Arctic Monkeys will take up the last headline spot at next next year’s Open’er festival in Poland, joining an impressive line-up which also includes Blur, Queens Of The Stone Age and Kings Of Leon.
With Blur due to perform on the event’s opening night, July 3rd, and Queens Of The Stone Age and Kings Of Leon set for the Main Stage on July 5th and 6th respectively, the Sheffield band have been confirmed for the remaining night, July 4th 2013.
Blur were the first headliner to be announced last month for the festival, which takes place in Gdynia, with organisers barely able to contain their delight when reporting the news.
“In the November greyness, the overwhelming pessimism, crisis in Europe in Poland and the growing opportunism, faced with the dominance of mainstream and catering for the least ambitious tastes and the conviction that ‘we can’t do it’, again, it’s time to say STOP,” they said.
“I love this moment: the first headliner, the first announcements, as they take us into the next festival year, the more so when we make dreams of so many festival fans come true, and rise to their expectations with the first artist we announce. Ladies and Gentlemen, BLUR are the first Heineken Open’er 2013 headliner!”