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9 March 2012

More act announced for Bestival 2012


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More act announced for Bestival 2012

BESTIVAL’S LINE-UP BALLOONS
LIVE:
Bat For Lashes / Ben Howard / SBTRKT / Roots Manuva / Alabama Shakes /
Sage Francis (UK Festival Exclusive) / Grimes (UK Festival Exclusive) /
Chairlift / Gesaffelstein / Iceage / Ren Harvieu / Factory Floor /
Porcelain Raft / Toy / Kindness / Dismantle / Dirty Beaches / General Levy /
Top Cat feat. Sir Coxsone Outernational /  Josh Kumra / Errors /
Trailer Trash Tracys / Forest Swords / Stay+ / Skinny Lister /
Misty's Big Adventure / Ryan Keen / Nina Nesbitt / BIGkids /
The Lovely Eggs / Alt-J / St Spirit / Charming /
Shepherds / Seán McGowan
DJs:
Moodymann / Kavinsky / Girl Unit
AND IN THE AMBIENT FOREST:
Mixmaster Morris / Chris Coco / Phil Mison / Pete Gooding
 GETTING TO BESTIVAL:
Bike to Bestival / Swim to Bestival / Taxi to Bestival please with Minicabit /
Life’s a journey – share it! – Car sharing
PLUS:
The Cuban Brothers and Fatima Whitbread
Hit The Dancefloor For Let’s Dance For Sport Relief

Bestival, Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight – 6th to 9th September 2012
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We’re having a wild old time down at Bestival HQ planning a long weekend of ferocious fun for this September at Robin Hill Country Park. We’ve already lined-up amazing treats, from our Saturday night headliners New Order and exclusive performances from The xx and Sigur Rós, to our brand new Amphitheatre performance space in the woods and Arcadia’s Mechanical Cabaret, not forgetting our Wildlife theme, a whole heap of gleaming new stuff and old favourite haunts galore, so it’s with great pleasure that we give you news of lots more lovely musical acts joining the bill and some ingenious ways to travel to our party paradise.

Rob da Bank says: “Hello my wild and wondrous friends… another raft of fine musical acts to tickle your ears come September. I’m delighted that Natasha Khan is bringing her Bat For Lashes guise back to Bestival, her shows are always otherworldly and plain incredible. Add in electronic soul wunderkind SBTRKT, UK hip-hop legend Roots Manuva (playing on his fortieth birthday no less!), the new king of folk Ben Howard, the incredible Alabama Shakes and American poet Sage Francis doing his only UK show of the year plus a very special Moodymann set playing in the Roller Disco complete with his roller disco crew flown in from the States and I’m ready to roll! Music aside, we are as usual ramping up the level of non-music related activity so if you want to take part in a nighttime ping-pong tournament in the woods, go tree climbing or join the Wildlife tug of war (first round will be Foxes vs Cockroaches) then check www.bestival.net  for loads more fun and games! See you in September”.

Making a very welcome return to Bestival is Bat For Lashes. A firm favourite round our way, the Mercury Prize and Brit nominated chanteuse is currently recording the follow up to her acclaimed second album Two Suns and we really can’t wait to see her again. Singer-songwriter Ben Howard will also be making an appearance with his rootsy folk stylings, which helped his debut album Every Kingdom to a top ten chart position, making him a certainty to captivate the crowds. Masked beat manipulator SBTRKT will be liberating your feet with his tribal post-dubstep melange, plus there will be dub, hip-hop and raga coated in the unique lyrical dexterity of Roots Manuva and the exalted Alabama Shakes, who have been getting everyone from the likes of David Byrne to Adele giddy with glee, will be demonstrating just why they’re so hotly tipped. 

