Macclesfield: the first headliner for the next music festival at Jodrell Bank has been announced.

Bluedot Festival has confirmed the first of three headliners, to perform between July 22 and July 24 2022.

The Macclesfield music festival, near to the village of Goostrey, has the one-of-a-kind setting of the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre.

The fifth Bluedot Festival has been postponed three times due to the coronavirus pandemic, and there were doubts that the same musicians set to perform would return again.

However, the first artist to be confirmed is one previously booked for Bluedot, as Iceland's greatest export Björk will be coming to Macclesfield.

She was set to perform at the cancelled Bluedot 2020 and Bluedot 2021.

The 55-year-old, who has 22 Top 40 hits in the UK, has never performed in our town.

It will be a UK festival exclusive for Björk, who will be performing a special show titled Björk Orkestral.

This tour will perform her best-known songs featuring the Hallé Orchestra, and accompanied by bespoke visuals projected on the 250-foot Lovell Telescope dish.

As well as the original songs, the orchestral arrangements were also written by Björk.

The 10-date tour will conclude in Macclesfield, and be performed on Bluedot's third day.

Day tickets for Björk's Sunday performance, and the full festival, will go on sale at 10am Friday September 3.

Jodrell Bank is home to the Lovell Telescope, the site which was been established since 1945, held the first Bluedot Festival in 2016.

It will prove a magical setting for the classical reimagining of the catalogue of the It's Oh So Quiet performer.

More acts will be announced at a later date, but it is expected more of the previously booked artists, such as Groove Armada and Metronomy, could return.

Bluedot headliners over the years have included The Flaming Lips and Jean-Michael Jarre.

Headliners for the last Bluedot Festival were Kraftwerk and local heroes New Order.

Björk is the second Icelandic musician to perform at the Macclesfield musical festival, as Ólafur Arnalds first performed in our town for the 2018 Bluedot.

You can purchase tickets for the Macc music and science festival here.

Macclesfield Nub News will report on all future Bluedot news.

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