Beacons Festival have announced that widely acclaimed, Mercury Prize nominees Wild Beasts will headline the main stage on the Saturday. This appearance is also a northern exclusive and the only opportunity people will have to see the band in the North of England this summer.
This means the line-up now looks like this with further acts to be announced soon:
WILD BEASTS / PATRICK WOLF / ROOTS MANUVA / JUNIOR BOYS / GHOSTPOET / ERRORS / JESSIE WARE / FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS / MAYA JANE COLES / FACTORY FLOOR / PEARSON SOUND / CASS MCCOMBS / WILLY MASON / D/R/U/G/S / PEAKING LIGHTS / XXXY / KWES / OUTFIT / STAR SLINGER / CLOCK OPERA / LUNICE / SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA / BOK BOK / 2:54 / JAM CITY / KING KRULE / MAZES / STILL CORNERS / STAY+ / GROSS MAGIC / BOS ANGELES / GRASS HOUSE / ARTHUR BEATRICE / HOOKWORMS / THE WAVE PICTURES / AU PALAIS
A very small number of early birds tickets are left at just £60 for the weekend, including camping (£55 for students). Once these have gone there will be a batch at £74.50 and then full price tickets will be at £84.50.
Tickets are available to purchase from the Beacons Festival website, HMV, Seetickets, Resident Advisor, Leedstickets.com, Jumbo Records and Crash Records.