The first names have been announced for this year's Latitude Festival. Russell Howard will be one of the bill-toppers in the comedy tent.
Latitude returns to the stunning grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk, from 21st July - 24th July 2022. Lewis Capaldi, Foals, Snow Patrol, Maggie Rogers, Little Simz, Manic Street Preachers, Phoebe Bridgers, Groove Armada and Fontaines D.C. also top the eclectic bill where music and arts meet foodie feasts and family fun in a joyous weekend of cultural discovery. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 4th March here.
Famed for cultivating artists, cinch presents Latitude is proud to welcome Foals back as headliners. The band played their first ever headline festival slot at Latitude way back in 2013 following a 2008 slot. Foal’s forthcoming album Life Is Yours is made for a euphoric hot summer. Recent single 2am is a joyous, dance-tinged track and follows the triumphant and upbeat Wake Me Up. The forthcoming album is the follow-up to the band's ambitious Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost.
Foals said, “We're honoured & thrilled to be headlining Latitude this year. It's especially significant to us as our first ever festival headline set was at Latitude almost ten years ago and we remember the rush of that show like it's today; it felt like being handed the controls to a jumbo jet at 35k feet...Latitude helped us and many other great UK bands realise their potential. We couldn't be happier to come back on the Saturday night to remind everyone & ourselves how powerful & euphoric live music can be.”
Double BRIT Award winner Lewis Capaldi makes his cinch presents Latitude debut as one of the UK’s biggest music success stories. Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent was the top-selling album of 2019 and 2020, breaking the record for the most consecutive weeks in the chart for any solo artist. The album became gold-certified one week after release, and still holds the record for the most-streamed week 1 debut album. The album spawned such singles as Grace, Hold Me While You Wait, and Someone You Loved, which topped the charts in the US and the UK.
This year’s comedy bill will be bigger than ever. Taking the first headline slot on the Comedy Arena stage is Russell Howard, who stops off at Henham Park fresh from his record breaking world tour. Howard is one of the UK’s most successful comedians. Now in its fifth series, The Russell Howard Hour has had over 400 million views across social media and was the most successful new entertainment series to launch on Sky One since 2010, whilst Russell Howard’s Good News was BBC Three’s best-performing entertainment show and received a new home on BBC Two for its ninth and tenth seasons, where it averaged over 3 million viewers per episode.
Russell Howard said, “Can’t wait to headline Latitude. Such a brilliant festival and always has an excellent range of music and comedy.”
Among the first comedy acts announced today is multi-award-winning comedian and poet Tim Key who will perform his acclaimed lyrical sell-out show Mulberry. The unapologetically funny comedian, writer, actor and broadcaster Rosie Jones will also return to Henham Park, as will irreverent Dublin comedian David O Doherty, while Taskmaster's Alex Horne is getting the band together and bringing musical comedy act The Horne Section to the Comedy stage. Also announced today is multi-award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Have I Got News For You, Live at the Apollo) and recent winner of the Funny Women Stage Award, Lara Ricote.
Live at the Apollo star Maisie Adam, fierce BBC New Comedy Award finalist Lily Philips, critically-acclaimed comedian Michael Odewale, and Rachel Fairburn, stand up comedian and co-host of smash hit podcast All Killa No Filla also join the line-up.
Following a storming first Latitude appearance last summer, co-star of the Brew with the Bennetts podcast Scott Bennett returns to the Comedy Arena, as does star of cult-hit satirical series The Tez O’Clock Show and Man like Mobeen and author Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 ¾, Tez Ilyas. Elsewhere on the site, expect performances from surreal storyteller and star of his own BBC Radio 1 series Andy Field and LGBTQ New Comedian of the Year 2019 Charlie George.
In a brand new ongoing partnership with the UK's longest-running new comedy contest, So You Think You are Funny, cinch presents Latitude will also showcase 2021 winner Omar Badawy. Latitude will once again play host to the Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists and The Comedy Store makes a welcome return.
Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 4th March here.
