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The Beep Seals, Magistrates and Golden Silvers also wow festival-goers

Sigur Ros, The Mars Volta, Elbow and Seasick Steve to come

Scotland's artrockers play their best of plus new songs

Amadou And Mariam, Julian Cope and Death Cab also star in Suffolk

Ben Gibbard and co put in a sweaty performance on the Main Stage

The Archdrude runs over his slot

Band wave their flags at Latitude

Aliens cover The Beatles and Beth Orton plays first UK gig for two years

Slow Club and Broken Records storm the Sunrise arena

Afternoon all. You join us at Latitude in the company of the entire Alternative Cabaret scene, a giant. flying chunk of the Edinburgh Fringe, some frighteningly coloured sheep and, lest we forget, some excellent bands. Three exciting bits of news: it's not quite raining; I'm clear this year that we're in Suffolk, not Norfolk: and Michael Nyman is playing while I write at the back of the Music And Film Arena.