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Alt-J, Portishead and Noel Gallagher to headline Latitude

Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher … He's just noticed the prices at the organic pizza stall and he's horrified. Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage

Alt-J, Portishead and Noel Gallager’s High Flying Birds have been announced as the headliners for this year’s Latitude festival, which takes place from 16-19 July at Henham Park in Suffolk.

A strong undercard on the main stage in the Obelisk arena sees the headliners joined by Manic Street Preachers, Caribou, James Blake, Laura Marling and Wild Beasts, among others.

The headliners for the BBC 6 Music stage, meanwhile, are Jon Hopkins, the Vaccines and Sbtrkt, with Django Django, Public Service Broadcasting, Catfish and the Bottlemen, La Roux, Young Fathers and Years & Years appearing down the bill.

None of the main stage headliners have topped the bill at Latitude before, though Alt-J have on the Lake Stage in 2012 and closed the show on the 6 Music Stage on the Saturday of the 2013 festival.

There are plenty of acts to intrigue on the i Arena stage, too, with experimental types Adult Jazz, Norwegian pop queen Susanne Sundfør, Aussie psychedelicists King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and retro soulster Leon Bridges all appearing.

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