Kasabian and Calvin Harris are sharing headlining honours at this year’s V Festival in the UK.

The Scottish DJ and Leicester rockers will be joined on the bill by acts including Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, Stereophonics and Ella Henderson.

Kasabian guitarist Sergio Pizzorno, said: “V is for victory, V is for voodoo, V is for vacuum cloud, V is for very, very, very, very excited. See you in the fields!”

Also appearing at the festival, which goes on over two sites in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, and Weston Park in Staffordshire, are The Proclaimers, Sir Tom Jones, and Grandmaster Flash.

The festival is held over the weekend of August 22 and 23 with tickets going on sale at 9am on Friday.

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