Iggy Pop announced as festival headliner

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Iggy Pop and Manic Street Preachers are among the headline acts for Bearded Theory festival 2025

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Iggy Pop, Manic Street Preachers and The Sisters of Mercy are among the headliners for next year's Bearded Theory music festival, it has been revealed.

The festival at Catton Hall, on the Derbyshire and Staffordshire border, is due to take place between 21 and 25 May 2025.

Other headliners announced on Friday include Leftfield, Yard Act, The Mary Wallopers, Ash, CMAT, Fat Dog and Nova Twins.

More than 40 acts were named in what the organisers said was the "first wave" of artists secured.

Other names announced so far include Divorce, Lime Garden, The Lovely Eggs, Throwing Muses, Bess Atwell, The Selecter, Dream State, CLT DRP, Slaney Bay and Asian Dub Foundation.

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