Glastonbury has added over 100 new names to this year's lineup
Glastonbury has announced a huge list of new names joining the Silver Hayes and BBC Music Introducing stages for this year's festival.
The Silver Hayes area of the festival has announced the likes of Self Esteem, AJ Tracey, Flohio, Four Tet, Grace Carter, Kojey Radical, Lady Leshurr, Ocean Wisdom, Peggy Gou, Poppy Ajudha, Ray BLK, and many many more to perform across six stages, which includes a new "micro venue" called No Average Groove.
According to the Glastonbury site, the "Silver Hayes will showcase the best in Dance music, Drum N Bass, Garage, Afrobeat, Hip Hop, Bass, Neo Soul and Jazz."
First up.. Silver Hayes kicks off with a mighty line up for 2019 pic.twitter.com/M31qa1EIjx
— Emily Eavis (@emilyeavis) April 14, 2019
The BBC Music Introducing stage has announced Arlo Parks, Kudu Blue, Easy Life, Ed The Dog, and more.
The line up for the #BBCIntroducing stage at #Glastonbury2019's Silver Hayes has just been announced! This is *the* place to find the headliners of tomorrow https://t.co/0f0UqXC9vO @GlastoFest pic.twitter.com/kk6KFcm0CM
— BBC Music Introducing (@bbcintroducing) April 14, 2019
The new additions join headliners Stormzy, The Cure, and The Killers, as well as Janet Jackson, Rosalía, Little Simz, Kamasi Washington, Lizzo, IDLES, Miley Cyrus, Tame Impala, Janelle Monáe, and many others.
Earlier this month, artist Joe Rush provided more details about his new pier installation coming to The Park area of the festival, "It's going to have everything you'd expect to find on a pier, including Punch and Judy, an arcade, carnival shows, a fortune teller, a wheel of death and more. Basically everything except the sea."
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