Field Day announces first bands for 2016
PJ Harvey, the Thurston Moore Band, John Grant and GOAT are among the first names on the bill for the Field Day festival in London's Victoria Park on 11 & 12 June 2016.
Deerhunter are joined by James Yorkston's latest project Yorkston Thorne Khan on Saturday's line-up, which also features grime ace Skepta, Motor City Drum Ensemble and Four Tet. Saturday also features live sets from Sam Sheppard's Floating Points alias and experimental producer Holly Herndon, plus a DJ set from Mount Kimbie.
Sunday is headlined by PJ Harvey, with John Grant, Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore and Swedish psych collective GOAT among the first wave of bands announced.
Field Day is at Victoria Park, London on 11 & 12 June 2016; tickets are on sale now.
Field Day 2016 line-up:
Saturday 11 June: Ata Kak, Avalon Emerson, Cass McCombs, Dean Blunt, Deerhunter, DJ Koze, Dusky, Floating Points - Live, Four Tet, Holly Herndon - Live, KiNK - Live, Meilyr Jones, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Mount Kimbie DJ Set, Mura Masa, Orchestra Baobab, Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band, Red Axes - Live, Roman Flügel, Skepta, SOAK, Special Request, Wild Nothing, Yorkston Thorne Khan, Youth Lagoon
Sunday 12 June: PJ Harvey, Beach House, Ben Watt Band feat. Bernard Butler, Declan McKenna, GOAT, John Grant, Junior Boys, Molly Nilsson, Optimo, The Thurston Moore Band.
• Read Thurston Moore on the albums which shaped his musical career, from our Under The Influence series.
• Listen to tracks from some of Motor City Drum Ensemble's favourite LPs in our Guest Selector.