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MusicRadar Festival Guide 2013

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By The MusicRadar Team published 28 March 2013

Our guide to all of this summer's festival action

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Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival

Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival

Headliners: Stone Roses, Blue, Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Dates: 12 – 14, 19-21 April

Location: Empire Polo Club, Indio California

Tickets: Festival passes sold out, some availability on combination tickets.

Other line-up highlights:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Postal Service, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Vampire Weekend, Wu Tang Clan (full lineup)

Official site

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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Headliners: Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Dave Matthews Band, Maroon 5

Dates: 26 April – 5 May

Location: Fair Grounds Race Course, 1751 Gentilly Boulevard, New Orleans

Tickets: Advance weekend tickets from $50

Other line-up highlights:

The Black Keys, John Mayer, BB King, Frank Ocean (full line-up)

Official site

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Camden Crawl Dublin

Camden Crawl Dublin

Headliners: The Black Lips, Holy Other

Dates: 3 - 5 May 2013

Location: Various venues, Dublin, Ireland

Tickets: Weekend tickets from €55/£53.21, day passes from €35/£35.10

Other line-up highlights:

Dirty Beaches, Fionn Regan, Fight Like Apes, Darkstar, Gallops, The Pictish Trail, Three Trapped Tigers, WiFE (full line-up)

Official site

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ATP: I'll Be Your Mirror (London)

ATP: I'll Be Your Mirror (London)

Headliners: Grizzly Bear, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Dates: 4 & 5 May

Location: Alexander Palace, London, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets £110, day tickets £59

Other line-up highlights:

Nicolas Jaar, James Murphy, Tortoise, The Field, Van Dyke Parks, The Locust (full line-up)

Official site

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ATP curated by TV On The Radio

ATP curated by TV On The Radio

Headliners: TV On The Radio

Dates: 10 - 12 May

Location: Camber Sands Holiday Park, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £180, must be purchased as part of a chalet sleeping 4 to 8 people

Other line-up highlights:

De La Sould, Doom, El-P, Death Grips, Spank Rock, !!!, Saul Williams (full line-up)

Official site

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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

Headliners: Billy Bragg, Bastille, Everything Everything

Dates: 16 - 18 May

Location: Various venues, Brighton, UK

Tickets: Three-day tickets from £49.50, day passes from £22.50

Other line-up highlights:

Klaxons, Tribes, Iggy Azalea, DIIV, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Chvrches, Phosphorescent (full line-up)

Official site

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Primavera Sound

Primavera Sound

Headliners: Blur, The Knife, Phoenix

Dates: 22 - 26 May

Location: Parc del Forum, Barcelona, Spain

Tickets: Weekend tickets sold out, day tickets from 65€

Other line-up highlights:

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, The Postal Service, My Bloody Valentine, Grizzly Bear, How To Dress Well, Jesus And Mary Chain, Wu-Tang Clan, Solange, Swans, James Blake (full line-up)

Note: Alternatively, Optimus Primavera Sound takes place in Porto, Portugal on 30 May - 1 June. Weekend tickets are available for 100€. The festival offers a reduced version of the line-up of its Barcelona sibling. Full details here.

Official site

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Dot-To-Dot

Dot-To-Dot

Headliners: Dry The River, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Lucy Rose

Dates: 24 May (Manchester), 25 May (Bristol), 26 May (Nottingham)

Location: Various venues in each of the three cities

Tickets: Tickets for each day £20

Other line-up highlights:

The 1975, Chapel Club, Wave Machines, Little Green Cars, Wolf Alice (full line-up)

Official site

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Sasquatch!

Sasquatch!

