Photo: Linda Brownlee
BBC 6Music has attracted an impressive looking line-up for its first ever festival which is planned for later this year.
Damon Albarn, The National and Jake Bugg are among the acts to have accepted an invitation to the inaugural BBC Radio 6 Music Festival, taking place at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester between February 28th-March 1st.
Stage times are yet to be confirmed but Drenge, Metronomy, James Blake, The Horrors, Wild Beasts, Franz Ferdinand, Jagwar Ma, Midlake, Haim and Jimi Goodwin are also among the performers.
Bob Shennan – controller of BBC Radio 2, 6Music, the Asian Network and popular music – is unsurprisingly impressed, and says: “The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival brings a wonderful 6 Music line up of performances to music fans – one which reflects the fantastic range of artists that BBC Radio 6 Music offers listeners every day. And the venue is also a stone’s throw from Media City, which is home to many of BBC Radio 6 Music’s shows.”