El Guincho, Lykke Li, Pete and the Pirates, Sam Sparro added to Bestival - tickets running out

by Kev Kharas [Edit this content] ▾ 10 comments 17:55 April 21st, 2008

More acts have been announced for this year’s Bestival, as ticket stocks are plundered, dropping the remaining number to just 500.

Those acts include DiS faves el Guincho and Lykke Li, as well as the bigger name of fish-spying funkateer Sam Sparro. In full, below:

Live acts
Pete and the Pirates
Sam Sparro
Lykke Li
el Guincho
Florence and the Machine
Kissy Sell Out
The Shoes
Django Spears
Kennedy

DJs
Mary-Anne Hobbs
A-Trak
Appleblim
Buraka Som Sistema
Kelly Osbourne
Nick Grimshaw
Men in Masks
Eddy Temple Morris
Lake of Stars

The only tickets left for the weekend-long event – taking place at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight from the 5th ‘til the 7th of September – are here, at official ferry partners Wightlink.

DiScuss: how do you pronounce 'Lykke Li'?

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why does the line-up to this

seem so uninspiring this year???

aaaaah_ow | 21 Apr '08, 18:10 | X | Reply

I asked a Swedish girl on my course at uni

She said Lykke is quite a popular girls name back home, but she wasn't sure about the Li, but says it should sound something like: Lurka Lee

El Guincho, Lykke Li, Pete and the Pirates, Sam Sparro added to Bestival - tickets running out

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why does the line-up to this

I asked a Swedish girl on my course at uni

GRIMSHAW

Pete and the Pirates are nice boys

George Clinton

DAMN GRIMMY

i thought it was

great

indeed they are

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