NME reports that Stereophonics, Two Door Cinema Club and The Vaccines have been confirmed to headline this summer’s Y Not Festival, as well as the line-up revealing a massive array of bands that will be joining them.
The reputation of the Derbyshire based festival has grown substantially over the last few summers, and this year sees further high profile acts confirmed to be playing, and joining the three headliners are the likes of Clean Bandit, Jake Bugg, Slaves, Maximo Park, Feeder, Nothing But Thieves, Example & DJ Wire, Twin Atlantic, Kate Nash, and Pulled Apart By Horses.
Festival director Simon Mawbey has said that he is “immensely proud of this year’s line up,” adding “We’ve worked really hard to secure the very best acts – bands and artists we personally love.”
Headliners Stereophonics are expected to play new songs, alongside the classics of their catalogue. The band themselves recently reported that their tenth album was finished. The Vaccines have also been hard at work on a new album, citing a “more energetic” sound to their project. Frontman Justin Young spoke about the album, suggesting that “It sort of builds on the musicality of English Graffiti, but I think there’s a lot more of spirit and energy from What Did You Expect…“Young elaborated on this, saying “We’re in the studio every day playing together, so it feels a lot more like a band again, which maybe English Graffiti stopped slightly. I guess it replenishes some of that spirit and that energy of the first record.”
Y Not Festival will take place from 27-30 July, at Pikehall, in the Peak District, in Derbyshire. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.