Sonar Festival 2012 Dates and Line-Ups Revealed - Tickets

The details for this year’s global Sonar Festival have been announced.

The festival will take place in four cities across the globe including Barcelona, Tokyo, Sao Paulo and for the first time in Cape Town, South Africa.

Taking place in Barcelona on June 14-16, artists such as Hot Chip, The Roots, Fatboy Slim, Friendly Fires, Metronomy and James Blake will perform, while Sao Paulo will host Bjork, Mogwai  and Justice.

Sonar have this year announced plans to allow Barcelona punters to pay for their tickets in two stages, more can be read about tickets for all events on the Sonar website.

Sonar 2012 Barcelona
14, 15, 16 June

The Roots (US)
Fatboy Slim (UK)
Deadmau5 (CA)
Hot Chip (UK)
Richie Hawtin (CA)
Amon Tobin ISAM (BR)
Friendly Fires (UK)
James Blake dj (UK)
Nicolas Jaar (US)
Luciano (CH)
Metronomy (UK)
Azari & III (CA)
Laurent Garnier presents LBS (FR)
Squarepusher (UK)
Modeselektor (DE)
Peaking Lights (US)
Mary Anne Hobbs Vs Blawan (UK)
Mouse On Mars (DE)
Hyperdub presents Kode9 + Cooly G + Scratcha DVA (UK)
Austra (CA)
BBC Radio 1 presents Annie Mac & guests (UK)
Darkside (Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington) (US)
Jacques Greene (CA)
Jacques Lu Cont (UK)
John Talabot (ES)
Supersilent featuring John Paul Jones (NO/UK)
Diamond Version featuring Alva Noto & Byetone + Atsuhiro Ito (DE/JP)
Brainfeeder presents Thundercat + Kutmah + Lapalux (US)
Maya Jane Coles (UK)
100% Silk presents Ital + Maria Minerva + LA Vampires + Magic Touch (US)
Julio Bashmore (UK)
Trevor Jackson (UK)
When Saints Go Machine (DK)
The Suicide Of Western Culture (ES)
Plapla Pinky (FR)
Psilosamples (BR)
Dago (BR)
Uner (ES)

A Taste Of Sonar @ Design Indaba - Cape Town
March the 2nd – City Town Hall, Cape Town. South Africa

Modeselektor (DE)
Byetone (DE)
Brodinski (FR)
BLK JKS (ZA)
Killer Robot (ZA)
Das Kapital (ZA)
Fletcher In Dub (ZA)

SonarSound Tokyo
21. 22 April – ageHa Studio Coast, Tokyo. Japan

Squarepusher (UK)
The Cinematic Orchestra (UK)
Vincent Gallo (US)
Clark (UK)
Mount Kimbie (UK)
Rustie (UK)
Ryoichi Kurokawa (JP)
Dorian Concept (AT)
Mergrim (JP)
Anchorsong (JP)
Oorutaichi (JP)
Typingmonkeys (JP)

Sonar Sao Paulo
11. 12 May - Parque Anhembi, São Paulo. Brazil

Bjork (IS)
Justice (FR)
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto (DE/JP)
James Blake (UK)
Mogwai (UK)
Squarepusher (UK)
Jeff Mills (US)
Four Tet (UK)
Modeselektor (DE)
Emicida (BR)
Little Dragon (SE)
Seth Troxler (US)
Hudson Mohawke (UK)
Gui Boratto (BR)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (UK)
Austra (US)
Dj Marky Vs Dj Patife (BR)
John Talabot (ES)
The Twelves (BR)
M Takara x Akin (BR)
Za! (ES)
Silva (BR)
Gang Do Eletro (BR)
Dago (BR)
Psilosamples (BR)
Bruno Belluomini (BR)
Ricardo Donoso (BR)