Doves to headline opening night of The Green Man

Doves have been announced as Friday night headliner for The Green Man Festival.

Doves, will open the festival on the Friday night with a set packed with life-affirming, festival-sized anthems including 'Black and White Town', 'There Goes The Fear' and 'Kingdom of Rust'.

Joining them in the Brecon Beacons will be Wild Beasts, Fuck Buttons, Girls, Steve Mason, These New Puritans, Erland And The Carnival, Egyptian Hip Hop, Bear In Heaven, Caitlin Rose, Darwin Deez, and Je Suis Animal.

Aslo confirmed to appear at the festival which takes place at Glanusk Park, Usk Valley, Powys, Wales over the weekend of Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd August 2010 are John Smith, LoneLady, Lone Wolf, Memory Tapes, Mountain Man, Neon Indian, Silver Columns, Simone Felice, Sleepy Sun, Smoke Fairies, The Wave Pictures, and These New Puritans.

The previously announced The Flaming Lips, and Joanna Newsom will headline the festival, with Alasdair Roberts, An Horse, Beirut, Billy Bragg, Cass McCombs, Field Music, Fionn Regan, First Aid Kit, Henry's Funeral Shoe, Jack Northover, Matthew and the Atlas, Megafaun, O.Children, Pete Greenwood, St Just Vigilantes, The Unthanks, and Voice Of The Seven Thunders all confirmed. There are more acts still to be announced.

Tickets are priced at £120 for adults, £104 for students, £50 for teenagers, £45 for live-in vehicles, £35 for holiday tickets (bought in addition to a weekend ticket, allowing camping at Glanusk Park from Monday 16th August 2010 for 3 days before the festival opens), and £5 for car parking.

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The Green Man offers three days of music and more than 100 acts playing indie, psychedelia, americana and folk across 5 stages, while DJs playing everything from psychedlia, dub-reggae, modern electro and stoner rock right through the night.

As well as the music there will be art installations, literature and film tents, Welsh poetry, art and music, ceilidhs, poetry, theatre, science, comedy, Nature and Nurture massage area, a daily dusk till dawn bonfire, impromptu jamming sessions, and food stalls offering a wide range of cuisine most of which is locally sourced and organic. The festival also has an array of quirky bars dotted around the site with the a 24 hour drinks licence, serving everything from real ale and cider, wine, to hot toddies, and cocktails.

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