Headliners announced for Latitude 2013

BLOC Party, Kraftwerk 3-D and The Foals will headline this year's Latitude Festival in July.

The Maccabees and Hot Chip will join then in the Obelisk Arena, while Modest Mouse, Alt-J and Beach House will play the BBC Radio 6 Music Stage.

There will also be festival exclusive appearances from Calexico, Cocorosie, iamamiwhoami, Mark Lanegan Band, Rhye, Sohn, The Tallest Man On Earth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo and more.

Yannis from Foals said: “Latitude is always exciting, because they offer a very tasteful selection of acts. For our band, it’s an honour to headline alongside someone of the calibre of Kraftwerk – they can do whatever they like, they’re unique and you know they’re going to put on an incredible show. Bloc Party will be fantastic headliners too.”

Other bands on the line up include Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Beth Orton, Chvrches, Everything Everything, James Blake and Jessie Ware.

In addition to the music bill, Latitude offers an unrivalled selection of innovative arts programming, with a line-up that reads like a virtual walk through the culture pages of a Sunday newspaper. Eleven dedicated arts arenas, stages and spaces will offer performances from a spectacular mix of artists across comedy, film, dance, theatre, literature, poetry and cabaret.

Tickets are now on sale, subject to booking fees. An instalment plan is available for fans who want to spread the cost of their Latitude weekend ticket between now and July, for full details head to www.latitudefestival.co.uk

It takes place at Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, from July 18th to 21st.

More added to impressive Open'er festival bill

A BATCH of top acts have been added to the already impressive line up for Poland's Open'er Festival at the start of July.

Editors, Skunk Anansie, Modest Mouse and Alt-J will all be joining the bill for the event in Gdynia.

Rihanna, Blur, Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, Tame Impala, Animal Collective, Disclosure and Maria Peszek are already signed up with more acts to come soon.

Almost as impressive as the line up is the price for the event, which runs from July 3rd to 6th, with full four-day camping tickets just £93.

For more details, visit the official English language site - http://opener.pl/en

Six new acts added to Reading and Leeds line up

SIX new acts have been confirmed for this year's Reading and Leeds Festival.

Radio 1's Zane Lowe was given the exclusive announcement of Biffy Clyro signing up as headliners for the festival - the only one the Scottish trio will play in the UK this year.

The band recently launched their double-album Opposites.

Festival organisers have also secured two major US bands with both System Of A Down and the newly reformed Fall Out Boy also added to the line up, along with Foals, Jake Bugg and Bring Me The Horizon.

They join a number of other artists confirmed for the festival on August 23-25 including headliner Eminem, Alt-J, Deftones, Boy Better Know and Sub Focus, with more acts yet to come.

Tickets are available from www.readingfestival.com or www.leedsfestival.com

Rolling Stones up for four NME awards

THE grandfathers of rock The Rolling Stones are up for four gongs at next month's NME Awards.

The band are up Best Live Band, Best Book, Music Moment of The Year and Best Music Film. 

Tame Impala, Haim and M.I.A. are also each up for four awards. Tame Impala gets a nod for Best International Band, Best Album, Best Track and Best Music Video. Haim, who won the BBC's sound of 2013 competition, are up for Best New Band, Best Track, Best Music Video, Best Twitter.

M.I.A. is up for Best Track, Best Music Video, Best Dancefloor Anthem and Best Twitter.

The Maccabees are up for three along with Arctic Monkeys and David Bowie, while Muse and Kasabian are also nominated.

The Maccabees, Biffy Clyro and The Cribs are battling for Best British Band and Best Live act. Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and The Vaccines also receive nods for Best British Band while Blur, Foals and The Rolling Stones are also up for Best Live act.  

Mercury-winning Alt J are up for best album, along with The Maccabees, The Vaccines, Jake Bugg and Tame Impala.

The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, February 27 at The Troxy in East London.