Vic­to­ri­ous Fes­ti­val makes its first announce­ments for sum­mer 2022. The open­ing day, Fri­day, will see The Stereo­phon­ics head­line. Their 12th album called Oochya! is set for release in the spring. Also Mancs rock­ers James are set to appear. 

Sat­ur­day sees The Wom­bats and Sug­ababes appear, while on Sun­day it’s the turn of Noth­ing But Thieves and kitchen-dis­co queen Sophie Ellis-Bex­tor. In fact it looks like Vic­to­ri­ous have respond­ed to crit­i­cism for their ini­tial male-heavy line­up last year and now have the likes of Self Esteem, Becky Hill and Baby Queen on board, amongst oth­ers set to be revealed in the sec­ond wave. 

Oth­er artists appear­ing over the week­end are Sheffield rock­ers Lit­tle Man Tate, plus Sam Ryder and New York’s We Are Scientists.

Speak­ing about next year’s fes­ti­val Andy Marsh, fes­ti­val direc­tor, said: ‘‘It’s nice to get excit­ed about Vic­to­ri­ous this side of Christ­mas. We’ve revealed here a lit­tle taste of what to expect next year with some mas­sive acts con­firmed but there’s so much still to come.

Ear­ly bird tick­ets for Vic­to­ri­ous Fes­ti­val are on sale now from just £40 per day (fees apply)

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