Post punk band THE THE to play Welsh Festival No 6
The multi-award winning Festival No 6 has announced legendary post-punk outfit 'THE THE' as the first headliners on the bill for next year's festival – the band's only confirmed UK date outside London.
Festival No 6 takes place in the picturesque Portmeirion village in north Wales, the home of the cult TV series, The Prisoner, from where it gets its name.
Matt Johnson from THE THE has fond memories of one of the most unusual music festival venues in Britain.
"I first visited beautiful Portmeirion as a child in the 1960s and have returned on holiday many times over the years," he said.
"I'm also still a huge fan of The Prisoner. In recent years I've watched with great interest how Festival No.6 has grown into the most vibrant music, arts and culture festival in the UK. We are delighted to be headlining in 2018 and look forward to contributing to a fantastic festival with lots of wonderful people in the most idyllic setting imaginable."
Festival founder Gareth Cooper said: "We are very excited to have THE THE at next year's festival. They are an act that have always been on our list and when we heard Matt had the band back together and was performing live we had to have them. It's going to be a real festival highlight next year."
Festival No.6 is an intimate banquet of music, arts and culture, taking place over the weekend of September 6-9.
Acts will perform across the entire site, by the whimsical Italianate architecture of the village, the town hall, piazza, Bristol Colonnade, Estuary stage, woods and the promenade along the River Dwyryd.
