Bestival Reveals Thursday Line-up!

Bestival goes Back to the Phuture on the Thursday, with an electro-fest of Santigold, Hercules & Love Affair, Blancmange and more.

Bestival is now firmly established as a four-day festival and Mark Jones returns this year to kick off the festival in finest style, mixing up appearances from electro-pop legends with cutting edge synth-lords to set you up for a glorious weekend in party paradise.

Joining the previously announced new wave alt. hip-hop chanteuse Santigold will be New York disco dons Hercules and Love Affair whose critically acclaimed second album ‘Blue Songs’ has seen them become a permanent fixture on dancefloors across the world.

The legends come thick and fast with electro-pop duo Blancmange who will be showcasing their timeless pop classics, including ‘Living On The Ceiling’, ‘Blind Vision’ and ‘Don’t Tell Me’ taken from their four critically acclaimed albums and OneTwo a bonafide super group featuring the dulcet tones of Propaganda’s Claudia Brucken and OMD’s musical genius Paul Humphreys tackling the synths. 

Taking the synth action right up to date, Brighton’s Mirrors will be dropping their own inimitable take on electronic soul for your delectation.

Ensuring you’ll be dancing though the night there will also be DJ sets from electro godfather Arthur Baker, bootleg pioneer and synthy grunge pop genius Richard X and, of course, the man himself Mark Jones, who will be threading it all together, linking the old school to the new school and heading for the phuture.

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