Chilly Gonzales, Van Dyke Parks and more added to Latitude 2012 lineup

Joining fellow pianists Lang Lang and Rufus Wainright on the Latitude bill is larger than life musical personaChilly Gonzales who will appear in the Film & Music Arena. The Grammy-nominated, classically trained Canadian is not your average pop star. He’s a bone-fide jazz virtuoso, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, MC and producer who regularly collaborates with the likes of Peaches, Feist and Drake – Chilly is a musician who is impossible to pigeon-hole! Moving on from his early hip hop and electronic albums, 2004 saw the release of his highly praised entirely instrumental album, Solo Piano, and the much anticipated follow up, Solo Piano II, is due out later this summer. Having personally requested to play Latitude this year due to its well deserved reputation as a highlight of the UK festival season, Chilly will be treating audiences to one of his famously comical and musically astonishing live performances…we can’t wait! Van Dyke Parks and Britten Sinfonia will be performing a special show to coincide with the long-awaited reissue of three of Van Dyke Parks' most visionary albums. Performing a career-retrospective set featuring full orchestral accompaniment from Britten Sinfonia, if you don’t know Van Dyke Parks, now is the chance to immerse yourself in a uniquely eclectic and daring landscape. Parks may be best known for penning the lyrics to The Beach Boys’ legendary sixties masterpiece Smile; more recently his arrangements helped shape Joanna Newsom’s epic album Ys. But the true riches of Parks’ talent lie in his first three solo albums, Song Cycle (1968), Discover America (1972) andClang Of The Yankee Reaper (1975).

Staying with the Film & Music Arena Mark Lamarr is presenting his God’s Jukebox, Latitude favourite, hosting a selection of the finest artists from the worlds of Soul, Ska, Reggae, Country, Gospel and Rap. The first of four fabulous additions to the God’s Jukebox bill is none other than Wanda Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly. Having performed on the Obelisk Arena in 2011, Latitude is delighted and honoured to welcome Wanda back to a more intimate setting. With a career spanning over 50 years, which has seen her collaborate with everyone from Elvis Presley to Jack White, audiences are in for a magical time with an absolute legend. Also performing on the God’s Jukebox bill is Los Angeles singer Gizzelle whose stunning voice recalls 50’s blues, 60’s soul and rhythm and blues; London rocksteady crew The Delegators, who are known for their electrifying live shows; and perennial party starters Big Boss Man will be on hand to get crowds moving with their beguiling blend of soul jazz, boogaloo and sixties grooves. Latitude headliner Paul Weller is a massive fan and with that stamp of approval, expect nothing less than a funky good time.

Stalwarts of the leftfield electronic scene Demdike Stare will also take to the stage in this arena. The duo are known for combining experimental techno, drone and ambient and a range of unusual samples, audiences are in for a sensory onslaught!

Experimental English rockers Sweet Billy Pilgrim will be also be making a welcome debut in the arena tinkering about somewhere between the earthy and the ethereal. Fusing folk, jazz and rock the Mercury Music Prize nominees will be scraping strings and making magical melodies for all to hear.

Yet more exciting music additions have been made to the eclectic Latitude line-up across the site.  Appearing on the Obelisk Arena will be Irishman Mick Flannery whose softly-sung gravelly tones have earned him awards at the US Songwriting Competition in Nashville, as well as a platinum-selling album. Additions to the i Arenawill be the UK’s answer to Arcade Fire, seven-piece instrumental alchemists Revere, heralded as one of the country’s best live acts, expect a set full of rousing chamber-pop and epic live visuals. California girls Deap Vally bonded over their mutual love of the blues and rock n roll, and their set at Latitude is highly anticipated following a series of wild live shows in their native LA. London’s hottest new band Splashh have garnered praise across the board for their lo-fi magic, and recent single All I Wanna Do just might be the soundtrack of the summer. Hot off the back of a support slot touring with Latitude headliner Bon Iver is folk trio The Staves –three sisters from Watford whose gorgeous songs feature sublime vocal harmonies. Twin Shadow will be performing at Latitude the same weekend his sophomore LP Confess is released on 4AD. Blending nostalgia and pop with a refreshingly modern sound, it’s on the stage that he really shines. Prepare to be blown away. Finally Gross Magic, the alter-ego of spectral newcomer, Sam McGarrigle, whose static-drenched pop has earned comparisons to Ariel Pink and Perfume Genius will be appearing on The Lake Stage.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will once again give festival-goers the chance to hear from creative talent from the worlds of film and television. On Friday 13 July, the Film & Music Arena will play host to cast and crew from the hit Olympic-themed mockumentary series Twenty Twelve. Also on the Friday, BAFTA award-winning screenwriter Abi Morgan (White Girl, Shame, The Iron Lady) will discuss her career with Edith Bowman in the Literary Salon. On Saturday 14 July, cast and crew from Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meatwill share their favourite moments from the first series of the popular show. On Sunday 15 July, BAFTA presents a screening of Ill Manors, a British urban musical written and directed by Ben Drew (aka rapper Plan B). Innovative short films, including this year’s BAFTA award-winning shorts will screen throughout the festival.

In the first theatre collaboration between Sadler’s Wells, Kneehigh and Theatre Royal Stratford East, extracts from new British Bollywood musical Wah! Wah! Girls! will be performed on the stunning The Waterfront Stage.Set in present day East London, the show tells a story of love against the odds, with music that combines Bollywood hits with contemporary pop-influenced songs. Also joining the Sadler's Wells line-up is French hip-hop dance crew Serial Stepperz, who showcase house dance, a newer hip-hop dance style, devised from the dance floor and born out of club culture. The popular Graduate Fashion Show is all set to return to Latitude’s waterfront and this year it will be hosted by the ultimate “party boy” Jamie Laing from E4’s Made In Chelsea,with models provided by Storm model management this is one event for all you fashionistas. Mike Viry, one of the main dancers in Street Dance 2 has also been added to the Flash Mob set to ignite on Latitude’s floating stage.

In the Theatre Arena The Gate is proud to present 29 year old Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour's utterly original play White Rabbit Red Rabbit, in association with Volcano (Canada), Necessary Angel Theatre Company and Aurora Nova Productions. Each new performance of this drama is performed unrehearsed by a single actor, making it a thrilling and unrepeatable experience*. 

Joining the line-up for Latitude’s Literary Arena is legendary performance artist, Penny Arcade. From her beginnings as a teenage superstar for Andy Warhol’s Factory to her groundbreaking 1990’s solo work and latter day reinvention as preserver of the Lower East Side’s oral history, Arcade’s career has seen her push practically every barrier in existence. At Latitude she will present a revival of Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! the hit show which is equal parts erotic go-go dancing and political provocation. The Royal Shakespeare Companyis coming to Latitude to present what promises to be an unmissable debatethe question will be raised,TheatreA Place for Protest?  Should theatre be a more political art form? Or is the theatricality of the Church a better forum to reflect the new forms of dissent? Austerity vs. Radicalism: can the two ever work together? Join internationally-acclaimed and RSC Playwright in Residence Mark Ravenhill and former Canon of St Paul’s Cathedral Dr Giles Fraser for a lively debate about all things protest…Meanwhile artist, polymath and genius Leonardo Da Vinci will feature in the Literary Arena as cardiothoracic surgeon Francis Wells will take an in-depth look at his Anatomical drawings. Staying with a medical theme, research charity The Wellcome Trustwill present curator and author of the Wellcome Trust’s exhibition Marius Kwint, who will discuss the exhibition and book Brains; The Mind As Matter in conversation with Hannah McGill. McGill was the Edinburgh international film festival’s artistic director until 2010, as well as a critical writer for publications including the Glasgow Herald, Scotsman and Guardian and a published writer of short fiction and drama.

Journalist and broadcaster, John McCarthy, Britain's longest-held hostage in Lebanon during the country’s civil war, returns to the subject of the Middle East with a discussion of his new book You Can’t Hide The Sun: A Journey Through Israel And Palestine. Chris Thorpe, a founding member of Unlimited Theatre and part of the performance company Third Angel, will bring to his show Inventory to Latitude, a story about the chain of circumstances that led to his house burning down. It's a true story that follows the thoughts and lives of some of the people involved in those events. And after-hours, joining the line-up for Robin Ince’s Late Night Revolution will be satirical musicians Jonny & The Baptists. Intelligent Life and Psychologies magazine will host a discussion regarding the impact of Facebook, raising the question “Is Facebook doing more harm than good?” Karl James will be coming to Latitude’s seventh edition, having been to all past six festivals, to interview the author Tim Lott in the Literary Arena. As director of The Dialogue Project most of Karl’s time is spent helping people think together, negotiating and facilitating conversations when the stakes are high. 

In the Comedy Arena Perrier Award-winning Irish stand-up comedian David O'Doherty will be keeping crowds amused with his new stand-up comedy show Seize The David O'Doherty. Flying the flag for new talent The Chortle Student Comedy Award will also be dropping by at Latitude’s Comedy Arena. This prestigious award has provided a stepping stone to success for The Inbetweeners' Simon Bird and Friday Night Dinner's Tom Rosenthal. For Latitude eight fresh-faced student comics will be slugging it out to take home a £2,500 prize.

The Film & Music Arena will be screening Don’t Think, a concert film of dance legends The Chemical Brothers’ latest album of the same name. Shot on one night of the Chemical Brothers' headlining set at last year's Fuji rock festival in Niigata, Japan, The Guardian called it "one of the best films about dance music ever made."Legendary director of Glastonbury and The Great Rock And Roll SwindleJulien Temple, brings his time-travelling voyage to the heart of his hometown London: The Modern Babylonan epic time-travelling voyage to the heart of his hometown. From musicians, writers and artists to dangerous thinkers, political radicals and above all ordinary people, this is the story of London's immigrants, its bohemians and how together they changed the city forever. The London Short Film Festival will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in January 2013. Here's a chance to see three short film gems from the last festival, Friend Request PendingLong Distance Information and Disappoint You.

Chris Shepherd is a BAFTA nominated director who blends live action with animation to examine the humorously dark side of life. He's worked on funny shows such as Big Train and Nathan Barley while directing award winners such as Dad's DeadBad Night For The Blues and his collaboration with David Shrigley Who I Am And What I Want. For Latitude Chris will be presenting and showing some short films.  East End Film Festival will present El Último Elvis, a film about a delusional Elvis impersonator in Buenos Aires, who sacrifices happiness with his wife and daughter in his unstoppable quest for fame plus an introduction from the Director. Rounding off the weekend’s festivities will be Chinese Elvis, winner of the Weakest Link Elvis special!  Star of AOL adverts!  He's Chinese!  He's Elvis! He's Chinese Elvis!

