In what must be the least surprising Special Guest reveal ever, less than 12 hours after their initial line up announcement V Festival has confirmed Rihanna has been added to the bill.
Enimem and Arctic Monkeys are set to headline this year’s event, taking place between 20-21 August in Chelmsford and Staffordshire. The line up also includes Plan B, The Script, Dizzee Rascal, Pendulum, Kaiser Chiefs, Duran Duran, Manic Street Preachers and Primal Scream.
Elsewhere there’s slots for Razorlight, Chase & Status, Tinie Tempah, The Courteeners, Scouting For Girls, Ellie Goulding, Bruno Mars, Jessie J, The Wombats, Mark Ronson, N-Dubz, Big Audio Dynamite, Glasvegas, Hurts, Katy B, KT Tunstall, Squeeze, The Saturdays, Example, Wiz Khalifa, Cast, Kele, Ocean Colour Scene, You Me At Six, Eliza Doolittle, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Imelda May, Bellowhead, Olly Murs and Clare Maguire.
You can buy V Festival tickets from 9am on Friday 4th March.
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