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Emeli Sandé, Ella Eyre and more added to Virgin V Festival

Sandé leads another five acts added to this year’s Virgin V Festival.

Having announced headliners Jay Z and Pink, plus a whole lot more, earlier this week, Virgin V Festival have now added five further artists.

The latest additions are Emeli Sandé, Ella Eyre, Steve Aoki, The Wailers and Example & DJ Wire. They join the likes of Rudimental, Pete Tong, Craig David, Ellie Goulding, Jess Glynne, Stormzy, George Ezra and many more.

Check out the full line-up as it stands on the poster below:

V Festival

Sandé released her sophomore album, Long Live The Angels, last year, spawning singles Hurts, Garden, Breathing Underwater and the most recent Highs & Lows. She’ll be making her Virgin V Festival appearance on the event’s main stage.

Electro house musician Steve Aoki is continuing his Neon Future series, having reportedly teamed up with the likes of Gerard Way and blink-182 for the third installment. He most recently revealed Just Hold On featuring One Direction-er Louis Tomlinson.

London singer and songwriter Ella Eyre released her debut full-length, Feline, in August 2015, having also released the official single for England Rugby that same year. She is now gearing up for her return to the limelight, with Virgin V Festival following her comeback show at London’s KOKO in April.

Reggae legends The Wailers and dance pairing Example and DJ Wire also join the impressive line-up, which sees the festival run from the 19 – 20 August 2017 in Hylands Park and Weston Park.

Festival tickets are on sale from 9AM on Friday 3 March 2017 through Ticketmaster.co.uk.