Wu-Tang Clan are heading to Cornwall!. On the 9th of August The Hip-Hop icons will be taking to the of the mainstage at Boardmasters Festival, just outside of Newquay. The East Coast legends announced their attendance via twitter today and will be joining already confirmed headliners Florence and The Machine and Foals. The festival also revealed Liverpudlian indie rockers the Wombats will be headlining the Land of Saints stage on the Friday night.
See you at the beach.
BOARDMASTERS FESTIVAL at CORNWALL
August 7th to 11th, 2019
get your tickets here: https://t.co/v1CtD3XNv6pic.twitter.com/Ykz8ra7Nkg— Wu Tang Clan (@WuTangClan) February 21, 2019
The Hip Hop legends will be headlining the main stage on the Friday night. Joining them on the Friday are northern parties and self confessed ‘techno fans’ The Wombats. Before them on the Friday are Mabel, Razorlight and special guest, Giggs. Saturday night sees singing legend Florence And The Machine headline with grime hero Dizzie Rascal and Brit’s Critic Choice Award winner Sam Fender playing before her. Closing the festival on Sunday are Slaves, Plan B and Headliners Foals.
It’s here! A third wave of acts have been revealed. Hip-hop legends @WuTangClan will bring their East Coast vibes to Boardmasters as your Friday headliners – joined by @thewombats@bearsdenmusic@mahalia and already announced @flo_tweet and @foals! + more https://t.co/MbC211nh8kpic.twitter.com/ZHfbpdnY4w — Boardmasters (@boardmasters) February 21, 2019
Outside of the mainstage there are 11 other music venues across the festival. The ‘Unleashed’ arena is home of one of the biggest dance clubs the South West has to offer and will be raving until the early hours of the morning. The open air raves will be happening at ‘The Point’ will previous dance legends Pete Tong and Camelphat having headlined the beachside parties. The ‘View’ and ‘Land of Saints’ stages will host the best independent rockers and smaller bands for the best vibes on the coastline. ‘The Net Loft’ and ‘Coney Island’ offer a journey into the unkown and unexpected for festival goers whilst ‘Sunsets’ and ‘Keg and Pasty’ will soundtrack some of the best local artisan food and drinks. And lets not forget the countries largest silent disco on the Wednesday and Thursday.
It’s not just incredible music at the festival, the famous North Atlantic coast will also be home to some of the worlds best surfers. Every year Boardmasters hosts an annual surfing contest which is free to watch for all festival attendees. Beginners classes and intermediate lessons are also available for everybody across 300 miles of beautiful Cornish Coastline.
“Boardmasters is one of the highlights of my year and I feel so lucky to have it right on my doorstep! Surfing all day, music all night, making memories with friends and camping out on the Cornish coastline.” – Boardmasters 2019 Surf Ambassador Tassy Swallow pic.twitter.com/SlKjMer5yJ
— Boardmasters (@boardmasters) February 17, 2019
2019 also sees the 25th anniversary of Wu-Tang’s debut album “Enter The Wu-Tang(36 Chambers)”. The album is seen as one of the masterpieces of hip-hop and a timeless classic. As part of this celebration Wu-Tang Clan announced a joint European tour called ‘Gods Of Rap’ with Public Enemy and De La Soul.
Gods Of Rap Tour Dates:
10/05/19 – Wembley SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom
11/05 – Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
12/05 – SSE Hydro, Glasgow, United Kingdom
14/05 – 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
17/05 – AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France
21/05 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
23/05 – Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
