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It's been announced - seems very below par to me. Thoughts?

Friday June 27

Pyramid Stage:
Kings Of Leon, The Fratellis, Editors, The Gossip, The Feeling, KT Tunstall, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, The Subways, Kate Nash

Other Stage:
Panic At The Disco, The Enemy, We Are Scientists, Foals, The Hoosiers, Ben Folds, Vampire Weekend, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, Hilltop Hoods

John Peel Stage:
Jamie T, The Cribs, Reverend And The Makers, The Kills, MGMT, The Ting Tings, Young Knives, Lightspeed Champion, Make Model, Glasvegas, Patric Watson, Royworld

Jazz World Stage:
Jimmy Cliff, Estelle, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Candi Staton, Alabama 3, Phantom Limb, Mankala

Park Stage:
Pete Doherty, Dizzee Rascal, John Cale, Edwyn Collins, The Duke Spirit, Operator Please, Sons And Daughters, Santogold, Beggars, Magic Wands, Island Line, The Langley Sisters

Acoustic Tent
Seasick Steve, Sinead O'Connor, Newton Faulkner, Arno Carstens, Eddi Reader, Camille O'Sullivan, Eleanor McEvoy, Devon Sproule, Acoustic Stage Blues Club with Grainne Duffy

Avalon Stage:
Sharon Shannon and Big Band, Xavier Rudd, Hazel O'Connor, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Ron Sexsmith, Frank Turner, Kissmet, Hobo Jones And The Junkyard Dogs

Left Field:
John Byrne, David Ford, Frank Turner, Beans On Toast, Alabama 3, The Holloways, Kate Nash, Jenners Field, Charlotte Campbell, Dance For Life, Tawiah, Hebe Jones, Buddha Tears, Dockers MC, Brit School Presents – Dance For Life

Queen's Head:
DJ Tayo's Tracksuit Party, DJ Smash 'n' Grab, Kate Nash, The Script, Young Knives, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, The Holloways, Captain, Babel, Team Waterpolo

The Glade:
Steve Hillage's Mirror System, Dreadzone, Tayo, Freefall Collective, Nick Warren Sunset Set, Sian Evans and Simon Kingman, Dr. Meaker, Clive Craske, Simon Atkinson and the Ben Marcato Trio, The Charles Hazlewood All Stars

Dance Village East:
Fatboy Slim, Roisin Murphy, X-Press 2, Hercules And Love Affair, Cicada, 20/20 Soundsystem

Dance Village West:
Booka Shade, James Zabelia, The Count and Sinden, Freestylers, Infadels, Zion Train

Dance Lounge Ozomatli, N Dubz, Djs Queens Of Noize, DJ Pete Gooding, Kid British, DJ Beardyman

G Stage:
Stanton Warriors, Utah Saints, Soul Of Man, Drum Monkeys, Beber and Tamara

Pussy Parlure:
House Meat Disco, Yard Dogs Road Show, Soul Train, Martina Topley-Bird

Saturday June 28:

Pyramid Stage:
Jay-Z, Very Special Guest TBC, Manu Chao, The Raconteurs, James Blunt, Crowded House, Seasick Steve, The Hold Steady, Shakin' Stevens

Other Stage:
Massive Attack, Hot Chip, Elbow, Duffy, The Wombats, Neon Neon, Black Kids, The Golden Silvers, The Travelling Band

John Peel Stage:
Biffy Clyro, The Futureheads, Band Of Horses, Black Lips, The Courteneers/The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend, British Sea Power, Holy Fuck, The Teenagers, Hilltop Hoods, Emmy The Great, Dogtanion

Jazz World Stage:
Ethiopiques, Buddy Guy, Imagined Village, Joan Armatrading, Eric Bibb, Massukos, The Blessing, Bedouin Jerry Can Band

Park Stage:
CSS, Battles, MGMT, Music Through Unconventional Means, Kool Keith and Kutmaster Kurt, Alphabeat, St Vincent, Jape, Eugene McGuinness

Acoustic Tent
Gilbert O'Sullivan, The Swell Season featuring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Glenn Tilbrook and the Fluffers, Seth Lakeman, Andy Fairweather-Low and the Low Riders, The Gilmore, Sid Griffin and the Coal Porters, Emily Maguire, Acoustic Stage Blues Club with Grainne Duffy, The Travelling Band

Avalon Stage:
The Proclaimers, Will Young, Alabama 3 unplugged, The Handsome Family, The Wurzels, Rachel Unthank and the Winterset, Bacalao, Malarchy, One String Loose

Left Field:
New York Fund, Lazy Habits, Reverend And The Makers, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Neville Staple, The Krak, The Mentalists, Rock Against Racism, Cars On Fire, Flykiller

Queen's Head:
DJ Sean Rowley, DJ Annie Mac, The Pigeon Detectives, White Denim, Ron Sexsmith, Teddy Thompson, The Duke Spirit, Modern Skirts, Edenheight

The Glade:
Squarepusher, Mark Broom, Massonix, DJ Donna Summer, Six By Seven, Danny Howells, Cassette Boy and DJ Rubbish, Radioactive Man, Robert Logan, Rob Hall, Symmetrik, Vexkiddy

Dance Village East:
Unkle, DJ Eddie Temple Morris, Roni Size Reprazent, Simian Mobile Disco, Kid Sister, A-Trak

Dance Village West:
Dj Dave Seaman, Black Dog, Nicky Holloway and Trevor Fung, The Grid, Atomic Hooligan, A Skillz

Dance Lounge:
DJ Format, Audio Bullys, Cadence Weapon, Nightmovies, Natty, Trojan Sound System

