Well this is a turn up for the books. Something exciting musically is actually happening in Suffolk! July 12-15th sees the return of Latitude festival which is held at Henham Park in the olde world seaside town of Southwold. Acts confirmed to play at the festival so far are Arcade Fire, Damien Rice, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Wilco, CSS, The Rapture, The National, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Magic Numbers, Midlake, The Gotan Project and Explosions In The Sky. I’m sure you’ll agree thats a pretty jaw droppingly good lineup so far.Tickets for the event, which also includes dance, comedy, theatre, literature, poetry and film are on sale now. Click here to be taken to the ticket merchant. Weekend tickets (including camping) are a snip at £112 or you can purchase a single day ticket for £45.

In other festival news, The Duke Spirit have confirmed they are playing this years O2 Wireless Festival which takes place over four days in June at Hyde Park in London and Leeds Harewood House. The band are appearing on the same lineup as Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, The Cribs, The Rakes & The Twang. Bit of a mixed line up there but a good gig for The Dukes. Full festival information can be found here. Other acts appearing over the four days are The White Stripes, Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem and CSS.

Downloads:
The Duke Spirit - Autoharp (live) [download mp3 ♫]
The Arcade Fire (w/ David Bowie) - Wakeup (live) [download mp3 ♫]
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Nature Springs (live) [download mp3 ♫]