Music Uncategorized

Music | Bushmills Live 2014 full line up announced

The full line-up has been announced for the Bushmills Live 2014 festival which will take place on 12 June at the Old Bushmills Distillery on Ireland’s north coast.

Acts from Ireland, UK and America will join headliners The 1975, along with Gary Lightbody’s supergroup Tired Pony at the world’s only festival of handcrafted whiskey and music in an Irish Whiskey Distillery.

Luke Sital-Singh
Luke Sital-Singh

English singer/songwriter Luke Sital-Singh who was nominated for the BBC’s “Sound of 2014” joins the line up. Luke’s mentor is friend of Bushmills Live and Tired Pony member Iain Archer. Luke said: “Iain and I shared the occasional Bushmills while making my debut album and he’s always talked about the unique atmosphere at Bushmills Live. I’m very excited to experience it for myself!”

 

Rubblebucket
Rubblebucket

The winner of last year’s Bushmills Live Legacy Fund – an initiative set-up to help artists’ career progression – David C. Clements is returning to play the main stage having toured with Snow Patrol and Ed Sheeran recently. The winner of this year’s Legacy Fund, home-grown Belfast band Levity Breaks, will also perform.  Two other acclaimed artists – Matthew And The Atlas and Rubblebucket – complete the line-up.

Matthew and the Atlas will play Bushmills Live 2014
Matthew and the Atlas

Thousands of whiskey and music fans entered an online competition at facebook.com/bushmills to win tickets to ‘Bushmills Live 2014’ and the 700 lucky festival-goers are set to enjoy the perfect mix of handcrafted whiskey and music in the unique surroundings of the distillery.

Bushmills Irish Whiskey Master Distiller Colum Egan said: “It’s fantastic to have such a rich and varied array of talent coming to play at the distillery – from Brooklyn to Belfast and beyond.”

Drink Responsibly and visit drinkaware.ie for more.

The BUSHMILLS word, the Pot Still device and other associated logos are trade marks. © The Old Bushmills Distillery Co. Limited 2014.