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Amy Winehouse to headline Bestival

Amy Winehouse Glastonbury Festival 2007                                       pic James Quinton

Amy Winehouse Glastonbury Festival 2007 pic James Quinton

Plus Underworld, Hot Chip, The Coral for September bash

Amy Winehouse will headline the forthcoming Bestival festival.

The star will top the bill at the bash on September 6.

Underworld will headline the festival on September 7, with the September 5 headliner already confirmed as My Bloody Valentine. The event takes place on the Isle Of Wight.

Hot Chip, The Coral (acoustic set), The Sugarhill Gang, Paul Heaton and Will Young will also perform at the bash.

Other notable new names on the line-up include Santogold, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, and Does It Offend You Yeah?.

The new names for Bestival are:

Amy Winehouse
Underworld
Hot Chip
The Sugarhill Gang
Paul Heaton
Will Young
Chromeo
Santogold
The Coral
Stereo MCs
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
Late Of The Pier
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Roni Size Reprazent
Lethal Bizzle
Dub Pistols
Hadouken!
Black Kids
Laura Marling
Ida Maria
Akron Family
Baker Boys
Blank Beats
Burning Leaves
Thecocknbullkid
Cooly Haste
Cut A Shine
Chrome Hoof
Cazals
Dollskabeat
Django Spears
Eugene McGuinness
Fatal
Flipron
Freefall Collective
Fresh Legs
Golden Silvers
Goodbye Stereo
Hey Negrita
Hugo Frusslinky
It Hugs Back
Jacob Golden
JC & Angelina
Kahindha
Lucid
Lucky Elephant
Magnetic Man feat. Scream
Benga & Artwork
Maths Class
Matt Sage
Micachu
Midnight Juggernauts
Mistys Big Adventure
Natty
Officer Kicks
Paul Marshall
Pinkertones
Prince Of Wales
Rosie Oddie & The Odd Squad
Rosie & The Goldbug
Royworld
Sam Hare & Friends
Simon Busker
Sixnationstate
Slam
Slagmalsklubben
Sophie Barker
Sub Focus
Thee Earls
The Glamsters
The Guillotines
The Hat
The Kurves
The Melodica
The Melody & Me
The RGB's
The Shortwave Set
The Skints
Think
Thomas Tantrum
Unforscene
Widescreen
Wight Light Orchestra
Yacht
Yellow Dog


To check the availability of Bestival tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

Comments (3)

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AlexCanWait 

Apr 9, 2008

Amy?is she big enough?

M1keyBoi 

Apr 9, 2008

Does It Offend You, Yeah? to headline instead whooopp

Michael-uk 

Apr 10, 2008

yes!!! WILL YOUNG!

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