Green Man is an annual music festival which takes place in Glanusk Park, Wales. Spanning across three days (Friday August 21st – Sunday 23rd August), it’s perhaps one of the greatest independent festivals going, and this 2009 looks set to be the best Green Man yet. Taking in everything from indie, to folk, to psych, the top three headliners this year are Animal Collective (Friday), Jarvis Cocker (Saturday) and Wilco (Sunday).

Joining this awesome trio across the weekend include the likes of Bon Ivor, British Sea Power, Errors, Noah and the Whale, Emmy the Great and Stornoway. Plus, on top of all the music, this green-friendly (as you may have guessed) festival will be offering up an exciting selection of art, literature, comedy, film and theatre fun for all the family. To learn more, head over to the festival’s website now.

It’s undeniable that V Festival is a lot more commerical than other music festival’s across the country, and while the bash has certainly recieved the odd bit of criticism for it’s uber radio-friendly line up, the fest is no less fun in our eyes. Certainly – going by the awesome line-up, it’s unsurprising that the event managed to sell out in just two hours this year.

The summer bash – which is happening on Saturday 22nd to Sunday 23rd August – will be taking place across it’s two usual sites this ‘09: Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire.

Oasis (pictured right) and The Killers are the two big name headliners confirmed to be playing the festival’s top spot this year. Other major acts gracing the fest’s main stage (aptly titled ‘V Stage’) across the weekend include Razorlight, Snow Patrol, The Specials, Elbow, Biffy Clyro, Lily Allen, James, Seasick Steve and, intriguingly, Taylor Swift.

The smaller sized ‘4Music’ stage will also be featuring further super cool artists including Fatboy Slim, Pendulum, The Ting Tings, The Wombats, Keane, The Enemy, Katy Perry and Dizzee Rascal.

If nothing has still managed to catch your eye (or ear!), why not head over to ‘The Arena’ where you can check out a varied selection including MGMT, Lady GaGa, Happy Mondays, The Streets, Pete Doherty, and latest girl band sensation, British Sea PowerThe Saturdays.

If that’s still not enough, the festival has another 50 acts up its sleeve to announce in the coming few weeks. Exciting!

As I told you earlier, tickets for the Chelmsford leg have sadly sold out. There are still some available for the Staffordshire event, however. For more information regarding ticket outlets, check out V Festival’s website.

Top photo comes from stevec77’s flickr stream, and side photo from John Griffiths’ flickr stream under the Creative Commons License.

Those crazy horses, British Sea Power have announced their largest UK tour to date around the UK throughout October.

Tickets for all dates go on sale this Friday, 18th April, at 9am, with the exception of the London date which has been on sale for a while.

Thursday 2nd October – Brighton Corn Exchange
Friday 3rd October – Southampton University
Sunday 5th October – Cambridge The Junction
Monday 6th October – Bristol Academy
Tuesday 7th October – Birmingham Academy
Wednesday 8th October – Newcastle Academy
Friday 10th October – Dundee Fat Sams
Saturday 11th October – Glasgow ABC
Sunday 12th October – Manchester Ritz
Monday 13th October – Leeds Metropolitan University
Wednesday 15th October – Oxford Regal
Friday 17th October – London Roundhouse

Everyone’s favourite British Sea Power (remember them? They have greenery and stuff on stage) have announced a one off date at the Engine Shed in Lincoln. They’ll play there on Friday 20th July. Tickets are available now from the box office by phoning 0871 4244555, Booking fees and postage charge apply.

This is as a warm up for their dates at Lodestar festival on Saturday 1st September and then End of the Road Festival on Sunday 16th September

Photo taken from media eater’s flickr stream.