Beastie Boys, Primal Scream & Bjork for Connect

Connect - the new festival for 2007 from the organisers of T in the Park, which is taking place at Inveraray Castle, Loch Fyne, Argyll has announced the first acts.

Headling the Oyster Stage on the Friday are The Beastie Boys, joined by The Jesus and Mary Chain, and CSS. On the Saturday, there's Primal Scream, as well as The Only Ones. Sunday has Icelandic squeaker Bjork, and LCD Soundsystem.

The Guitars & Other Machines tent will have amongst others Idlewild, and Tilly and the Wall on Sunday, and King Creosote on Friday. There will be many more international, UK and Scottish bands and artists to be announced over the coming months for both these stages.

As well as music, there's to be woodland walks, comedians, old school games mixed with a touch of the Highland Games, visual artists and installations, and the strange and unusual in performance in The Unknown Pleasures Tent. Club Noir will host The Unknown Pleasures tent on Saturday night, with their popular burlesque show. On Sunday Vegas bring along Scotland’s swinging, award-winning, jet setting club - expect martinis, roulette, blackjack, showgirls, and swinging sounds.

There's also the Your Sound Bandstand, which gives 20 unsigned bands an opportunity to showcase their talent.

Tickets for Connect go on sale at 9am this Friday 23rd March. They're priced at £125 for Weekend Camping tickets, £105 for Weekend Only tickets, £45 for Friday Day tickets, and £50 for Saturday or Sunday tickets. We'll have links to buy when tickets are on sale.

Geoff Ellis, CEO of DF Concerts had this to say: "We have felt that there has been a gap in the market for a festival like Connect for some time now and its fantastic to see it come to fruition in such an incredible location and as part of the celebrations for Highland 2007 in its first year. Musically and aesthetically Connect will appeal to the discerning music fan who wants to enjoy a festival with a little more comfort, a bit more of a chilled atmosphere, a fantastic bill of high quality artists, some really delicious food and some quirky entertainment thrown in."

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