Courtney Barnett, UNKLE and Everything Everything are among the names confirmed for this year’s Summer Series at Somerset House line-up.
Barnett and Everything Everything are part of the series of concerts at the famous London venue, which begins July 7 with Grammy-nominated funk band Hiatus Kaiyote. Everything Everything play the famous venue on July 11, with Barnett billed to perform on July 13 and UNKLE closing proceedings with a special ‘Redux’ show on July 17.
Other performances during the festival, in association with American Express, include headliner Lauren Mvula is on July 10, James Morrison on July 12, Caravan Palace on July 14 and Jack Savoretti on July 15. Tickets go on sale on March 18 via the Somerset House website. The full list of artists is available at the bottom of the article.
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Meanwhile, last week (March 8), Barnett scooped up this year’s Australian Music Prize, beating Tame Impala and others to the prize.
The annual award, the country’s equivalent of the Mercury Prize, judges the best record produced by an Australian artist over the past twelve months.
Barnett picked up the prize at a ceremony in Sydney on Wednesday (March 9) for her recent album ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’. She receives $30,000 Australian (£15,000) for the win.
“I respect so many Australian artists so to be picked as the one that wins is pretty amazing,” Barnett told the audience whilst accepting her prize, reports Triple J.
Getty“Plus, I’ve never had a novelty cheque before – I’m a bit nervous to hold it. One thing I like about this award, it’s judged on the art and the music and it’s not on sales or other boring shit like that; so thanks.”
The Summer Series line-up in full:
July 7: Hiatus Kaiyote
July 8: Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott
July 9: Benjamin Clementine
July 10: Laura Mvula
July 11: Everything Everything
July 12: James Morrison
July 13: Courtney Barnett
July 14: Caravan Palace
July 15: Jack Savoretti
July 16: St Germain
July 17: UNKLE: REDUX
