bank (Slayer, The Knife, Kraftwerk and the like) via a set of new additions, namely Cat Power, Grimes, Steve Mason and Laura Mvula. Oh, and then back in Britain we have the ever-acquisitive Reading and Leeds, who’ve affixed an extra page of add-ons (Angel Haze, Ghostpoet, Action Bronson, Ms Dynamite) to their matching programmes.
Similarly, Hard Rock Calling has been busying itself with the business of lengthening its listings, booking Dark Horses, Deaf Havana and others alongside its previously announced stars, Bruce Springsteen, Kasabian, Paul Weller, Miles Kane and Alabama Shakes.
This is Olympic cyclist and ‘mod’ Bradley Wiggins, an authority on all-things Hard Rock (I think because the event has moved to the Olympic Park this year), saying things about it: “Having the Olympics in London last summer was incredible, and it’s great to hear that the Olympic Park will be hosting such a high profile music event this year. Having some of the world’s greatest artists including Bruce Springsteen, Kasabian and Paul Weller perform there is a great way to show the versatility of this brilliantly designed space. It will be a fantastic event”.
Ta for that, Brad. And that’s only a basic summary, with today’s full FLUU surprises as here listed:
EXIT FESTIVAL, Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia, 10-14 Jul: The Prodigy, DJ Fresh, South Central, Feed Me, Eyesburn, The Prototypes, Brookes Brothers. www.exitfest.org/en
GREEN MAN, Glanusk Park, Usk Valley, Powys, Wales, 15-18 Aug: Polly & The Billets Doux, A Cappella – The Improvised Musical, Bert Miller And The Animal Folk, Buzz Words & The Bee Ceilidh, Minima, Mogees, Paul Mosley, Nuala Honan. www.exitfest.org
LEEDS FESTIVAL, Bramham Park, Leeds, 23-25 Aug: Wretch 32, Angel Haze, Ms Dynamite, David Rodigan, Action Bronson, The Toddla T Sound, Giggs, Mikill Pane, Ghostpoet, Context, Knytro, Mic Righteous, Semtex, Lunar C, Broke N English, Etta Bond, P Money, Left Boy, Stylo G, Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee & The Clinic, Murkage, Scrufizzer. www.leedsfestival.com
ONE LOVE, Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Upminister, Essex, 16-18 Aug: Zion Train, Ranking Joe, Radio Riddler, Anthony Johnson, Fatman International Sound, Smiley, 1Eye, Cosmic Fevah, Baby’oul and the One Drops, The Friendly Fire Band, Ben Russell and The Charmers, Kernow Vibration, Mikel Ameen, Kalichakra, We the Undersigned, Dub Theatre, ChainSka Brassika, Big Topp, Extra Love, The iFoundation, Chickenwing Allstars, Kingston Allstars, The Crooked Beat, The Bionic Rats, Psychic Robot. www.onelovefestival.co.uk
ØYA, Middelalderparken, Oslo, Sweden, 6-10 Aug: Grimes, Laura Mvula, Cat Power, Steve Mason, Phosphorescent, Ben Zabo, Mikhael Paskalev, Shining, Deathcrush, Dråpe, Lemaitre, Dreamon. www.oyafestivalen.com
READING FESTIVAL, Richfield Avenue, Reading, 23-25 Aug: Wretch 32, Angel Haze, Ms Dynamite, David Rodigan, Action Bronson, The Toddla T Sound, Giggs, Mikill Pane, Ghostpoet, Context, Knytro, Mic Righteous, Semtex, Lunar C, Broke N English, Etta Bond, P Money, Left Boy, Stylo G, Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee & The Clinic, Murkage, Scrufizzer. www.readingfestival.com
RED ROOSTER FESTIVAL, Euston Hall, Suffolk, 13-15 Sep: Beverly Watkins And The King Bees, Jamie N Commons, Hudson Taylor, The Riptide Movement, St Paul And The Broken Bones, Jesse Dee, The Riot Act, Miraculous Mule, Pearl TN, Scoundrels, CC Smugglers, Danni Nicholls. www.redrooster.org.uk
