Latitude Festival 2013 Announce Initial Line-up

Latitude Festival, the UK's favourite multi-arts festival, and winner of the 2012 Best Family Festival Award, is proud to reveal the first line-up announcements for the eighth edition. The festival takes place from Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st July 2013 in the idyllic surroundings of Henham Park, Suffolk. 

First to headline Latitude's magnificent Obelisk Arena on the Friday will be Bloc Party, whose recent triumphant return to form has been welcomed by fans and critics alike. On Saturday evening German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk will take to the stage, this performance will be a rare chance for festival goers to witness one of the most influential bands of all time performing their highly celebrated 3-D concert. Oxford quintet Foals have proven themselves to be one of the UK's most dynamic and accomplished bands of recent times, further supported by their Ivor Novello and Mercury Music Prize nominations and NME Award Best Song gongs. Known for creative precision, Foals are preparing a closing show to be remembered for years to come.

Other special appearances across the music stages include exclusive UK festival performances from the heroes of the Tex-Mex sound Calexico, the sonically adventurous sister act, CocoRosie,  and the only 2013 UK live show from dancefloor favourites Hot Chip and Mark Lanegan Band. Joining them with Latitude exclusive performances will be band of the moment, Rhye, whose slinky, sensual R&B pop is currently bewitching tastemakers, the transfixing The Tallest Man on Earth, one of 2013's most intriguing and sort after electronic acts Sohn, Brooklyn garage-maestros Yeah Yeah Yeahs and ever-evolving indie legends Yo La Tengo. In addition to these exclusives will be unmissable sets from Grammy-nominated Malian musician Bassekou Kouyate, Brighton indie darlings and NME Award Best Album winners The Maccabees, 2013 Brit nominee Jessie Ware, cult-status chanteuse Cat Power and electronic auteur James Blake. 

Latitude is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with BBC Radio 6 Music, naming the second stage as the BBC Radio 6 Music Stage. This year the stage will host even more exciting musical treats including headline sets from Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House in a UK festival exclusive; Portland's greatest musical exports, indie-rock stalwarts Modest Mouse; and Mercury Prize-winning Alt-J, whose performance on The Lake Stage in 2012 was a festival highlight. Other acts set to play on the coveted stage include math-rock maestros Everything Everything, the girl currently on everyone's lips, soul singer Laura Mvula, plus visually theatrical Swedish synth-pop duo IAMAMIWHOAMI and garage-rock perfection from White Denim both with UK festival exclusive performances; along with adventurous folk artistry from Villagers and much, much more. 

Latitude is the event of the summer to see the very best in new music. If leftfield music is your thing, then the i Arena is the spot. Tucked away in Latitude's beautiful woodland area, this year the stage will provide a magically intimate setting for the headliners; gloriously chaotic rock 'n' roll of Japandroids, warped-electro hipsters Purity Ring and psychedelic husband and wife outfit Moon Duo. The Lake Stage, curated by Huw Stephens, has played host to numerous 'next big things' and this year is no exception with headline performances coming from the master of beautiful folk balladry  Benjamin Francis Leftwich, London indie-pop quartet Veronica Falls and hotly tipped Manchester foursome The 1975. Other must see sets include art-noise masters Bo Ningen and Australian rave revivalists Jagwar Ma.

Obelisk Arena
Bloc Party
Kraftwerk 3-D
Foals
The Maccabees
Hot Chip

BBC Radio 6 Music Stage

Modest Mouse
Alt-J
Beach House
 
Exclusive Appearances From:  
Calexico
Cocorosie
Iamamiwhoami
Mark Lanegan Band
Rhye
Sohn
The Tallest Man On Earth
White Denim
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yo La Tengo 