There will also be penetrating verse in a UK festival exclusive from much admired emcee Sage Francis, boundary beating pop and yet another UK festival exclusive from Grimes, Brooklyn flavoured electro-pop from Chairlift, dirty throbbing bass from Gesaffelstein, Danish punk action with Iceage, cinematic soul from BBC Sound of 2012 nominee Ren Harvieu, post-industrial, noisenik disco from Factory Floor, dreamy pop from Porcelain Raft, shimmering psychedelia from Toy and lo-fi loveliness from Kindness. And there are plenty more musical charms on offer from Dismantle, Dirty Beaches, General Levy, Top Cat feat. Sir Coxsone Outernational, Josh Kumra, Errors, Trailer Trash Tracys, Forest Swords, Stay+, Skinny Lister, Misty's Big Adventure, Ryan Keen, Nina Nesbitt, BIGkids, The Lovely Eggs, Alt-J, St Spirit, Charming, Shepherds and Seán McGowan.

That’s not all, as the turntable worrying skills of Detroit techno wizard Moodymann, Gallic electro-houser Kavinsky and dubstep jukester Girl Unit are all set to make appearances to hype up the dancefloor. And in the Ambient Forest there will be some suitably soothing sounds from the inimitable Mixmaster Morris, Chris Coco, Phil Mison and Pete Gooding.

As ever, Bestival’s magic reaches far and wide and that even includes the journey there and back, so we are extremely pleased to announce the inaugural Bike to Bestival raising money for Cancer Research UK. A Magical Mystery Tour with music and fun on the way. The lads behind the trip, Buskers on Bikes, have put together a little video message which explains it all   If you’re up for joining in the ride or being one of the musicians that play, or have any enquiries please contact biketobestival@bestival.net - and there’s lots more info on the Bestival website here.

From brand new at Bestival to one of our favourite traditions, the Swim to Bestival, which will see 12 intrepid swimmers braving up to four miles of cold choppy Solent, raising money for each individual’s charity of choice.  We’ll be cheering them on from the Bestival armada as they go and you can find out lots more info at Swim2Bestival.

If exerting yourself on the way to the Isle of Wight isn’t quite what you had in mind, then Taxi to Bestival please with Minicabit might just be the thing you’re after! We’ve signed up with minicabit who will come and collect you (from one of 40 UK cities) and take you directly to the ferry.  It may well surprise you and work out cheaper and quicker than a train, or bus if a group of you club together.  You can arrange a return journey too so you get taken to your doorstep. Amazing!   

Or, why not consider car sharing to Bestival this year?  We would love more people to car share (save yourselves money and also save on fuel used) so we’ve got two great options for you to use this year.  With the average 100 mile car journey leading to over 20 kg of CO2 being produced, goCarShare and FestivalBudi, have the potential to reduce the festival’s carbon footprint considerably.

'By travelling in a full car, festival-goers carbon emissions become comparable to taking the train…… so it can make a real difference.’ (Source: DEFRA Report)

So if you’re driving, or need a lift, check the links, sign-up and share the journey!

Finally, if you’re already pining for a touch of the Bestival vibes then make sure your goggle-box is tuned into BBC1 this Saturday (March 10th) when Bestival and Camp Bestival favourites The Cuban Brothers will be feeling the Saturday night fever as they take part in BBC 1’s Let’s Dance For Sport Relief. Famed for their outlandish b-boy antics, the madcap trio will be joined by Olympic legend Fatima Whitbread for a disco-fuelled routine in the fourth and final heat of this year’s competition. Voting lines open in the last 15 minutes of the show, so please vote for them and help raise a bit of cash for Sport Relief while you’re at it. Check the BestiBlog for more info.

There’s plenty more information coming your way in the next few months, including two more headliners to announce, plus more magic and mayhem than you could ever imagine, so keep your eyes peeled on www.bestival.net, and our Facebook and Twitter for all the latest goings on.


All The Acts Announced So far:



Live:

