Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival has announced that The Waterboys will headline the Saturday night of the popular Highland festival, now in its fifth year, joining current chart-toppers Scouting For Girls who headline the Friday night. The festival takes place at Belladrum, near Beauly, Inverness-shire on 8th & 9th August 2008. 
 
“In booking the Waterboys, we wanted to have an iconic band close to many people’s hearts in the Highlands to run alongside the hugely popular Radio 1 & 2 favourites Scouting For Girls who have come so far in the year since they last played the festival,” said festival director Joe Gibbs. 
 
Also playing the festival are Scots indie favourites Idlewild who headline the Hothouse stage on the Friday and heritage psychedelic rockers Jefferson Starship who make their Scottish Festival debut. Starship still features original band members Paul Kanter , who founded the band in 1970 out of San Francisco group Jefferson Airplane, and David Feiberg who originated Quicksilver Messenger Service. The line-up further features: French new wave lounge music exponents Nouvelle Vague; two Scots with successful solo careers – ex Del Amitri  founder Justin Currie and former Orange Juice band member Edwyn Collins who is making a welcome return to the live scene following his widely-publicised illness; Folk artists Rachel Unthank & the Winterset, who won the Horizon Award at the 2008 BBC Folk Awards, Kathryn Williams  and Mojo Folk Album of the Year 07 winner Lisa Knapp. 

World music exponents include banghra-reggae-rock group Kissmet and afro-celtic crossover Baka Beyond and popular bluegrass exponents  Southern Tenant Folk Union make an appearance. Celtic artists include popular western isles band The Vatersay Boys plus Salsa Celtica, Old  Blind Dogs and borders pipe rockers The Dangleberries. Highland young  Celtic musicians Caledonian Ceilidh Trail and Feis Rois open the event  as always on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th August respectively. 
 
Glasgow indie band The Attic Lights play the main stage and other Indie  artists include The Wallbirds, Cage The Elephant, Blah Blah Blah, Big  Hand, Captain & The Kings, and Friends Of The Bride. Highland indie  bands Lowtide Revelry appear on the main stage backed by the Inverness  Gaelic Choir, and The Leonard Jones Potential open the main stage on the  Friday.
 
Dennis Hopper Choppers bring their inimitable form of rockabilly to  the event, sibling R&B outfit Kitty,Daisy & Lewis who bring their dad in on  guitar and their mum on double bass,Union Avenue play their Johnny Cash styled covers and Glasgow’s The Parsonage Choir return to the event. 
 
Belladrum Festival is Scotland and the Highlands’ leading  family-friendly festival of music and performing arts. Capacity will  remain approximately what it was in 2007 when 12,000 people attended the event. 
 
Adult weekend tickets cost ￡80 and adult Saturday tickets cost ￡50.  Both  include parking and camping. As in previous years, tickets for children 12 &under are free. Tickets are available from www.thebooth.co.uk