Alt-J, Royal Blood, Death Cab For Cutie to play Dutch fest Best Kept Secret

53 acts have been confirmed for this year’s Best Kept Secret Festival, taking place from 19th-21st June 2015 in Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands.

Alt-J and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds lead the first wave of acts, with The Libertines, Royal Blood and Death Can For Cutie also confirmed to play.

The Vaccines and Future Islands have also been confirmed, with other highlights arriving in the form of Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood (playing with the London Contemporary Orchestra), METZ, Alvvays and Hookworms.

The Jesus and Mary Chain will also appear, playing their ‘Psychocandy’ album in full.

See the full list of confirmed acts below. Tickets go on sale this weekend from 12pm, 7th February, priced from 125 euros (£94).

Best Kept Secret 2015, confirmed acts:

alt-J, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, The Libertines, Royal Blood, The Tallest Man On Earth, The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy live, Black Mountain, Chet Faker, Death Cab For Cutie, First Aid Kit, Future Islands, Jonny Greenwood & The London Contemporary Orchestra, Earl Sweatshirt, SOHN, Mew, The Vaccines, BADBADNOTGOOD, Ariel Pink, Bass Drum Of Death, Binkbeats, Kindness, Dan Deacon, Daniel Romano, Eagulls, Fickle Friends, Hookworms, Kate Tempest, Little May, Matthew E. White, METZ, OFF!, Pissed Jeans, Sunset Sons, Alvvays, Evian Christ, Gengahr, Hinds, Steve Gunn, Daniel Wilson, Outfit, Liima, Kiasmos, Pretty Vicious, Wolf Alice, Reigning Sound, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Strand of Oaks, Waxahatchee, Weval (live), Yak, Future Brown, Of Monsters & Men, Yung Lean & Sadboys.

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