Latitude Festival - Damon Albarn announced as Saturday Headliner

July 19th 2014

Suffolk, Henham Park, UK

Damon Albarn will headline 2014's Latitude Festival!

Latitude is thrilled that the awesome British musician Damon Albarn (Blur) who will make an exclusive festival appearance following the release of his hotly anticipated solo album ‘Everyday Robots’ in April 2014. Latitude is hugely excited that his performance at the festival on Saturday 19th July will be his only UK festival appearance. Damon is no stranger to the festival having appeared at Latitude in 2007 as part of the super group The Good, The Bad and the Queen.

As a musician who constantly challenges conventional boundaries and norms with his creativity, Damon Albarn is a perfect fit for such an innovative festival and now audiences will be delighted to see him appear for his first ever festival performance as a solo artist at Latitude 2014. Damon Albarn’s eclectic musical style and observational lyrics have made him one of the UK’s most influential and consistently interesting musicians. He is the recipient of five Brit Awards, two Ivor Novello awards and a Grammy award, with a career that started with Blur and spans Gorillaz, The Good, The Bad and the Queen, Mali Music, Monkey: Journey to the West, Dr Dee and Africa Express.

We are thrilled to welcome him to Latitude for 2014. Albarn joins other Latitude exclusive performances including Two door cinema Club making their first festival headline appearance; Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp and Swedish Indie Pop pioneer Robyn in a special joint appearance as part of their 'Do it Again' 2014 tour, the only opportunity in the UK to see the tour.

Winner of the BBC Radio 2 Folk awards ‘Roots Award’, Billy Bragg and his band will be stopping off at Latitude for a UK festival exclusive performance and finally the colourful and Psychedelic Experimental Swedish band Goat who have a magnificent live show, which can only be seen at Latitude this summer.

Check Out! the Video for 'Everyday Robot' Below...