If you didn't catch them on their recent tour and are still keen to see electro-pop quintet Hot Chip live, they've just announced their up-coming dates for the rest of the year.

Promoting their third album, 'Made in the Dark', the tour will culminate with two back-to-back gigs at London's Brixton Academy in November. See all dates by clicking on comment below...

Midfield General will now be headlining the dance tent at Lounge on the Farm.

Also added are Underground Heroes, Toddla T, Cadence Weapon, Mike Strutter.

They'll be joining Lightspeed Champion, The Bees, Art Brut, Black Kids, Jon Carter, Dub Pistols Sound System, Sonny J, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Guy Williams, Bones, The Shortwave Set, The Filthy Dukes and more.

For more info on the Kent festival, taking place between 11th and 13th July, check www.loungeonthefarm.co.uk.

Relentless NASS is back for it's tenth year in Bath on June 13th - Jun 5th.

The three day event incorporates music, skate and BMXing.

Headliners this year include Pendulum, Late of the Pier (left), Does it Offend You, Yeah? Metronomy, Eddy Temple Morris, Micky Slim, Adam F, Ghost Frequency, Devil's Gun and We Smoke Fags.

For details and tickets (£24.50 a day, £59.50 weekend) see www.nassfest.com

Global Gathering have announced their Friday night headliner will be Kanye West.

The rapper will be bringing his Glow in the Dark tour to Stratford-Upon-Avon for his only outdoor UK show (the other shows will be in the o2 dome).

The Glow in the Dark tour uses robots designed by acclaimed artist Christian Colon and creatures from the legendary Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Lighting will come from Martin Phillips and John McGuire who where responsible for Daft Punk’s Pyramid.

Early bird tickets for Global Gathering have sold out but you can still get weekend tickets (that include camping) for £115. For more see http://www.globalgathering.co.uk

A few years ago it was Barcardi's B-bar, the past few summers it was Strongbow's brilliant Ciderhouse - but this summer the best drink branded arena at a festival might well be SoCo's Social Tent.

At Rockness they've got Mylo (pictured), Alan Braxe, Midnight Juggernauts, David E. Sugar, Eclectic Method and DJ Yoda. That's one of the best tent line-up's we've seen all year.

That still doesn't mean we'll be ordering Southern Comfort as 'SoCo' at the bar - that is as big a bar-room faux pax as saying 'Wassssap' before ordering a Bud! Rockness takes place on Sat 7th - Sun 8th June. See www.rockness.co.uk

O2 Wireless Festival have announced yet more big names for their event in London's Hyde Park in July.

Jay-Z will now be performing on Thursday July 3rd (perhaps as a warm-up for his Glasto set later that month), the same day as Hot Chip, Mark Ronson, Roisin Murphy (pictured) and Hercules and Love Affair.

The other 'dance day' will be on Saturday 5th July when Fatboy Slim headlines, alongside Underworld, Bootsy Collins, Robyn, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Dans le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Sam Sparro and The Whip.

For more details see www.o2wirelessfestival.co.uk

The organisers behind Europe's top festival, Exit, have added to their pulling power by announcing that techno legend Laurent Garnier and electro stalwart Tiga are set to grace the Serbian summer event.

Karen Young, Exit's Dance Arena Manager, told Mixmag: "We are very excited to have Laurent Garnier and Tiga to play, and we still have some big acts to announce. We are all delighted to have such a strong line-up this year, we're sure everyone will enjoy themselves."

The festival won the European Festival of the Year at the Festival Awards last year, and with 2many DJs, Sven Väth and a live set from Booka Shade already confirmed for the Dance Arena, it wouldn't be surprising to see it steal the glory this time round.

For more information and full line ups, log onto http://eng.exitfest.org/

Mixmag's favourite Dane, Trentemoller, is to headline the festival in his homeland on 3rd August.The festival is free, has no age restrictions, attracts around 26,000 people, and is held in the gardens of the National Gallery in Copenhagen.
More line-up details will be announced soon on www.stella-polaris.dk

'Boutique' festival, Standon Calling, has confirmed Mixmag office faves, Dan le Sac and Scroobius Pip for their event being held between 1st and 3rd August. Fellow headliners include Super Furry Animals.

Held on the beautiful grounds of a 16th Century Hertfordshire manor house Standon Calling will announce the rest of their line-up this month.

Tickets from www.standon-calling.com start at £69.

Goldfrapp (left), Groove Armada and Flaming Lips will all be headlining this summer's Lovebox London Weekender - the festival that takes place in Victoria Park from Saturday July 19th to Sunday July 20th.

Other acts playing include Human League, Jack Penate, Suen Kuti, The Young Knives, The Nextmen, The Glimmers, Stanton Warriors as well as DJs from Mulletover and secrersundaze.

Other highlights include secret stages, a solar powered stage and Horse Meat Disco. Check www.lovebox.net for ticket deals.

Dubfire, Jeff Mills, Pendulum LIVE, James Holden, Frequency 7 and Autechre make up just some of the names playing at this summer's Glade Festival.

Originally a spin-off festival from its home at the Glastonbury festival, Glade is now a recognised summer stomper in it's own right. Promoters involved in the Glade include Breaksday, Nano Records, Sancho Panza, Overkill, Liquid Connective and Inspiral.

The event takes place between Fri July 18th and Sunday July 20th in Berkshire. Tickets, including camping are £125 from www.gladefestival.com

The latest boutique festival to announce for this summer is Blissfields, which will take place at Matterley Bowl in Winchester (former home of Homelands) on Friday 4th til Sunday 6th July.

Heading up an eclectic line-up are Roni Size, The Whip, Jamie Woon and the Infadels.

Check out www.blissfields.co.uk for the full line-up

Cumbria is to get its first-ever dance festival this summer with boutique fest 'Forgotten Valley' on Friday May 23rd - Sunday May 25th. The DJ line-up will include Yousef, Claude Von Stroke, Coldcut, DJ Food, Ivan Smagghe and Ralph Lawson and also features some of Mixmag's favourite bands, like New Young Pony Club, Pendulum, The Teenagers, Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Does if Offend You, Yeah?, The Whip with more TBC.

If that sounds good to you - find out more at www.forgottenvalley.com

If you have started planning your festival schedule for the summer, here’s one for the list.

Dance Island has teamed up with club brands including Kiss FM, Slinky and Natural Born Ravers to deliver House, Hard Dance, Trance, Hardcore and Old Skool in 120 acres of Cambridgeshire countryside.

Organisers are expecting a crowd of 10,000 to descend on Ely in the heart of East Anglia on the 5th and 6th of July.

“The event is set to dwarf anything else seen in East Anglia and we’re hoping to make it an annual event.” Said Alastair Morbey of Tiger Promotions.

Aside from the usual food village and trade stalls there will also be a chill out and VIP area with entertainment from the Fierce Angels team.

Information and tickets are available from www.dance-island.co.uk, with an ‘early bird’ discount offer. A full DJ line up will be announced on the 20th March.

It seems Snowbombing will have a rival this Spring with the launch of the Tignes festival in the French Alps. The festival will run from 17th to 20th April and the line-up spans dance music to punk rock.

On the bill: Kissy Sell Out, A Human, Alex Metric, Alex Skt, Autokratz live and more.

Details at www.tignesfest.com