first acts announced for Dot To Dot

Hurts, and The Naked & Famous lead the first acts announced for the multi-city, multi-venue Dot to Dot festival taking place over the last bank holiday in May.

The first acts for the triumvirate line-up at Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham are Hurts who will headline this year's Dot to Dot. Joining them are, The Naked & Famous, Mona, Ed Sheeran, The Phoenix Foundation, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.

Darwin Deez has also been confirmed but will only be appearing at the Manchester event.

Dot To Dot Event Organiser Anton Lockwood Commented, "2011 is shaping up to be the best Dot To Dot ever. We're really excited to have the UK's most stylish avant-garde electronic pop act Hurts headlining the festival. And, this is just the tip of the iceberg as we have many more fantastic established and up and coming acts from around the world still to be announced."

The Dot To Dot Festival will take place from Saturday 29th May until Monday 31st May in various venues. Bristol hosts the event on the Saturday, with a similar event the day after in Manchester, and the Monday night is the turn of Nottingham to play host.

Tickets are priced at £20 for Manchester, and £25 for Nottingham and Bristol. To buy tickets, click here.

NOTE: over-18s only.


For more information on the existing events, click here for the Bristol event, and here for the Nottingham event.

eFestivals will have an interview with Anton Lockwood, Dot to Dot Event Director, online on Monday.

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