Its the first day of this year's Latitude Festival, and the band's kick off on the festival's four stages in about an hour. The opening night tonight (July 13) sees headlining performances by Damien Rice, Wilco, Patrick Wolf and New Young Pony Club. For the first time, the three day festival opened it's doors to music fans on the Thursday night. Last night (July 12) saw Daft Punk's Electrorama screened at the field cinema and the poetry and cabaret tents warmed-up for the weekend ahead. Uncut is proud this year to be hosting our very own arena, with 35 bands playing over the weekend. Today the Uncut arena is about to be opened by new EMI pop rock act Grace, and this afternoon will see Fields, Maps, and Candie Payne all play. Uncut’s Michael Bonner and John Mulvey are currently en route to the site, and we will be reporting and blogging from across the site, throughout the weekend. Click here for the special Uncut Latitude blog Uncut.co.uk/latitude Highlights in the line-up today include: Obelisk Arena Damien Rice Wilco Midlake Two Gallants Uncut Arena Patrick Wolf Albert Hammond Jr Tinariwen Maps Fields Candie Payne Sunrise Arena New Young Pony Club Bonde Do Role Findlay Brown Alberta Cross Lake Stage I Was a Cub Scout Metronomy The Teenagers Vessels Pic credit: Farah Ishaq