Vampire Weekend & Jessie Ware Join Optimus Alive 2013 Line-Up

Vampire Weekend and Jessie Ware are two of the latest acts to be added to this year’s Optimus Alive festival.

The Portuguese music festival has made another round of line up announcements, including the likes of AlunaGeorge, Jamie Lidell, Icona Pop, Disclosure and Gold Panda, Death From Above 1979, Japandroids and Crystal Castles.

They’ll all be joining Depeche Mode, Kings Of Leon and Green Day who will be headlining the weekend. Elsewhere on the line-up you’ll find the brilliant Biffy Clyro, as well as the winners of last year’s Mercury prize; Alt-J, Tame Impala, Django Django, Of Monsters And Men, Two Door Cinema Club and Phoenix.

Editors, fresh from the recording studio, are also due to make an appearance at the festival, and Twin Shadow will be bringing his 80s infused pop to the Sunday afternoon.Optimus Alive takes place in Oeiras, which is close to Lisbon between the 12th and 14th July. Tickets are priced at £105 per person including camping, or £89.30 without, and TAP Airlines are also offering festival goers a 10% discount on their flights. For further information, visit the Festival website.