Official Headliners Announced For The Latitude Music Festival

Bastille, Bombay Bicycle Club, Wolf Alice and Chemical Brothers have been nominated for Latitude Festival music headliners.

The four-day event is expected to be held at Henham Park in Suffolk in July.

Comedians Bill Bailey, Katherine Ryan and Jo Brand will also be seen performing at the event, which was canceled last year.

Organizers Are Confident

Organizer Melvin Benn said he was “confident” that the festival would go ahead as planned, and that COVID-related restrictions would be lifted on June 21.

The date is the last point on the government roadmap coming out of the restrictions.

Mr Benn said in March the event would be fully operational – with 40,000 people on site – with Covid negative severe testing requirements.

Return To Normalcy

Earlier this month 5,000 people attended a Covid-19 transmission test in Liverpool in Seton Park, produced by Mr Benn.

The trial and other gatherings held in Liverpool did not spread the virus, the city’s health official said.

Mr Benn said: “I believe it has been a great success and has shown that there is a way to produce festivals in a safe way during Covid.”

British Award winner Bastille will be focusing on the big stage on Sunday.

When Is It?

Dan Smith, of the club, said: “We’ve been wanting to play for Latitude for so long, so we’re really excited to have the opportunity to be there after a year when everyone is out of the league.”

Bastille are the only act from a trio announced for this year’s event back in July to remain on the bill.

Lewis Capaldi has continued to postpone all of this year’s gigs, with Snow Patrol no longer on the list – and First Aid Kit on the front.

However, Dry Cleaning, Griff, Arlo Parks, Fontaines D.C., Rudimental, Kaiser Chiefs and Mabel are expected to play in the festival, which runs from 22 to 25 July.

Who Else Is Performing?

Charlie Mackesy, author of the book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, will also be performing at the event, which has always described itself as “beyond the music festival”.

The cartoonist, who lives in Suffolk, said Latitude “always feels relaxed, open and kind, and seems to pass the years.

“It never crossed my mind that one day I would actually be performing.”