Grace Jones will be joined by Pavement and Roisin Murphy at the top of Bluedot's bill, organisers say.
The festival said Jones's influence has made her "a towering figure of pop for over six decades""Cultural icon" Grace Jones has been announced as the headliner of the next Bluedot festival.
A festival representative said that as "one of the most influential musicians of her generation", Jones needed no introduction."From the classic beats of Slave To The Rhythm and Pull Up To The Bumper to her gold-selling most recent album Hurricane, [she] has become synonymous with a unique fusion of music, art and fashion that has inspired a new generation of artists.
They added that the festival's opening night, which traditionally sees an unexpected act top the bill, would see composer Max Richter deliver "a unique orchestral performance beneath the iconic Lovell Telescope". Away from the music, the event will once again host talks from numerous scientific luminaries, including BBC Sky at Night's Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock, climate change researcher and author Mike Berners-Lee, the UK Space Agency's Libby Jackson and the Open University's Professor of Planetary and Space Science Monica Grady.
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