Latitude’s 2012 theme of Pagan To Occupy will come to unforgettable life in the Pagan Parade as it snakes from The Faraway Forest to the Lake, honouring the Sun God. Created for Latitude by theatre company Les Enfants Terribles, it will abound in fire, flesh and freaks as a tongue-speaking minister leads the way, culminating in the ritual burning of the Wicker-Man upon the lake.  Get dressed up (or down) and join the parade – bare your soul and your flesh and show you believe! Latitude’s exploration of magic and spiritual worlds will also continue with Silver Sisters and the Silver Threads of Home, The Spirit, The Sorceress and The Soul: three unique women dedicated to answering questions about the greater meaning of life. Revellers at the Saturday night Hoedown in will also be in for a treat from the history of the Wild West, as the privileged task of decorating The Faraway Forest has been awarded to none other than the latter day alter ego of Annie ‘Get Your Gun’ Oakley Phoebe Ann MosesSearching for Boudica is the story of the renegade warrior queen Boudica and her defiance in the face of the Roman oppressors has captured the public imagination for two thousand years. Her refusal to be bullied by the decadent ruling class made her a folk heroine in her own time, could she now be a symbol of hope in ours? An audio exploration in The Faraway Forest presented by Art Assembly

Stylist David Hawkins will be creating one-off stunning couture designs especially for Latitude which will be displayed eerily around the trees in the forest inspired by modern day media witch hunting. Artitude is a collective of artists with a wide range of creative skills. The two founding members are Georgia Wisbey and Claire Gendler, both have experience using wide ranging skills and materials and have worked in many different corners of the creative world. With a passion for Art, expression and education they will be sculpting a Goddess out of willow with the help of festival goers, awaiting Latitude’s devotion.

Take a voyage into the imagination with Dave Arthur who will tell stories of mythical folklore for all ages in perfect setting of The Outdoor Theatre. The modern Renaissance man will be telling tales of the magical world of giants, heroes, heroines, fabulous animals, magical artefacts, witches, goblins, creation myths, modern urban legends, Jack Tales, balladry and music. Swing Patrol Tea Dance will get revellers strutting their stuff with Lindy Hop and the like.

After theatrical performances have ended for the day the party continues in The Outdoor Theatre with The Ceilidh Liberation Front who present The Revolution for the Hoedown. Breaking down ceilidh conventions, the CLF will be bringing their wildest of subverted dances and party tunes to fling you across the dance floor, into the bar and back on your feet again. Expect carnival recklessness and festival shamelessness. Featuring musicians, the CLF combines music dance and a good old sprinkling of theatricals to bring this unique experience to the world. Ceilidh music as you've never heard (or seen) it before. DJ Cowboy Mouth and DJ Danni Rock who will be featuring as part of the Country Fayre to keep the frivolities flowing long into the evening. Also appearing will be Sun Of Cash capturing the spirit and sound of the young Johnny Cash when he recorded for “Sun Records” in Memphis – hence the name. The band first got together in 2008 to play at a friend’s wedding, and the response was so positive that they decided to keep it going.

The Literary Salon welcomes Radio 4, join them in the Literary Salon where you can be part of the audience in the recording of BBC Audio Drama North’s new comedy thriller A Little Bit of Latitude. This will be followed by a question and answer session with the writer, cast and crew. Described by The Observer as ‘an outstanding documentary”, Working With Pinter directed by Harry Burton was made for Channel 4 and is an intimate portrait of Nobel Prize-winning British dramatist Harold Pinter, in which Pinter discusses his life and art with Henry Woolf, his oldest friend and collaborator. Torycore will be appearing in the Literary Salon, providing festival goers with an interesting combination of politics and death metal.   Inspired by a chance meeting with one of the pioneers of Death Metal, this new piece involves a live and loud band, a pounding nihilistic muddy blurring uncoordinated brutal subverbal deathgrowl and George Osborne’s budget speech 2012. A music beyond protest: Torycore. Do you believe there are no new classic books? Do you think the best sex is literary? Join Emerald Street and Stylist to talk it out in the Literary Salon who will be teaming up with Emma B’s Table Talks to host an evening in the Literary Salon on Thursday. The evening will feature a mix of established and up-and-coming speakers from the literary world plus member of the Stylist and Emerald Street teams. Emerald Street and Stylist love a good debate, so they’re delighted to be involved. Join them for a verbal knees up. Talks start at 8pm.

The latest additions to the line-up for Pandora’s Playground will see comedy performance and theatre art segue into a perfect combination for fun times. The brand new graduates of Circus Space, one of Europe’s leading centres of circus education, will present a spectacular demonstration of their newly-honed skills, with juggling, tumbling and trapeze a-plenty. Further mayhem will come from The Bureau of Silly Ideas, who will bring the inspired madness and controlled chaos they create in the UK’s public spaces to Latitude. In the Steampunk world of Clockwork Watch Victorian values collide with anachronistic technology in an immersive story and participatory experience. The narrative is played out across two graphic novels, interactive promenade theatre and live action role-play.

Over in the Lavish Lounge added to BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction will be bringing a selection of artists for your enjoyment. On Friday invoking the spirit of Ornette Coleman, Bristol-based outfit Get the Blessing prove that jazz-rock is no longer a dirty word, Kazakh-born contemporary classical violinist Aisha Orazbayeva performs music for violin and tape including works by Steve Reich, Iannis Xenakis and her own collaboration with composer Peter Zinovieff; and Congolese rapper Baloji presents his unique hi-energy blend of hip hop and soukous. Saturday features Trio Tekke from Cyprus, who fuse traditional rebetika with reggae into a raw style they call reggetika; from the Appalachians of West Virginia via Brooklyn, Black Twig Pickers with their take on the old-time string tradition; and Sam Lee of London’s Magpie Nest collective brings his six-piece band to perform his own highly imaginative interpretations of English folksong. On Sunday there will be a rare solo set from Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier; other performers to be announced and we conclude with AU, a virtuosic avant-pop duo from Portland Oregon and recent signing to the Leaf Label.

Presale tickets for Latitude, Reading & Leeds, & Big Chill available 2nd December

Pre-sale tickets will be available until 6pm on 31st December.

General sale tickets and the all important line-ups will be released in spring next year.

LATITUDE 12TH – 15TH JULY 2012

Get your tickets now to ensure you will be with us as we journey towards the seventh edition of Latitude in the glorious setting of the Henham Park Estate on Suffolk’s stunning Sunrise Coast.

For further information please see: www.latitudefestival.co.uk

THE BIG CHILL 2ND – 5TH AUGUST 2012

The Big Chill will return to its beautiful home at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire so make sure you’re sorted for your summer party!

For further information please see: www.bigchill.net/festival

READING & LEEDS FESTIVAL 24TH – 26TH AUGUST 2012

The legendary Reading & Leeds Festival will return for the August bank holiday and it promises to be bigger and better than ever with the best names in music from across the globe set to play at both sites.

For further information please see: www.readingfestival.com / www.leedsfestival.com  

The Heartbreaks, The Phantom Band and more for Latitude Festival

- SUNRISE ARENA –
 
 
Follow the winding path through the enchanting woodland and you will stumble upon the Sunrise Arena, a haven for the best in up-and-coming music and be the first to see tomorrow’s stars today, deep within the woods.
 
Hailing from Morecombe, The Heartbreaks are wrapped up in the typical English seaside town. Their jangling, keening indie has brought them no end of impressive support slots with the sounds of the moment like Hurts and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, as well as peers like Jack Peñate, The View and Carl Barât. With a slew of catchy singles behind them – including the most recent, ‘Jealous, Don’t You Know’ – there’s plenty to be intrigued about with these four Lancashire lads. (Sunday)
 
The Phantom Band are Glasgow’s bellowing choral minstrels. Sifting percussive rhythms and madrigal melodies, see this six-piece utilising every available instrument on stage to build a swelling striding masterwork. Intricate the vocal work and woodblock percussion may be, their tunes are never lost in the architectural wonders they’re building. Their second album, last year’s ‘The Wants’, is an engrossing listen and one they interpret on stage incredibly well. A real must-see at Latitude 2011. (Friday)
 
Mid-teens singer Dionne Bromfield was the first signing to Amy Winehouse’s Lioness Records label in 2009 and sang alongside Winehouse both at The Prince’s Trust Ball in the same year and on the popular TV show Strictly Come Dancing. Most recently, she’s announced a collaboration with fellow pop sensation Tinchy Stryder and, using re-written lyrics originally penned by 2009 Mercury Prize winner Speech Debelle, has recorded a song for the Olympic Torch Relay; ‘Spinnin’ For 2012′. To date Bromfield has released two albums of soul covers and originals, wowing many with her powerful voice despite her young age and the short time between discovery and recording. This talent will be sharing her lung power with us at Latitude. (Saturday)
 
Devon born singer-songwriter Ben Howard has recently been selling out shows in the UK and Europe sharing his Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell influenced songs with his grass-roots fanbase.  Singles ‘Old Pine’, and ‘The Wolves’ (released  on Ben  from  Mumford  & Sons’ label, Communion) will be enhanced  in the live setting on the Sunrise Arena by a cellist, an electric and double-bass guitar and drums. Eager fans will get to hear tracks from his debut album which is due out in the autumn. (Friday)
 
Yellowire is the new project of former Wire Daisies man, Ol Beach. With a real focus on the anthemic rush provided by arena bands like U2, Coldplay and Snow Patrol, the band surrounds Ol with lashings of reverb and space-eating sound to boost his chorus vocal lines up into the stratosphere. February single ‘Last Breath’ really brought the bold, airwave-snatching sound to people’s attention as they wait for the debut album later this year. This could be your last chance to catch Yellowire in an intimate setting before they start climbing the charts. (Saturday)
 
Danish four-piece Treefight For Sunlight will dazzle Latitude Festival fans with their sunshine pop tracks; ‘Facing the Sun’ and ‘What became of You and I’ from their self titled debut album.  Soaring triple sopranos, a rising melody line and keyboards will make you smile and no doubt you’ll be humming their songs for the rest of the day when they play the Sunrise Arena. (Sunday).
 
Aaron Wright and The Aprils is primed and ready to astonish crowds at Latitude with his fantastic Scottish melodies and lyrical charm. His debut self-titled album boasts a selection of special guests who have all previously performed at Latitude – including Belle and Sebastian and Camera Obscura, winning him support on national radio stations.  Aaron’s Dylan and Young influences and his passion for music make the Sunrise Arena the perfect place to watch him on Sunday afternoon. (Sunday)
 
Bristol’s Yes Sir Boss began causing a ruckus in 2008 and have taken their brass-laden, ska-tinged sounds all across the country. You can’t help but stomp along to their thumping, and at times sensitive, songs. With hints of the guitar madness of The Coral, their jaunty interplay criss-crosses the vocals in an impressive latticework of melody. They’ve collaborated with soulstress Joss Stone on a live cover of The Beatles’ ‘Come Together’ showing not only their open-minded approach to music and genres, but their willingness to embrace other performers too. Expect fun, positivity and surprises when these five guys and one girl perform songs from their debut album. (Saturday)
 
Leeds troupe East Park Reggae Collective combine their love for politics and
reggae to create their unique sound and pride themselves on making the whole crowd move. With songs calling on inspiration from social prejudice and corrupt leaders through to prevailing good times, East Park Reggae Collective is as current and real as it is musical and entertaining. With Time Out claiming they ‘”Could well be the first band since The Specials to bring Reggae back to the masses” be sure to catch them before they eclipse their current billing. (Saturday)
 
Steel City Soul Club are a collection of diverse and skilled musicians who are fast becoming established within Sheffield’s musical terrain. While this collective has the potential to move within the elevates spheres of the music world, the energy and class that permeates their sound speaks far more about their enthusiasm for the music they play, than their ambitions in the music business. Their sound pays homage to an eclectic back-catalogue of musical genres: from the rough and sampled hip-hop aesthetic, to the smooth and expressive aura of soul and jazz, all juxtaposed against a helping of funk, reggae, dancehall and ska. Admitting that they originally formed as an Afro-beat collective, they credit their current sound to months spent in practice rooms and studios editing, scrapping, and rearticulating lines to create their current repertoire. And it seems this hard work is paying off. The future is looking bright for Soul Club.  (Sunday)
 
Gabriel Deep already has some of the biggest UK and European Festivals under his belt and 2011 is set to be an even more exciting year for the Londoner. Playing notoriously varied sets, he has built up a reputation through word of mouth which has seen him gain a residency at Manchester’s biggest night ‘Take The Whole Cake’ and is lined up for many festivals this summer. Expect house, reggae, soul, dub, hip-hop and much much more from his sets!  (Saturday)
 
– THE LAKE STAGE -
 
Situated on the banks of Latitude’s stunning waterfront is The Lake Stage the place to catch the very first glimpse of the next musical talents. With his finger firmly on the pulse, Radio 1’s Huw Stephens gives us his freshest tips curating a programme of diverse and exciting bands who are on the cusp of success. In the past Everything Everything, Bombay Bicycle Club, and Pulled Apart by Horses have all graced the stage and since enjoyed mainstream success making Latitude the perfect place to catch rising stars.
 
