Lovebullets returns to Shangri-la

Lovebullets the fashion, art and ideology house who invert traditional symbols of destruction and transform them into works of art in support of Warchild have announced they will be making a return to next month's Glastonbury Festival and promise an 'extra special' LBHQ experience.

It was back at Glastonbury Festival 2008, when Lovebullets first made an impression wehn their 'Lovetank' (a decommissioned army tank converted into a DJ booth) made an appearance in Shangri-la, and they've been inverting traditional symbols of destruction and transforming them into works of art ever since.

This summer Lovebullets will be bringing 'Warpaint Concept' to Glastonbury and other festivals, as well as calling upon some of their most talented friends to create parties to remember with both music performances and interactive fashion exhibits.

The bespoke LBHQ structure based in the Shangri-La area and open every day and night-fall for the duration of the festival will be presenting some surprise drop in sets from their 'very special friends'.

Thursday is programmed by Jade Jagger's Jezebel, Friday it's the turn of Californian KR3W, with Saturday day time hosted by You Are We, and Kubicle taking over from midnight with residents for the night including Jamie Jones, Clive Henry, and Lee Foss. Sunday is grand finale with current DJ heroes Soul Clap, and Wolf Lamb going head to head for a 6 hour take over.

The venue will be made from cutting edge material which allows short-term construction on multiple levels. The theme for LBHQ is a Rio de Janeiro favela exterior contrasted by an open planned modern art interior of slick white with splashes of pop art colour. The shack is on two floors with a downstairs party area and an upstairs chill out area with chesterfields, cocktail lounge and a photographic studio for an interactive live art exhibit to take place. And for the first year the traditionally night time only area will be open all day and all night.

The photographic studio upstairs is to make way for the 'Warpaint Concept' where Festival goers will be taken to the studio and given plain Lovebullets vest tops. Once inside the studio their vest tops will be shot with colourful splashes of paint by the LoveBullies. The result is a unique customised Lovebullets Warpaint vest top.

Lovebullets have recruited artist Jonathan Darby to the project with Lovebullets finding his socio-political art and interlinking symbols of positive and negative imagery in tune with the Lovebullets philosophy. His most recent exhibition 'Favela' portrays the expressions and innocence of children living and surviving within the harsh environment of the Favela slums, and the concept of this exhibition will form the LBHQ Warchild shop which will also be adorned with the 3D graffiti structures of street artist ZEUS.

Lovebullets will have two venues at this year's Glastonbury and will also be hosting parties the HUB area! in the daytime at Shangr-La with Yoyo Soundsystem (Leo Greenslade and Seb Chew), Sway, DJ Cameo, and more. As with the LBHQ there will also be some extra special guests popping in for DJ sets.

The Lovebullets collection is a stylish way to raise awareness and funds for LB chosen charity Warchild. Everyone from Lily Allen to Mark Ronson, Pixie Geldof, and Nick Grimshaw to Calvin Harris and Dizzee Rascal have been snapped sporting their wearing iconic jewellery.

If you want to be assured that you can get into Shangri-la, Arcadia, Block 9, The Common and Unfairground, then Lovebullets highly recommend you get down there before 11pm due to new entry system that everyone will be diverted through this year.... Please bare this in mind if you are heading to LBHQ in Shangri-la.

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The Pyramid Stage headliners are U2, Coldplay, and Beyonce. Other acts confirmed include Primal Scream, Mumford & Sons, Queens of the Stone Age, Morrissey, Biffy Clyro, BB King, Wu Tang Clan, Two Door Cinema Club, Metronomy, Tinie Tempah, Rumer, Pendulum, Plan B, Paul Simon, Laura Marling, Don McLean, The Low Anthem, Fleet Foxes, Bright Eyes, The Wombats, The Vaccines, The Kills, Brother, White Lies, Friendly Fires, Jimmy Eat World, Jessie J, Kaiser Chiefs, Eels, TV on the Radio, Bombay Bicycle Club, Noisettes, Cee Lo Green, Chase & Status, Jimmy Cliff, DJ Shadow, Glasvegas, The Streets, Crystal Castles, Wild Beasts, Gruff Rhys, Caribou, Big Audio Dynamite, Warpaint, Brit Floyd, Deacon Blue, Suzanne Vega, Fatboy Slim, Professor Green, Pete Tong, Annie Mac, John Digweed, Subfocus & ID, Melanie, Terry Reid, System 7, Asian Dub Foundation, Lee Scratch Perry, Stereo MC's, The Wombles, Netsky, Bobby Friction, Gorillaz Sound System, Iration Steppas, Mark Thomas, Billy Bragg, Folkface, RSVP, Shlomo's Glasto Circus, Tony Benn, and many more. There are a few more of the smaller stages to be announced, and a few special guests to be confirmed.

To see the line-up in full, along with the latest rumours for some of the other stages, click here >> or to view it as a list click here.

Other attractions will include hands on craft, self-sufficient skill-learning, Hiroshima Peace Flame (burning since 1946), The Rabbit Hole, The Free University of Glastonbury, Mavericks Late Night Cabaret, Strummerville, Cubana Salsa Tent, Hurly Burly, Climate Camp Tripod Stage, HMS Sweet Charity, 'Babylon Uprising' Market Sound System, Arcadia, MP Caroline Lucas, The Dragon Field Underground Piano Bar, The Treehouse Café, The Cider Bus, White Ribbon Alliance Tattoo Parlour, The Crow's Nest Open Mic, The Pilton Palais cinema tent, The Worthy Farm Solar Array, Glastonbury FM, Worthy FM, sound artist Maria Marzaioli, The Glastonbury Firelighter daily newspaper and much, much more!

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