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Roskilde announce Pet Shop Boys

plus M. Ward, and Mikael Simpson & Sølvstorm

By Scott Williams | Published:

Roskilde 2009 - Pet Shop Boys
Photo credit: Danielle Millea


Pet Shop Boys lead the latest acts confirmed today for Denmark's Roskilde.

Pet Shop Boys
Roskilde Festival is very special to the duo of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe as this is where they played their first festival concert back in 1997. Joining them on the line-up is the newly announced American singer-songwriter M. Ward, and Danish pop musician Mikael Simpson & Sølvstorm.

Roskilde is continental Europe's biggest festival which offers a variety of international acts and four days of music from Thursday 2nd until Sunday 5th July at Roskilde, in Denmark. There are also warm up events which run from Saturday 28th June until the start of the festival.

The acts already announced include Kanye West, Coldplay, Slipknot, Oasis, Nine Inch Nails, Madness, Amadou & Mariam, Fever Ray, Fleet Foxes, The Mars Volta, Den Sorte Skole, Amon Amarth, Cancer Bats, Darkane, Deichkind, Dungen, Get Well Soon, Katzenjammer, Friendly Fires, Röyksopp, Volbeat, Satyricon, Skambankt, Yoga Fire, Frightened Rabbit, The Soft Pack, Down, Baddies, and Marnie Stern. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Tickets are on sale, priced at £190 for the four days including the warm-up from Sunday 28th June until Wednesday 1 July 2009.

To buy tickets, click here.

For a review of Roskilde, and an indication of what to expect, click here.