Clock Opera, a London electronic-based four-piece, have been expertly remixing notable indie and rock acts for some time. Having chopped the fine work of bands like Everything Everything into something just as exhilarating, their own work sees a similarly ‘kitchen sink’ attitude. Instruments, non-instruments and anything else that makes a sound is sampled, sliced and glued into a scintillating web of sound. With regular BBC 6Music and Radio 1 airplay and single ‘Belongings’ appearing on Moshi Moshi, Clock Opera’s dicing could well bring fans of the ethereal beat to their knees. (Sunday)
 
Sacremento’s Julie Ann Bee, known by her nom de plume Sea Of Bees, is a multi-instrumentalist in the Sparklehorse vein. Fixed to the roots of folk and country while gleefully expressing and absorbing other sounds and ideas, the core is in her soulful voice. Taking intensely personal subject matter and reeling into the songs like a lovelorn busker, her modest but expansive sounds leave aches in hearts and lumps in throats, whilst somehow never getting over sentimental. With an echoed and spacious sound, her articulate emoting is as mesmerising as it is direct. Her debut album ‘Songs For The Ravens’ will show you the way. (Sunday)
 
– DJs –
 
As the sun goes down and the moon lights the night sky, The Lake Stage transforms into the best club around. Featuring amazing DJs playing top tunes on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night – the party never stops at Latitude Festival.
 
Goldierocks spends her time invading festivals and after-parties all over the world with her unique blend of festival chic, bassy remix and wonky electro. Recently making her debut presenting on Radio 1, somehow she also finds time to host her weekly international radio show The Selector, the best in new British music to over 30 countries from Indie to Grime, Dubstep to Disco, Rock to Soul and everything in-between. Anything goes and it’s the same for her theatrical DJ sets, expect Jack Daniels, expect stage diving, expect the unexpected. (Friday) 
 
Ever the trendsetters and tastemakers, Moshi Moshi have long been a fixture on the independent music scene with the label catering for singles and releases for future stars. From Bloc Party and Hot Chip to, more recently, Florence + The Machine and Clock Opera, their finger isn’t just on the pulse, they practically are. Therefore a DJ set from the Moshi Moshi crew is always full of dancefloor-fillers, future anthems and classic, half-forgotten indie stalwarts. Guaranteed to not only make your evening continue seamlessly into the night but to feather your musical nest with a whole host of new tunes. (Saturday)
 
With four bespoke arenas dedicated to music, Latitude offers an enormous selection of the finest hand-picked bands and artists to create the perfect soundtrack to a resoundingly superb weekend. With reformed must-sees to the newest essential hot tips from a variety of genres, Latitude’s music arenas have it all. With The NationalPaolo Nutini and Suede headlining the Obelisk Arena; Bombay Bicycle ClubFoals and Eels headlining The Word Arena and a whole wealth of musical talent playing across the weekend, Latitude once again boasts an exhilarating and unique line-up.
 
Meanwhile, Latitude’s unrivalled arts programme features the very best from the worlds of theatre, poetry, literary, comedy, cabaret, dance, art, fashion and film. All of these performances come together to create one spectacular summer break. Eye-opening and awe-inspiring – Latitude Festival just gets better and better.
 
Elsewhere throughout the weekend, festival goers can enjoy readings from leading poets and authors including Linton Kwesi JohnsonLouise WenerTim KeySimon ArmitageAndrew Smith andAlexei Sayle; top comics Alan CarrOmid DjaliliDylan Moran and a festival debut of Never Mind The Buzzcocks; exciting theatre and dance productions presented by The GateFlawless, Sadler’s Wells and English National Ballet to name but a few, cabaret performances from David Schneider & FriendsWill AdamsdaleIdiots of AntsBAFTA return to the Film & Music Arena with a fantastic programme of Q&As, discussions and workshops including comedy stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon discussing their hilarious work on Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Trip’ and the Misfits cast in conversation, plus Tate Britain with Nigel Barrett and Louise Mari lead a visual feast inspired by Tate Britain’s Watercolour exhibition.
 
With DJs, The Winter’s Ball and late night parties found throughout the site, it is a unique and special weekend of fun, culture and entertainment. An intimate world away from reality waiting to be explored and enjoyed.

Latitude Festival add more comedy to the lineup

Latitude is ecstatic to announce that the King of sardonic observational humour with a dry yet charming wit – the delightful Dylan Moran joins the Comedy line-up for Latitude this year. This Irish comedy legend rose to fame in the mid nineties – winning a string of awards – including the So You Think Your Funny Award at Edinburgh Festival and most notably becoming the youngest winner of the then titled Perrier Comedy Award in 1996. But it was in 2000 that he became a mainstream success when the sitcom Black Books first aired – his portrayal of the hilarious book shop owner Bernard Black as a miserable, unsociable, chain-smoking drunk – delivered this despicable character straight to our hearts.

His acting has also taken him to the big screen featuring alongside Simon Pegg in Shaun Of The Dead, Run, Fatboy, Run as well as a cameo in the film Notting Hill. But it’s his stand-up that sees Moran at his truly brilliant best. Voted Number 14 in Channel 4’s 100 Funniest People in 2010 – his shambolic persona yet precise articulation and fantastical imagery makes for a unique and frankly unmissable performance.  Moran will be joining Latitude on a high from his current UK tour ‘yeah, yeah’.

American comic, writer and actress Rita Rudner will be joining the all star line-up at Latitude’s Comedy Arena. Now a stalwart of the Vegas comedy scene Rudner has recorded several award-winning comedy specials including ‘Rita Rudner: Born to Be Mild’, ‘Rita Rudner: Married Without Children’ for HBO and ‘Rita Rudner: Live From Las Vegas’ for PBS. Rudner’s recent work includes her book, ‘I Still Have It… I Just Can’t Remember Where I Put It: Confessions of a Fifty something’ and her stand-up show, which since 2001, has been performed almost exclusively in Las Vegas, selling over one million tickets. With the show proving such a success it has recently been moved to a larger theatre (The Venetian)!

Unfortunately Greg Davies has had to cancel his appearance at Latitude this year.
Since its inception in 2006, Latitude has changed the face of festivals forever, with a passion only matched by its ambition. Encompassing all aspects of the art and music worlds Latitude is the only place that brings together the best in music, literature, comedy, poetry, film, theatre, cabaret, art, dance, opera and fashion for one spectacular weekend. With an unrivalled line-up taking shape, Latitude 2011 will be another exhilarating, scintillating and inspirational festival of fun.

Elsewhere throughout the weekend, festival goers can enjoy readings from leading poets and authors including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Louise Wener, Tim Key, Simon Armitage, Andrew Smith and Alexei Sayle; top comics Alan Carr and Omid Djalili and a festival debut of Never Mind The Buzzcocks; exciting theatre and dance productions presented by The Gate, Flawless, Sadler’s Wells and English National Ballet to name but a few, cabaret performances from David Schneider & Friends, Will Adamsdale, Idiots of Ants; BAFTA return to the Film & Music Arena with a fantastic programme of Q&As, discussions and workshops including comedy stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon discussing their hilarious work on Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Trip’ and Tate Britain with Nigel Barrett and Louise Mari lead a visual feast inspired by Tate Britain’s Watercolour exhibition.

With DJs, The Winter’s Ball and late night parties found throughout the site, it is a unique and special weekend of fun, culture and entertainment. An intimate world away from reality waiting to be explored and enjoyed.

Scala & Kolacny Brothers set for midday performance at Latitude

This visually stunning and sonically breathtaking collective have been a cult success since they started releasing albums in 2002. Drawing inspiration from modern pop, dance, rock and even metal, Scala, under the tutorage of conductor Stijn Kolacny and arranger and pianist Steven Kolacny, have produced beautiful re-workings of hits from Metallica, Bjork, U2, Nirvana, Kylie Minogue, Depeche Mode and German industrial metal band Rammstein. However it’s their haunting cover of Radiohead’s Creep that has catapulted them into the mainstream consciousness. Featuring in the trailer for Oscar winning film The Social Network – their rendition became a viral sensation notching up over 250 million views worldwide.
 
For Latitude, their performance on Sunday at midday will be a spellbinding show and the perfect way to ease your way into the day’s festivities. Let their angelic voices sooth the hangovers and transport you to another world.
 
In addition to this exciting announcement, ahead of their appearance at Latitude, Scala & Kolacny Brothers will perform in London on the 7th June. Latitude invites you to join the Official Latitude forum and find out how you, our loyal fans, can play a huge part in helping to select some of the songs that will be performed during their Sunday midday appearance on the Obelisk Arena. Full details to be announced on Latitude’s social media sites and the Official Latitude forum after the 7th June.
 
The midday performance has previously been filled with some exceptional appearances from Joanna Newsom, Thom Yorke and last year’s Tom Jones and Latitude is excited to add Scala & Kolacny Brothers to that list.
 
The open space of Latitude’s Obelisk Arena is a beautiful natural amphitheatre that has housed truly momentous performances over the past five years. Renowned for pushing musical boundaries and offering something not found anywhere else, lay down your picnic blanket or put on your dancing shoes for the 2011 Obelisk Arena line-up.
 
Watch Scala & Kolacny Brothers’ cover of Radiohead’s Creep here:
 
As well as an incredible music line up, Latitude offers an unrivalled arts programme featuring the very best from the worlds of theatre, poetry, literary, comedy, cabaret, dance, art, fashion and film. All of these performances come together to create one spectacular summer break. Eye-opening and awe-inspiring – Latitude just gets better and better.
Elsewhere throughout the weekend, festival goers can enjoy readings from leading poets and authors including Linton Kwesi JohnsonLouise WenerTim KeySimon ArmitageAndrew SmithDave Gorman andAlexei Sayle; top comics Alan CarrOmid DjaliliGreg Davies and a festival debut of Never Mind The Buzzcocks; exciting theatre and dance productions presented by The GateFlawless, Sadler’s Wells andEnglish National Ballet to name but a few, cabaret performances from David Schneider & FriendsWill AdamsdaleIdiots of AntsBAFTA return to the Film & Music Arena with a fantastic programme of Q&As, discussions and workshops including comedy stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon discussing their hilarious work on Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Trip’ and Tate Britain with Nigel Barrett and Louise Mari lead a visual feast inspired by Tate Britain’s Watercolour exhibition.
With DJs, The Winter’s Ball and late night parties found throughout the site, it is a unique and special weekend of fun, culture and entertainment. An intimate world away from reality waiting to be explored and enjoyed.

