Award-winning U.K. festival Bestival -- see what they did there? -- has announced the first phase of artists who will be joining the 2015 festival on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England. The first two headliners are The Chemical Brothers and "Born Slippy" band Underworld along with Duran Duran.
Other additions to Bestival include Flying Lotus, Gorgon City, Annie Mac, Flight Facilities, Guy Gerber, Todd Terje (live), Tame Impala, Seth Troxler, Duke Dumont, Future Islands, Jackmaster, Joy Orbison, Redlight and others. Head to Bestival's website to see the full lineup.
The festival has some variety to its lineup with artists in the hip-hop and indie/pop realms as well with inclusions like Action Bronson, Rae Morris and Jurassic 5.
Each year the festival rotates a different theme, and in 2015 it is being dubbed the "summer of love."
BBC Radio One DJ and festival curator Rob da Bank commented on the theme choice, via Mixmag.
"It's a simple theme and hopefully one that's easy to embrace. It's largely a positive reaction to all the bad news and downright evil going on in the world," he said. "We're not hiding our heads in the sand and pretending everything's rosy and laid-back but we can, as a big family of 50,000 people, come together, listen to music, party and spread love, even if it's just for the weekend. That has always been at the heart of Bestival and its year-round community. Hate out, love in!"
There are still many more artists yet to be announced, like the Friday and Sunday headliners. Tickets are on sale now for the 15th edition of Bestival on the festival's website.
Bestival takes places Sept. 10 to 13 on Robin Hill on the Isle of Wight.
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