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NewsFirst secret Glastonbury collaboration revealedThis year's Glastonbury is set for a series of unique collaborations between African artists and the Western bands playing the festival, NME.COM can reveal. Africa Express which takes place on the new The Park Stage from 7pm on Saturday night (June 23) and will see a host of one off performances. The likes of Hard-Fi, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly and Martha Wainwright are among the artists who will team-up with African based musicians on the night. More names, possibly including some of the festival's big hitters, will be revealed on the night while Fatboy Slim will spin his first ever "African" DJ set and legendary drummer Tony Allen is also set to take part. "I was keen this year to make a mark with African music, hence the special eight hour set Africa Express from African bands collaborating with Western artists on The Park Stage," said organiser Emily Eavis of the booking. "It looks set to be one of the highlights of this year's festival, with some extraordinary surprises. We're really pushing the boundaries and we're trying to get as many people on stage as possible." Africa Express was founded by a group of musicians after 2005's Live8 in reaction to the perceived lack of African artists on global the bill. Although there have been small events before, the Glastonbury slot will be the project's first major outing. Placebo join Projekt Revolution line-up Placebo have been added to the Projekt Revolution tour line-up, kicking off in July. The trio will join My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Taking Back Sunday and H.I.M on the tour, which will run through September 3. The tour was created by Linkin Park as part of their 'Music For Relief' programme which helps aid victims of world catastrophes and combat global warming. Personally selected by Linkin Park, the bands follow previous Projekt Revolution acts including Korn, Snoop Dogg and Cypress Hill. Meanwhile, Linkin Park are gearing up for the release of their third album 'Minutes to Midnight' which will be released tomorrow (May 15) The Projekt Revolution tour dates are: Marysville, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre (July 27) San Bernardino, CA Hyundai Pavilion (28) Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View (29) Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion (August 1) Selma, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (3) Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Centre (4) Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (5) Atlanta, GA HiFi Buys Amphitheatre (7) Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (8) West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre (10) Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre (11) Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre (13) Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater (14) Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater (15) Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center (17) Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center (18) Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion (19) Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre (21) Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre (22) Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts (24) Camden, NJ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront (25) Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center (26) Syracuse, NY NY State Fair (28) Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center (29) Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center (31) Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (September 1) Englewood, CO Coors Amphitheatre (3) |
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