Headliners: Mumford & Sons, The Postal Service

Dates: 24 – 27 May

Location: The Gorge, George, Washington, US

Tickets: Some general admission tickets available

Other line-up highlights:

Arctic Monkeys, The XX, Elvis Costello, Vampire Weekend (full line-up)

Official site

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Wakarusa

Wakarusa

Headliners: Widespread Panic, Dispatch, STS9, The Black Crowes

Dates: 30-2 June

Location: Mulberry Mountain, Ozark, Arkansas US

Tickets: Full event from $169

Other line-up highlights:

Snoop Lion, Of Monsters And Men, Son Volt, Calexico, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (full line-up)

Official site

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Sonar

Sonar

Headliners: Kraftwerk, The Petshop Boys, Skrillex

Dates: 13 - 15 June

Location: Various venues in Barcelona, Spain

Tickets: Full passes from 175€, separate passes for Sonar By Day, Sonar By Night and 2-night passes also available

Other line-up highlights:

Paul Kalkbrenner, Ed Banger 10, Jurassic 5, Two Door Cinema Club, Soulwax, Major Lazer, Hot Natured, Luciano, Laurent Garnier, Bat For Lashes, Seth Troxler, Diplo, Nicolas Jaar, Liars, Skream, Lindstrøm & Todd Terje, TNGHT, AlunaGeorge, Sherwood & Pinch, Jamie Lidell, Modeselektor (full line-up)

Official site

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Bonnaroo

Bonnaroo

Headliners: Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Dates: 13-16 June

Location: Manchester, Tennessee

Tickets: Weekend tickets from $224.50 /

Other line-up highlights:

Wilco, Bjork, The National, Nas, Animal Collextive, ZZ Top, Tame Impala (full line-up)

Official site

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Download

Download

Headliners: Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Rammstein

Dates: 14 - 16 June

Location: Donington Park, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £195, day tickets available soon

Other line-up highlights:

Queens Of The Stone Age, Bullet For My Valentine, The Gaslight Anthem, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Jimmy Eat World, Motorhead (full line-up)

Official site

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ATP curated by Deerhunter

ATP curated by Deerhunter

Headliners: Deerhunter

Dates: 21 - 23 June

Location: Camber Sands Holiday Park, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £180, must be purchased as part of a chalet sleeping 4 to 8 people

Other line-up highlights:

The Breeders (performing Last Splash), Steve Reich w/ The London Sinfonietta, Panda Bear, Robyn Hitchcock, Tom Tom Club, Atlas Sound (full line-up)

Official site

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Glastonbury

Glastonbury

Headliners: Rolling Stones, Mumford & Sons, Arctic Monkeys

Dates: 26 - 30 June

Location: Pilton, Somerset, UK

Tickets: sold out

Other line-up highlights:

Too many to mention, but we'll definitely be heading for Chic Ft Nile Rodger. Check out the full Glastonbury 2013 line-up here.

Official site

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Summerfest

Summerfest

Headliners:Fun, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Jason Aldean, New Kids On The Block, Rush, Tim McGraw, John Mayer, Eagles

Location: Henry Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

Tickets: General admission $15, 3-day pass from $39

Other line-up highlights:

TBA

Official site

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Electric Forest

Electric Forest

Headliners: The String Cheese Incident, Pretty Lights

Dates: 27-30 June

Location: Rothbury, Michigan

Tickets: Weekend tickets available from $359

Other line-up highlights:

Passion Pit, Empire Of The Sun, Yeasayer (full line-up)

Official site

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Hard Rock Calling

Hard Rock Calling

Headliners: Kasabian, Bruce Springsteen

Dates: 29 & 30 June

Location: Olympic Park, London, UK

Tickets: Day tickets from £51.75

Other line-up highlights:

Paul Weller, The Cribs, The Black Crowes, Miles Kane, Klaxons (full line-up)

Official site

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Roskilde

Roskilde

Headliners: Rihanna, Slipknot, Sigur Ros

Dates: 29 June - 7 July

Location: Roskilde, Denmark

Tickets: Full festival tickets from 1910 DKK, day tickets from 670 DKK

Other line-up highlights:

Queens Of The Stone Age, Daedelus, Kraftwerk, Kendrick Lamar, Jake Bugg, Hatebreed, Rokia Traore, Kvelertak, Animal Collective, Angel Haze (full line-up)

