The Fall lead first acts announced for Long Division Festival

Ghostpoet, Howard Marks, Nine Black Alps, RM Hubbert, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Mon 4th Feb 2013

Long Division Festival 2013

Friday 7th to Sunday 9th June 2013
various venues in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 1EH, England MAP
£20

Daily capacity: 1,600

The first acts have been confirmed for the Long Division Festival which returns for a third year, and takes place at multiple venues across the city of Wakefield, West Yorkshire from .

The first acts confirmed are Saturday headliners The Fall, plus Ghostpoet, Howard Marks, Nine Black Alps, RM Hubbert, Ed Tudor Pole, Skint & Demoralised, Dead Sons, Post War Glamour Girls, The Spills, Johnny The Firth, Michael Ainsley, The Matadors, and The Sunbeams.

In total more than 70 acts will be unveiled for Saturday for gigs taking place across 9 venues including 2 stages at The Hop, Wakefield Theatre Royal, Mustangs, The Orangery and Velvet Cocktail Bar.

Dean Freeman, editor of Rhubarb Bomb and organiser of the festival said, "We have wanted to book The Fall since our first year and to finally have them coming to Wakefield is a dream come true. They are utterly unique and the perfect headliners for a festival run by a fanzine; contrary, awkward, endlessly creative and never bowing to commerciality."

For the last two years the event has completely sold out. Tickets are priced at £20. To buy tickets, click here

Tickets are exchanged for wristbands at the start of the day, allowing free access to all participating venues over the course of the event.

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