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COURTEENERS join GEORGE EZRA, FRIENDLY FIRES, JAKE BUGG and more at Truck Festival 2018




Truck Festival announces the much-anticipated Sunday headliner festival closing slot is  *drum roll…* Mancunian indie legends Courteeners!
Frontman Liam Fray commented ‘50,000 Mancunians can’t be wrong. We’re
bringing it to Oxfordshire. Get ready.’

The festival has also added another wave of brilliant talent for this year’s weekend including Editors who are playing the festival for the first time since their iconic performance in The Barn back in 2005.

Drenge, Pins, Bad Sounds, Milk Teeth, Lewis CapaldiFickle Friends, King No-One, Doe, Yowl, Hey Charlie, Hellions, Orchards and itoldyouiwouldeatyou have also been added to the bill.

The festival has also announced its cabaret and entertainment tent - The Rockin’ Chair - will be back for 2018. The venue was introduced last year as a home for live music, comedy and cabaret and will this year be hosted by cabaret comedian Wayne Carter. Entertaining from noon to the early hours will also be sets from: Big Beat ManifestoRhythm of The 90sMassaokeOld Dirty BrasstardsMr B The Gentleman RhymerHorn DivisionThe Oxford Commas and Blue Rinse DJs. 

Festival Organiser Matt Harrap commented:
 “We’re incredibly excited to finally share our second wave of artists for Truck Festival 2018! Indie cult heroes Courteeners will help close out the weekend which will no doubt result in the most raucous crowd Truck Festival has ever experienced. I can’t wait for Editors to play the Sunday sunset slot as we've been trying to get them to return for years since I witnessed them play my favourite set of 2005 in The Barn.
Drenge will give the crowd everything making as much noise as possible as they make their Truck debut this year, closing the Market Stage on Saturday night. It's a must see for me!
But it’s not all about the main stages, and we are glad to welcome back The Rockin' Chair for the second year! With the likes of live mass karaoke band Massaoke, Rhythm of the 90s and the Oxford Commas, it’s guaranteed to be the heart of the party!
We still have plenty of talent and stages to announce over the next couple of months including Truck staple The Barn! With tickets flying, we really recommend not hanging around!“

The festival, which formed in 1998, will take place from 19th – 22nd July at Hill Farm in Steventon, Oxfordshire. 2018 will be the first time ever that the festival has opened its doors on the Thursday with the festival taking place over four days this year and celebrating its 21st birthday!

The rest of the bill is also features Friday headliner Friendly Fires and four-time Brit nominated and multi million selling singer-songwriter George Ezra on Saturday, as well as featuring the likes of Peace, De La Soul, Jake Bugg, Everything Everything, The Amazons, We Are Scientists, Pale Waves, Fickle Friends, Marika Hackman, Rat Boy and many more.

Truck Festival prides itself as the “anti major festival” has long championed local artists and celebrated the music scene with Oxford’s own Gaz Coombes back this year, as well as Oxfordshire based artists such as KanadiaLittle Brother Eli, Switch DJ’s, Low Island, I Cried Wolf, Leader and Oxford Symphony Orchestra

The festival launched its Band App earlier this year, which offers the chance for local bands to submit their music to Truck’s organisers to bag a spot to play the festival. Truck Festival’s organisers personally listen to every single submission. Artists should upload their music to Truck’s website by 30th March - 
https://truckfestival.com/contact/band-app/  
 
The full Truck Festival 2018 line up (artists in bold just announced):  
Friendly Fires, George Ezra, Courteeners, De La Soul, Jake Bugg, Editors, Everything Everything, Circa Waves, Drenge, Peace, The Amazons, Rat Boy, Gaz Coombes, The Sherlocks, Moose Blood, We Are Scientists, Kurupt FM, Shy FX, Redlight, Holy Goof, Skepsis, Darkzy, Dimension, Macky Gee, Bru C, Switch DJ’s, MJ Cole, Barely Legal, The Magic Gang, Marika Hackman, Fickle Friends, Lewis Capaldi, Coasts, Blaenavon, Tom Walker, Pale Waves, HMTLD, Gengahr, Jaws, Black Honey, Dream Wife
Boston Manor, Turbowolf, The Night Cafe, King No-One, The Orielles, Low Island, Bad Sounds, High Tyde, Anteros, Naaz, PINS, Girli, Stereo Honey, Whenyoung, Pink Kink, Bloxx, Milk TeethYowl, Hey Charlie, DoeHellions,
Bloody Knees, The Spook School, Gaffa Tape Sandy, Fang Club, Sorry, Sports Team, Lady Bird, Seagirls, Delta Sleep, Nervus, DoeOrchards, Happy Accidents, Bessie Turner, Gender Roles, Hotel Lux, Magique, itoldyouiwouldeatyou, Leader, Kanadia, Little Brother Eli, I Cried Wolf, DJ Elban, Mr Motivator, Reggae Aerobics, Oxford Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets & Prices
Weekend ticket prices are £110.
Thursday add on passes are £25.

 

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