Official site

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2000 Trees

2000 Trees

Headliners: To be announced

Dates: 11 - 13 July

Location: Upcote Farm, Gloucester, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets £72

Other line-up highlights:

Stornoway, Funeral For A Friend, And So I Watch You From Afar, Future Of The Left (full line-up)

Official site

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Wireless Festival

Wireless Festival

Headliners: Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z

Dates: 12, 13 and 14 July

Location: Olympic Park, London, UK

Tickets: Three-day tickets from £209, Sun tickets from £83.50, Fri and Sat tickets sold out

Other line-up highlights:

Frank Ocean, Miguel, A Tribe Called Quest, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Calvin Harris, Kendrick Lamar, John Legend, Emeli Sandé (full line-up)

Official site

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T In The Park

T In The Park

Headliners: Mumford & Sons, The Killers, Rihanna

Dates: 12 - 14 July

Location: Balado, Kinross-Shire, Scotland, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £184, day tickets from £75

Other line-up highlights:

Kraftwerk, Frank Ocean, Chase And Status, The Script, Stereophonics, Snoop Dogg, Phoenix, Dizzee Rascal, Foals, David Guetta (full line-up)

Official site

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Isle Of Wight Festival

Isle Of Wight Festival

Headliners: The Stone Roses, The Killers, Bon Jovi

Dates: 13 - 16 July

Location: Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle Of Wight, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £170, day tickets £75

Other line-up highlights:

Bloc Party, Paul Weller, Blondie, Ellie Goulding, The Macabees, Sub Focus, The Script, Emeli Sandé (full line-up)

Official site

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Latitude

Latitude

Headliners: Bloc Party, Kraftwerk, Foals

Dates: 18 - 21 July

Location: Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £190.50, day tickets from £84.50

Other line-up highlights:

Hot Chip, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Maccabees, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, Modest Mouse, Beach House, Alt-J, Jessie Ware, James Blake (full line-up)

Official site

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FIB (Festival Internacional de Benicassim)

FIB (Festival Internacional de Benicassim)

Headliners: The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Queens Of The Stone Age

Dates: 18 - 21 July

Location: Benicassim, Castello, Spain

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £150

Other line-up highlights:

Primal Scream, Dizzee Rascal, Miles Kane, Alunageorge, Bastille, Azealia Banks, Benny Benassi, John Talabot (full line-up)

Official site

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Lovebox

Lovebox

Headliners: To be confirmed

Dates: 19 - 21 July

Location: Victoria Park, London, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets £108.90, day tickets from £35

Other line-up highlights:

Full line-up TBA. Stages to be hosted by Annie Mac, Noisey/The Hydra, Red Bull Music Academy, Hot Creations and more

Official site

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Truck

Truck

Headliners: The Horrors, Spiritualized

Dates: 19 - 20 July

Location: Hill Farm, Oxford, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets £74

Other line-up highlights:

Ash, Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Dry the River, Gaz Coombes, Rolo Tomassi, We Are The Ocean, The Joy Formidable, Frankie & The Heartstrings, Bo Ningen, Ady Suleiman, Arcane Roots (full line-up)

Official site

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Melt!

Melt!

Headliners: Atoms For Peace, The Knife

Dates: 19 - 21 July

Location: Ferropolis, Germany

Tickets: Weekend tickets from 119€

Other line-up highlights:

James Blake, Alt-J, Joy Orbison, Disclosure, Flying Lotus, Django Django, Mount Kimbie, Julio Bashmore, Scuba, Jets, The 1975 (full line-up)

Official site

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Pitchfork Music Festival

Pitchfork Music Festival

Headliners: Bjork, R. Kelly, Belle And Sebastian

Dates: 19-21 July

Location:Union Park, Chicago, Illinois, US

Tickets: 3-day passes from $120

Other line-up highlights:

Joanna Newsom, MIA, Solange, The Breeders, Yo La Tengo (full line-up)

