So folks, the Latitude line-up has been released, alongside tickets going on sale, and I must say it looks damn tasty. Not only am I excited by the headliners - Bon Iver and Paul 'the Modfather' Weller - but there's loads of other acts that are making me salivate.
Plenty of bands, like Alabama Shakes (previously featured on Subtle Tea), Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Buena Vista Social Club are making appearances, along with SBTRKT, Simple Minds, Michael Kiwanuka and Daryl Hall of that dynamic duo Hall and Oates. Even sexy Coxy's out of this world band, The Infinite Monkey Cage, will be treating festival-goers to some 'hard rock' interrupted by mini lectures about how much energy the sun emits using ridiculous apparatus. Who said Physics wasn't cool.
There are also some bloody excellent comedians doing their bit to contribute to the good old English festival experience. Tim Minchin, Reggie D Hunter, Jack Dee and Rich Hall are just a few fighting their corner in The Comedy Arena, and there's even a slot for that tall teacher from the Inbetweeners, Greg Davies (recently seen sporting an ill-fitted shirt on the BBC's Live At The Apollo). Rich Hall is also having a 'hoedown' in the Cabaret Arena, guaranteed to be a larf and a harf.
And yet, there's more. For those literary souls, There's Poetry and Literary Arenas, featuring guests such as Iain Banks (The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road), Benjamin Zephaniah (Refugee Boy), Mark Haddon (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time) and even an appearance from superstar teacher/rapper/spoken poet Mark Grist, who you may remember tearing apart a 17 year old student in this rather fetching video.
You can check out the full line up here.
In other news, a huge fox was shot by a farmer in Aberdeenshire last night. Take a look at this. WHAT THE FOX.
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