2010 Festival
Green Man 2010 was headlined by Doves (Friday), The Flaming Lips (Saturday) and Joanna Newsom (Sunday). Other acts on the Main Stage bill included Mumford And Sons, Beirut, Billy Bragg, The Unthanks, Tindersticks, Laura Marling, Darwin Deez, John Grant, Fionn Regan, Erland And The Carnival, Johnny Flynn and Mountain Man.
In the Far Out (second stage), Fuck Buttons headlined Friday night, Wild Beasts on Saturday and Efterklang on Sunday. Girls, The Tallest Man On Earth, Megafaun, These New Puritans, Avi Buffalo, Summer Camp, Je Suis Animal, Steve Mason, Sleepy Sun and Chew Lips, also performed in the Far Out.
Music continued in the Far Out After-Dark (Far Out stage after 11pm) until 4am. On Friday night Hexstatic provided a night of "Audio Visual Dancefloor Mayhem" and invited Dj Yoda, DJ Food & DK and Cheeba to join them. Saturday night saw Metronomy provide the evening's entertainment in the form of "Metronomy Presents", inviting Factory Floor, James Blake and Wild Geese. Sunday evening saw Greco Roman Sound System taking over the After-Dark- "Greco Roman vs. Green Man" with Matthew Herbert, Gold Panda, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Greco Roman Soundsystem DJ's including Ross Allen and Full Nelson.
2010 also saw Green Man win Best Medium Festival at the UK Festival Awards.
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