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BONNAROO Manchester. Tennessee. USA; 11-14 Jun America's Glastonbury is a four-day jam band and beyond lest with everything from
Phish and Bruce Springsteen to Nine Inch Nails to Arnadou 8- Miriam and Snoop 0099 plus excellent comedy and theatre. www.bonnaroo.com
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17-22 Aug. Various venues. Larwkshire. www.deepfnedfilm.org.uk Film bulls shouldn't miss this week-long underground movie love in.
GREEN HAN FESTIVAL Glanusk Park. Brecon Beacons. www.thegreenman festival.co.uk
Animal Collective, Wilco. Bon Iver. Roky Erickson. British Sea Power and Dirty Three
ICELAND AIRWAVES Reykjavik. Iceland. 14—18 Oct Weekend-long frozen equwalent of SXSW, with almost 100 acts worfdmde appeanng all over the City. Billy Clyro and Sigur Ros are among previous perfromers wwwnelandairwaves com
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Lemar. Ocean Coloured Scene. The Saturdays, Natalie lmbruglia. Biffy Clyro. James Fatboy Slim, Taylor Swift. James. Alesha Dixon and
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28-30 Aug, Bramham Park, Near Wetherby. Leeds. www.leedsfestival.com Chart topping line-up with Fall Out Boy. Kings of Leon, Radiohead, Artic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs. Lost Prophets. Jamie T.
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FESTIVAL IN THE DESERT Mali, Africa, 10—12 Jan. 2010 Worth planning ahrmd to head out to one of the world's most remote music shindigs which features some of Africa's finest mus‘ical acts such as Tinarewen and Toumani Diabate rubbing shoulders With western artists like Robert Plant. WWWI“PSI/VIN”IIINXIOSU/I,Off]
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28-30 Aug. Little John's Farm, Richfield Avenue. Reading. www.readingfestival.com
Fall Out Boy, Kaiser Chiefs, Ian Brown. Artic Monkeys. Vampire Weekend. Glasgvegas. The Maccabees. AFI and MaleO Park ensure the party never stops.
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL Sydney, Australia, 3—14 Jun John Woo and torn llatcher are among the guests appearing) at this urban moVie marathon wwwsyiidneyfilmfestivalon;
CREAHFIELDS
29—30 Aug. Daresbury. Halton, Cheshire. www.creamfields.com
Did someone say dance? Basement Jaxx, Mylo Live. DaVId Guetta and Laurent Garnier add their kudos to the bill.
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21 -23 Aug. The Stromness Hotel, Orkney The beautiful Orkney island proves a glass half full but a life half-filled.