Are You Listening? Festival adds last names to 2018 line-up

Words: Ellie Ward

Reading's Are You Listening? Festival, which takes place on Saturday April 28 in aid of Reading Mencap, has announced the final names for its 2018 line-up.

The main acts joining the bill are Lancaster gonzo rockers The Lovely Eggs; alternate indie supergroup The Surfing Magazines; Radio X new music guru John Kennedy; four-times UK Beatboxing Champion Grace Savage; Gareth Malone’s choir competition finalists The Bulmershe Ensemble; long-time Field Music collaborator Slug; Reading troubador Ben Marwood; and the hauntingly beautiful The Last Dinosaur.

They join the likes of previously announced Bristol punks Idles; Sunderland indie-pop kings Field Music; Breakbeat pioneers Plump DJs; BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq; krautdance duo Warm Digits; Radio 1 party starter Phil Taggart; Liverpool haze pop-ers Her’s; indie rising stars Yonaka and many more.

For more information and tickets, visit the festival website.