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Wild Beasts headline Beacons Festival in Northern exclusive

Mercury Prize nominees Wild Beasts have been announced as Saturday night headliners at Yorkshire's Beacons Festival.

Jayne Robinson

Date published: 20th Mar 2012

In a Northern festival exclusive, the Lake District's finest beasts will close the main stage on Saturday 18th August; joining Saturday acts including Ghostpoet, Junior Boys, Pearson Sound, Cass McCombs, Clock Opera and more. 

This means the full line-up for the Skipton festival now looks like this, with further acts to be announced soon:

WILD BEASTS / PATRICK WOLF / ROOTS MANUVA / JUNIOR BOYS / GHOSTPOET / ERRORS / JESSIE WARE / FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS / MAYA JANE COLES / FACTORY FLOOR / PEARSON SOUND / CASS MCCOMBS / WILLY MASON / D/R/U/G/S / PEAKING LIGHTS / XXXY / KWES / OUTFIT / STAR SLINGER / CLOCK OPERA / LUNICE / SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA / BOK BOK / 2:54 / JAM CITY / KING KRULE / MAZES / STILL CORNERS / STAY+ / GROSS MAGIC / BOS ANGELES / GRASS HOUSE / ARTHUR BEATRICE / HOOKWORMS / THE WAVE PICTURES / AU PALAIS

Beacons Festival, 17th - 19th August, 2012, Funkirk Estate, Skipton

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