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1 May 2019, 16:56 | Updated: 1 May 2019, 17:01
Rewind Festival is back for 2019!
But who will be playing and when? And what's it all about?
Here's all the big facts for this year's huge event...
Rewind is an annual music festival that takes place in Temple Island Meadows, Remenham, Berkshire near Henley-on-Thames in England, Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire in England, and Scone Palace, Perthshire in Scotland. It was first held in August 2009.
Originally called '80s Rewind Festival', the events showcase artists that had success in the 1980s.
The three festivals will take place on:
- Rewind Scotland, Scone Palace - July 19-21
- Rewind North, Capesthorne Hall, Macclesfield - August 2-4
- Rewind South, Henley-On-Thames - August 16-18
There are many artists performing, but here are the big highlights:
REWIND SCOTLAND
- Bryan Ferry
- Foreigner
- Lisa Stansfield
- Paul Young
- The Stranglers
- Lulu
- Belinda Carlisle
- Midge Ure
- Hazel O'Connor
- Eddi Reader
- Big Country
- The Undertones
- The Primitives
- Joyce Sims
- Hipsway
- The Skids
- Black Box
- Martin Kemp (DJ set)
- Bjorn Again
- The Dire Straits Experience
REWIND NORTH
- Gloria Gaynor
- UB40 Feat Ali Campbell and Astro
- Cutting Crew
- Level 42
- Bananarama
- Heaven 17
- Thin Lizzy
- Tiffany
- The Selecter
- Heather Small
- Cutting Crew
- Hazel O'Connor
- The Undertones
- The Primitives
- Neville Staple
- Joyce Sims
- Black Box
- Martin Kemp (DJ set)
- Bjorn Again
- The Dire Straits Experience
- Hosted by The Doctor (from Doctor and the Medics) and Toyah
REWIND SOUTH
- Michael Bolton
- Sister Sledge
- UB40 fest Ali Campbell and Astro
- Paul Young
- Heaven 17
- Heather Small
- Four Tops
- Sister Sledge
- Lulu
- Belinda Carlisle
- The Wailers
- Tiffany
- The Selecter
- Grandmaster Flash
- Midge Ure
- Kim Appleby
- Hazel O'Connor
- The Undertones
- Neville Staple
- The Dire Straits Experience
- Hosted by The Doctor (from Doctor and the Medics) and Toyah
SCOTLAND COMEDY LINE-UP
Phil Jupitus
Jimeoin
Emmanuel Sonubi
Fred McCaulay
Christopher McArthur-Boyd
NORTH COMEDY LINE-UP
Russell Kane
Lost Voice Guy
Justin Moorhouse
Andre Vincent
SOUTH COMEDY LINE-UP
Joel Dommett
Tom Allen
Angela Barnes
The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue
Dave Johns
CINEMA PARADISO – ALL VENUES
Cinema: new to this year is a retro cinema that will be playing some of the best films ever made as voted for by the Rewind audience.
KIDS PROGRAMME
A revamped family offering will occur this year, with scavenger hunts, The Youngertones Disco, costume making, arts and crafts and giant games.
You can get tickets for the event right here.