Official site

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Secret Garden Party

Secret Garden Party

Headliners: Soulwax, Django Django

Dates: 25 - 28 July

Location: Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £191

Other line-up highlights:

Regina Spector, Goldie, Big Youth, Bastille, Public Service Broadcasting, Bobby Tank, Willy Mason, Zane Lowe (full line-up)

Official site

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Farmfestival

Farmfestival

Headliners: Ghostpoet, Art Brut

Dates: 26 - 27 July

Location: Gilcombe Farm, Burton, Somerset, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets £50

Other line-up highlights:

Black Strobe, DJ Die, Reeps One, Laid Blak, The Lovely Eggs, Son Of Dave (full line-up)

Official site

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Newport Folk Festival

Newport Folk Festival

Headliners: TBC

Dates: 26-28 July

Location: Fort Adams State Park, Newport US

Tickets: Sold out except Friday passes, available from $49

Other line-up highlights:

Lord Huron, Beth Orton, The Mountain Goats, The Felice brothers (full line-up)

Official site

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Global Gathering

Global Gathering

Headliners: Example, Plan B, Steve Aoki, Seth Troxler

Dates: 26 - 27 July

Location: Long Marston Airfield, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £115

Other line-up highlights:

Disclosure, Jamie Jones, Annie Mac, Katy B, Solomun, DJ Fresh, Sub Focus, 2ManyDJs, Wiley, Carl Cox (full line-up)

Official site

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Camp Bestival

Camp Bestival

Headliners: Richard Hawley, Levellers, Labrinth

Dates: 1 - 4 August

Location: Lulworth Castle, Dorest, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £180

Other line-up highlights:

Toots And The Maytals, The Polyphonic Spree, Ash, Gabrielle Aplin, Billy Bragg, Mr Tumble (full line-up)

Official site

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Hevy Fest

Hevy Fest

Headliners: Black Flag, Hatebreed

Dates: 2 - 4 August

Location: Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Kent, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets £99

Other line-up highlights:

Comeback Kid, Horse The Band, The Menzingers, Metz, Circle Takes The Square, Tigers Jaw, Heights (full line-up)

Official site

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Standon Calling

Standon Calling

Headliners: De La Soul, Band Of Skulls, Digitalism

Dates: 2 - 4 August

Location: Standon, Hertfordshire, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £99

Other line-up highlights:

Alunageorge, Bastille, The D.O.T, Toy, The Joy Formidable, Public Service Broadcasting, King Charles (full line-up)

Official site

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Leopallooza

Leopallooza

Headliners: To be announced

Dates: 2 - 4 August

Location: Bude, Cornwall, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets £60, Sunday only tickets £15

Other line-up highlights:

Line-up yet to be announced

Official site

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Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza

Headliners: TBA

Dates: 2-4 August

Location: Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, US

Tickets: 3-day passes sold out, day passes from $95 on sale now

Other line-up highlights:

TBA

Official site

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Boardmasters

Boardmasters

Headliners: Basement Jaxx, The Vaccines, Ben Howard

Dates: 7 - 11 August

Location: Fistral Beach, Newport, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £105, day tickets from £43

Other line-up highlights:

Everything Everything, Miles Kane, Frightened Rabbit, The Joy Formidable, Grand Master Flash, Tom Odell, MJ Cole, Delphic (full line-up)

Official site

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Green Man

Green Man

Headliners: Band Of Horses, Ben Howard

Dates: 15 - 18 August

Location: Crickhowell, Brecon Beacons, Wales, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets £145, student and teen tickets available for less

Other line-up highlights:

Midlake, Swans, Local Natives, The Horrors, Villagers, John Cale, Low, Edwyn Collins, Andrew Weatherall, Stornoway (full line-up)

Official site

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Beacons Festival

Beacons Festival

Headliners: Bonobo, Django Django, Local Natives

Dates: 16 - 18 August

Location: Heslaker Farm, Skipton, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £109.50, day tickets from £35

Other line-up highlights:

Solange, John Talabot, David Rodigan, Oneman, Dutch Uncles, Fucked Up, Theo Parrish, Ghostpoet, Bicep (full line-up)

Official site

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V Festival

V Festival

Headliners: Beyoncé, Kings Of Leon

Dates: 17 - 18 August

Locations: Hylands Park, Chelmsford/ Weston Park, Shropshire, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £160, days tickets from £89. On sale now.

