The Flaming Lips, Robert Plant to headline Wilderness Fest 2016 February 24, 2016 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Flaming Lips and Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant have been announced as headline acts for Wilderness Festival 2016, NME reports. The Lips - led by frontman Wayne Coyne - have been tipped to play their album, 'The Soft Bulletin', in full at the festival, while Robert Plant and his band, The Sensational Space Shifters, are also tipped to headline the three day festival, which runs August 4-7. In an official press release statement, Led Zeppelin vocalist and rock legend Robert Plant said: “In recent times The Space Shifters and I have found a natural home for our music in beautiful places that often carry their own unique resonance… I know the Wilderness Festival is one of those places and I’m really looking forward to summoning our madness there…". Other acts to have been announced in the first wave of names are Glass Animals, Crystal Fighters, Rosie Lowe, Shura, Tourist, Goldie, Parov Stellar, Lianne La Havas, Matt Corby, Andrew Weatherall and Jackmaster. Michelin star chef Raymond Blanc will also be serving up banquet food. The full line up is at the bottom of the page. Returning for a sixth year, Wilderness Festival features a wide range of attractions alongside its musical acts. The arts programme includes talks, debates, family magic and games plus theatre. Outdoor pursuits available at the festival include horse riding, wild swimming, fly fishing, low bow archery, secret adventures, philosophy walks, croquet east, hunter gather cook foraging and butchery, boating and wild medicine walks. Last year, in 2015, Bjork, Ben Howard and funk legend George Clinton headlined the Oxfordshire based country-side festival. The Flaming Lips paid tribute to David Bowie by covering a number of his songs during a recent concert. The Oklahoma rock band performed ‘Space Oddity’, ‘Fame’, ‘Ziggy Stardust’, ‘Golden Years’, ‘Life on Mars’, ‘Five Years’, ‘The Man Who Sold the World’ and Ashes to Ashes’ last night during their show at Belly Up Ashen.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
