The Shins, Cat’s Eyes & more added to End of The Road 2016!
The Shins will play their first UK show in over four years and their only UK festival in 2016 at this year’s End Of The Road. This will also be their first ever appearance at the festival. With a new album potentially in the pipeline, we are delighted to welcome James Mercer and his band of merry melancholy men to Larmer Tree Gardens for the first time. They will open the festival with a special Thursday night Woods Stage headline performance. Further additions to the line up include Faris Badwan and Rachel Zeffira’s orchestral pop side project Cat’s Eyes, whose anticipated new album is due next month. More new talent has also been added in the shape of Virginia based singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus whose debut album No Burden is already one of the year’s most acclaimed, as well as some-time Angel Olsen backing band members LionLimb with their baroque pop ballads. Line Up Additions to End Of The Road Festival 2016:
The Shins
Cat’s Eyes
BC Camplight
The Blindshake
Lucy Dacus
Futur Primitif
Feels
Julia Jacklin
LionLimb
Pinegrove
FEWS
Baywaves
The Leaf Library.
Listen to our new and improved Spotify line up playlist: http://bit.ly/1X2Togp
Rough Trade release their annual End of The Road compilation album on 23rd May, celebrating with EOTR Presents in-stores at Rough Trade East
End of The Road will also be teaming up with Rough Trade Shops in May for a string of events. Both Rise in Bristol and Rough Trade East in London will be hosting a pop up festival merch shop to help celebrate the release of the annual End of The Road / Rough Trade compilation album. You can pre-order the compilation HERE or you can purchase your copy at our Rough Trade East launch night in store on 23 May to be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to the Festival. Swedish based post-punk noise band FEWS will be soundtracking the free entry night, followed by Cat’s Eyes headlining a very special End Of The Road Presents all dayer in-store event at Rough Trade East on 28 May. You will need to pre-order Cat’s Eye’s new record HERE for guaranteed entry to this show. BC Camplight and Bas Jan will be joining for free entry daytime shows. For details on all the in-stores go here: http://www.roughtrade.com/events/2016/5/2252
Winners of this year’s Play End of The Road band competition anounced!
We are also delighted to announce the winners of our Play End Of The Road competition. First up, London based purveyors of drone-pop The Leaf Library, who describe themselves wonderfully as “Yo La Talk Talk”. The second lucky newcomers are the dreamy psych poppers Baywaves, whose forthcoming album was produced by Joe Walker of fellow EOTR 2016 performers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
Comedy Stage line up announced
This year’s top notch Comedy Stage line up was also announced last week and joining Stewart Lee will be Bridget Christie, Josie Long, Knightmare Live and Andy Zaltzman performing his Political Animal show. Other highlights include the legendary comedian and Comedy Club host Arthur Smith, along with comedy writer turned celebrity Masterchef Hardeep Singh Kohli, hugely respected and wildly popular Adam Bloom as well as Benedict Cumberbatch’s pal John Finnemore making his debut at the festival. Check out the full comedy line up HERE
Final tier tickets are now on sale at £195. There are no booking or transaction fees. A deposit scheme allows people to pay £45 now and the balance by 15 June: http://www.endoftheroadfestival.com/tickets
Please go to www.endoftheroadfestival.com for further details.
End of The Road 2016 Line Up So Far:
Joanna Newsom I The Shins I Animal Collective I Bat for Lashes I Cat Power I Teenage Fanclub I Devendra Banhart I Local Natives I GOAT I Savages I Thee Oh Sees I Broken Social Scene I Phosphorescent I The Thurston Moore Group I Cat’s Eyes I Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop I Field Music I M. Ward I Scritti Politti I Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts I Steve Mason I JD McPherson I Shura I Omar Souleyman I King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard I Bill Ryder-Jones I Kevin Morby I Eleanor Friedberger I Dr. Dog I Kelley Stoltz I U.S. Girls I MONEY I Oscar I Anna Meredith I Jenny Hval I Whitney I Meilyr Jones I Dilly Dally I Sunflower Bean I The Blind Shake I The Big Moon I Amber Arcades I Imarhan I Frankie Cosmos I Anderson East I Mothers I BC Camplight I Lion Limb I Kath Bloom I Basia Bulat I Dawn Landes I Karl Blau I Margo Price I Shopping I Seratones I Weaves I Marc Riley DJ I Pacosan I Arrows of Love I James Canty I Martha I Holly Macve I Laura Gibson I Methyl Ethel I Julia Jacklin I Pinegrove I Feels I The Garden I Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker I Slow Down, Molasses I Younghusband I Bas Jan I Hard Skin I Martha Ffion I Lail Arad I Jonathan Toubin DJ I EERA I Futur Primitif I Lucy Dacus I FEWS I Flamingods I RHAIN I Throws I Tigercats I Chris Cohen I BE I Blue House I Baywaves I The Leaf Library
Praise for End Of The Road 2015: “The bands love it as much as the crowd. This 10th anniversary party is a triumph” 5/5 The Guardian “End of the Road can feel their birthday wishes all came true here” 9/10 NME “One of the UK’s best festivals” Q Magazine “Unforgettable” Financial Times “End Of The Road is nearing festival perfection” CLASH “End of the Road captures a covetable mix of aesthetic, atmosphere and artful curation” Crack
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