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Kasabian, Stereophonics, Paulo Nutini & More Big Names Added To Belsonic Festival Line-Up & Tickets
Monday, 05 July 2010 Written by Jon Stickler
Kasabian, Stereophonics, Paulo Nutini & More Big Names Added To Belsonic Festival Line-Up & Tickets

Veteran welsh rockers Stereophonics, Kasabian, Paolo Nutini, 2 Many DJs, David Guetta and Florence & The Machine have been unveiled as the newest acts to join the star-studded line up featuring at this year’s Belfast Belsonic Festival.

These newly announced acts will join the likes of previously-announced Paul Weller, Biffy Clyro and Lost Prophets at one of the largest outdoor music events ever to hit Northern Ireland. The event takes place at Belfast’s city centre Custom House Square this August.

Receiving a massive amount of demand for tickets to see the 2010 line-up, the four additional shows announced today will form part of the eight-night party at the event that has been a huge success every year.

Pat Convery, Belfast Lord Mayor, had this to say about the forthcoming festivities: "Belsonic is a fantastic festival for the city -- bringing together international and local musicians to produce really exciting events in the unforgettable surroundings of Custom House Square.”

Mr Mayor continued. "Today's announcement of the further acts is fantastic news for local music fans -- and there's no doubt that this programme will help to attract even more visitors to come and enjoy Belfast's welcome”.

The Belsonic list of headliners now looks something like this:

17th August – Kasabian
18th August – Paulo Nutini
19th – Florence & The Machine
20th – Stereophonics
26th – 2ManyDJs
27th – Paul Weller
28th – Biffy Clyro
29th – David Guetta

Promoter Alan Simms commented on the ambition of this year’s Belsonic when compared to the previous events. "It's almost quadrupled in size, so it's really quite exciting for us," he said. “The crowd will vary: there's stuff for older audiences like the Stereophonics and Paul Weller, as well as pop acts like David Guetta and Florence”.

The support for the big names are yet to be announced however an array of local bands are set to appear on the bill during the second week of music.

Previous headliners featured at the Belsonic event include Dizzee Rascal, The Zutons, The Flaming Lips and Duke Special.

Belsonic Festival takes place between August 17th and August 29th at Custom House Square in Belfast City Centre.

August 2010

17th Kasabian
18th Paulo Nutini
19th Florence & The Machine
20th Stereophonics
26th 2ManyDJs Live, Soulwax & Major Lazer
27th Paul Weller, The Courteeners
28th Biffy Clyro, Lost Prophets, Twin Atlantic
29th David Guetta, Japanese Sun

Tickets are onsale now, priced from £31.50 for all dates.

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