New Order / The xx / Sigur Rós / Friendly Fires / 2manydjs - live / Soulwax / Justice / Two Door Cinema Club / Hot Chip /  Bat For Lashes / Nero / Emeli Sandé / Orbital / SBTRKT / Warpaint /  De La Soul / Roots Manuva / Major Lazer / Sister Sledge / Gary Numan / The Horrors / Spiritualized / Death In Vegas / Doom / Ben Howard / Michael Kiwanuka / Sub Focus / Azealia Banks / Alabama Shakes / Kevin Saunderson feat. Inner City live  / Gallows / Rizzle Kicks / Buraka Som Sistema / Sage Francis / Grimes / Bellowhead / Earth Wind & Fire Experience feat Al McKay / Django Django / Little Dragon / Gold Panda / Adam Ant & The Good, The Mad and The Lovely Posse / The Cuban Brothers / Top Cat featuring Sir Coxsone Outernational / Chairlift / Iceage / Ren Harvieu / Lianne La Havas / Delilah / First Aid Kit / Gesaffelstein / Daughter / Zulu Winter / Ane Brun / Friends / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / King Khan and The Shrines / The Japanese Popstars / Chas & Dave / Dub Pistols / Factory Floor / Charli XCX / Errors / King Krule /  Toy / Kindness / Dismantle / Dirty Beaches / Drums Of Death / Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard / General Levy / Slagsmålsklubben / Jaipur Kawa Brass Band / Field Music / Jinja Safari  /Jaipur Kawa Circus / B.Dolan's Church of Love & Ruin / 2:54 / Frankie Rose / Porcelain Raft / Milagres / 3 Bonzos & a Piano / Prince Fatty / Liz Green / Trailer Trash Tracys / Forest Swords / Alt-J / Skinny Lister / Josh Kumra / Ryan Keen / Stay+ / Nina Nesbitt / BIGkids / Gabrielle Aplin / Fiction / Turbowolf / Misty's Big Adventure / This Is The Kit / Young British Artists / Patterns / Ghost Outfit / L.A. Salami / To Kill A King / Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo / Heathward / Laurel Collective / ahab / Gecko / Model Society / Sky  Sphere / Blackhouse Crow / The Lovely Eggs / St Spirit / Charming / Shepherds / Seán McGowan


DJ Sets From Rob da Bank And Friends: 

Annie Mac Presents / Four Tet b2b Caribou / The 2 Bears / David Rodigan MBE presents Ram Jam / Dirtybird showcase feat. Claude VonStroke, Justin Martin & Eats Everything / François Kevorkian / Moodymann / DJ YODA / Maya Jane Coles / Scuba / Kavinsky / LTJ Bukem / Plastician / Greg Wilson / Doctor P / Pearson Sound  / Borgore  / Flux Pavilion / Max Cooper / Gemini / Krystal Klear / Pangaea / Billy Daniel Bunter / Pariah / Trolley Snatcha / Warm & Electric Minds / Scratch Perverts / Koan Sound / Camo & Krooked / Giles Smith & James Priestley (secretsundaze) / Mosca / Numbers showcase: Oneman b2b Jackmaster,  Deadboy, Spencer, Redinho / Ben UFO / PBR Streetgang / Jaguar Skills & His Amazing Friends / Blawan / Girl Unit / Chris Coco / Pete Gooding / Phil Mison / DJ Shepdog / Shellac Collective / DJ Charge

And in the Ambient Forest:
Mixmaster Morris, Chris Coco, Pete Gooding, Phil Mison

Plus: 
Brainfeeder Presents Thundercat, The Gaslamp Killer, Teebs, Lapalux, Jeremiah Jae, DJ Kutmah


BESTIVAL TICKET LINKS & INFORMATION:

Ticketline: www.ticketline.co.uk/bestival-tickets / 0844 888 4410







Hover Travel www.hovertravel.co.uk/events/bestival-2012/index.php (inc optional hovercraft travel bundles)

Early Bird Adult Ticket With Entry From Thursday 6th September - £170
Early Bird Adult Ticket With Entry From Friday 7th September - £165
    
Teen Ticket (age 13-17) With Entry From Thursday 6th September- £110 
Teen Ticket (age 13-17) With Entry From Friday 7th September- £105 

Age 12 and Under Weekend Ticket - FREE (but you must obtain a ticket)

Wild Copse (Premium Camping) Adult Ticket - £299
Wild Copse (Premium Camping) Teen Ticket - £149.50

Early Bird Campervan Tickets: £65 (per vehicle)
Early Bird Tickets are also available to buy through our payment plan which lets you pay a sixth of the total ticket cost (plus booking fees) now, with a further five equal payments spread across the following five consecutive months.  

Tickets and coach travel packages also available via Big Green Coach: www.biggreencoach.co.uk/bestival
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