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Regina Spektor for Latitude

plus first act announced for Sunrise Arena

By Scott Williams | Published:

Latitude 2009 - around the site
Photo credit: Tommy Jackson


Latitude Festival have announced tow new additions to the line-up of music acts performing at the festival in July at Henham Park Estate, Suffolk.

Veteran New York anti-folk scenester Regina Spektor has been announced for the Obelisk Arena on the Friday. The first act to be announced for this year's Sunrise Arena bill are Massachusetts based Passion Pit.

They are the latest additions to an extensive bill of acts headlined by Pet Shop Boys on Friday, Grace Jones on Saturday, and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on Sunday. Other acts playing over the weekend include Spiritualized, Magazine, Newton Faulkner, Camille O'Sullivan, Bat For Lashes, Doves, Editors, Gossip, Turin Brakes (acoustic), and Belle & Sebastian (DJ set). There will be many more acts announced shortly.

Weekend tickets are on sale and are priced at £150, day tickets are priced at £60, and a campervan Pass is priced at £10. Children aged 12 or under will be eligible for free tickets for Latitude Festival 2009 when accompanied by a ticket holding adult.

To buy tickets, click here.

Latitude takes place from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July 2009, with the festival opening it's gates on Thursday 16th July for some limited non-musical entertainment.

Latitude festival goers can expect Music, Art, Comedy, Film, Literature, Theatre, Performance Art, Dance, Sculpture, Workshops, Restaurants and Waiter Service Bars.

Latitude happens in the grounds of the historic Henham Park Estate in Suffolk, and positioned near the most easterly English coastline between Southwold and Aldeburgh.