Ryoji Ikeda, Instigate Debate, Shappi Khorsand and more for Latitude Festival

– THE WATERFRONT STAGE –
 
Floating on the surface of Latitude’s central lake is the stunning Waterfront Stage. A beautiful platform on which audiences can enjoy visual displays of delightful dance, one-off musical performances and incredible work by some of the countries most highly regarded choreographers, with Latitude’s luscious landscape providing the perfect backdrop.
 
Latitude is excited to announce the addition of Electric Hotel to the awe-inspiring arts programme. Described as a “uniquely designed outdoor spectacle” Electric Hotel deals with the topics of voyeurism. Some time ago, an unspeakable incident destroyed the reputation of the five star Electric Hotel. The woman involved in the event returns. Sitting on the outside looking in, the audience snatch glimpses of the do-not-disturb lives unfolding behind the floor to ceiling windows. Wearing headphones to eavesdrop on the internal spaces of the building they watch the residents in their private rooms: the natural habits, the unnatural fantasies and housekeeping of wildly varied quality. This innovative dance piece has toured the country appearing in challenging settings to add to the sense of displacement and transitory nature of hotels, including the last remaining Victorian ironwork Gas Holder in King’s Cross Central and now the hotel comes to a field in Suffolk. An engaging, entertaining, sophisticated drama, sound and dance installation described by the Metro as, “A playground for the imagination… the air crackles with excitement”.” (Metro) This performance must be seen to be believed! (Pandora’s Playground)
 
Sadler’s Wells presents an extract from ZooNation’s brand new work, ‘Some Like It Hip Hop’, for Latitude 2011. Written by ZooNation founder Kate Prince and Felix Harrison, it is the company’s first full-length production since the award-winning West End smash hit, ‘Into the Hoods’. With a nod to Billy Wilder’s much loved film ‘Some Like It Hot’ and Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’, ‘Some Like it Hip Hop’ is a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing, gender stereotypes and revolution; all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Kate Prince, with original music by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, the cast includes Tommy Franzen (‘So You Think You Can Dance’), Lizzie Gough (‘So You Think You Can Dance’) and Teneisha Bonner (‘StreetDance 3D’, ‘Shoes’). ZooNation Dance Company was founded in 2002 by Kate Prince. In 2006, the company premiered Into the Hoods, which went on to become the longest running dance show in the West End. In 2010 ZooNation became a Resident Company at Sadler’s Wells, and Kate Prince became an Associate Artist.
 
Some Like It Hip Hop, will be making it’s world premiere at the Peacock Theatre in London from Thursday 20 October – Saturday 19 November 2011. Further details can be found on the Sadler’s Wells website, but be sure to be one of the first to witness this fantastic production on The Waterfront Stage at Latitude this year!
 
 
The second work in the Sadler’s Wells programme is Tommi Kitti’s ‘A Trip’. Originally premiered in 1995 as a solo for Kitti it has been reworked as a duet and makes its UK Premiere at Latitude Festival 2011. Performed to the marvellous music of American blues singer-songwriter John Lee Hooker, A Trip had been chosen for its appeal to both music and dance fans; a perfect piece to fit the ethos of Latitude Festival.
 
“One interesting thing in Hooker’s music is that it does not go anywhere. It creates a moment in which emotionally you go deeper and deeper. For me it is very dramatic, even so there is no drama happening. It is a trip in a second.” (Tommi Kitti)
 
 
– FILM & MUSIC ARENA –

One of the most diverse and cutting edge elements to Latitude’s repertoire, the Film & Music Arena offers audiences mesmerising displays, performances and viewings of fantastic cinema and music. Sonically and visually rich, the worlds of alternative film and music collide with a full programme of award winning screenings, documentaries, shorts, Q&A discussions and musical treats.
 
On Sunday 17 July, we welcome BAFTA-winning E4 hit series, Misfits.  Fresh from filming the third series, the cast and creative team will join us to share some of their favourite moments from the show so far. Misfits follows five outsiders on community service who get struck by a flash storm and lumbered with special powers. Hard as nails Kelly (Lauren Socha) can suddenly hear people’s thoughts, shamed sporting hero Curtis (Nathan Stewart Jarrett) discovers he has the ability to turn back time when he regrets something, and party girl Alisha (Antonia Thomas) can send people into a sexual frenzy when they touch her skin. Even painfully shy Simon (Iwan Rheon) can make himself invisible when he feels he’s being ignored, which makes it all the more hard to swallow for smart aleck Nathan (Robert Sheehan), who seems to have been unaffected, much to his dismay.
 
Birds Eye View returns to Latitude reaching new heights with five new specially commissioned scores to silent films by cutting-edge female musicians, including: a first a cappella choral score from Grammy award winner Imogen Heap to the first ever surrealist film ‘The Seashell and the Clergyman’ (Germaine Dulac, 1927) with the Holst SingersMicachu and an old cassette player to Lotte Reiniger’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’ (1955); haunting vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Seaming accompanying Maya Derren’s ‘Meshes of the Afternoon’ (1943) and Tara Busch’s compelling performance alongside Lois Weber’s early thriller ‘Suspense’ (1913). In addition, hotly tipped Blue Roses is re-scoring classic ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ (1920) and fashion photographer and filmmaker Wendy Bevan is bringing a dark 1930s cabaret inspired performance with her new band Temper Temper.
 
Giving us a glimpse of contemporary women filmmakers, BEV is also programming three short films from their most recent festival including Best Animation award winner ‘Tord and Tord’ (Niki Lindroth von Bahr) and innovative live action and stop-frame ‘Stanley Pickle’ (Vicky Mather). Birds Eye View celebrates international women filmmakers through its ten day film festival each March at the BFI Southbank, ICA and other venues, plus training labs for emerging women writers and year round promotion of new cinema releases.
 
Ryoji Ikeda brings the datamatics [ver.2.0] project to Latitude’s Film & Music Arena. Using pure data as a source for sound and visuals, datamatics combines abstract and mimetic presentations of matter, time and space in a powerful and breathtakingly accomplished work. datamatics is the second audiovisual concert in Ryoji Ikeda’s datamatics series, an art project that explores the potential to perceive the invisible multi-substance of data that permeates our world Idatamatics [ver 2.0] is the new, full–length 4 dimensional version of Ryoji Ikeda’s acclaimed audiovisual concert. Driven by the primary principles of datamatics, but objectively deconstructing its original elements – sound, visuals and even source codes – this new work creates a kind of meta–datamatics. Ikeda employs real–time programme computations and data scanning to create an extended new sequence that is a further abstraction of the original work. The technical dynamics of the piece, such as its extremely fast frame rates and variable bit depths, continue to challenge and explore the thresholds of our perceptions.
 
Noise of Art continues its evolving retro-futurist sci-fi journey, UFO, with ‘Attack The Block – Party’, a twisted new chapter inspired by Joe Cornish’s newly released film – warped around Suffolk’s UFO Rendlesham incident.
 
Connecting the Seventies, an era of classic sci-fi imagery and seminal New York disco nights – at the time known as Block Parties – with today’s club scene, ‘Attack The Block – Party’ features a disco-tech sound track from some of the most revered pioneers in electronic music – and some of the newest arrivals.
 
Visual contributions come from the UK’s hottest club and up-and-coming street and gallery artists, while a troupe of contemporary dancers and performances artists complete the sensory immersion.
 
Some more about the acts…
 
Si Begg is a highly original producer and inspiration to both the dub step/ London bass and new disco scenes. His music combines elements of break beat, ambient, house, Drum and bass, turntablism and Jazz. He has used different pseudonyms and band names, and released music in different styles on different celebrated labels. He’s recorded music for films, television and advertisements and sound design for television channels, including the BBC, Channel 4 and MTV.
 
Autokratz were first spotted by French label Kitsuné. Based in London, AutoKratz made their LP debut in 2009 with Animal. They supported the album with a UK, Western European, and Australian tour and regularly feature on the annual series of Kitsuné Maison compilations, starting with the inclusion of ‘Pardon Garçon’ on the fifth volume in 2007. AutoKratz have also remixed tracks by artists such as Underworld, Fischerspooner and La Roux.
 
X-Press 2 are best known for their 2002 hit UK single, ‘Lazy’. Comprising of DJs Rocky and Diesel (aka Problem Kids/ Ballistic Brothers). Their first single, ‘Say What’ peaked at number 32 in the U.K. chart in October 1993. Further club hits, such as ‘AC/DC’, ‘Muzikizum’ and ‘Smoke Machine’ were followed in 2002 with the top 10 deep house hit single ‘Lazy’, featuring Talking Heads’ David Byrne. In 2006, the group released its second album, ‘Makeshift Feelgood’, and their third album, also featuring a number of yet to be announced cool collaborations, is due to be released in September 2011 on Skint/ Sony Records.
 
Lighthouses have been variously described as “Bloc Party meets Justice”, “Daft Punk crossed with Soulwax” “Death from Above versus Delphic”… A three piece electro band, Lighthouses have been busily making a name for themselves with their hectic live shows and their compelling releases and remixes.
 
The real lighthouse at Orford Ness, near the Latitude site, has frequently been used to explain away the strange radiation and flashing lights during the UFO sighting at Rendlesham in 1980. This has nothing to do with the Lighthouses playing our UFO event. But by according to loads of predictions, they’re expected to fly.
 
Dec Shoes was literally born by accident at Latitude festival, when the core duo collaborated to write and perform a soundtrack for a Noise of Art show last year. A couple of months after they were asked to play a gig at London’s Southbank Centre, and started playing small venues, building a word of mouth reputation. This has lead to their first festival appearances in Europe and being invited to play on top of BT Tower to mark the 500th day before the start of the London Olympics.
 
Surrounding the music, Noise of Art collaborators Mark Scott Wood and FriendsPrick ImageOverlap and The People Pile will immerse the audience in specially created sci-fi imagery, including solar landscapes, lunar missions, UFO landings and extraordinary creatures.
 
Meanwhile Noise of Art founder, Ben Osborne, will be holding the cosmic slop together like DJ Dr Who of clubs.
 
Camille O’Sullivan enjoys a formidable international reputation for her intensely dramatic interpretations of the songs of Brel, Cave, Waits, Bowie and more.  The award-winning singer has stunned audiences around the world with her 5-star sell-out performances, including Sydney Opera House, London’s Royal Festival Hall and appearance on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’ (BBC TV). Dark, sexy, fierce, amusing and mesmerizing, Camille transforms each song she performs into an intense emotional and theatrical experience, inextricably drawing her audience into a world illuminated by the dark and the light. Backed by her talented band, expect fire, ice, darkness, joy and pure passion. ‘Exceptional voice’ (TimeOut)
London Contemporary Orchestra draws together London’s brightest young talent to explore and promote new music to an increasingly wide audience. For Latitude the LCO Soloists showcase works by three American mavericks. Steve Reich’s ‘Different Trains’ contrasts the cross-continent trains of Reich’s American childhood with the cattle trucks to Auschwitz, using fragmented recollections from three Holocaust survivors, Reich’s governess and recordings of the trains. ‘Four’ by John Cage stands as a beautifully simple statement, illustrative of his late period. Completing the programme are three visceral movements from Frank Zappa’s ‘The Yellow Shark’, the last album to be released before Zappa’s death in 1993, these are ‘III Revised’; ‘None of the Above’ and ‘Questi Cazzi di Piccione’. In 2010 the LCO was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards (Audience Development category). The LCO has worked alongside artists including Jonny Greenwood, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Mira Calix and Foals. Having performed with Belle & Sebastian at last year’s festival – expect something truly special for this year’s event. 
 
