Bestival – The Best Festival?

• 1st Sep 2006

With limited tickets still available for possibly the year's best festival, here's a reminder of Bestival's eclectic lineup:

FRIDAY
GOGOL BORDELLO – MAIN STAGE
Raucous, sweaty, tuneful and recklessly vibrant – the gypsy punks kick off the festival as Friday night headliners.

KLAXONS – BIG TOP
The Buzz Lightyears of New Cross test out their twisted Casios and castrati falsettos in the open air, dust off that green anorak and get back to some idiotic gurning.

ANNIE MAC – BOLLYWOOD
Celebrate the release of Annies highly acclaimed new A-Z compilation album with a special set from one of Radio 1's most popular presenters.

THE EGG – JD SET PRESENTS ROCK AND ROLL TENT
Currently top of the charts with their single Love Don't Let Me Go, clinical electro get-up The Egg are firm festival favourites.

MAX SEDGLEY – BLUE PAVILLION INSPIRED BY RIZLA
Defining the Bestival vibe with hit Happy, Max Sedgely returns once again with his deep bass and army of hip shakers.

KITTY DAISY AND LEWIS – COME DANCING
Perfectly bequiffed and gorgeously harmonic trio all aged under 18 take classics and brand them all theirown with their lean, mean country and rockabilly sound.

SATURDAY

PET SHOP BOYS – MAIN STAGE
The pop veterans who need no introduction will storm the main arena with a blend of hits old and new.

THE CUBAN BROTHERS
The Main Stage hosts get the party started every day with their unique blend of comedy and bad ass tunes – the Cuban honchos go fully life on Saturday with their full band extravaganza

SASHA – BIG TOP
Superstar DJ Sasha raises the roof with his blend of electronica, techno, house and more

ECLECTIC METHOD – BOLLYWOOD
Crowd rocking, multimedia mixers mash up sounds and visuals with hilarious consequences and ass shaking precision.

KRAFTY KUTS – HIDDEN DISCO
Brighton based DJ Krafty Kuts spins his old skool club passion and funky breaks in his exuberant style.

THE PIPETTES – JD SET PRESENTS ROCK AND ROLL
Polka dot dresses and seamless 60's choreography, don't miss the Pipettes indie-popping playfulness.

SUGARDADDY – SOUTHERN COMFORT FAT TUESDAY
The UK live debut of Tom Findlays new project with Tim Hutton – expect fireworks and cigars – Don’t Miss!

THE LONG BLONDS – COME DANCING
Witty and sophisticated, the Sheffield-grown 5-piece bring their youthful indie rock to the Come Dancing arena.

SUNDAY

SCISSOR SISTERS – MAIN STAGE
A burlesque mix of genre and gender defying neon disco! The New Yorkers return to Blighty in carnivalspirit to play their only confirmed UK date at Bestival 2006.

THE STRANGLERS – MAIN STAGE
Industry veterans with classics such as Golden Brown rock out during the festival finale.

MR HUDSON AND THE LIBRARY – BIG TOP
Fresh unsigned talent from London town bringing their alternative and R&B sounds onsite.

ROB DA BANK – BOLLYWOOD
Bestival head honcho closes the festival with another legendary eclectic set.

THE BOY LEAST LIKELY TO – JD SET PRESENTS ROCK AND
ROLL TENT
Independent pop/country duo described as what your childhood stuffed animals would sound like if they started a band!

ANNIE NIGHTINGALE – BLUE PAVILLION INSPIRED BY RIZLA
Another top quality set from the beats and breaks
Radio 1 DJ legend – Annie Rocks!

BARRY ASHWORTH (DUB PISTOLS) – SOUTHERN COMFORT FAT
TUESDAY
Multi faceted DJ and producer brings his break beat,
punk dub fusion set to Bestival.

The full line up.

