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The full lineup for BBC 6 Music Festival 2015 has been revealed, featuring some of the alternative world's biggest names.
Revealed throughout the week on the radio station, it has been announced that Mogwai, The Charlatans, Jon Hopkins, Gruff Rhys, Hot Chip, The Cribs, The Maccabees and Jamie xx will headline various venues around Tyneside over three days next month (20-22 February).
Elsewhere on the lineup, the likes of Royal Blood, The War on Drugs, Interpol, Simian Mobile Disco, Young Fathers, Jungle, Kate Tempest, Glass Animals will play the festival, which takes place between Newcastle and Gateshead.
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This is the second year of the festival, with the inaugural event taking place last year in Manchester, headlined by The National.
Speaking about this year's event, a spokesperson for the radio station detailed "The 6 Music Festival is in two parts - the 6 Music Festival by Night at The 02 Academy Newcastle at The Sage, and the 6 Music Festival by Day. The 6 Music Festival by Day is a separately ticketed free event from 11am to 6pm on Saturday 21 February in The Ouseburn area of Newcastle & at the Cluny 1, Cluny 2, The Cumberland Arms, and The Star and Shadow. And on Sunday 22 February at The Boiler Shop in the Stephenson Quarter area of Newcastle."
Tickets go on sale tomorrow (30 January) at 9am from the 6 Music website, read through the full list of confirmed artists below:
Mogwai
Interpol
Sleater Kinney
The War on Drugs
Gruff Rhys
Jungle
Kate Tempest and Eliza Carthy
Simian Mobile Disco
Villagers
Hot Chip
Royal Blood
The Fall
Maximo Park
The Cribs
Django Django
Father John Misty
Ghostpoet
Ibibio Sound Machine
Jamie XX
Four Tet
Giles Peterson
Craig Charles
Mary Anne Hobbs
Jon Hopkins
Public Service Broadcasting
Young Fathers
Wire
King Creosote
The Charlatans
Jamie T
Neneh Cherry
Gaz Coombes
British Sea Power
The Maccabees
Teleman
Glass Animals
Lonelady
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Nemone
Rob Da Bank
DJ Yoda
Richy Ahmed
Daniel Avery
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