Festival No. 0000478 · Est. 2006
Weekend of the year
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About the artists
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Admiral Fallow formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays folk. -
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Andrew Weatherall was born in Windsor, United Kingdom, on 6 April 1963, and died on 17 February 2020, aged 56. Plays acid house, alternative dance, edm, electronic.
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Annie Mac was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 18 July 1978. Plays electronica, house, uk garage.
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Ash formed in Downpatrick, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, britpop, indie pop, indie rock, noise pop, pop punk, post-britpop, power pop.
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Auntie Flo plays ambient, electronic, house, techno.
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Bastille formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays electropop, indie pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop.
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Beardyman was born in London, United Kingdom, on 14 May 1982. Plays beatboxing, hip hop.
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Ben Sims plays hardgroove techno, minimal techno, techno.
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Biffy Clyro formed in Kilmarnock, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, emo, indie rock, pop rock, post-hardcore, progressive rock, rock.
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Broken Hands formed in London, United Kingdom. Plays avant-garde.
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Busy P was born in Paris, France, on 21 April 1975. Plays electro house, electronic, french electro, hip hop, hip house.
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CHIC formed in New York, United States, in 1976. Plays contemporary r&b, dance-pop, disco, electronic, funk, r&b, synth funk.
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Claude VonStroke was born in Cleveland, United States, on 7 July 1971. Plays deep house, house, tech house.
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Dave Clarke was born in Brighton, United Kingdom, on 19 September 1968. Plays club, dance, electro, electronic, electronica, hardcore techno, techno.
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deadmau5 was born in Niagara Falls, Canada, on 5 January 1981. Plays ambient, bass house, breakbeat, club, complextro, dance, deep house, dubstep.
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Death in Vegas formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, big beat, electronic, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, shoegaze, trip hop.
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DJ Fresh was born in Worthing, United Kingdom, on 11 April 1977. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, uk garage.
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Eats Everything was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, on 12 May 1980. Plays house, techno.
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Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax, United Kingdom, on 17 February 1991. Plays dance-pop, folk, folk pop, persian pop, pop, singer-songwriter, soft rock.
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Errors formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays electronic, indie pop.
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Foxes was born in Southampton, United Kingdom, on 29 April 1989. Plays dance, electronic, pop.
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Gesaffelstein was born in Lyon, France, on 13 June 1985. Plays ebm, electronic, industrial techno, midtempo bass, post-industrial, tech house.
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Guillemots formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in November 2004. Plays alternative rock, art pop, avant-garde pop, chamber pop, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock.
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Hudson Mohawke was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 11 February 1986. Plays electronic, hip hop.
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Ivan Smagghe was born in Paris, France, in 1971.
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Jacques Lu Cont was born in Bedale, United Kingdom, on 9 September 1977.
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Jakwob was born on 28 March 1989. Plays dubstep.
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James Holden was born in Exeter, United Kingdom, on 7 June 1979. Plays electronic, idm, minimal techno, trance.
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Jeff Mills was born in Detroit, United States, on 18 June 1963. Plays detroit techno, techno.
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Justice formed in Paris, France, in 2003. Plays dance, electro, electro house, electro-disco, electronic, french electro, french house, house.
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Kassidy formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2009.
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Knife Party formed in July 2011. Plays complextro, drumstep, dubstep, electro house, electronic, house.
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Little Comets formed in Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays art rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock.
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Lucy Rose was born in Camberley, United Kingdom, on 20 June 1989. Plays folk rock, indie folk.
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Madeon was born in Nantes, France, on 30 May 1994. Plays electro house, electronic, electropop, french house, house, nu disco.
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Mumford & Sons formed in London, United Kingdom, in December 2007. Plays alternative rock, americana, folk pop, folk rock, indie folk, pop rock, rock, stomp and holler.
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Mylo was born in Broadford, United Kingdom, on 10 May 1978. Plays downtempo, electronic.
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Mystery Jets formed in Twickenham, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays indie rock, pop, post-punk revival, rock.
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Nina Nesbitt was born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on 11 July 1994. Plays pop, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Noah & The Whale formed in Twickenham, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up on 1 April 2015, after 9 years. Plays alternative rock, folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Porter Robinson was born in Chapel Hill, United States, on 15 July 1992. Plays complextro, edm, electronic, electropop, funk, pop, progressive house, synth-pop.
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Random Impulse plays grime.
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Red Kites formed in September 2010.
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Riton was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, in September 1978. Plays dance, edm, electroclash, house.
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Rob da Bank was born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, on 24 June 1973.
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Silicone Soul formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1998.
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Sound of Guns formed in 2008, and split up in 2013, after 5 years. Plays indie rock.
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Stealing Sheep formed in 2010.
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The Correspondents formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up on 20 October 2020, after 13 years. Plays electro, electronic, jazz, pop, swing.
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The Drums formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2008. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, new wave, pop, post-punk revival, surf rock.
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The Internet formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2011. Plays acid jazz, contemporary r&b, electronica, funk, hip hop, r&b, soul, trip hop.
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The Japanese Popstars formed in 2006.
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The Pigeon Detectives formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays indie rock.
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The Rapture formed in 1998. Plays acid house, alternative dance, dance-punk, house, indie rock, post-punk, post-punk revival.
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The Rifles formed in Chingford, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays indie rock.
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The View formed in Dundee, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays indie rock, rock.
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Theophilus London was born in Trinidad, United States, on 23 February 1987. Plays alternative hip hop, electropop.
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Tim Minchin was born in Northampton, Australia, on 7 October 1975. Plays comedy.
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To Kill a King formed on 1 September 2009. Plays indie pop, indie rock.
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Wretch 32 was born on 9 March 1985.
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Yuksek was born in Reims, France, on 3 June 1977. Plays electronic.
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Zane Lowe was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 7 August 1973.
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Étienne de Crécy was born in Lyon, France, on 25 February 1969. Plays electro house, electronic, french house, house.