Worldwide Festival unveils first names for 2015
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- James Blake, Seven Davis Jr, Laurent Garnier and Henrik Schwarz will head to Gilles Peterson's gathering in Sète this July.
- Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival will take place in Sète, France, from July 6th through 12th. Started in 2006, Worldwide Festival was inspired by Peterson's former BBC Radio 1 show. For its tenth edition, the seaside festival will again take over the Théatre de la Mer, Sète's open-air amphitheatre on the Mediterranean, with performances from James Blake, jazz legend Pharoah Sanders, Thai quintet Paradise Bangkok Molam and Cuba's Daymé Arocena. On the same stage, Sgt Pokes, Loefah, Coki and Mala will celebrate ten years of DMZ. Other highlights include Seven Davis Jr, Young Marco and Trialogue (AKA Henrik Schwarz, Bugge Wesseltoft and Dan Berglund, who stopped by the RA office in London for a recent Sessions performance). Laurent Garnier and DJ Harvey have also been locked in.The rest of the lineup will be revealed in the coming months. Watch a teaser video for Worldwide Festival 2015 below.