Peter Gregson is a cellist and composer working at the intersection of music and technology. He regularly collaborates with the world’s leading technologists, including Microsoft Labs, UnitedVisualArtists and the MIT Media Lab to create immersive musical environments. His debut album, ‘Terminal’, was commissioned by Bowers & Wilkins and launched on Twitter in April 2010. Gregson has recently worked with musicians ranging from Scott Walker to Max Richter; Gabriel Prokofiev to Tod Machover and many others in between.  For Latitude he will perform ‘Vocal’ by Max Richter, ‘Tu Non Mi Perderai Mai’ by Jóhann Jóhannsson and ‘Suite for cello and loudspeakers’ by Gabriel Prokofiev with the LCO.
 
Gabriel Prokofiev is a London-based composer, producer, and founder of the NONCLASSICAL record label and club night. He has produced Dance, Electro and hip-hop music under a variety of different guises. His background in dance music combined with his classical roots gives his writing a unique edge. His compositions include three string quartets (“defies comparison” Daily Telegraph), a collection of piano pieces for Russian virtuoso GeNIA, and the groundbreaking ‘Concerto for Turntables & Orchestra’, premiered by DJ Yoda and the Heritage Orchestra at The Scala in Kings Cross, and recently performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Beni G, in Glasgow.
 
Straddling the mastery of Beck and the explosive force that is John Spencer, Rocco Deluca delivers a modern take on traditional blues-rock. Playing the Dobro – the resonating metal top guitar famous for the Delta Blues – he summons the American past and brings it to the fore. As a solo artist he has opened for artists like Taj Mahal, John Mayer and John Lee Hooker. Most recently he has collaborated with Slash and Robbie Robertson and performed to a sell-out crowd at the amazing Latitude presents Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros show in the Old Vic tunnels.
 
The Garden of Living Cinema is a meeting of artists dedicated to creating living, breathing cinema experiences through live performance in front of your very open eyes. They provide a platform for live cinema acts and new filmmakers as well as a chance to see rarely-seen animation and avant-garde films.  In March this year The Cabinet of Living Cinema built a score to ‘El Topo’, a psychedelic western, over a 5 night period at the Latitude presents Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros shows in the Old Vic tunnels; creating all their own sound effects on a variety of foley-making instruments including kitchen utensils as well as more conventional instruments. Expect something exciting for Latitude festival.
 
 
LITERARY ARENA -
 
Latitude celebrates the written word in all its glorious facets with its very own renowned library of literary excellence. Bringing together today’s most illustrious wordsmiths; the Literary Arena is a hub of storytelling, book discussions, lively debates and in-depth interviews. Top authors and special guests bring books to life and take audiences on fun-filled journeys to the far reaches of their imaginations.
 
If impassioned and healthy discord gets your juices flowing then find a spot in the Literary Arena for the renowned and revered Instigate Debate. A rock ‘n’ roll version of Question Time, Instigate Debate brings the hottest topics of the nation to the fore and allows you, the audience, to participate, pressurise, pontificate, ponder and pose questions to a specially selected panel. This year the subject title is ‘The State Of The Nation: Cuts, Wars and Weddings’. From Fortnum and Masons and Pippa Middleton’s dress to sleeping with the enemy in Westminster and savage cuts; to crisis in Libya and the Arab Spring, 
ID present the ultimate in high-brow Punch and Judy. In what will be an incendiary and lively exchange of ideas, opinions, and thoughts the panel is: Rt Hon David Davis MP (Conservative Party), Danni (UK Uncut spokesperson), Liz Jones (The Daily Mail), Jon Cruddas MP (Labour Party, and anti-BNP campaigner), Peter Tatchell (Human Rights campaigner), Gail Porter (The Wright Stuff, broadcaster and former model) and Don Foster MP (Liberal Democrats spokesman for Culture, Media and Sport)
 
Socialist, comedian and writer Mark Steel began his impassioned stand up career in the 80’s and went on to present his own satirical show on Radio 5/4, ‘The Mark Steel Solution. Having kick-started his radio career he also wrote incisive columns for The Guardian and The Independent. Informed by his early years during Margaret Thatcher’s reign and the political climate at the time, his work has always been fiery, funny and enthusiastically stalwart. For Latitude, Steel will host a lecture in the Literary Arena which will no doubt be topical, and driven by his all-pervading sense of the need for justice. Come along and listen to the long-serving comedian. 
 
Louise Rennison found success with her novels about the fictional teenage girl  character she created named Georgia Nicolson. Two of these novels were translated for the big screen in hit movie ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging’. Her most recent work is a spin off which was delivered in 10 instalments over 10 days entitled ‘How To Make Any Twit Fall In Love With You’. Last year’s full-length novel ‘Withering Tights’ saw the introduction of her new character Tallulah Casey, winning the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. The sequel, ‘Withering Tights 2’ is out this summer.
 
Literary Death Match — now in 36 cities worldwide — is teaming with Fiction Uncovered to put on one of the most thrilling events in literary history. The night will bring together four authors to read their most electric writing for five minutes or less before a panel of three all-star judges. After each pair of readers, the judges take turns spouting hilarious, off-the-wall commentary — in the categories of literary merit, performance and intangibles — about each story, poem or otherwise, then select their favourite to advance to the finals. The two finalists then compete in the Literary Death Match finale, which trades in the show’s literary sensibility for an absurd and comical climax to determine who takes home the Literary Death Match Latitude crown.
 
Award-winning Guardian features writer Leo Benedictus brings his ingenious debut novel to Latitude in a blaze of critical acclaim. Telling the story of a decadent celebrity party and its descent into disaster, The Afterparty has been called “dazzling” in the Observer, “amazing” on BBC 6 Music, and “fearlessly funny” in the Independent on Sunday, which also judged the book “a cert” for the Booker shortlist. So far, it has already been longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize.  Leo will be reading a scene from the book, with members of the audience being asked to voice key roles. Everybody present will also get the chance to make a cameo appearance in next year’s paperback edition.
 
Journalist Gavin Knight comes to Latitude to read from his highly anticipated debut novel ‘Hood Rat’. Even though the book has not yet been released it has already sold internationally and a film deal has been secured with Cowboy Films/Film Four ahead of its July 1st publication by Picador. Be one of the first to hear extracts from this fast-moving expose of an urban British underworld, already branded as ‘Britain’s GOMORRAH’ by the Independent, and called ‘the crime book of the decade’ in the Sunday Mail, in Latitude’s Literary Arena just days after it is published.  Set between London, Manchester and Glasgow, the non-fiction thriller follows both gang members and police, as did the hugely successful ‘The Wire’. Knight was embedded with undercover police and has spent years with his contact which has enabled him to create a unique and groundbreaking exploration of Britain’s hidden ganglands.  
 
Darryl Cunningham is a cartoonist, whose easily identifiable style wraps his stories in pathos and poignancy. As an ex-healthcare worker, his experience in a mental health ward has informed his writings and illustrations for his book ‘Psychiatric Tales’. Presented in stark black and white, these comic book frames tell us stories inspired by real life tales with medical accuracy. Cunningham is currently working on cartoons that will eventually be compiled in a second volume.
 
Literature lovers Yarn present ‘Ten Stories about Smoking’ by Stuart Evers. This former book seller and editor-turned-writer gives us his first short story collection – ten stories of allure, betrayal, nostalgia, solitude, seduction, damage, desire and loss; of silence broken by the click of a lighter; insomnia defined by a glowing ember; a magician’s trick; a lover’s scent; a final wish. These are stories that go to the heart of things. As you’d expect from a man steeped in books for his entire working career, his breadth of expression and references are spot on and it makes for an inspired debut
 
 
– COMEDY ARENA –
 
Over the past five years, Latitude’s Comedy Arena has become a comedy festival in its own right. Bursting at the seams with the best comic talent in the land, crowds gather all weekend to witness a variety of hilarious turns from an unrivalled bill. With Alan Carr, Omid Djalili, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Jason Byrne to name just a few confirmed already – it is another stellar line-up of the very best comics on the circuit. Just added are:
 
Iranian born Shappi Khorsandi has been an active and inspiring participant in UK comedy since taking part on Joe Wilson’s Comedy Madhouse in 1997. With a litany of Radio 4 show appearances under her belt and finally winning a well-deserved Best Breakthrough Act Award from Chortle in 2007 she’s moved into the spotlight more recently with ‘Live At The Apollo’, ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’ and ‘Friday Night With Jonathan Ross’. Her hilarious stand-up will be an illuminating and no doubt packed experience in the Comedy Arena at Latitude 2011. 
 
Holly Walsh brings her bright-eyed and optimistic comedy of cleverly crafted jokes and droll one-liners to Latitude’s Comedy Arena. A successful and well respected stand-up who won Chortle’s Best Newcomer of the Year, Walsh is a regular on the comedy circuit and on TV. As well as this she is a talented and highly regarded writer with credits including ‘Edinburgh & Beyond’ on the Paramount Comedy Channel, ‘The Late Edition’ on BBC Four, ‘Out To Lunch’ on BBC Radio 2 and more recently Channel 4’s ‘TNT Show’ and ‘The Now Show’ on BBC Radio Four.
 
Abandoman are a hilarious improvising hip-hop trio who won the 2010 Hackney Empire New Act Competition and the 2010 Musical Comedy Awards. The project is lead by frontman Rob and multi-instrumentalist James Hancox re-inventing hip-hop in a way that appeals to all ages. Abandoman are regular performers on the ‘Now Show’ and ‘The Vote Now Show’ (BBC Radio 4) and regular contributors to the Chris Hawkins ‘Breakfast Show’ (BBC 6 Music). They recently sold out an entire 28-day run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
 
– DJs –
 
As the sun goes down and the moon lights the night sky, the Comedy Arena transforms into the best club around. Featuring amazing DJs playing top tunes on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night – the party never stops at Latitude Festival.
 
In what will prove to be an impressive collision of two dance super powers, Latitude Festival will be bringing you Horse Meat Disco Vs Pump Up The Volume:
 
The institution that is Horse Meat Disco is dedicated to and appreciates all forms of Disco music. Horse Meat’s appearances at boutique festivals and clubs has been turning swathes of unexpecting clubbers into string-laden disco stompers and is at the forefront of the so-called disco revival. The club’s ethos has always been to provide a space for everyone, after all the best parties have always been the ones where the crowd comes from all walks of life. Attendance at any Horse Meat event has become a badge of honour with which to be worn with pride so make sure you take to the floor to claim your Latitude one!
 
