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The 18 coolest festival exclusives of 2014
The best bands and the only places you can catch them this summer
Muse @ Coachella: UK fans hoping to see Matt Bellamy and co grace our fields with their intergalactic space rock madness this summer are out of luck, after bassist Chris Wolstenholme told Gigwise that they would not be playing any UK festivals before their next album. The closest you can see them is at California's two Coachella weekend in April (and a couple of shows in Brazil).
by Andrew Trendell | Photos by WENN/PRESS/Justine Trickett
There are plenty of festival whores out there. You know, thse bands and artists whose names appear on pretty much every line-up without fail. You can catch them anywhere and everywhere without too much effort - but where's the fun in that? To make things a little more special, some f the world's festivals have booked bands for exclusive performances. Here are 18 of the best.
It really does add a much greater sense of occasion and spectacle to proceedings when you're watching an exclusive - whether you're heading to Coachella for an increasingly rare glimpse of Muse, making your way down to Sonisphere for Deftones' only UK show of 2014 or hopping on a ferry to the Isle of Wight to catch Busta Rhymes first ever UK festival appearance at Bestival.
Here's to the one-offs. Here are the 18 coolest, best and most impressive festival exclusives of summer 2014.
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