Both Lily Allen and Tony Allen play this summer's festival.

This Wednesday's new acts do not have much else in common but the last name – they are not related to one another, not in one way or the other. They come from two different worlds musically, personally and geographically. Where else but Roskilde Festival can so different names appear under the same headline?

LILY ALLEN (UK) has for the past couple of years controlled the gossip columns and the charts with her outspoken attitude and inescapable pop songs. With inspiration from R&B, synth pop and ska, Lily Allen creates her own personal universe. Songs such as ”Smile” and ”The Fear” will last much longer than the blinking tabloid headlines.

TONY ALLEN (NGA) is, according to Brian Eno, perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived. The almost 70-year-old Nigerian invented the influential Afro-beat genre together with Fela Kuti way back in the 60s. He is releasing the new album Secret Agent in June and visits Roskilde Festival, placed behind a nine men strong band.