1990’s • Absentee • Albino Monkey • Alfredo • Alan
James • Ali B • Amadou & Mariam • Annie Mac • Annie
Nightingale • Appleblim & Shackleton • Archie Bronson
Outfit • Ashley Beadle • Ayota • Barry Ashworth •
Barry Peters Halifax Hospital Radio • Bat For Lashes •
Bent • Biggabush • Bikini Beach Band • Bishops • BJ
Cole • Blackbeard • Blackgrass • Bobby Friction &
Nihal • Boomclick Sound System • Brakes • Breaks Co-Op
• Bugged Out Chilled Out • Caged Baby • Carl Cox (Old
Skool Set) • Cass & Mangan • Cazals • Christ •
Clayhill • Clockwork Revolution • Coley • Cosmic
Fury (Tom Middleton & Fred Deakin) • Crazy P • Crimes
Against Pop • Daisy Daisy • Dave Bird • Dennis
Alcapone & Blood & Fire Soundsystem • Devendra Banhart
• Different Strokes • Digital Mystikz & Sgt Pokes •
Digitonal • DJ Derek • DJ Markey • DJ Reset • DJ
Zinc • Dr Rubberfunk • Dub Pistols Sound System • E
Berg • Eclectic Method • Eddy Temple Morris •
Electronic Elvis • Envelopes • Erection Section • Erol
Alkan • Feeling Gloomy • Fence Collective presents The
Pictish Trail • Filthy Dukes • Finger Monster • Fink
• Flower Power • Frank Tope • Freerange Records
presents Jimp • Future Sound of London presents
Amorphpus Androgynous • Geddes • Get Cape, Wear Cape,
Fly • Good Shoes • Grandadbob • Greg Wilson • Grizzly
Bear • Guillemots • Guilty Pleasures presents I'm not
in Love • Heatwave (Punchline) & MC Rubi Dan •
Heavenly Jukebox Djs • Herbert • Hodad's Surf Psyche &
Liquid Film Experience Sonic Boom • Holloways • Hot
Chip • Hot Club De Paris • Howard Marks • Howdi •
Hush The Many • Huw Stephens • I Like Trains • Ian
Knocka Dore • IDC • James Priestly • James Yorkston
And The Athletes • Jamie T • Jamsin & Emma-ra •
Jazzanova • Jeggsy Dodd • Jeremy Warmsley • Jim Noir •
Jimpster • Joana And The Wolf • Joe Driscoll • John
Martyn • John Metcalf • John Stapleton • Justice •
Justin Robertson • Kanda Bongo Man • Kelley Polar •
Kid Carpet • Kid Creole & The Coconuts • King Creosote
• Kirk Degiorgiou • Kish Mauve • Kitty Daisy & Lewis •
Klaxons • Kode 9 • Kraak En Smaak • Krafty Kuts •
Krooks • Ladyfuzz • Lily Allen • Lindstrom & Prins
Thomas • Lo Fi Fnk • Love Is All • M Craft •
Magnetophone with Sonic Boom and Kwaing Creasite • Man
Like Me • Mara Carlyle • Mark Ronson • Mary Ann Hobbs
• Max Sedgley • Maya • Metronomy • Mi & Lau •
Michael Cook • Mika • Mistys Big Adventure • Mixmaster
Morris • Motion Pictures • Mr Hudson & The Library •
Múm • My Robot Friend • Mystery Jets • Nathan Fake •
New Young Pony Club • Next • Nick Luscombe • Nizlopi •
Noisettes • Nwatchuku • Objects • Paddy Freeform •
Palmskin Productions • Pet Shop Boys • Pete Polyank
(One Deck and Popular) • Phat Phil Cooper • Phil Mison
• Planet Pendulum • Plastic Operator • Plump DJ's •
Prince Partridge • Psapp • Punk-A-Wallahs • Quiet
Village • Rachid Taha Band with special guest Brian
Eno • Raf Daddy • Ricardo Villalobos • Ricky Redhead •
Richard Barbieri • Rob da Bank • Rob Luis • Rodney P •
Ross Allen • Rumble Strips • Sasha • Scissor Sisters •
Scritti Politti • Semi Finalists • Shantel •
Shitdisco • Skream • Softrocks • Solid State Revival •
Sombrero Sound System • Son Of Dave • Soul Jazz
presents Pete Reilly • Subway • Sugardaddy • Switch •
Taxi • Tayo • Terry Hall • The Aliens • The Bays •
The Bees • The Black Dog • The Boy Least Likely To •
The Cuban Brothers • The Egg • The Eighteenth Day of
May • The Fall • The Hat • The Long Blondes • The
Nextmen with MC Wrec • The Pipettes • The Stranglers •
The Sunshine Underground • The Young Knives • Tilly
And The Wall • TM Juke with Alice Russell • Toby
Tobias • Touché • Trouble DJ's & MC Ratty • Tunng •
Ulrich Schnauss • Various Productions • Vetiver •
Vicarious Bliss • Whitey • Will Saul • Yes Boss •
Yoda • Youngblood Brass Band • Yousef

FESTIVAL TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE – GET THEM WHILE YOU
CAN

Buy tickets online: link

Or call 08700 667753 (24 Hr/ Credit Cards)

Ferry packages:
Red funnel: 0870 444 88 98 /
www.redfunnel.co.uk/bestival (Via Southampton)

Wightlink: 0870 582 7744 /
www.wightlink.co.uk/bestival (Via Portsmouth &
Lymington)

NUS and IOW rates. For more information please
contact 0207 379 3133 or mail

See bestival.net for more regional ticket outlets