Originally written by Luke Slater · 4 February 2010
The initial, and pretty massive, batch of bands who will play 2010's Bestival, curated by Rob Da Bank, have been unveiled and you probably couldn't have hoped for much better, to be frank. There's some big names, some smaller names and some in between names, but lots of them, including LCD Soundsystem, Simian Mobile Disco, Four Tet and Rolf Bloody Harris.
Here they are, in rough order of importance:
Dizzee Rascal The Flaming Lips Hot Chip LCD Soundsystem Gil Scott Heron Chase & Status Echo and the Bunnymen Simian Mobile Disco Delphic Rolf Harris Marc Almond Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip Ellie Goulding Fat Freddy’s Drop Flying Lotus Four Tet Kitty Daisy & Lewis Stornoway Tinie Tempah Vitalic The Cuban Brothers Chilily Gonazales Beardyman Tunng Hurts The Gaslamp Killer The Vegetable Orchestra Ulrich Schnauss The Twinkle Brothers High Llamas The Antlers Archie Bronson Outfit Beth Jeans Houghton Mixhell Glen Matlock Samuel and the Dragon The Japanese Popstars The Lost Brothers Here We Go Magic Goldhawks Countryside Alliance Crew Laura J Martin A Genuine Freakshow Bookhouse Boys King Charles Three Trapped Tigers Worship French Horn Rebellion Sisters of Transistors Spindle and Wit Starless & Bible Black The Boy Who Trapped The Sun Deer Tick Telegraphs Tim and Sam Band Unicorn Kid
Plus there's the usual DJ sets from the likes of Rob da Bank, Greg Wilson, Nathan Fake, Huw Stephens, Mary Anne Hobbs, Joy Orbison and a ton more.
Bestival, which is the 'traditional'-ish festival season closer, takes place on the Isle of Wight from September 9-12 this year. Tickets are available now and vary in price from £75 for those aged 13-18 to £150 for full adult weekend camping. More information is available here.