Latitude Festival 2009
While Reading & Leeds Festivals are geared towards rock music lovers, Glastonbury has always offered more than just the music and been a more family-friendly festival. But with the price of festival tickets there has been room for a smaller music festival in the UK with big name headline acts. Over the past three years that void has been perfectly filled by the Latitude Festival.
Latitude is a small family-friendly music festival staged on the beautiful Suffolk coast, and this year it plays host to three legendary performers - Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.
Pet Shop Boys headline announcement comes after their recent performance at the 2009 BRIT Awards, where they received an award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Music’ award. The Pet Shop Boys have released ten studio albums, all with a single word titles. They have enjoyed continued commercial success since their first single, West End Girls was re-released in 1985. Their current album is titled Yes.
Grace Jones has also recently returned with a commercially successful studio allbum, Hurricane (2008). Former supermodel, Grace Jones was at the peak of her commercial success between 1980 and 1985, original with great cover versions of songs like Private Life (The Pretenders) and Nightclubbing (Iggy Pop) with the perfect rhythm section accompaniment of Sly & Robbie, and then later with the Trevor Horn produced Slave To The Rhythm.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have enjoyed alternative cult status since they were formed in 198. Together they have released an astonishing 14 studio albums, the latest was Dig Lazarus Dig in 2008.
Other music acts already confirmed to play include Doves, Editors and Bat For Lashes along with other acts both musical and non-musical across the festival’s many arenas!
Taking place on 16th – 19th July, near Suffolk’s stunning sea-side town of Southwold, Latitude tickets are more reasonable priced, especially for a families. This year’s festival will offer a wide range of entertainment from the worlds of music, film, comedy, theatre, cabaret, dance, poetry, literature and art.
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