Here we go again: for the next two and a half months we will regularly update you with news, confirmations or changes regarding the 21st Dour Festival It will be held on July 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th on the Plaine De La Machine a Feu site in the village of Dour, Belgium.

Last week we confirmed the presence of APHEX TWIN + HECKER for a unique performance and this week we are happy and proud to add a few more names to our electro, techno, drum’n'bass, rap, hip-hop, rock and indie rock stages.

In the next few weeks we’ll give you the names of bands that are confirmed to play the festival in the reggae, dub, punk, hardcore, ska genres as well Dour does it all: quality AND quantity as well as diversity and it all comes at the very reasonable price of 85 euros for 4 days of concerts and 200 bands.

Hip Hop fans be ready for an exceptional night ! Mix Master Mike (Beastie Boys), DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill), DJ JS-1 (Rock Steady Crew), Mr Wiggles (Rock Steady Crew) & Rahzel (The Roots) will play during 5 hours to introduce you to the 5 elements of hip-hop : Rap, Beat-box, Break-danse, Graffiti and Dj’ing.The Rap made in France will be aptly represented by the famous IAM from Marseille.

To make you dance through the dour night:

• Digitalism, Andy C and Venetian Snares will all be back to try and even better their Dour07 sets which have become the stuff of legend
• Andy C will be joined by Chase & Status for our Drum’n Bass night on Thursday July 16th
• Igor Cavalera (ex-Sepultura, Cavalera conspiracy) will bring his drumkit to play live with his hiphop/electro project Mixhell, which he created with his wife Laima Leyton
• Kid brothers of Daft Punk, cousins of Justice, Does It Offend You, Yeah? Will bring its noisy electro to get you jumping for more
• Their music is played by DJ’s all around the world and we’re happy to introduce them to Dour for the first time : Dusty Kid et The Proxy are not to be missed
• If you like your electropunk to be sung by girls, you’re in for a treat thanks to Crystal Castles, Kap Bambino and Thunderheist
• N-Type is our first confirmation for our Dubstep night

On the guitar front :

• Mercury Rev and Bob Log III will be back for some highly anticipated shows
• You want Experimental indie rock with an animal theme ? Sure ! Have some Caribou and Deerhoof
• Those of you who enjoyed Gogol Bordello last year shouldn’t miss O’Death. Their wild country-punk hails from New York and is completely bonkers !
• In Belgium, Papa Dada have won all possible talents shows and competitions this year. We’re very happy to add them to our line-up this summer.

There we go, that’s about 10% of the final line-up that’s confirmed.
Tickets are on sale via our website: http://ticketshop.dourfestival.be (85 euros + 15 euros for the camping site).