Hawkwind confirmed for Desertfest 2018

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Hawkwind named among the final acts who will play at this year’s Desertfest in London - along with Radio Moscow, Monolord and more

The Desertfest poster

Desertfest organisers have confirmed the final artists who will play at this year’s event.

London’s celebration of stoner rock, doom, sludge and psych will take place between May 4-6, at venues across Camden, with artists including Monster Magnet, Napalm Death and Graveyard previously announced.

Now it’s been confirmed that Hawkwind will take to the stage at the Roundhouse as special guests of Monster Magnet.

Other artists announced today are ASG, Radio Moscow, Monolord, Sourvein, Wino, Steak Number Eight, Dopelord, Dead Witches, King Buffalo, Kind, Cattle, Necromancers, Crumpet, Solleme, Lionize, Lnn, Chrch, Mastiff, Tuskar, Tom Cameron and Lo Chie.

Day splits will be announced in due course, while tickets are available through the official Desertfest website.

See the final lineup poster below.

Desertfest - Camden, London - live review

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.