Stiffen up that buzz cut, polish your high-tops and get your Global Hypercolour on: One of London’s best parties, Pump Up The Volume, will take you on a journey all things ’90s. Guaranteed to be an excellent way to get your Festival started, the PUTV crew move from their always-rammed base at Dalston’s Visions to Latitude for an old skool soundclash with Horsemeat Disco, transporting you back to the 1990s Rave in the process with an old school hip-hop, house and pop shakedown. 
 
The ultimate feel good pop party extravaganza Guilty Pleasures shall be gracing Latitude festival 2011. After a busy day of basking in the sun on Latitude green and luscious grounds, what better way to shake off those inhibitions than dancing the hours away to the music you’ve never been so proud to admit you love. Golden oldies, forgotten classics, power ballads and pure pop gold are all lovingly compiled for your pleasure. Dancers in animal outfits, cheerleaders, mascots and camp dance troupes all await you in what promises to be one of the highlights of your festival diary.
 
 
Latitude welcomes Blow Up, one of Britain’s longest running club nights, to close Sunday night in the Comedy Arena. Cited as the birthplace of the Britpop scene and influencing the style and sound of a generation, Blow Up’s playlist though is far from being defined by the genre it helped kick-start back in 1993. Expect to hear British Pop, Glam and New-Wave colliding with 60s Soundtracks & Electronica, Library Music, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Indie-Pop, 60’s Soul, Beat, Garage, Funk, Ska & more. Blow Up founder Paul Tunkin has DJed for Blur (Modern Life Is Rubbish/Parklife), Pulp and Suede whilst taking the Blow Up club on tour in the UK, Europe, USA, Russia and Japan. Paul will be joined on the decks by Blow Up’s co-resident DJ Mr. Ian Jackson.
 
 
– POETRY ARENA –
 
A fantasyland of innocent pleasures and unbridled fun lies deep within the festival’s magical woods. A quirky corner of the Latitude site where anything goes. Side shows, games, interactive art, dance troupes, workshops and cutting-edge theatre will keep you entertained all weekend long. Release your inner child and come play around in Pandora’s Playground.
 
Having blown hearts and minds with 2010’s Stories For the Starlit Sky (alongside Daniel Kitson), Gavin Osborn returns to Latitude with a spring in his step and a one-year old son to support. He’s in the Poetry Arena, so expect at least some songs to rhyme. Fresh from supporting Belle & Sebastian, expect songs from two albums (‘In The Twee Small Hours’ and ‘Meeting Your Heroes’) and material from his forthcoming record, due later this year.  “Funny and touching. Osborn walks a similar tightrope to Loudon Wainwright III, but remains perfectly balanced” (The Sunday Times)
 
Rob Auton has ideas and sees if other people like those ideas by writing them down, standing up on stage, and saying them out loud.  In recent years he has began to walk slowly, but with purpose, onto a huge variety of poetry and comedy stages up, down and across the British isles, catch him this summer at Latitude.
Since his first gig, opening for a jazz-punk fusion group in York Cemetery, Trio Thaddeus’s career as a poet has been unusual.  Despite having been on the scene less than a year, he has already made his mark in venues across London (including Woolfson-Tay and The Camden Eye), and appeared as a featured artist in numerous shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, notably including ‘A Slightly Dangerous Comedy Occasion’ (**** The Scotsman), a stint at The Zoo Theatre, and performances with The Rep Theatre Company at ‘C.’ He is 18 years old.
MC and poet Jack Dean was born in Tooting, raised in the southwest UK, and likes to wander all over the place telling stories of love, loneliness, nostalgia and midget porn. He is Hammer and Tongue Slam Champion, Apples and Snakes featured artist and holder of the highest Pac-Man score of anyone he knows. Hailed as “the Rambo of the spoken word”, Jack will be bringing his signature blend of lyrical ADHD to a couple of short sets over the Latitude weekend, a gig he admits he probably doesn’t deserve. 
Mark Niel is a stand up poet bursting with energy, humour and evangelical zeal. His barnstorming performances have won him fistfuls of Slam titles including the Camden Crawl as well as Bristol, Wenlock and Ledbury Poetry Festivals. Mark has shot from first open mic to headliner in a couple of years and is makingnot one, but two appearances in the Poetry Arena! A prize winner for written poems and performances, his material ranges from deeply personal reflections to heartfelt rants about his frequently misspelt name or the frustrations of Fridges in shared houses. 
 
– FARAWAY FOREST –
 
Latitude’s fairytale Faraway Forest is a secret haven of dark desires, mysterious mayhem and salacious sin-filled pleasure. This clearing under the woodland canopy will host the decadent Winter’s Ball full of all of the delights of Christmas, hands on workshops and mesmerising theatre and musical performances. Come along and lose yourself in the depths of The Faraway Forest.
 
Snow in summer? Christmas in July? Has the world gone mad? It would appear so, as Latitude Festival presents The Winter’s Ball in The Faraway Forest. This wintry extravaganza includes a performance of Dusty Limits’ acclaimed adult pantomime ‘Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling’ with an all-star cast including Sarah-Louise Young as Cinders, Fancy Chance as Prince Char-Ming Jong Il and Dusty Limits himself as the Wicked Stepmother. This is followed by a Narnian Interlude hosted by the impossibly acrobatic A J James and featuring guest appearances by The White Witch, Pantomime Aslan, and Dirty Santa and his Ho Ho Hos. With presents distributed and plenty of well-hung mistletoe, it’s then time for dancing in the enchanted forest until the small hours.
 
Deep in The Faraway Forest Les Enfants invite you to party in their winter wonderland. Presided over by the terrifying Snow Queen prepare to enter a weird and wonderful world full of Grimm tales, poisoned apples, snow capped branches and Turkish delight. Throughout the forest there will be grottos and gingerbread houses with interactive features from Grimm’s fairy tales and with twisted versions of Snow White, Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, and strange white rabbits.
 
We all love the story but what does Cinderella have to do with festivals? Early festivals in the 1960s were a chance to escape from the confines of the British suit or, for ladies, what was known as a ‘costume’ and dress down or, possibly, not dress at all! The dress-code may have changed but festivals are still all about sartorial creativity and self-reinvention. Take the chance to work a little Cinderella magic and be someone else for the night. Fashion blogger and Times columnist, Badaude, will whirl you through a brief history of festival dressing then give you the opportunity to reinvent yourself for Latitude’s Winter’s Ball assisted by top stylists. So bring something sparkly to swap; leave your everyday self behind; get styled; get snapped! Photograph, describe or draw your dream dress and tie the picture to the Dream Dress Tree. Because dressing up is all about dreaming…
 
Imogen Eveson and Samara Tompsett graduated from Central Saint Martins last summer, when they installed their degree show in a shed in The Faraway Forest. Since then, set designer Samara has been working on commissions for installations and window display, as well as collaborations for fashion publications. Imogen has continued to write and art direct and is producing a retrospective book on The Wapping Project. For Latitude 2011 they are collaborating once again, on The Paper House. Imogen will edit The Chronicles of Latitude: an oversized, interactive newspaper to be added to daily by festival-goers and Samara will design its home, an office space-cum-Narnia-esque fantasy land. The space will be used to host artists’ discussions, a fashion shoot and other impromptu happenings.
 
 
 – CABARET ARENA –
 
A veritable feast of vaudeville fun and mischief, Latitude’s Cabaret Arena is a carnival of top comedy and theatre. With a heady mix of sketch shows, freak, burlesque and drag acts alongside puppetry, illusionists and hearty sing-alongs, the Cabaret Arena encourages you to ditch your woes at the door and be seduced by the frivolities inside for a not-so-innocent ol’fashioned knees up.
 
A Night in Berlin is an intimate celebration of the legendary home of cabaret invoking artists from Anita Berber and Sally Bowles to Klaus Nomi and David Bowie. Featuring controversial crooner Frank Sanazi; exquisite burlesque dancer Vicky Butterfly, rising performance superstar Dickie Beau, scandalously saucy East End Cabaret, burlesque bad-girl Kitty Bang Bang and rock-chick supreme Ruby Blue and more. With a live band, cross-dressing dancers and a chance to break down the Berlin Wall a second time, this is a night to treasure. Curated and hosted by Dusty Limits.
 
 
– PANDORA’S PLAYGROUND –
 
A fantasyland of innocent pleasures and unbridled fun lies deep within the festival’s magical woods. A quirky corner of the Latitude site, here, anything goes. Side shows, games, interactive art, dance troupes, workshops and cutting edge theatre will keep you entertained all weekend long. Release your inner child and come play around at Latitude’s Pandora’s Playground.
 
The Royal Society for the Pursuit of Lovebirds (RSPLB) is an amateur bird watching club and unusual dating agency; a society of women who believe their bird spotting expertise and ornithological knowledge can be used to help others spot love.  The RSPLB celebrates love in it all its forms, from friendships, lost love, family love, romantic love and a love for all humanity. Quintessentially British, equipped with binoculars, tea and eccentricity The RSPLB offer advice & dating techniques to those they meet, bringing  romance, charming silliness, fun, games and laughter wherever they roam.
 
The Cave is an experience for the solo adventurer. Walking into the mouth of The Cave awakens the performers – six  artists, who form Hiru Dance, trained at London Contemporary Dance School – and the extravaganza begins. By inviting only one audience member at a time into The Cave the experience is always unique and genuinely intimate; the scored festivity is sensitive and responsive to each individual, lasting between seven and 15 minutes. The Cave piques the curiosity of the passerby and has appeal as a visual spectacle as well as an immersive experience. The Cave forms part of Hiru Dance’s mission to bring high quality performance to fresh audiences and to encourage collaboration across art forms. 
 
Ever wanted to be in the movies? Well here’s your chance people! Videopia is an interactive movie making activity that casts, shoots, and screens miniature tributes of Hollywood classics. Think ‘Son of Rambow’ or ‘Be Kind Rewind’ with you in the starring role. This summer Videopia will be premiering its mobile movie studio at Latitude, inviting revelers to step aboard their converted vintage horsebox to undergo a DIY silver screen treatment. With a selection of iconic films to choose from, you simply pick your favourite movie, grab some co-stars, and get into costume before acting your socks off in front of the camera. The miniature masterpieces will be screened onsite before being uploaded onto the Videopia blog for your family, friends and newly acquired fan-base to watch… a very silly memento of a brilliant weekend!
 
Racing Machines & The Interplanetary Post Box is a gaming arcade with a difference created by Ordinary Adventures! Cardboard, ribbons  and elastic-bands become computers, space rockets and racing cars in this arcade. These low-fi consoles transport you into the world of kinetic gaming where your favourite video games come to life before your eyes. Test your competitive spirit against your friends in these tactile adventures made from ordinary stuff. Created by Angie Bual and Fergus Dunnet of Ordinary Adventures & presented by Trigger.
 
IronBark are to provide a battle for the ages as their pioneering theatre competition Theatre Ashes arrives at Latitude.  Three Australian and three UK playwrights put their talents on the line against each other with six mini-plays. These short performances will be ten-minute odes to each other’s countries with the winner scooping the Play Of The Day prize. As part of fledgling company IronBark’s wish to bring the best new Australian writers to the UK, it’s a fun, riveting and competitive way for audiences to enjoy the talent and creativity of two friendly national rivalries in the sunshine.   
 
