Newton Faulkner and more added to The Big Chill

Plus Morcheeba and Explosions in the sky

United Kingdom | by Ben Parkinson | 14 May 2010

Unique guitarist Newton Faulkner has been added to this year's The Big Chill 2010 line-up, organisers confirmed today.

A virtuoso live performer, in the past 3 years he has performed at such festivals as Glastonbury, Oxegen, V Festival, Isle of Wight Festival and Latitude and is set to return following the successful release of his 2009 album Rebuilt by Humans.

Also revealed today were trip-hoppers Morcheeba, newly re-united with lead singer Skye Edwards and set to release their seventh album ‘Blood Like Lemonade’ this summer, as well as post-rock instrumentalists Explosions In The Sky.

The aforementioned will join such acts as Massive Attack, Thom Yorke, M.I.A., Bebel Gilberto, Metronomy and Craig Charles’ fantasy funk super group already confirmed for this year’s event.

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Tickets for The Big Chill 2010 are available now priced £155 for a full weekend adult camping ticket, while students with a valid NUS or ISIC ID can get in for £120. A teen weekend ticket (13-17 years) is on sale for £60 whilst children 12 and under will cost £4, and a single day ticket for the Sunday of the event is £70.

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The Big Chill 2010 is set to take place at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Ledbury in Herefordshire from 5-8 August.