With her debut album Lights having conquered the British music scene by premiering at No. 1 on the U.K. album chart and becoming the biggest and fastest selling debut album of 2010, Ellie Goulding now joins what Vogue Magazine calls the “Best Newcomer” music festival in the United States.
Ellie Goulding joins MTK: Music To Know Festival — on Saturday, August 13, 2011. She joins 18 of today’s most critically-acclaimed and successful new, emerging bands.
The two-day lineup is as follows:
Saturday August 13: VAMPIRE WEEKEND, Matt & Kim, Ellie Goulding, Tame Impala, M. Ward, Tom Tom Club, We Are Scientists, Francis and the Lights, Suddyn, and Nicos Gun.
Sunday, August 14: BRIGHT EYES, Cold War Kids, Chromeo, Ra Ra Riot, Dawes, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Naked and Famous, The Limousines, and Young Empires.
Chris Jones, Founder of MTK: Music to Know Festival commented, “Ellie Goulding defines “Music to Know” and we are delighted that she is joining our outstanding roster of bands. Hugely talented, the energy of Ellie’s live performance takes her spot-on delivery to another level.”
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