Bjork to Headline Melt!

Set against a breathtaking backdrop of five huge hulking coal mining diggers that tower into the sky, Melt! is a unique music festival on the Ferropolis peninsula surrounded by Lake Gremmin in Germany.

It takes place from the 18th – 20th July with headlining performances from Björk, Franz Ferdinand and the Editors. The Victoria's Jukebox favourites, Hot Chip even included live performances of ‘Shake a Fist’ and ‘Boy from School’ performed at Melt! on their new album ‘Made in the Dark’.

Melt! seeks to mix guitars, beatboxes and vinyl grooves so perfectly that indie boys will dance with raver girls while hip hop heads wave their glowsticks.

This will be the 11th year of the festival and due to great demand a third day has been added to the program. More than 80 live acts and DJs will perform on 6 stages, firing the crowd up from late afternoon until well into the wee small hours…. and the last beats don’t fade until long after the sun has risen over the lake again.

If you fancy a European festival this year you could do a lot worse than this. Shame its on at the same time as Benicassim:(

CONFIRMED ACTS SO FAR:

Björk* // Franz Ferdinand* // Editors // Ben Folds** // The Gossip* // Turbostaat // Booka Shade* // Alter Ego // Miss Kittin & The Hacker (live)* // Boys Noize // Moonbootica // Efdemin // Len Faki // The Teenagers // Die Türen // Kompakt label special: Supermayer (live) // Burger/Voigt (live) // Gui Boratto // Tobias Thomas** // Bpitch label special: Modeselektor (live) // Ellen Allien // Sascha Funke // Tomas Andersson Man Recordings: Crookers // Daniel Haaksman u.v.a. tba**

TICKETS:

Tickets start at €45 (plus booking fee) and are on sale now:
1-day ticket Björk + 4 more acts tba (Sun 20th July 2008): €45 (plus booking fee)
2-day ticket (Fri 18th & Sat 19th July 2008 + free Sleepless Floor on Sunday 20th July 2008): €65 (plus booking fee)
3-day ticket (Fri 18th & Sat 19th & Sun 20th July 2008): €85 euros (plus booking fee)

www.mirkomarken.de (via paypal) Please note that there will be a PER-TICKET-charge for orders via paypal. www.TixForGigs.co.uk/melt (via paypal) Please note that there will be a PER-TICKET-charge for orders via paypal.