Explosions In The Sky to headline The Green Man

Explosions In The Sky are the second headliner confirmed for The Green Man Festival, which takes place at Glanusk Park, Usk Valley, Powys, Wales over the weekend of Friday 19th until Sunday 21st August.

Texan post-rockers Explosions In The Sky will headline the Friday night with a UK exclusive festival set. The band will present their epic, instrumental mini-symphonies alongside tracks from their new album 'Take Care, Take Care, Take Care' released next month.

Also confirmed today are The Low Anthem, Holy Fuck, The Leisure Society, Lia Ices, Hannah Peel, Admiral Fallow, Duotone, Driver Drive Faster, ute, Oh Ruin, The Doozer, and Treecreeper.

They join the previously announced headliner Fleet Foxes, with Bellowhead, Villagers, The Burns Unit, The Ramshackle Union Band, Robyn Hitchcock, Sic Alps, The Gentle Good, The Travelling Band, Ellen and the Escapades, Our Broken Garden, Emily Barker, 2:54, Bleeding Heart Narrative, Mancub Babywoman, Tweak Bird, Polar Bear, Dry The River, and Wild Nothing. also confirmed. There are many more acts still to be announced.

Tickets are priced at £135 for adults, £115 for students, £60 for teenagers, £50 for live-in vehicles, £35 for holiday tickets (bought in addition to a weekend ticket, allowing camping at Glanusk Park from Monday 15th August 2011 for 3 days before the festival opens), and £5 for car parking.

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What started as a small party for 300 people eight years ago has blossomed into one of Wales' leading contemporary arts and music event, with an international reputation attracting discerning music lovers from across the globe. Now in its ninth year, acts as diverse as Robert Plant, Flaming Lips,Super Furry Animals, Pentangle, Jarvis Cocker, Vashti Bunyan, Spritiualized, Joanna Newsom, Fout Tet, Wilco have all headlined in recent years, and music is at the heart of everything Green Man does.

But with an ever-expanding line-up of comedy, film, literature, science and the UK's only 24-hour festival drinks licence – not to mention the ritualistic burning of the giant Green Man.

Non-corporate, family friendly, independent and ethically minded, Green Man is proud to champion a wealth of worthy causes - notably mental health charity Mind.

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