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Haim, Skepta, The Avalanches and more join the Øya Festival line-up
The Norwegian bash has finalised its 2016 billing, and it’s a doozy.

Noway’s Øya Festival has finalised its 2016 line-up, with Haim, Skepta, The Avalanches and a tonne more acts joining the bill.
In addition to those three smash hits, the following have leapt aboard the week-long Oslo bash (deep breath, now):
Mad Professor, Nicole Saboune (SE), DJ EZ, Arca, Christine & The Queens, The Black Madonna, Prins Thomas (NO), Vant, Whitney, Ary (NO), Aiming For Enrike (NO), Arif (NO), King Sushi x Kobe (NO), Jessy Lanza, Fatima Yamaha, Fort Romeau, Sweden (NO), Viagra Boys (SE), Hedvig Mollestad Trio (NO), Jlin, Frøder (NO), Øyvind Morken (NO), Amanda Bergman (SE), Apothek (NO), Okkultokrati (NO), Sibiir (NO), Farida (NO), Ingebjørg Bratland (NO), Charlotte Bendiks (NO), Matt Karmil, Mats Wawa (NO).
Phew. They all join the likes of Jamie xx, Foals, PJ Harvey, Chvrches, The Kills, FIDLAR, Rat Boy and bloody loads more - tickets are available alongside the full line-up on Øya’s website.
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