Paolo Nutini, Enter Shikari, Fake Blood, and Delphics for Evolution

Paolo Nutini, Enter Shikari, Fake Blood, and Delphic lead the acts announced for Newcastle's Evolution Music Festival. Tickets are on sale now.

Headlining the Spillers Stage on Sunday 30th May will be Paolo Nutini, topping a line-up that includes Calvin Harris, Tinchy Stryder, The Futureheads, Frankie And The Heartstrings, Twenty Twenty, Natalie Findlay, and Let's Buy Happiness.

Enter Shikari will head-up Evolution's bank holiday Monday line up with support from The Horrors, De la Soul, Ellie Goulding, Dananananaykroyd, Everything Everything, Egyptian Hip Hop, Minnaars, Cosmo Jarvis, and Polarsets.

Set in the shadow of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art on the south side of the Tyne, The Baltic Stage is all about heads down no nonsense dancing on Sunday with Fake Blood, Benga, Rusko, Scratch Perverts, Beardyman, Filthy Dukes, Doorly, Jaymo & Andy George, Eskimo Twins, and People Get Real.

The bank holiday Monday will see the Baltic stage's flavour change for some altogether edgier indie dance crossover action including performances from Delphic, Hadouken!, Example, Frankmusik, I Blame Coco, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Lonelady, Mirrors, and Retriever.

Evolution's two existing main stages will be joined in 2010 by a new folk and roots stage; the Ballast Hill Stage with Sunday showcasing turns from The Unthanks, King Creosote, Po' Girl, James Hunter & The Jokers, Dawn Landes, John Smith, and JT Nero.

Monday’s sounds meanwhile come courtesy of venerable folk colossus Donovan on his farewell tour and Baskery, Lissie, Smoove & Turrell, Slow Club, Danny and The Champions of The World, and Ben Howard.

For the line-up details as available please click here.

To read an interview with Jim Mawdsley, Evolution Music Festival director who spoke exclusively to eFestivals at the unveiling of today's line-up - click here.

For the fifth year running Water Aid will be the official charity of Evolution Festival. Alistair Baker, Northumbrian Water's Communications and PR Manager, said, "Evolution's support for WaterAid from previous years has already saved the lives of thousand of people in Africa and Asia. We are delighted that WaterAid will once again be the event's official good cause and Northumbrian Water is proud to be part of this vibrant and important music festival which supports our adopted international charity.

"We turn on the tap and take top quality drinking water for granted - sadly 884 million people in the developing world can't - and it is a matter of life and death. We flush the toilet without a worry for health or the environment - shockingly more than 2.5 billion people in the developing world aren't so fortunate. While the Evolution festival crowds move to the rhythm of the music they will also be beating the drum and contributing to the cause to bring those basic human rights to others."

Evolution Music Festival returns over two days again, with a crowd of 60,000 expected over the weekend and culminating in the outdoor shows at Spiller's Wharf and Baltic Square on the Gateshead quayside on the Bank Holiday Weekend, Sunday 30th and Monday 31st May 2010.

Kicking off the Evolution Weekender on Saturday 29th May will be a host of free gigs taking place across Ouseburn Valley, in Newcastle at this year's Evolution Emerging event where upcoming Northside musicians get a chance to perform.

Tickets are priced at £25 for both dats or £17.50 for either day. To buy tickets click here.

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