Jean Michel Jarre at Jodrell Bank festival

[celeste]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35802538


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Bluedot said Jarre's show should be "one of the most spectacular in his long career"

Veteran French composer Jean Michel Jarre is to headline a new "festival of discovery" to be held under the iconic Lovell Telescope.

Bluedot, named after an image of Earth taken by Voyager 1, will also see Underworld and Caribou top the bill at Cheshire's Jodrell Bank Observatory.

The three-day festival, which begins on 22 July, will see science events, such as pulsar hunting and robot workshops.

Observatory director Prof Tim O'Brien said it would "blow people's minds".

The festival will be Jarre's only UK festival date and will follow the May release of Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise, his 15th studio album which features collaborations with the Pet Shop Boys, Cyndi Lauper, Primal Scream, Peaches and The Orb.

[Corrupt council]

Love to say this would be great, but I think it will be nothing more than a light show.

Jarre must be in his 70s

[celeste]

I've seen his concerts on television and they are very innovative, he did organise one in Moss Side in the 1990s which was a success - the Jodrell Bank one will probably be on YouTube eventually.