G Stage:
Pendulum (DJ set), Roland Bastard, Beat Torrent, The Japanese Popstars, Sub Focus

Pussy Parlure:
We Don't Play, Yard Dogs Road Show, Healer Selecta inc. Sound System, Size 9, Healer Select

Sunday June 29:

Pyramid Stage:
The Verve, Leonard Cohen, Goldfrapp, Very Special Guest TBC, John Mayer, Gilbert O' Sullivan, TBC

Other Stage:
Groove Armada, The Zutons, The Pigeon Detectives, Mark Ronson, Scouting For Girls, Jack Penate, Newton Faulkner, Black Mountain, Hoodoo Gurus

John Peel Stage:
The National, Spiritualized, Crystal Castles, Brian Jonestown Massacre,
The Stars, The Courteneers/The Black Keys, Rocket Summer, Friendly Fires, The Whup, Yeasayer

Jazz World Stage:
King Solomon Burke, Eddy Grant, Dub Colossus, Asere and Billy Cobham, Balkan Beat Box, Almasala, Portico Quartet, Sense Of Sound

Park Stage:
My Morning Jacket, Tunng, Vetiver, Caribou, Laura Marling, Mystery Jets, Kathryn Williams and Neill MacColl, The Cave Singers, Alberta Cross, Mumford and Sons, Alan Tyler and The Lost Songs of Littlefield, Redbridge Brass Band

Acoustic Tent
Joan Baez, Suzanne Vega, The London Community Gospel Choir, Stackridge, Tom Baxter, Tift Merritt, Foy Vance, Acoustic Stage Blues Club with Grainne Duffy, Amsterdam, Lazenby

Avalon Stage:
Katie Melua, Blazin' Fiddles, Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara, John Tams and Barry Coope, The Baghdaddies Big Band, the Family Mahone, Rafven, Nuala and The Alchemy Quartet, Prison Love

Left Field:
Night Of Treason, Neck, Billy Bragg, Dirty Pretty Things, The Bluetones, Build A Band – Youth Music, Jail Guitar Doors (film), Phill Jupitus, Left Field Rally with Tony Benn, Carnival Collective

Queen's Head:
DJs The Voguettes, Soulsavers, Elbow, Noah And The Whale, Florence And The Machine, Congregation, Dengue Fever, Dawn Kinnard, the Cock'n'bullkid, Ladyhawke

The Glade:
Eatstatic, Tristan, Lucas, Flip Flop, Regan, ZubZub, Aliki, Pathaan

Dance Village East:
Kosheen, DJ Annie Mac, Sam Sparro, The Black Ghosts, Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Dance Village West:
Derek May, System 7, Kraak and Smaak, Lee Coombs, The Whip

Dance Lounge:
Annie, The Presets, Punks Jump Up, Ladyhawke

G Stage:
Magnetic Man, Caspa and Rusko, Appleblim, Basecleff, Moody Boyz, Digidub

Pussy Parlure:
Generals HiFi, Balkan Beat Box, Kokolo Ray, Ipek, Loungeclash

I'd see that as a brilliant opportunity to chill out around the lesser stages. It's where the fun is anyway. Definitely not a line-up which lessens my regret about being to lazy to get a ticket again.

What Ben said.

If I could be arsed to do anything that involved leaving Swindon for more than a few hours the line up wouldnt bother me at all.

I think it is a bit of a mehhh line up in general. Plenty of bands that I like but nobody who really strikes me as being a reason to spend a weekend in a tent!! I'm sure it'd be good fun anyway though!

Whenever I've been,  I just watch the fringe stuff.....there is plenty in there....I'd love to see Jimmy Cliff and Candi Staton.    Gilbert O'Sullivan  :shock:

   I'll have to make do with the the Beeb's web  coverage, which is decent.

Be good to see Seasick Steve on the Pyramid Stage, he's ace  8)

I like the lineup. Enough to see, and leaves plenty of time to take in the atmosphere (cider), maybe some cabaret, and a film at the open air cinema...

There is far too much emphasis on the skinny jeans brigade that habitually get bummed by NME though. A lot of these bands are utter shite. Like The Wombats and The Courteeners.

And the Ting Tings. And Joe Lean. And Gossip. And MGMT.

there'd be plenty for me there, I think that's decent...

I think the ones I'd most like to see would be Editors, Dizzee Rascal, Young Knives, Frank Turner, Fatboy Slim, Utah Saints, Roni Size, Dj Format, Audio Bullies, Annie Mac, Pendulum, Mark Ronson, David Seaman, Annie Mac and of course Squarepusher I've been listening to this a lot lately, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13HM-bmKW2U&feature=related - so good.

Nice enough and plenty to keep me occupied and it looks like they’ve spread some of the acts across the stages this year, which is no bad thing as last year the area around the old Pyramid was just pandemonium between acts and often meant by the time you got to the next stage you’ve missed half of the act.

I'd like to catch the Fun Loving Criminals not just for the classics but the later chilled out stuff.

Ben Folds, the Verve, Fratellis and Rev and the makers would be my top four.

TV best show them.

the bestival lineup wipes the floor with glastonbury.

i was too slow and missed out on bestival.

if i were going to glasto i'd be very disappointed at the lack of variety - its very mainstream and there isn't even much alternative dance/ hip hop which they're normally very good at.

smacks of a V-style load of commercial bollocks, rather than sticking to its roots of being a fesitval and one which showcases a variety of acts. poor.

If you're going (which I'm not), check out Seasick Steve...but don't talk during his set, he gets very annoyed!

Has this sold out yet?

I am tempted to get a ticket now and join up with some folk.

Black Mountain, the Black Keys, The National, Caribou... these are my kind of people.

Nope. Still open to register and purchase...