Akron/Family
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Benjamin Francis Leftwich 
Beth Orton
Bo Ningen
Cat Power
Chvrches
Clean Bandit
Dan Croll  
Dark Dark Dark
Daughter
Disclosure
Drenge
Everything Everything
Efterklang
Fimber Bravo
Friends
Hookworms
I Am Kloot
Jagwar Ma
James Blake
Japandroids
Jessie Ware
Josephine Oniyama
King Creosote
Laura Mvula
Local Natives
Malcolm Middleton
Marika Hackman
Matthew E. White
Mikhael Paskalev
Moon Duo
Múm
Purity Ring 
Rachel Zeffira
Serafina Steer
Sinkane
Stealing Sheep
Steve Mason 
Sweet Baboo
Swim Deep
Tamikrest
Temples
The 1975
The Bots 
Veronica Falls
Villagers
Wave Machines 
Widowspeak
Willy Mason
Young Wonder

Comedy At Latitude
 
Dylan Moran
Daniel Kitson
Seann Walsh
Tim Key
Lee Nelson 
Josh Widdicombe
Marcus Brigstocke's Policy Unit
Mark Watson
Charlie Baker
The Horne Section
Jamie Kilstein
Kerry Godliman
Katherine Ryan Simon Evans
Sara Pascoe
James Acaster
Joel Dommett
Brett Goldstein
Marcel Lucont
Romesh Ranganathan
Elis James
The Noise Next Door  
Tiffany Stevenson
Idiots Of Ants
Hennessy & Friends
Loretta Maine
The Sunday Assembly
Holly Walsh
Luisa Omielan
Ed Aczel
Sheeps
Bryony Kimmings
Daniel Simonsen
Vikki Stone
Mcneil And Pamphilon
Alfie Brown 
Sam Fletcher
Pat Cahill
Mae Martin
Lucy Beaumont
Rich & Andy 
Ben Target
Andrew Ryan
Nish Kumar
Chris Kendall
David Trent 
  Jenny Fawcett
Holly Burn
John Robins
Suzy Bennett
Aisling Bea 
Tom Deacon
Ed Gamble
Rob Beckett
Joe Lycett
Matt Rees
Austentatious
Chortle Student Awards
Monster Comedy Shed 
 

Theatre And Dance
National Theatre Wales And Neon Neon
Sadler's Wells Present 'Rocío Molina'
Daniel Kitson
Royal Exchange Theatre
Ockham's Razor
National Youth Theatre
Bac
Made In China
Forest Fringe
Clean Break
The Wrong Crowd

Artists
David Shrigley
Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins
Tim Walker 
The National Gallery Present 'Titian On Tour'
David Shillinglaw

Film And Music
Daniel Kitson Film Plus Q&A
Jeffrey Lewis & The Rain
Ica Present Bowiefest
Reverend Billy & The Church Of Stop Shopping
Snarky Puppy
Crook And Flail
Ultimate Bowie
Gavin Osborn
Total Film Q&A

Poetry Arena
Carol Ann Duffy
Murray Lachlan Young
Liz Lochhead
Thurston Moore
Daniel Kitson & Gavin Osborn
Don Paterson
Michael Rosen
Luke Wright
Ross Sutherland
Tim Clare
The Islanders
John Osborne
Steve Roggenbuck
Apples And Snakes
Dead Poets
Katie Bonna
Poejazzi
Byron Vincent
Intensi-T 
Tim Turnbull
Caroline Bird
Hollie Mcnish
William Letford
Jo Bell
Mike Garry
 

Literature
Germaine Greer
Jonathan Cainer
Jeremy Dyson
Wordtheatre
Robin Ince's 'Dirty Book Club'
Salon London
The Last Tuesday Society
Tracey Thorn
Will Storr
John Taylor
Matt Haig
Dawn O'porter
Ian Robertson
Before They Were Famous
Festival Of The Spoken Nerd With Helen Arney And Steve Mould
Selfmade Hero: Graphic Novel Discussion With Glyn Dillon, Joff Winterhart, Corban Wilkin 
Chaired By Toby Litt 
 

Cabaret/Live Art
Carnesky's Tarot Drome 
Boom Tish Cabaret
Boogaloo Stu
Fancy Chance
Boris & Sergey
Swing Patrol  
Artwank
Eggs Collective
Richard Dedomenici
Brian Lobel 
 

Late Night Dj's
Guilty Pleasures
Buttoned Down Disco
Sink The Pink
Disco Shed

The Lavish Big Screen
Late Junction
The Children's Arena
The Inbetweeners Teen Area
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