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New bands announced for Green Man Festival

by Mike Diver, pictures by Lucy Johnston [Edit this content] ▾ 11 comments 13:30 May 16th, 2008

New news! A slew of new names have been confirmed for this year's Green Man Festival, which DiS is the official online partner of. Yay us.

The three-day event - held in Wales on August 15-17 - will now feature (in addition to Super Furry Animals, The National and more):

Fuck Buttons, Howlin' Rain, The War On Drugs, Emmy The Great, Make Model, Pete Molinari, Grand Archives, Simone White, 9 Bach, Babel, Mumford & Son, Lou Rhodes, Cate Le Bon, Mary Hampton, Rod Thomas, Burning Leaves, Essie James, Jacob Golden, Pamela Wyn Shannon, Little Wings, City Reverb, The Gentle Good, Jane Weaver

Check out the official festival website HERE.

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Can someone please..

GET RID OF MADONNA!"!!

In_Tweed_We_Trust | 16 May '08, 14:40 | X | Reply

She's not playing

We'll see if we can get Prince though

Saxondale | 16 May '08, 14:42 | X | Reply

??

What... permanently?

DrBappers @In_Tweed_We_Trust | 16 May '08, 14:42 | X | Reply

No sorry

I'm trying to enjoy the delights of that announcement and in that Radio1 box she keeps giving me the thumbs up.,.. Ruining my Pete Molinari & Fuck Buttons pleasure immensely..

In_Tweed_We_Trust @Saxondale | 16 May '08, 14:45 | X | Reply

Speaking of Prince & Madonna tho...

who'd win the guitar duel?!

In_Tweed_We_Trust @In_Tweed_We_Trust | 16 May '08, 14:46 | X | Reply

LOL

I think you'll find it's Cate Le Bon you perverts.

monpot | 16 May '08, 15:45 | X | Reply

woop

just got confirmation i can volunteer here. hopefully few clashes!

iwillexplode | 16 May '08, 16:40 | X | Reply

yssssss

f. buttons, v. happy.
it's not 2007, but it's a whole lot better now.

josefk | 16 May '08, 17:30 | X | Reply

hmmm.

i dunno. i like "Le Bone"

toffee @monpot | 16 May '08, 17:53 | X | Reply

Madonna's

ruining your Fuck Buttons pleasure? Good times.

Farrally @In_Tweed_We_Trust | 17 May '08, 21:15 | X | Reply

YES!!

Baron_Von_Kevin @DrBappers | 18 May '08, 03:56 | X | Reply

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