• First Acts Announced for Longitude 2017

    March 1, 2017 - By 

    Having recently scooped the ‘Best Medium Festival’ award at the Irish festival awards, the first acts confirmed to play this year’s Longitude Festival in Dublin from July 14-16 has just been revealed. With more to be announced for the annual Marlay Park festival in the coming months, The Weeknd will headline the Saturday and Mumford & Sons will top the bill on the Sunday. Elsewhere, Skepta, Picture This, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Jack Garratt, Kaytranada, Glass Animals, Mac Miller, Kaleo, Wiley, Dua Lipa, Milky Chance, Tom Misch, Loyle Carner, Lucy Rose, The Very Best, Jorja Smith, Her, Raye and Rexe Orange County…

  • Longitude 2016: Sunday

    July 20, 2016 - By 

    It’s not the norm for a three-day music festival here to have perfect weather from start to finish. It just isn’t. Yet somehow it’s clear to all that the sun gods are well and truly shining down on the side of Longitude’s promoters and its thousands of sun cream covered attendees this weekend. Upon entering the main arena there is a noticeable throwback to the early days of Oxegen where the bars and countless food stalls attempt to keep everyone penned in due to its arching layout. Not to be left out, there is a palpable Electric Picnic vibe when you…

  • Longitude 2016: Saturday

    July 19, 2016 - By 

    The sun ushers in a sold out audience to the second day of Longitude 2016. After a Friday that was on the verge of ruin due to an over aggressive, extremely young audience, Saturday seems to have drawn a much softer crowd and it’s well needed. First off, Rejjie Snow (below) continues the hip-hop focus of the weekend with a blend of recognised tracks and new cuts. With the energy and stage presence of a performer far beyond his experience, Snow captivates his early afternoon audience. His new material has a vibrant toughness unseen before and it looks like his upcoming…

  • Longitude 2016: Friday

    July 18, 2016 - By 

    ‘None of you are Muslim, are ya?’ says the taxi driver coolly. It’s a remarkably, calmly delivered piece of xenophobia, proving that the sun even has a good effect on bigots. So though it may have made for a frosty entrance it provides a good talking point in the slow moving traffic as we make our way to the start of the flat-footed, full-blooded, bloated, banter-filled beginning of festival season proper. Because today is day one of Longitude 2016 a festival with a good reputation, an impressive line-up and the most important headliner of this year. So while sitting in…

  • Festival Mixtape: Longitude 2016

    July 12, 2016 - By 

    Set to return to Dublin’s Marlay Park this weekend, the three-day line-up for this year’s Longitude is easily one of the strongest of the Irish summer festival calendar. Headlined by Kendrick Lamar, Major Lazer and The National – as well as featuring the likes of Jamie xx, Father John Misty (pictured), Run The Jewels, Laura Mvula, Courtney Barnett, Vic Mensa and Kurt Vile & The Violators – organisers have struck a keen balance with both genre and the ratio between homegrown artists and much bigger acts. Ahead of what’s set to be yet another memorable weekend for the MCD-run festival, stream our 30…

  • Final Acts Added to Longitude 2016 Bill

    July 7, 2016 - By 

    With just over one week to go, Rusangano Family (above), Wyvern Lingo and Daithí are amongst a string of homegrown acts making up the final line-up announcement for this year’s Longitude, which is set to take place at Dublin’s Marlay Park next weekend. Also set to join the likes of Run The Jewels, Father John Misty, Roisin Murphy, Jamie XX and headliners Kendrick Lamar, Major Lazer and The National are HamsandwicH, We Cut Corners, Cork singer-songwriter Brian Deady and District 8 DJs. A limited number of 2 day and 3 day weekend festival tickets are on sale now. Check out the…

  • Longitude Announce 45 New Acts, Day-to-Day Breakdown

    April 29, 2016 - By 

    With the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Major Lazer and the National already announced to play, Run The Jewels (pictured), Kurt Vile & The Violators and Laura Mvula are amongst 45 new acts confirmed to play this year’s Longitude at Dublin’s Marlay Park on Friday, July 15 to Sunday, July 17. With the likes of Vic Mensa, Annie Mac, Perfume Genius, Daughter, Stormzy, The Lumineers and Nina Kraviz also amongst the new additions, organisers have also revealed the day-to-day breakdown for this year’s outing: Red Bull have also announced their line-up for the Red Bull Woodlands stage, featuring the likes Ghostboy, The 2 Bears,…

  • Longitude 2015

    July 21, 2015 - By 

    Friday It wouldn’t be a festival without the uncertainty in the weather conditions, and as they shifted from heavy rain to beaming sunshine and back three times an hour, there was still a large turnout for the early opening time as buses pulled up coming from all across Ireland. Day One of Longitude had started. While the showers may have been scattered, the talent was constantly on show across the four stages, and as Wyvern Lingo opens the main stage, Haelos set up on the Whelan’s stage. A three-piece electronic band whose numbers double in the live environment with soothing…

  • The Frames – Longitude

    June 29, 2015 - By 

    The Frames have been together in one form or another for twenty-five years and counting. A quarter of a century. That’s a pretty impressive innings, given their profession that they have made it up as they’ve gone along, more ambling than shambling, steadily building up an avid fan base the world over. Not many bands can claim such an achievement – the bonhomie that keeps this fraternity chugging along is clearly genuine, a deep bond that has been forged from years of grinding against an industry that is largely indifferent to proper songs that cannot be squeezed into an easily…

  • More Acts Set for Longitude

    May 20, 2015 - By 

    With just under two months to go to go until the festival, several new acts have been confirmed to play Longitude 2015. Set to take place at Dublin’s Marlay Park across the weekend of Friday, July 17 to Sunday, July 19, the following acts are amongst the latest additions: Le Galaxie / Carl Craig / Cashmere Cat / Leon Bridges / Josef Salvat/ Haelos / All Tvvins / Brame / EMBRZ / Frank B / Jeremy Underground / Wife / Shane Linehan / Hubie Davison / Niall D’Arcy / John Daly / Faune / 4Wrd Grad / Contour / Lee…