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Field Day 2015 line-up: FKA twigs joins Patti Smith and Ride

The singer will perform alongside other newly confirmed acts including Radiohead's Philip Selway and hip hop duo Run the Jewels

Daisy Wyatt
Monday 19 January 2015 10:14 GMT
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FKA Twigs performs on stage
FKA Twigs performs on stage (Getty Images)

Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominee FKA twigs will play Field Day this summer, festival organisers have confirmed.

The singer, songwriter and producer, whose debut album LP1 was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2014, will play alongside newly confirmed acts including hip hop super duo Run the Jewels and electronic music producer Hudson Mohawke.

Radiohead’s drummer Philip Selway also joins the second wave of acts to be confirmed for the East London festival, including Norwegian comic disco producer Todd Terje and his band The Olsens, New England's Tune-Yards and US electro duo Sylvan Esso.

The artists will join already confirmed acts including Patti Smith, Caribou, Django Django, Mac DeMarco and headline act Ride.

Field Day 2015 line-up

More acts for the two-day music festival are due to be announced soon.

Field Day will be held in Victoria Park on 6-7 June. Tickets are on sale now.

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