More acts announced for All Tomorrow’s Parties May 2009

January 5, 2009 by Brendan McGuirk  
Filed under Anablog

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CSS, HEALTH, SUPERSUCKERS, SHEARWATER
and more announced for All Tomorrow’s Parties May 2009!

Today sees the addition of SIX new bands to the two ATP Festival weekends taking place in May 2009, both taking place at Butlins Holiday Resort, Minehead, England. Tickets are on sale now and are selling fast! Many chalet options are running low and small 2 and 3 berth chalets are expected to sell out within the next few days.

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From the 8th – 10th May, The Fans Strike Back weekend will see half of the festival line-up chosen by ATP and the other half voted for by everyone that buys a ticket. The latest additions to the ATP side of the line-up as of today are:

HEALTH
Shearwater
The Acorn
The Pink Mountaintops

That means that the full list of ATP curated bands so far is:

THE JESUS LIZARD / DEVO / SLEEP performing Holy Mountain, selections from Dopesmoker + more / SPIRITUALIZED / YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS perform Colossal Youth /
ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM / GRAILS / SLEEPY SUN / THE CAVE SINGERS / RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR / HEALTH / SHEARWATER / THE ACORN / THE PINK MOUNTAINTOPS

So far the Fans have picked BEIRUT, and offers to play have been sent to My Bloody Valentine, Flight Of The Conchords and Electric Wizard.

Tickets to the event are on sale NOW from: http://www.atpfestival.com/atp/Events/TheFansStrikeBack/Tickets.php

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From the 15th – 17th May, ATP will be curated by the legendary BREEDERS. The latest additions to their line-up as of today are:

CSS
Supersuckers

The full list of bands chosen by them so far:

THE BREEDERS / THROWING MUSES / BON IVER / FOALS / TEENAGE FANCLUB / HOLY FUCK / KIMYA DAWSON / PIT ER PAT / DEERHUNTER / GANG OF FOUR / SHELLAC (House Band) / ZACH HILL / THE SOFT PACK / THE HOLLOYS / STYROFOAM / CSS / SUPERSUCKERS

Tickets to the event are on sale today from http://www.atpfestival.com/atp/Events/ATPBreeders/Tickets.php