Alt-J collaborate with ActionAid on a limited-edition T-shirt for Latitude

Latitude 2015

Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th July 2015
Henham Park Estate, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8AN, England MAP
£192.50 weekend adult ticket, plus booking fees

Daily capacity: 35,000

Latitude headliners, Alt-J, have teamed up with international charity ActionAid on a limited-edition T-shirt to be sold exclusively at this weekend's Latitude Festival held from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th July 2015 in the grounds of Henham Park Estate, in Suffolk.

All proceeds from sales of the T-shirt will support ActionAid’s crucial and on-going work in Nepal, helping people in the country rebuild their lives following two devastating earthquakes earlier this year.

Thom Green, the band’s drummer, has been an ActionAid supporter since he was 18 and sponsors a child with the charity. The band said, “When we were asked to collaborate with ActionAid on this T-shirt it was a no-brainer – we immediately said 'yes'. We’ve been big fans for years and getting to work together and raise money for a cause we really believe in, at Latitude, makes perfect sense – buy the T-shirt!"

The limited edition T-shirt will be sold exclusively at Latitude festival; available to buy for £20 at the merchandise stalls and at the ActionAid tent, who will be making their first appearance at the festival.

The T-shirt design is inspired by the prayer flags synonymous with Nepal and incorporates alt-J’s distinctive visual style too – the triangle and the painterly style taken from their latest album – This Is All Yours – released in 2014.

ActionAid’s local staff in Nepal reached over 92,000 people with food, water, medicines and shelter in the first critical weeks of the devastating earthquakes and are now working with communities on their long-term recovery.

ActionAid has been working in Nepal for over 30 years and was able to respond fast to reach those in greatest need.

The music line-up joining Alt-J, includes Portishead, and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will headline, plus Manic Street Preachers, Caribou, James Blake, Laura Marling, Wild Beasts, Lianne La Havas, Seasick Steve, Jose Gonzalez, Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens, Benjamin Booker, JP Cooper, Jon Hopkins, The Vaccines, SBTRKT, Django Django, Public Service Broadcasting, Catfish & The Bottlemen, La Roux, Years And Years, Toro Y Moi, Savages, Wolf Alice, Young Fathers, Kwabs, Sun Kil Moon/Mark Kozelek, King Creosote, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Thurston Moore Band, The Districts, Soak, Clark, Clare Maguire, Neon Waltz, Prides, Aquilo, Charlie Cunningham, Clarence Clarity, Denai Moore, Formation, Gulf, Eaves, Boxed In, Man Made, Petite Meller, Pretty Vicious, Sundara Karma, To Kill A King, Outfit, The 2 Bears, Adult Jazz, Kiasmos, Jack Garratt, Shura, Gengahr, Ibeyi, Susanne Sundfor, DM Stith, Duke Garwood, Leon Bridges, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Twilight Sad, Curtis Harding, Marika Hackman, Nadine Shah, Dolores Haze, Ben UFO, DJ Ez, Monki, Alexander Nut, The Four Owls, The Busy Twist, Werkha, Chilly Gonzales & Kaiser Quartett, Sadler's Wells, The Portrait Choir, Simon Armitage, John Cooper Clarke, Michael Rosen, Nick Helm, George The Poet, and more.

For the line-up details as available see the Latitude line-up page.

Latitude offers much more than coloured sheep and music, however and the first of the other entertainments of art which will include film, comedy, theatre, cabaret, dance, poetry, and literature have been revealed too.

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An adult weekend ticket is priced at £192.50 with a Family Camping option also available, a teen weekend ticket is priced at £132.50, with a weekend ticket for all children aged 5 -12 years priced at £8. Campervan permits are priced at £39.50, and mobilehome and caravan passes are priced at £59.50, Day tickets are not yet on sale.

Tickets can also be paid for in instalments, and secured with a first payment of £50.

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