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GALWAY BAND The Latchikos - Aindiras de Staic, Timmy Scanalan, and Eimhin Cradock - are set to play Glastonbury but will do a show in Galway before then.

Duke Special is heading west this summer to play the Galway Arts Festival Big Top as support to Bell X1 on Saturday July 16.

2010 has been a great year for The Saw Doctors with sell-out tours in Australia, USA, and the UK in the first half of the year, summer festival appearances at Glastonbury in June, Oxegen in July, and the V Festivals in August, culminating in the September release of the band’s long awaited new studio album, The Further Adventures of The Saw Doctors. And what better way to celebrate 2010 ticking into 2011 than by joining them for the biggest New Year’s Eve party in the west in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar.

The Festival Big Top is set to join a list of iconic festivals that are hosting great musical talent this summer. Following their enchanting performance at this year’s Glastonbury music festival, American group Bon Iver will bring their haunting melodies from their critically acclaimed album For Emma, Forever Ago, to the Festival Big Top on Thursday, July 23 at 8.30pm. Having shared the ‘Other Stage’, one of Glastonbury’s main stages, with music greats including The Prodigy, Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party, Bon Iver’s Galway gig will offer the unique opportunity to savour the group’s acclaimed live performance in a unique setting following their sets on the stages of Glastonbury and Lollapalooza. Supporting Bon Iver at their Galway performance is Alela Diane, one of America’s most captivating contemporary singer/songwriters who has also just performed on Glastonbury’s The Park Stage. Following her performance at this years Glastonbury and having already caused a huge stir with her new release To Be Still, Alela Diane’s show with Bon Iver is the most highly anticipated musical performance in Galway this summer.