Travis, & The Wombats to headline Belladrum Tartan Heart

Travis, and The Wombats lead the first acts for the ninth Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival.

Saturday headliners Travis are a Scottish festival exclusive, and The Wombats will headline the opening day of Belladrum which takes place on Belladrum Estate, near Beauly in Inverness-shire, Scotland on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th August 2012.

The music will come from over 90 acts across five stages featuring locally and internationally renowned artists and favours a lo-fi approach. The first acts confirmed include Beverley Knight, Frightened Rabbit making an exclusive Scottish festival appearance, We Are Scientists who had to pull out last year, Slow Club, Fink, and Treacherous Orchestra Confirmed for the Black Isle Brewery Grassroots Stage are Juan Zelada, Ryan Keen , Bastille, To Kill A King, Nina Nesbitt, Stanley Odd, and Fatherson.

Also confirmed are festival favourites The Dangleberries, James Mackenzie & the Aquascene, Ian McLaughlin & The Outsiders, The Whisky River Band, and The Red Kites whose songer Moteh Parrott comes from Inverness.

Bella has sold out the last three years and in 2011 the festival sold out months before the event so fans are urged to buy early to avoid disappointment.

Festival director Joe Gibbs issued a plea to buyers and sellers of unwanted tickets to use safe, ethical means of transferring their tickets, he said, "After the event has sold out in the past three years, sadly we have heard of quite a number of our customers being scammed by touts. Our web site has details of how to transfer e-tickets and printed tickets safely!"

Tickets are priced at £95 each (+ booking fee). Campervan/Caravan tickets are priced at £50, along with a new ticket for 2012 offering camper/caravans electrical hook-up, and child aged 12 years and under tickets are free (maximum 3 children per adult).

To buy tickets, click here.

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