British Sea Power, Metronomy, & Cleaning Women for Standon Calling

British Sea Power, Metronomy, and Cleaning Women are amongst the latest acts announced for this summer's 'Murder on the Standon Express' themed Standon Calling.

The latest additions bringing the line-up to close to 100 bands include Metronomy, British Sea Power, Jeffrey Lewis, Steve Mason, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Alice Russell, Sleepy Sun, And So I Watch You From Afar, Three Trapped Tigers, Telepathe, Lone Wolf, Swimming, Harrys Gym, Brendan Rogers, and Sparrow and the Workshop.

Headlining the on-site nightclub Camp Alcatraz will be Finnish three-piece Cleaning Women who look like cross-dressing zombies and fashion instruments out of parts they salvage from rubbish bins, and Rotten Hill Gang led by former guitarist of The Clash, Mick Jones.

Joining them on the bill are Hook and the Twin, Hooligan Night, Mano De Dios, The Amigos, with burlesque performances from Miss Roxy Velvet, Ryan Styles, La Scarah, and The Great Brain Robber with DJ support from The Good Count, Mental Blank. With Farmageddon favourites Death N Glory popping up somewhere over the weekend.

The acts previously confirmed include Etienne de Crecy,The Magic Numbers, Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club, Liars, Efterklang, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, The Phantom Band, Clock Opera, Sound of Rum, Delirium Tremens, Yearner Babies, Gilles Peterson, Casiokids, Filthy Dukes, These New Puritans, Fucked Up, Esben and the Witch, Gold Panda, Egyptian Hip Hop, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Joe Gideon & The Shark, Anna Calvi, The Ruby Suns, Eddy Temple Morris, Dave Haslam, and more. For the line-up details as available please click here.

The entertainment at Standon Calling consists of more than just the music. Think Bugsy Malone glamour & pie slinging hilarity. With burlesque and cabaret, world class foods and vintage fairs. Cue trench coats and trilbies, swag bags and hidden treasure, film noir and pistols at dawn.

The backdrop for this 10th Anniversary celebration taking place from Friday 6th until Sunday 8th August, 2010 is the 16th century manor house and grounds of Standon, in Hertfordshire. Complete with swimming pool which houses an underwater disco, a host of late night surprises, secret stages and unexpected performances and market-style street food stalls, Standon Calling will this year also launch its very own local produce boxes in its ongoing support of local agricultural industries, which will accompany the fully stocked festival bars featuring local beers and ales.

An adult weekend ticket with camping is priced at £95, a teen (13-17) ticket is priced at £75, children aged 12 and under can go free.

To buy tickets click here.

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