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featuring Gary US Bonds, and chart topping
Nina Nesbitt. The American invasion continues
with Illinois rocker Lissie and Grammy-Award
winning country new-girl Kacey Musgraves.
Other artists include 60s icon Georgie Fame
with Guy Barker’s 16 piece big band, pop-hit
makers Scouting for Girls, and Scottish rock
legends Simple Minds.
Come Sunday, the festival goes pop with
performances from X Factor 2013 winner Sam
Bailey and finalist Luke Friend, and an eclectic
cocktail of Caribbean flavoured Kid Creole &
The Coconuts, 70s hit-makers 10cc and the
Japanese Jeff Beck ‘Kill Bill’ theme tune writer
Tomoyasu Hotei. Closing the festival on the
Songbird Stage is Celtic fusion band Peatbog
Faeries, with Sunday’s main stage headliner still
under wraps.
Also at Cornbury 2014…
A great line-up of comedy stars including
Al Murray, Jeremy Hardy and Miles Jupp,
the fantastic children’s zone with countless
programmes along with an extensive
fairground and the return of the brilliant
Festival of Words hosted by Qi and Unbound.
‘Once again I think we’ve managed to
get a brilliant cross-section of great
music – which is of course what we’re
all about. Lots of old favourites, all
great performers along with some
very diverse new talent from a double
Grammy Award winning new country
star to an X Factor winner with a
brilliant story. Old and new Top 10
artists along with international faces
- a Japanese movie score writer and
US bluesmen - with British national
treasures to boot. With Cornbury’s
unique family atmosphere, it’s going to
be a lot of fun.’
Cornbury Music Festival Director,
Hugh Phillimore: