Forget Suede reuniting, this year's
Hop Farm Festival now boasts Suedehead.
Morrissey is to headline Saturday night of this year's event. If your jaw weren't already on the floor, the likes of
Velvet Underground groaner
Lou Reed, senior gyrator
and cronies
Iggy & The Stooges and bona fide indie goddess
Patti Smith are all set for the 4th annual bash, taking place over the weekend of 1st and 2nd July. Other new additions include prime Slough gritpop from young hopefuls
Brother, the rejuvenated
Gang Of Four, suave New Yoikers
The Walkmen and the quite wondrous
Erland And The Carnival. Flabbergasted by the line up itself, imagine a weekend (just) outside the city that reads like the greatest of Mojo annuals.
Then there's all the previously announced acts we jittered over previously.
This year's quite phenomenal line up now looks something like:
Friday
Eagles * Bryan Ferry * Brandon Flowers * Death Cab For Cutie * 10cc * Jimmy Barnes * City And Colour * Transfer * The Human League * Ocean Colour Scene * The Walkmen * Stornoway * Erland And The Carnival * Treetop Flyers * Steve Smyth *
Saturday
Morrissey * Lou Reed * Iggy & The Stooges * Patti Smith * Newton Faulkner * Brother * Mary Coughlan * Noisettes * Gang Of Four * The Bluetones * Paris Riots * The Leisure Society * Brigid Power-Ryce
For further info, not that you should really be requiring any swaying by now,
the Hop Farm official site can be found
here, whilst tickets, priced at £130 for the weekend (£30 supplement for weekend camping) can be acquired
here.
