Festivals
The Xcerts & The Twilight Sad added to 2000 Trees line-up
Other new additions to the Upcote Farm fest include We Were Promised Jetpacks and The Amazing Snakeheads.
The Xcerts and The Twilight Sad are just two of the new names that have been added to the line-up of this year’s 2000 Trees festival.
The two latest acts to be confirmed for the Upcote Farm fest lead the charge in the latest artist announcement, which also includes We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Amazing Snakeheads, Feed The Rhino, Turbowolf, Jonah Matranga and Tellison.
The latest run of bands confirmed to join this year’s weekender will appear alongside the already-announced Deaf Havana, Kerbdog, Pulled Apart by Horses, Arcane Roots, Solemn Sun, Rob Lynch, Big Sixes, Allusondrugs, Nothing But Thieves and Milk Teeth.
Ahead of the three-day main event, The Computers, The Cadbury Sisters &U&I, Thrill Collins, The St. Pierre Snake Invasion, Bridges, Lonely Yourist and Rozelle will perform on the Thursday early entry night.
2000 Trees takes place between 9th - 11th July at Upcote Farm, Cheltenham. Tickets are available from twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/tickets.
Records, etc at

The Xcerts - In The Cold Wind We Smile
The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead - 15th Anniversary Edition
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters.
The Xcerts - Hold on to Your Heart
The Twilight Sad - It's The Long Goodbye
The Twilight Sad - It Won't Be Like This All the Time
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