Gil Scott-Heron Completes Somerset House Headliners

The Divine Comedy also confirmed for July shows

Gil Scott-Heron and The Divine Comedy have been confirmed as the final headlining acts for this year’s series of Somerset House gigs.

The great Gil Scott-Heron will take to the stage on July 14 to play material from his recently released album I’m New Here, while The Divine Comedy will play on the penultimate night of the Summer series on July 17.

Tickets for the two shows will go on sale on April 1 (tomorrow) at 9am. Click here for more information.

The complete line-up for this year’s Somerset House series is as follows:

July 8 Mystery Jets

July 9 Air

July 10 Noah & the Whale

July 11 N-Dubz

July 12 The Temper Trap

July 13 The xx

July 14 Gil Scott-Heron

July 15 Florence and the Machine

July 16 Corinne Bailey Rae

July 17 The Divine Comedy (solo)

July 18 Soul II Soul

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