Citadel Festival has revealed the first wave of acts on its 2019 line-up, which sees some of todays hottest artists set to perform at the summer festival. Leading the names is Catfish & The Bottlemen, who have been announced as this year’s headliners. The festival will be returning to, Gunnersbury Park, on Sunday the 14th of July 2019.
The first wave of artists, for this year’s Citadel Festival, have been announced today (February 25), with Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, Friendly Fires and Bear’s Den, among the other leading acts that feature on the top of the bill. Meanwhile, the following acts are also on the bill and will be joining the already stellar line-up is Matt Corby, DMA’s, Honeyblood, Dream Wife, The Coronas, Fontaines DC and many more.
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Joining Catfish and The Bottlemen, on the Main stage, at the festival will be Rag ’N’ Bone Man, Friendly Fires, DMA’s, Dream Wife, The Coronas, and Balcony. Meanwhile, the Communion stage will feature Bear’s Den, Matt Corby, Honeyblood, Matthew and the Atlas, The Teskey Brothers, Cleopatrick, Banfi, and MarthaGunn.
Concluding the first wave of acts, and playing the DIY stage is Tinariwen, Hyukoh, Fontaines DC, Talos, The Murder Capital, Squid, Bill Jefferson, and Cosmic Strip. Citadel will return for its fifth edition, this summer, having first launched back in 2015, in Victoria Park. Tickets will go on sale, on the 27th of February 2019, at 9am, and can be purchased here.
This will be its second year at its new west London home of Gunnersbury Park, which also hosts Lovebox. The festival isn’t all about the music as there will also be a gathering of some of London’s best known food traders, including Patty and Bun, Other Side Fried and Only Jerkin’.
Last year’s Citadel festival featured the likes of Leon Bridges, Chvrches, and, headliners in Aussie indie psych outfit, Tame Impala. Catfish will head to Gunnersbury Park for their first headline slot at the festival, this year. Their set will feature a selection of new material to fit amongst some of their biggest hits and live favourites, including Kathleen and 7.
It’s set to be a busy summer for Catfish & The Bottlemen, who recently released new single, ‘Fluctuate’, ahead of their third album, ‘The Balance’, which is set to hit the shelves, on the 26th of April 2019. The album was recorded with Jacknife Lee, who has worked with the likes of The Killers and U2, in County Westmeath’s Grouse Lodge Studios.
Speaking about the album, Catfish & The Bottlemen frontman, Van McCan, said: “He was the first up and the last awake. It’s good when you’re completely engulfed in recording in a place like that, living together, because every day and all day it was about the songs. We had fun too; they were the funniest album sessions we’ve done.”
