Festival line-up update: Optimus Primavera Sound, Outlook, Way Out West and more Over at the Porto-based Optimus Primavera Sound (which isn't to be mistaken for Primavera Sound, since that's in Barcelona, Spain) a whole lot of addition action is going on, to the end that the festival's bill now features The National, Mogwai, Slowdive, Kendrick Lamar, Todd Terje, Sky Ferreira, Midlake, Glasser, St Vincent, Ty Segall and Speedy Ortiz. Optimo!
Oh, and Busta Rhymes has appeared, as if my rap magic, on the line-up at Bestival, which will be the first time he'll have braved a UK festival. He's already on the books at Croatia's Outlook bash, of course, which as of its latest announcement will also play host to Lauryn Hill, Submotion Orchestra, Fatima and Andrew Ashong.
BESTIVAL, Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight, 4-7 Sep: Busta Rhymes. www.bestival.net
CHELTENHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL, Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham, 30 Apr - 5 May: Jamie Cullum, Billy Cobham, Laura Mvula, Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Gregory Porter, Curtis Stigers, Tinariwen, Kurt Elling, and Frank Sinatra Jnr, Ambrose Akinmusire, Eska, Nick Mulvey, Snarky Puppy, Paul Dunmall, Jason Rebello, Julian Siegel Quartet , Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Judith Owen, Hailey Tuck, Anthony Marsden Band, Denys Baptiste, Tigran, Michael Wollny Trio, The Speakeasy, Trondheim Jazz Exchange, Laithwaite's Wine and Nearly Hot Club Four, Jake Isaac, Lake Street Dive, Iain Ballamy, Liane Carroll, Dan Nicholls' Strobes, ByramArt, Gregory Porter, Thomas Stronen, Jazz All Stars ft . Natalie Williams, London Afrobeat Collective, Jo Silver and the Café Bohemia & The Indigo Kings, Get The Blessing, Kairos 4Tet. www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz