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The 1975, Mumford & Sons, and Fleet Foxes are set to headline Latitude Festival 2017. For Mumford & Sons and Fleet Foxes it's a UK festival exclusive.
The event, which is held in the stunning grounds of Henham Park in Suffolk 13-16 July, sees Brit Award winning band The 1975 take the Friday headline slot, Mumford's play Saturday, and Fleet Foxes Sunday. Tickets are on sale now
The 1975 are also headlining at Parklife and seem to be fastracking to the top of the industry since the release of their second Mercury Prize nominated album, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It. The band were on incredible form at their recent intimate gig in Tufnell Park Dome and had all the hallmarks of a great headliner with their innovative take on pop – a show not to miss and they’ll undoubtedly rise to the occasion and pull out all the stops to make sure it’s one to remember.
Mumford & Sons' Saturday slot is far from ordinary. They’ve announced it as one of their Gentlemen of The Road tour shows. It’s something they conceived in 2012 and it has an emphasis of playing small places that regularly miss out on touring acts. For Latitude they've got quite a big takeover: they play the headline slot with special guest Baaba Maal, and they curate the day's line up across four stages. Glass Animals and Lucy Rose will support them on the main stage. For other stages, Jack Garratt, Sohn Maggie Rogers, Declan McKenna, and Lemon Twigs are among the picks.
Of the collaboration with Latitude, Mumford & Sons said: "It's one of the most exciting things we're doing this year. Ever since we started working on Gentlemen of The Road Stopovers we've really enjoyed curating line-ups and sharing not only our own , but also sharing music of artists who we love and are listening to regularly. “It's almost like creating a mix tape for a best friend, but instead it's a whole day of music, across multiple stages, with 40,000 people!”
Meanwhile, Fleet Foxes will be playing their first UK show in five years. They're one of the best American bands of their style to hit these shores since Crosby, Still, Nash & Young and they will be the highlight of the weekend. They teased their comeback for sometime after such a lengthy break, and we thoroughly look forward to their new album and this show.
Other festival highlights will be Placebo, Ride, The Horrors, and Kurupt FM. It'll be interesting to see how Kurupt FM get along with Mumford & Sons. See the lineup so far below:
OBELISK ARENA
GOLDFRAPP | THE HORRORS | GLASS ANIMALS | LUCY ROSE | TINARIWEN THE JAPANESE HOUSE | JOHN CALE | THE DIVINE COMEDY | WARD THOMAS GRANDADDY | BAABA MAAL | BALOJI | MAVIS STAPLES | THE VERY BEST
BBC MUSIC STAGE
PLACEBO (UK FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE)
FATBOY SLIM | RIDE | LOYLE CARNER | JACK GARRATT | SOHN MAGGIE ROGERS | THE LEMON TWIGS | MOUNT KIMBIE | THE HEAD AND THE HEART TOM GRENNAN | HER | LISA HANNIGAN | DECLAN MCKENNA | SYLVAN ESSO KAREN ELSON | JULIA JACKLIN | KALEO | THE RADIO DEPT. (UK FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE) FORMATION | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | A BLAZE OF FEATHER
MUSIC & FILM ARENA
WILL YOUNG’S SUMMER JAZZ SESSIONS | IMELDA MAY |KURUPT FM BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH & THE REVOLUTIONARY MINDS WHITE MINK | FESTIVAL VOICES
SUNRISE ARENA
BEAK> | KEVIN MORBY | DAVE TEMPLES | SUNFLOWER BEAN | LUBOMYR MELNYK| MARGARET GLASPY ESBEN AND THE WITCH | ALL WE ARE | PALACE | MAX COOPER | GOAT GIRL | KADHJA BONET | SIGRID | JOE GODDARD | ÁINE CAHILL | HONEYBLOOD | TWIN PEAKS | YORKSTON/THORNE/KHAN | SERAMIC
DIY PRESENTS THE ALCOVE STAGE
PIXX | BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH KING NUN | YOUNGR | LEA PORCELAIN | MOSA WILD | JOE FOX
LAKE STAGE
JORJA SMITH
WATERFRONT STAGE
BALLETBOYZ
SADLER’S WELLS present
MATTHEW BOURNE’S NEW ADVENTURES: COUNTRY
BBC YOUNG DANCER 2017 FINALISTS | SISTERS GRIMM: VOICES OF THE AMAZON
THE GET-DOWN feat BOY BLUE ENTERTAINMENT
NATIONAL YOUTH DANCE COMPANY: TARANTISEISMIC
FAR FROM THE NORM
THE CONCERTO FOR COMEDIAN & ORCHESTRA
OTHER STAGES
OPERA NORTH PROJECTS PRESENT UNDERWORLD
DISCO YOGA | DISCO SHED | HOT DUB TIME MACHINE | GUILTY PLEASURES | BUTTONED DOWN DISCO
