Celebrating 20 Years with Twin Atlantic, Toyah & Robert, The Shires. King Creosote and tons more..
A band with one of the most long-standing relationships with Belladrum TWIN ATLANTIC will make a very welcome return headlining the Garden Stage this summer. Having first performed on our emerging artist stage ‘The Seedlings’ way back in 2008 and going on to deliver their first UK festival headline slot in 2013 we are over the moon to welcome them back in our anniversary year.
Following the runaway success of their Sunday Lunch YouTube series, mighty rock music legends Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp will be bursting out of their kitchen and hitting the festival stage as TOYAH & ROBERT. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Willcox has had 8 Top 40 singles (‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘I Want To Be Free’), released over 20 albums, written 2 books, appeared in over 40 stage plays and 10 feature films, and voiced and presented numerous television shows. While, composer, record producer and author, Fripp is best known as the guitarist, founder and continuing member of legendary rock band King Crimson. He has worked as a studio player and collaborator with Brian Eno, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall, David Sylvian, Blondie and The Damned among others.
The UK’s biggest country music export THE SHIRES join the bill. The bands achievements speak for themselves: three consecutive UK Top 3 albums, four #1 UK Country albums, 100 million streams, two Gold-certified records, and countless sold-out headline shows, including filling the prestigious Royal Albert Hall.
Also returning is Kenny Anderson – DIY pop voyager, ancestral seaside home restorer, squeezebox lothario, Fife for lifer, diamond miner, hijacker of hearts, and the man also known as KING CREOSOTE – over his career he has collaborated with the likes of Jon Hopkins, KT Tunstall, Beta Band’s Lone Pigeon, and had his songs covered and performed by artists including Patti Smith and Simple Minds.
Next up is Scottish singer-songwriter HAMISH HAWK, Rich of voice and even richer of imagination, the singer-songwriter from Edinburgh creates musical pen-portraits as vivid in lyric as they are in melody. In all the wholly best ways, he creates chamber pop songs that have swallowed both a dictionary and a compendium of modern urban (and island) fairy tales.
We are also delighted to welcome, JAMIE LAWSON. Jamie was the first act signed to Ed Sheeran’s Gingerbread Man Records and known for his beautiful hit single, ‘Wasn’t Expecting That’ from his self-titled no.1 album.
English post-punk band THE FUTUREHEADS debut album released in 2004 spawned singles, ‘First Day’, ‘Decent Days and Nights’ and their iconic Kate Bush cover ‘Hounds of Love’ and the band will also join us this July.
Other acts joining us are folk/electronica Skye band NITEWORKS who will take to the stage us as part of their final tour; Scottish Trad Act of the Year winners TRAIL WEST; Tiktok ‘Wellerman’ sensation NATHAN EVANS; Scottish Indie Rock band LUCIA & THE BEST BOYS; Funk & Disco band HIGH FADE; alternative pop duo SIIGHTS; Americana rock band MORGANWAY; husband and wife duo MY DARLING CLEMENTINE; festival favourites THE DANGLEBERRIES; Inverness own soul band SCOOTY & THE SKYHOOKS; and also PHIL LEE – THE MIGHTY KING OF LOVE; THE COUNTESS OF FIFE; SAMBA SENE & DIWAN; CALUM MACPHAIL; rEDOLENT; PHILLIP JON TAYLOR; MURDO MITCHELL; NIALL MCCABE; KENNA ROSS; and CALUM CAMPBELL.
We are also pleased to welcome the daughter of Linda Gail Lewis who headlined the first Belladrum in 2004, MARY JEAN LEWIS. A perfect way to celebrate our 20th anniversary!