Toots and the Maytals confirmed as Sunday Beacons Festival headliners

The reggae, ska and roots legends will close the Stool Pigeon stage on the Sunday night at the eclectic, independent Yorkshire festival.

Toots and the Maytals started releasing records from their base in Kingston, Jamaica in the early 1960s, working with the likes of Prince Buster and getting their first major hit, ‘Monkey Man’ in 1970. Their influence is cast far and wide, beyond the immediate world of roots music and into the punk and ska revival of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, through to modern songwriters like the late Amy Winehouse. Toots isn’t just about nostalgia, though; he continues to record and release new music, bringing sunshine everywhere he performs.

Toots and the Maytals join an already smashing Beacons Festival line-up of legends, established favourites and exciting up and comers. See the full line-up so far below:

WILD BEASTS / TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS / ROOTS MANUVA / PATRICK WOLF / THE FELICE BROTHERS / MAYA JANE COLES / JUNIOR BOYS / GHOSTPOET / FACTORY FLOOR / JULIO BASHMORE / JESSIE WARE / PEARSON SOUND / ANDREW WEATHERALL PRESENTS A LOVE FROM OUTER SPACE / CASS MCCOMBS / WILLY MASON / ERRORS / CLOUD NOTHINGS / ONEMAN / D/R/U/G/S / PEAKING LIGHTS / XXXY / KWES / WILLIS EARL BEAL / FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS / OUTFIT / STAR SLINGER / JACUZZI BOYS / CLOCK OPERA / LUNICE / SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA / KORELESS / BOK BOK / 2:54 / JAM CITY / KING KRULE / WEIRD DREAMS / MAZES / STILL CORNERS / STAY+ / STOPMAKINGME / GROSS MAGIC / BOS ANGELES / GRASS HOUSE / ARTHUR BEATRICE / HOOKWORMS / THE WAVE PICTURES / AU PALAIS / BLEEDING KNEES CLUB / SOULJAZZ SOUNDSYSTEM / TALL SHIPS / BLACKLISTERS and lots lots more

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