 
– LITERARY SALON –
 
A hub of life-enhancing interactive workshops, discussions, wide-ranging debates and mind expanding sessions, the Literary Salon is the noisy little sister of the Literary Arena that encourages you to get involved. Discover and learn new skills, air opinions and explore your innermost feelings in this progressive school of thought.
 
Linda Hinchcliffe wants to change your life! If the eyes are the windows of the soul, then the hair is the carpet. Do you want the carpet of your soul to be a luxurious shag pile or the threadbare bit outside the gents in the pub? All chewing gum and drunken disappointment? Of course you don’t. Everybody wants to look nice and fit in, so if you’re shy, housebound, or just a little bit lazy, she can bring West Yorkshire’s premier styling service right to your door! ‘Salon’ is an exciting new production from CC41 Theatre Company. An interactive and unconventional performance in which one audience member will receive a haircut live as part of the performance. 
 
– TICKET INFORMATION –
 
Weekend tickets £170.00 including VAT, subject to booking fee
Day tickets Fri, Sat, Sun £70.00 including VAT, subject to booking fee
Child ticket (5-12 years) £5.00 including VAT, subject to booking fee
Campervan Permit £30.00
Weekend tickets prices include car parking and camping
Day tickets include car parking only
 
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Latitude Festival music additions include Adam Ant, Carl Barat and more

With The NationalPaolo Nutini and Suedeheadlining the Obelisk Arena; Bombay Bicycle ClubFoals and Eels headlining The Word Arena and a whole wealth of musical talent playing across the weekend, Latitude once again boasts an exhilarating and unique line-up.
Just added are:
 
adam antAdam Ant reigns supreme as one of the defining British acts of the post-punk movement of the early Eighties, with his unmistakable style and a clutch of Number 1 hits, both with and without The Ants, between 1980 and 1983. It was his quirky approach to pop, driven by punk, glam and new wave, which created such great songs as ‘Prince Charming’, ‘Stand and Deliver’ and ‘Goody Two Shoes’ representing some of the most vibrant tunes of the era. Still going strong, he’s working on his sixth solo album entitled ‘Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar In Marrying The Gunner’s Daughter’, so expect a taster of his current theatrical flourish along with the madcap, wayward hits that made him at Latitude 2011. (Saturday)
 
Fresh from the highly successful Libertines reunion gigs, Carl Barât is returning to his solo work in The Word Arena on Sunday evening. His self-titled debut solo album was released last year having carved a successful, ramshackle niche out of his two previous bands – Dirty Pretty Things being the second. Carl’s songcraft is far more subtle and reliant on far more diverse arrangements than his band output. Dragging out the spiky, loud guitars he articulates the songs with folkier elements, meaning a more considered batch of songs. Live he retains his urchin charm and subtle melodies, so this is a chance to see the finer side of the riotous and heroic Albion duo. (Sunday)
 
Currently riding high with their stunning debut album ‘Bliss Release’ Sydney four-piece Cloud Control are yet another exhilarating Australian export finding success on our shores. Following in the path of contemporaries The Temper Trap, Cloud Control have an arsenal of sunny summer anthems - pitch perfect three and four-part harmonies layered over epic psych-folk pop gems. It’s a sound that has won them a plethora of nominations and awards, most recently in March of this year, when Bliss Release scooped the prestigious Australian Music Prize. Expect much more from this exciting new band. (Friday)
 
LA five-piece Grouplove have hit the ground running with their debut self-titled EP recorded in drummer Ryan Rabin’s home studio. A slick-sounding splash of summer colour, the appropriately named single ‘Colours’ has been raining its addictive stuttering chorus on indie dancefloors everywhere. Having built up a fair amount of support in a mere two years, it seems the band are bound for big things come their debut album in September. In the meantime, live at Latitude is where you’ll be treated to their lustrous hippy-pop gems. (Friday)
 
The Walkmen have spent the last decade crafting some of the finest and most distinctive rock music available. From their second album’s mammoth, organ-burning hit ‘The Rat’ to their fifth astonishing, swing-tinged, album ‘Lisbon’ last year, the Hammond and guitar jangle seems to consistently find new expression around Hamilton Leithauser’s unforgettable howl. Indebted to Sinatra and the smoky vibe of the 50’s they’ve somehow modernised these ideas and created indelible songs. The passion and presence The Walkmen have on stage is sure to captivate the crowds at Latitude. (Saturday)
 
Meanwhile, Latitude’s unrivalled arts programme features the very best from the worlds of theatre, poetry, literary, comedy, cabaret, dance, art, fashion and film. All of these performances come together to create one spectacular summer break. Eye-opening and awe-inspiring – Latitude Festival just gets better and better.
 
Elsewhere throughout the weekend, festival goers can enjoy readings from leading poets and authors including Linton Kwesi JohnsonLouise WenerTim KeySimon ArmitageRory McGrathDave Gorman and Alexei Sayle; top comics Alan CarrOmid DjaliliGreg Daviesand a festival debut of Never Mind The Buzzcocks; exciting theatre and dance productions presented by The GateBush Theatre, Sadler’s Wells and English National Ballet to name but a few, cabaret performances from David Schneider & FriendsWill AdamsdaleIdiots of Ants; and BAFTA return to the Film & Music Arena with a fantastic programme of Q&As, discussions and workshops including comedy stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydondiscussing their hilarious work on Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Trip’.  
 
With DJs, The Winter’s Ball and late night parties found throughout the site, it is a unique and special weekend of fun, culture and entertainment. An intimate world away from reality waiting to be explored and enjoyed.
 
Latitude’s music arena line-up to date:
 
– OBELISK ARENA –
  
FRIDAY
~ The National ~
~ Paloma Faith ~ Bright Eyes ~ KT Tunstall ~
~ Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanagan ~ Wanda Jackson ~
 
SATURDAY
~ Paolo Nutini ~
~ My Morning Jacket ~ The Cribs ~ Seasick Steve ~ Rumer ~
~ They Might Be Giants ~ Ed Sheeran ~
 
SUNDAY
~ Suede ~
~ Hurts ~ Glasvegas ~ Iron & Wine ~ The Waterboys ~
~ Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros ~
 
 
– THE WORD ARENA –
  
FRIDAY
~ Bombay Bicycle Club ~
~ The Vaccines ~ Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group ~
~ Caribou ~ Deerhunter ~ Yann Tiersen ~
 
SATURDAY
~ Foals ~
~ Echo and The Bunnymen ~ I Am Kloot ~
~ Bellowhead ~ British Sea Power ~
 
SUNDAY
~ Eels ~
~ Lykke Li ~ OMD ~ Everything Everything ~ Os Mutantes ~
~ Carl Barât ~
 
 
Playing across all the music arenas over the course of the weekend are:
 
 
FRIDAY
~ Avi Buffalo ~ Crocodiles ~ Cloud Control ~
~ Glasser ~ Grouplove ~ Jenny and Johnny ~
 
SATURDAY
~ Adam Ant ~ Villagers ~
~ The Walkmen ~
 
SUNDAY
~ Anna Calvi ~ Foster The People ~ Gold Panda ~ Kele ~ The Leisure Society ~
~ Marques Toliver ~ The Naked and Famous ~
 
Also appearing


~ Annie Nightingale ~
~ The Bees ~ Caitlin Rose ~ Chapel Club ~
~ Crystal Fighters ~ C.W. Stoneking ~ 
~ Dog Is Dead ~ The Duke And The King ~
~ Edwyn Collins ~ Esben and the Witch ~
~ Fight Like Apes ~ Graffiti 6 ~
~ The Lloyd Cole Small Ensemble ~ Phildel ~
~ The Raghu Dixit Project ~ Thea Gilmore ~ Tripwires ~
~ Trophy Wife ~ Violens ~
 
– TICKET INFORMATION –
  
Weekend tickets £170.00 including VAT, subject to booking fee
Day tickets Fri, Sat, Sun £70.00 including VAT, subject to booking fee
Child ticket (5-12 years) £5.00 including VAT, subject to booking fee
Campervan Permit £30.00
Weekend tickets prices include car parking and camping
Day tickets include car parking only

Latitude Festival lineup additions

MUSIC ADDITIONS

– OBELISK ARENA –
~ They Might Be Giants ~

– THE WORD ARENA –
~ Os Mutantes ~

– FILM & MUSIC ARENA –

~ Mark Lamarr’s God’s Jukebox ~
featuring:
~ Ska Cubano ~ Barrence Whitfield ~
~ Kalakuta Millionaires ~ The Zizaniques ~

– DJs –

~ Goldierocks ~

– OBELISK ARENA –

they might be giantsThe open space of Latitude’s Obelisk Arena is a beautiful natural amphitheatre that has housed truly momentous performances over the past five years. Renowned for pushing the envelope and offering something not found anywhere else, lay down your picnic blanket or put on your dancing shoes for the 2011 Obelisk Arena line-up.
Joining the Obelisk Arena on Saturday is They Might Be Giants who have been a mainstay on the American indie scene for almost three decades. Uniquely quirky, with buoyant melodies, cheeky keyboard lines and baiting guitars and mandolins, their music is often bolstered by horns, fiddles and whatever else can be squeezed into their humorous hits. This quintet have edged their way into mainstream gradually, first by contributing ‘Boss Of Me’ for the theme song of hit comedy show ‘Malcolm In The Middle’ and have since contributed music to shows and films including Disney’s 2005 ‘Sky High’. Of late they’ve produced four educational children’s albums, including 2009’s Grammy nominated ‘Here Comes Science’. With a huge wealth of material to draw on, They Might Be Giants is guaranteed to be one of the most entertaining spectacles on the Obelisk Arena this year. You may even learn something! (Saturday)

– THE WORD ARENA –

The Word Arena’s large canopy stands proud at the top of the main arena, looking out over the beautiful Latitude site. Playing host to a veritable smorgasbord of musical pleasures and leaving crowds transfixed by an eclectic line-up that crosses genre boundaries effortlessly.

The Brazilian psychedelic band Os Mutantes returned from a two and a half decade hiatus in 2006 to the delight of Tropicália fans, the band now appear on The Word Arena for Latitude fans on the Sunday. A synthesis of rock ‘n’ roll and African and Brazillian rhythms – which was also tied into the movement that was inspired by avant garde poetry and incorporated theatre as well as music – the band helped popularise the genre in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Their swirling mass of sound which shimmers with acoustic guitars, brass instruments and spectral feminine vocals was heavily influenced by the UK and US psychedelia of the time. Now they are one of the most recognised and influential Brazilian bands ever and have most recently played shows with modern counterparts The Flaming Lips and collaborated with fellow eccentric Devendra Banhart. Open your mind to Os Mutantes. (Sunday)

– FILM & MUSIC ARENA –

One of the most diverse and cutting edge elements to Latitude’s repertoire, the Film & Music Arena offers audiences mesmerising displays, performances and viewings of fantastic cinema and music. Sonically and visually rich, the worlds of alternative film and music collide with a full programme of award- winning screenings, documentaries, shorts, Q&A discussions and musical treats.