Other line-up highlights:

Basement Jaxx, Calvin Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines, The Stereophonics, Beady Eye, Emeli Sandé, Jessie J, The Script (full line-up)

Official site

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Creamfields

Creamfields

Headliners: Avicii, The Prodigy, David Guetta, Tiesto

Dates: 23 - 25 August

Location: Daresbury, Chershire, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £130

Other line-up highlights:

Steve Angello, Pete Tong, Skream, Julio Bashmore, Solomun, Eats Everything, Eric Prydz, Paul Oakenfold, Maya Jane Coles, Richie Hawtin, Groove Armada, Sebastian Ingrosso, Paul Van Dyke, A-Trak (full line-up)

Official site

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Reading & Leeds

Reading & Leeds

Headliners: Biffy Clyro, Eminem, Green Day

Dates: 23 - 25 August

Locations: Richfield Ave, Reading/Bramham Park, Leeds, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £202.50, day tickets from £90. On sale now.

Other line-up highlights:

Nine Inch Nails, System Of A Down, Phoenix, Alt-J, Jake Bug, Deftones, Foals, A$AP Rocky, Chase & Status, Skrillex, Wiley (full line-up)

Official site

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ArcTanGent

ArcTanGent

Headliners: 65 Days Of Static, Fuck Buttons

Dates: 29 - 31 August

Location: Fernhill Farm, Somerset, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets £59

Other line-up highlights:

Tall Ships, And So I Watch You From Afar, Future Of The Left, Bo Ningen, Rolo Tomassi, Islet, Gallops, Three Trapped Tigers (full line-up)

Official site

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End Of The Road

End Of The Road

Headliners: Sigur Ros, Belle And Sebastian

Dates: 30 August - 1 September

Location: Larmer Tree Gardens, North Dorest, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £165

Other line-up highlights:

David Byrne & St Vincent, Warpaint, Dinosaur Jr, Frightened Rabbit, Jens Lekman, Efterklang (full line-up)

Official site

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Bumbershoot

Bumbershoot

Headliners: TBA May 2-3

Dates: 31 August – 2 September

Location: Seattle Centre, Seattle, Washington, US

Tickets: 3-day tickets from $99

Other line-up highlights:

TBA

Official site

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Bestival

Bestival

Headliners: Elton John, Snoop Dogg, MIA

Dates: 5 - 8 September

Location: Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight, UK

Tickets: Weekend tickets from £189.95

Other line-up highlights:

The Knife, Franz Ferdinand, The Flaming Lips, Wu-Tang Clan, The Roots, Belle And Sebastian, Bombay Bicycle Club, Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox, Seth Troxler (full line-up)

Official site

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Musicfest NW

Musicfest NW

Headliners: Silversun Pickups, Passion Pit, Beirut

Dates: 5-9 September

Location: Various venues around Portland, US

Tickets: Individual artist wristbands from $75, all show wristbands from $125

Other line-up highlights:

Dinosaur Jr, The Tallest Man On Earth, Sebadoh, The Hives (full line-up)

Official site

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Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits

Headliners: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young And Crazy Horse, The Black Keys

Dates: 4-6 October, 11-13 October

Location: Zilker Park, Austin, Texas, US

Tickets: 3-day passes from $225

Other line-up highlights:

Jack White, Florence & The Machine, Iggy & The Stooges, The Roots, The Shins (full line-up)

Official site

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CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival

CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival

Headliners: TBC

Dates: 15-19 October

Location: Various venues across NYC

Tickets: Full badge from $549

Other line-up highlights: TBC

Official site

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