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How to get tickets for the 6 Music Festival Glasgow 2017? Band line-up, dates and venues for BBC gigs – all you need to know

BBC radio station 6 Music is hosting a weekend music festival across five different venues in Glasgow in March.

Tickets for go on sale this week and are sure to be in demand, so here’s how to make sure you don’t miss out.

 Essex boys Depeche Mode head the line-up for the 6 Music Festival
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Essex boys Depeche Mode head the line-up for the 6 Music FestivalCredit: Getty Images - WireImage

What is the 6 Music Festival? And when is it?

Organised by the BBC, the 6 Music Festival is a series of “music and conversation” events to be held over three days and nights in Glasgow, Scotland.

Aside from live music, there’s comedy, interviews and movie screenings.

The venues are the Barrowland Ballroom, O2 Academy, St Luke's, Tramway art centre and nightclub SWG3. 

 The legendary Barrowlands is one of five Glasgow venues being used
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The legendary Barrowlands is one of five Glasgow venues being usedCredit: Alamy

Who’s playing at the 6 Music Festival?

Among the headliners are Depeche Mode, who are closing the festival at Barrowlands on Sunday night, and Goldfrapp who play on Friday.

The line-up includes several local legends including The Jesus and Mary Chain and Belle & Sebastian.

Here’s the full line-up:

Friday By Night (24 March)

Barrowlands: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride, Warpaint, Sleaford Mods

O2 Academy:  Goldfrapp, Sparks, Future Islands

St Luke's: Cate Le Bon, Dutch Uncles, Girl Ray, Duds

Saturday By Day (25 March)

Tramway: Sinkane, Temples, Craig Charles (DJ set), John Lydon (in conversation with Mark Radcliffe), Optimo Words and Music with Nemone, Making Music in Glasgow: Paul Buchanan (Blue Nile), Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Emma Pollock, Happy Meals, Edwyn Collins (in conversation with Stuart Maconie and acoustic session), BBC Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk, Comedy with Shaun Keaveny: Fern Brady, Scott Gibson, Limmy

Saturday By Night (25 March)

Barrowlands: Bonobo, Songhoy Blues, Thundercat, Loyle Carner

O2 Academy: The Shins, Grandaddy, Honeyblood

St Luke's: Car Seat Headrest, The Lemon Twigs, Haley Bonar, Sacred Paws

Saturday Late (25 March)

SWG3: Optimo, Nightwave, Simian Mobile Disco (DJ Set), Nan Kole (GQOM OH!), Dusky, Jungle (DJ Set), Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair - DJ Set), Rebecca Vashmant, Lindstrom, MWX, K4cie, Femme Fresh, Junglehussy

Sunday By Day (26 March)

Tramway: Father John Misty, The Wedding Present, Baloji, Lost in France (film screening and Q&A with Nial McCann), The Pastels (in conversation with Gideon Coe), Anna Meredith (in conversation with Mary Anne Hobbs), Belle & Sebastian (in conversation with Cerys Matthews), Ian Rankin (in conversation with Stuart Maconie), Poetry: Murray Lachlan Young, Victoria McNulty, Kevin P Gilday & Cat Hepburn,

Kobi Onyame & Ransom FA, Folk at the Festival with Mark Radcliffe: Yorkston, Thorne, Khan, King Creosote, Jesca Hoop, Holly Macve

Sunday By Night (26 March)

Barrowlands: Depeche Mode, James Lavelle (UNKLE) (DJ Set)

O2 Academy: Belle & Sebastian, Whitney, Julia Jacklin

St Luke's: Anna Meredith, Gaika, Forest Swords, Kadhja Bonet

 Other major acts include Goldfrapp (pictured), The Jesus and Mary Chain and Warpaint
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Other major acts include Goldfrapp (pictured), The Jesus and Mary Chain and WarpaintCredit: PA:Press Association

When are 6 Music Festival tickets on sale? Where can I get them?

Tickets will be available for individual gigs/sessions, not for the entire weekend.

They are due to go on sale at 10am this Friday (24 February) and will be available direct from the BBC. There is no pre-sale.

Prices vary according to event.

Will the 6 Music Festival be shown on TV?

Highlights of the festival are due to be screened on BBC Scotland and on BBC Four.

They should also be viewable on catch-up online.

And, of course, sessions will broadcast on 6 Music too.



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