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Lastochka Festival: Ellie Goulding, Years & Years, Ivan Dorn
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Juny 22, 12:00
Luzhniki Area 
On the 22nd of July in renovated park of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, one of the trendiest Moscow locations nowadays and one of the key future venues of the FIFA World Cup 2018 –– the second music and lifestyle festival “Lastochka” will take place. Ellie Goulding, one of the key British singers, whose songs are featured in the soundtracks of “The Hunger Games”, “50 Shades of Grey” and “Bridget Jones’s Baby” will headline the festival. Lastochka’s line-up also includes Years & Years, the main pop-sensation of the last couple of years, French band Her, whose music resembles of The xx and Rhye, American singer Alexandra Savior, whose debut album was recorded in collaboration with Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys, and perspective Finnish singer ALMA. All of the artists will perform in Russia for the first time. Special guest of the festival – Ivan Dorn with the exclusive presentation of his new English-language album OTD. Festival’s features also include zones of leading sport & lifestyle projects, special area with various entertainments for children and large foodcourt with the most fancy Moscow gastronomic projects.
Festival's been orginized to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Luzhniki but become an anual fest of modern pop-music and active events. On the 22nd of July Lastochka will wide open the whole Luzhniki territory: most of space becomes family picnic area, active sport and even swimming pool dance-party in a new Aquacomplex. The main stage with fantastic view on the Moscow-river, park and Univessity building will be given to trendsetter artist from Europe and USA. Even ships near the pier will become a part of the festival: they will moor in front of the festival square, so that everyone can dance on the waves, admiring the beautiful view of the Vorobyovy Gory.
Festival headliners:
 Ellie Goulding, British vocalist, having caught the public's attention in 2010 with her singles "Starry Eyed" and "Guns and Horses" and quickly rose to the top of the charts with her infectious electronic pop sound. Although she started out writing songs in a folk-inflected style, she eventually grew into a more electronic-influenced artist, touching upon dance music and ambient synth pop. With her unique soprano warble and knack for writing catchy yet emotionally earnest songs, Goulding, much like her predecessors Kate Bush and Imogen Heap, stands at the forefront of contemporary mainstream music and arty, independent-minded pop. Born in Hereford, England, she later moved to the country's east coast to study drama at the University of Kent. Goulding had developed a love for folk music as a teenager, and her time at university also exposed her to electronica. After two years, she took a break from her studies and moved to West London, where she pursued a career as an alternative singer/songwriter and befriended producers like Starsmith and Frankmusik, who gave her songs an electro-pop twist. In 2009, Goulding began building an audience via the Internet, where early tracks like "Starry Eyed" and a cover of Sam Sparro's "Black & Gold" were posted on tastemaking MP3 blogs such as Discodust. Goulding soon graduated from the blogosphere to print media, gaining praise from mainstream publications like The Guardian and fielding offers from record labels. She ultimately signed a major-label deal with Polydor Records and began making preparations to release her debut album. In the meantime, she penned songs for Diana Vickers, Gabriella Climi, and others. During the final weeks of 2009, Goulding topped the BBC's Sound of 2010, a poll conducted by British music critics and industry insiders to identify new talent. Building on that momentum, she released Lights -- a sparkling debut album that splashed Goulding's vocal flutter across a landscape of acoustic and synthesized instruments -- in March 2010. In 2012, Goulding returned with her sophomore album, Halcyon, which showcased an even more sonically adventurous, electro-pop-infused sound. In 2013, a deluxe reissue featuring ten extra songs was released; entitled Halcyon Days, it acted as a supplement to the original release. Two of its new songs, "Burn" and "How Long Will I Love You," were among her biggest hits. Top Ten once more with "Beating Heart," a song released on the soundtrack for Divergent. Another soundtrack single, "Love Me Like You Do," added to the success of Fifty Shades of Grey in 2015. That same year, Goulding released her third studio album, Delirium, which featured collaborations with Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, and others. The pop-leaning Delirium included the single "On My Mind" and peaked at number three on the U.S. and U.K. charts. Goulding returned in 2017 on "First Time," a collaboration with electronic producer Kygo.
