The Streets, Maisie Peters and Ghetts are among artists that have been announced in the next wave of acts for Boardmasters 2024.Professor Green, Cat Burns, Future Utopia and Sammy Virji are also set to perform at the Cornwall surf and music festival from 7-11 August, joining the previously announced Stormzy, Sam Fender, Chase & Status, Becky Hill and more.The latest wave of acts completes the 2024 line-up, where hundreds of acts will perform across 11 stages at two sites on the Cornish Coast – Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach.The DJ line-up for this year is completed by Ewan McVicar, Eliza Rose, Hedex and Eskman, Andy C, Hannah Laing and more.Other artists set to perform at the 2024 edition include Bicep, Nia Archives, Tom Odell, Soft Play, English Teacher and Katy B.Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here. Check out the full line-up below.A post shared by Boardmasters (@boardmasters) Stage splits for the festival have also now been announced, which attendees can check out on the website.This year, the festival has been granted permission to expand its capacity from 53k to 58k.Last year’s headliners for Boardmasters included Lorde, Liam Gallagher and Florence + The Machine, and the event ran between August 9-13.
Jeremy Corbyn announced as MC for anti-racism protest rave at Downing Street
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R3 Soundsystem’s House Against Hate, which will be a mobile unit located outside Number 10 this Saturday (March 16).
From 3pm to 7pm, you can join ravers to “protest against the racist, xenophobic, transphobic, anti-immigrant, genocide-enabling contingent in the UK establishment”.House Against Hate is expected to welcome “thousands of demonstrators” from the United Nations Anti Racism Day Demonstration, which is set to start the same day at noon at the Home Office, Marsham Street, London.Along with Corbyn, other speakers slated to give speeches at the festival include drag queens Bimini and Jonny Woo, designer Katharine Hamnett, and broadcaster/photographer/DJ Normski.The Blessed Madonna, Yazmin Lacey, Eliza Rose, Jamz Supernova, Midland, Leon Vynehall, A Guy Called Gerald, Moxie, Hot Chip, NIKS, DJ Paulette, Shanti Celeste, and more have also been confirmed to DJ on the day.A post shared by GIDEÖN (@gideon_dj_official) R3 Soundsystem has coordinated the protest with support from Black Artist Database, Stand Up To Racism UK, Love Music Hate Racism, and HOMO-CENTRIC Records.“As the Tories ratchet up their poisonous anti-immigration rhetoric, as Trump plots his second attempt at dismantling US democracy and as Labour fail to call out Israel’s genocide, we must unite once again around our community soundsystem to protest the global consolidation of rightwing power,” wrote DJ Gideön on Instagram.“Bring banners, loudhailers and friends plus everything you need to kick-start the revolution.”Donations at the event will also be collected in support of Medical Aid For Palestinians (MAP), and protestors are encouraged to bring money to donate at the event.IDLES recently spoke out in solidarity with Palestine at their ‘Tangk’
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