Once again the Film & Music Arena will be home to a fantastically eclectic range of music courtesy of radio DJ, presenter and all-round music aficionado Mark Lamarr. Presenting his renowned Saturday night Radio 2 show – God’s Jukebox – Lamarr will be DJ-ing his usual mix of tunes from soul, ska, reggae, country, gospel and rap as well as well as introducing these four hand-picked bands and performers to play live in the Film & Music Arena:
Marrying Jamaican ska with Cuban mambo Ska Cubano was created as an infectious and exciting London-based Caribbean retro band, a cross-generational and cross-cultural 11-strong ska super band. Currently enjoying the success of third album ‘Mambo Ska’ which came out last year, this band deliver relentless good-time music that brings elements of other genres in an effortless fusion. Their combined blend of influences has produced high-octane party and festival music of the first order. Be sure to get involved in the summer vibe in the Film & Music Arena.

Boston-based, internationally followed, Barrence Whitfield is a full-throttle soul screamer in the spirit of Little Richard, Wilson Pickett and Solomon Burke. He has been described as the owner of one incredible pair of lungs, with limitless energy and unmatched enthusiasm for his music and his audience. Crazed, frenetic and completely unhinged Barrence is a must-see. Rockabilly, roots, jump blues, funk and of course soul are all here in true bombastic form. Latitude festival goers are treated to this special performance as Barrence makes his way over the Atlantic especially for this show.

Brighton based Afro-Latino-Funk band Kalakuta Millionaires blend “Fela Kuti-inspired brass lines, Latin percussion, afro-psych organ and James Brrown-style funk riffs” giving every Latitude music performer a run for their money in the energy stakes. This 8 -10 piece band have been played on Craig Charles’ Funk & Soul show on 6Music as well as performing a Maida Vale session for our Jukebox host. A full-on rhythmic experience where dancing is pretty much mandatory.

The Zizaniques were founded by Cyrus Gabrysch – a classical pianist working in Utah and New York – when he moved to the UK to record his debut album. His gruff, sandpaper vocals claw gloriously over the flourishing, bright folk-influenced music, recalling artists as diverse as John Martyn and The Pogues. With an intriguing musical background and even more enthralling tales to tell, The Zizaniques will be yet another stop-off at Latitude’s music line-up.

– DJs –

As night dawns over the Suffolk countryside, the festival is transformed into a revellers paradise. All across the site, pockets of unmissable parties can be discovered catering for every music taste under the night sky. Ravers, rockers, indie-scenesters and electro-heads – all hedonists alike will be catered for when the very best DJs descend on Latitude this year – making this the place to let loose.

goldierocksJoining the line-up of those DJs already confirmed – Feeling Gloomy, Beef Warehouse and Eddy Temple-Morris – is DJ du jour and party extraordinaire Goldierocks who will be bringing her trademark indie/electro mash-up to Latitude. Stunning, sassy and salacious ,Goldierocks is famed for providing the sounds at countless, fashionable aftershows, ‘it’ parties and festivals all over the world. If you want to get your night rocking in style then Goldierocks is no doubt the DJ for you.

Elsewhere throughout the weekend, festival goers can enjoy readings from leading poets and authors including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Louise Wener, Tim Key, Simon Armitage, Rory McGrath, Dave Gorman and Alexei Sayle; top comics Alan Carr, Omid Djalili, Greg Davies and a festival debut of Never Mind The Buzzcocks; exciting theatre and dance productions presented by The Gate, Bush Theatre, Sadler’s Wells and English National Ballet to name but a few, cabaret performances from David Schneider & Friends, Will Adamsdale, Idiots of Ants; and BAFTA return to the Film & Music Arena with a fantastic programme of Q&As, discussions and workshops including comedy stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon discussing their hilarious work on Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Trip’.

With DJs, The Winter’s Ball and late night parties found throughout the site, it is a unique and special weekend of fun, culture and entertainment. An intimate world away from reality waiting to be explored and enjoyed.

 

Lykke Li added to Latitude 2011 lineup

lykke liSwedish pop maestro Lykke Li has been a maverick musical presence since her 2007 EP ‘Little Bit’. Squeezing dramatic percussion, haunting organs and infectious soul-pop refrains into her music, her eloquent vocals fill the spacious arrangements. Her second album ‘Wounded Rhymes’, produced by one third of Peter, Bjorn & John, brings this intoxicating concoction to an even headier listen. Having hit the Top 40 album charts in 11 countries, including Number Two in her home country, Lykke Li’s latest is proving to be a bigger hit than the critically lauded debut ‘Youth Novels’. She’s currently playing sold out venues across Europe, including Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London and with a date at the prestigious Roundhouse booked for November her popularity shows no sign of abating. She will be performing penultimately in The Word Arena before headliners Eels on the Sunday night at Latitude 2011 which will be another eclectic triumph for the young rising star.

Latitude’s music arena line-up to date:
– OBELISK ARENA –

FRIDAY
~ The National ~
~ Paloma Faith ~ Bright Eyes ~ KT Tunstall ~

SATURDAY
– Paolo Nutini –
~ My Morning Jacket ~ The Cribs ~ Seasick Steve ~ Rumer ~

SUNDAY
– Suede –
~ Hurts ~ Glasvegas ~ Iron & Wine ~ The Waterboys ~

– THE WORD ARENA –

FRIDAY
~ Bombay Bicycle Club ~
~ The Vaccines ~ Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group ~
~ Caribou ~

SATURDAY
~ Foals ~
~ Echo and The Bunnymen ~ I Am Kloot ~

SUNDAY
~ Eels ~
~ Lykke Li ~ OMD ~

Playing across all the music arenas over the course of the weekend are:

FRIDAY
~ Avi Buffalo ~ Crocodiles ~
~ Glasser ~ Jenny and Johnny ~

SATURDAY
~ Bellowhead ~ Villagers ~

SUNDAY
~ Anna Calvi ~ Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros ~
~ Foster The People ~ Gold Panda ~ Kele ~ The Leisure Society ~
~ Marques Toliver ~ The Naked and Famous ~

Also appearing

~ The Bees ~ British Sea Power ~ Caitlin Rose ~ Chapel Club ~
~ Crystal Fighters ~ C.W. Stoneking ~ Deerhunter ~
~ Dog Is Dead ~ The Duke And The King ~
~ Edwyn Collins ~ Esben and the Witch ~
~ Everything Everything ~ Fight Like Apes ~ Graffiti 6 ~
~ Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan ~
~ The Lloyd Cole Small Ensemble ~ Phildel ~
~ The Raghu Dixit Project ~ Thea Gilmore ~ Tripwires ~
~ Trophy Wife ~ Violens ~ Wanda Jackson ~ Yann Tiersen ~

Elsewhere throughout the weekend, festival goers can enjoy readings from leading poets and authors including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Esther Freud, Jo Shapcott, Simon Armitage, Sarah Dunant, Dave Gorman and Alexei Sayle; top comics Alan Carr, Omid Djalili, Jason Byrne and a festival debut of Never Mind The Buzzcocks; exciting theatre and dance productions presented by The Gate, Bush Theatre, Sadler’s Wells and English National Ballet to name but a few, cabaret performances from David Schneider & Friends, Will Adamsdale, Bourgeois and Maurice; and BAFTA return to the Film & Music Arena with a fantastic programme of Q&A’s, discussions and workshops including comedy stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon discussing their hilarious work on Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Trip’.

With DJ’s, The Winter’s Ball and late night parties found throughout the site, it is a unique and special weekend of fun, culture and entertainment. An intimate world away from reality waiting to be explored and enjoyed.

Glasvegas, Seasick Steve and more for Latitude Festival 2011

With four bespoke arenas dedicated to music, Latitude offers an incredible array of sonic brilliance, bands and artists hand-picked to create the perfect soundtrack to the perfect weekend. Whether it’s the hottest new band or the once in a life-time chance to see a legend perform; if it’s rock or pop, folk or blues, electro or dance, Latitude’s music arenas have it all. With The National, Paolo Nutini and Suede headlining the Obelisk Arena; Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals and Eels headlining The Word Arena and a whole wealth of musical talent playing across the weekend, Latitude once again boasts an exciting and unique line-up.

And whilst the best bands play, Latitude’s unrivalled arts programme features the very best from the worlds of theatre, poetry, literary, comedy, cabaret, dance, art, fashion and film. All of these performances come together to create one spectacular weekend. Visually stunning, awe-inspiring and mind-expanding – Latitude Festival just gets better and better with these new additions:

glasvegasThe roaring down tempo swarm of Scottish quartet Glasvegas seduced the world in 2008 with their critically acclaimed and platinum selling eponymous debut album which received a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize a year after its release. They also played Latitude in the same year where new fans Blondie watched in awe from the sidelines. They return this year armed with second album ‘EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \ ‘ which sees the band incorporate spoken word into their cresting, shoegaze-inspired rock. This long awaited return will be a soaring and phenomenal comeback.

seasick steveAmerica’s most famous former busker Seasick Steve has been spinning yarns upon impulsive-sounding 12-bar blues since his pre-teens. Drawing on his early life (before hitting the big time in the UK after his appearance on Jools Holland’s ‘Annual Hootenanny’ in 2006) his ramshackle blend of rock and blues using old and homemade instruments has hit a chord with a huge audience. Following last year’s stop gap EP ‘Songs For Elisabeth’, Seasick Steve is due to release his fifth album ‘You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks’. Be sure to be part of the crowd and join in the boot-stomping frenzy!

Singer songwriter Samuel Beam, or Iron & Wine to his legions of fans, has consistently delivered a fine body of hush-voiced folk and Americana. From his debut on legendary label Sub Pop, ‘The Creek Drank the Cradle’, to this year’s excellent ‘Kiss Each Other Clean’, each album is soaked in lantern-lit strums and Samuel’s throaty whisper. This year’s release sees lilting melodies coming more to the fore, with less of the organic twang of the past and more of the propulsive simplicity that will grasp an audience and throw them into a spontaneous choir, perfect for Iron & Wine’s soothing lullabies.

Dog Is Dead hail from Nottingham; formed in 2007 the band has played various festivals and supported bands of the calibre of Ok Go, Cajun Dance Party and One Night Only. They released their first two singles last year with a third – ‘River Jordan’ to complete the trilogy in March. Both ‘Glockenspiel Song’ and ‘Young’ have been featured on popular E4 drama ‘Skins’. Their almost gospel like, vocal-led indie is uplifting and harmonious making these new kids on the block ones to look out for!

Also playing in the Music Arenas over the weekend is a fantastic mix of burgeoning acts and household names including: one of the final performances by Bright Eyes, the euphoric noise of Deerhunter, Bellowhead, Everything Everything, Wanda Jackson, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, the magnificent Eels, Esben & the Witch, Gold Panda, French soundtrack master Yann Tiersen and The Cribs to name just a few.

Elsewhere throughout the weekend, festival goers can enjoy readings from leading poets and authors including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Esther Freud, Jo Shapcott, Simon Armitage, Sarah Dunant, Dave Gorman and Alexei Sayle; top comics Alan Carr, Omid Djalili, Jason Byrne and a festival debut of Never Mind The Buzzcocks; exciting theatre and dance productions presented by The Gate, Bush Theatre, Sadler’s Wells and English National Ballet to name but a few, cabaret performances from David Schneider & Friends, Will Adamsdale, Bourgeois and Maurice; and BAFTA return to the Film & Music Arena with a fantastic programme of Q&A’s, discussions and workshops including comedy stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon discussing their hilarious work on Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Trip’.

With DJ’s, The Winter’s Ball and late night parties found throughout the site, it is a unique and special weekend of fun, culture and entertainment. An intimate world away from reality waiting to be explored and enjoyed.