 Years & Years were formed in 2010 in London when Michael Goldsworthy and Emre Turkman met online while looking to start a band; they'd eventually be joined on vocals by actor Olly Alexander after hearing him singing at a friend's house while taking a shower. The trio's synth pop sound first gained exposure when the single Traps was released on Kitsuné Music in 2013. The group's second EP, Real, came out in February 2014 and with some impressive live dates under their belts, the trio announced they had signed a deal with Polydor. Their first major-label single Take Shelter appeared in the August -- as well a collaboration with the Magician on Sunlight a month later -- followed by the release of Desire. In 2015, on the heels of winning the prestigious BBC Sound Of award, Years & Years released their debut full-length album "Communion". Years & Years' music has been described as electropop, mixing R&B and 1990s house elements. Album "Communion", debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart in July 2015 and was the fastest-selling debut album of the year from a UK signed band. Their biggest hit single "King" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in March 2015, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland. In January 2016, Years & Years were nominated for four BRIT Awards, including British Group, British Breakthrough Act, British Single (for "King") and British Artist Video (also for "King"). On 2 March 2016, the band announced that Tove Lo would feature on their next single; a new version of, "Desire". The music video was released on the next day, accompanied by an open letter from frontman Olly Alexander on the band's Facebook page. This detailed the concept of the video and highlighted the LGBT issues addressed by it (such as sexuality and gender dynamics), for which Alexander had become somewhat of a spokesperson. The band played their biggest headline show to date on 8 April 2016, at Wembley Arena, London, as part of their 2016 UK headline tour. The show was completely sold out, with support coming from MØ, Nimmo and Mabel. In July 2016, the band released the music video for their next single from Communion, "Worship". The music video was directed by Matt Lambert, with choreography from Ryan Heffington. On 11 September 2016, Years & Years performed the last show of their Communion tour at Lollapalooza in Berlin. On 13 September 2016, the band released the song "Meteorite", which was included on the soundtrack for the film Bridget Jones's Baby.
 Ivan Dorn is a singer, DJ, TV presenter and producer, the former member of the band "Para Normalnyh". Since 2010 he is a solo artist. His music combines elements of house, disco, pop, jazz, funk, UK garage, hip-hop and soul. Ivan Dorn was born 17 October 1988 in Chelyabinsk, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1990, he moved in Slavutych, Ukraine. Until second grade, he had the last name "Eremin." Later, his mother Lidia Dorn changed his surname to "Dorn". He began acting at the age of 6 years at the festival «gold autumn of Slavutich». Ivan actively engaged in sport, became the owner of many prizes, medals and cups of Curling and lacrosse sticks in Dubai. Ivan got musical education in piano, became the laureate and winner of many music competitions, among which are The Moscow competition "Light your star" (1st place), "Pearl of Crimea" (the prize of spectator sympathies), "The Black sea games". In 2006, he sang in a Moscow a cappella duo, but soon decided to return to Ukraine and to join the Kiev National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University. In 2006, at the concert of Jamiroquai, he met Anna Dobrydneva and they created the duo "Para Normalnyh". From 2007 to 2010, he sang together with Anna in the group "Para Normalnyh". He released his debut studio album "Co'N'Dorn" in 2012. In 2014, Dorn was a judge on the fifth season of X Factor Ukraine. In 2016, Dorn was a coach at The Voice Ukraine. In February 2017, Dorn released his first live album "Jazzy Funky Dorn". At the moment, Ivan is working on his first English-language album in Los Angeles, while also remotely running his own label Masterskaya, which supports the most talented artists of the local underground scene.
 Alexandra Savior is known for her heavily atmospheric and dreamy psychedelic sound that's aptly described as "desert rock" or an extension of the neo-torch song. Alexandra Savior (full name, Alexandra Savior McDermott) is an American alternative pop/rock singer/songwriter from Portland, Oregon. Developing an eclectic musical taste during her teens, Savior became interested in writing her own songs at the age of 14. Inspired by a broad range of artists such as Otis Redding, Jack White, Amy Winehouse, and Etta James, she began penning her own lyrics and figuring out her artistic direction by logging melody ideas and different guitar techniques via tape recorder. She first garnered industry attention in 2012, when she uploaded a cover of folk-blues musician Angus Stone's "Big Jet Plane." Earning praise from Courtney Love, the magnetic performance also landed the young creative on the radar of multiple industry representatives. The following year, she scrapped her original plans of attending art school and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue her music career more directly. The same year also saw further praise from established artists, particularly from Grammy-nominated Linda Perry, who compared her to Fiona Apple. Throughout 2014 and 2015, she got to work on her first full-length effort (under the working title of Strange Portrait) with Turner and producer James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco (Foals, Depeche Mode). Her first demo, "Risk," then appeared on the second season soundtrack of HBO's popular anthology crime drama True Detective. Billed on the soundtrack as Alexandra McDermott, she then decided to use her middle name as her last for her stage persona, based on a suggestion from Turner. Savior eventually changed the album's title to Belladonna of Sadness, which arrived in April of 2017. The record was promoted by the singles "Shades," "M.T.M.E.," "Mystery Girl," and "Mirage" ahead of the record's release.
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