The National To Curate ATP Festival 2012 - Tickets

The National have been announced as curators for this year's ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas festival.

The band will perform their only UK show of the year at the event. which takes place at Butlin's Minehead from December 7-9.

Other acts on the line-up include Kronos Quartet, The Antlers, Owen Pallett, Boris, Tim Hecker, Sharon Van Etten, My Brightest Diamond, Wye Oak, Lower Dens, Megafaun, Suuns, Dark Dark Dark, Buke and Gase.

The festival will feature a line up of over 45 live acts playing across three stages.

In previous years the festival has been headlined by My Bloody Valentine, Deerhoof and The Horrors.

For more details and to buy Nightmare Before Christmas festival tickets, check out Gigwise Gig Tickets.

For more information about Nightmare Before Christmas and all this summer's festivals, check out the Gigwise Festival Guide.

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