Festival news: All Tomorrow's Parties unveil 2012 line-ups

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Slayer to perform Reign In Blood, Mogwai and The National curate festivals and more

All Tomorrow's Parties: Nightmare Before Christmas, December 2011 © Lora English

One of MusicRadar's favourite festival promoters - All Tomorrow's Parties - has unveiled line-ups for a host of 2012 festivals in the UK and the US.

In the UK, ATP will host I'll Be Your Mirror at London's Alexandra Palace on the weekend of 25 to 27 May. The event will feature headline sets from thrash icons Slayer (who will play their album Reign In Blood in its entirety), Scottish post-rock legends Mogwai (who also curate the second day of the festival) and reformed alt-rockers Afghan Whigs.

Alongside the headliners, the line-up includes the likes of Sleep, The Melvins, Dirty Three, Mudhoney and hiphop legends Ultramagnetic MCs, among loads more. Check out details and the full line-up.

ATP will also take I'll Be Your Mirror stateside, hosting a US leg of the festival across various New Jersey venues over the weekend of 21 - 23 September. Afghan Whigs headline once again, with the likes of The Roots, Dirty Three, Mark Lanegan and comedian Louis CK also set to play. Full line-up here, tickets for both IBYM festivals are via the ATP website now.

Back in the UK the festival returns to its traditional home at Butlins holiday park in Minehead on 7 - 9 December for a three day festival headlined and curated by indie stalwarts The National. Tickets include chalet accommodation, see the full line-up and details over on the ATP site.

Check out a few pictures from MusicRadar's trip to ATP last December.

Si Truss

I'm the Managing Editor of Music Technology at MusicRadar and former Editor-in-Chief of Future Music, Computer Music and Electronic Musician. I've been messing around with music tech in various forms for over two decades. I've also spent the last 10 years forgetting how to play guitar. Find me in the chillout room at raves complaining that it's past my bedtime.