Victorious Festival 2023: Kasabian named as latest headliner
Club Foot rockers Kasabian have been named as the latest headliner for the Victorious Festival – the UK’s biggest metropolitan music event.
The band was formed in Leicester in 1997 and now features founders Sergio Pizzorno and Chris Edwards, along with Ian Matthews and Tim Carter, following former frontman Tom Meighan’s departure in 2020.
They are famous for a catalogue of hits from their seven studio albums including Fire and LSF.
This year the festival will be held in Southsea, Hampshire, during the August bank holiday weekend.
A scene for singers
Taking centre stage, festival-goers will also get to see folk-pop singers Ellie Goulding and Ben Howard, as well as the winner of last year’s The Masked Singer, Natalie Imbruglia.
Mercury Music Prize winners Alt-J will be appearing as part of its 10th anniversary tour of their album An Awesome Wave.
The festival will be booming with other indie acts taking the stages, including Scotland’s Belle and Sebastian, songwriter of the Happy Valley theme song Jake Bugg, English indie rockers Kaiser Chiefs, rock band Sea Girls, and punk inspired indie rock band Hard-Fi.
Manchester’s The Charlatans will be performing alongside Stockport’s Blossoms and Friendly Fires.
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Fans are also being catered with DJ Pete Tong, presenting his Ibiza Classics with the Essential Orchestra on the Friday night on the Castle Stage with Southsea’s Tudor castle – as a backdrop followed by Annie Mac on the Saturday night.
Here are a few more acts ready to rock the show: 90s acid jazz funk band Jamiroquai, singer-songwriter Beabadoobee, Aussie punks Amyl and The Sniffers, Mersey rockers The Coral, The Enemy, Katy B, Dylan, Inspiral Carpets, Crawlers, Newton Faulkner and Wunderhorse.
Andy Marsh, lead booker at Victorious, said: “This year’s line-up is one of our biggest to date and we’re thrilled to finally reveal more of the incredible acts our audience can look forward to in 2023.
“For the first time, Victorious will run for three full days and we’re proud of the expansive offering we have for our festival goers covering music, comedy and family entertainment.
“We’re already counting down the days at Victorious HQ, this year is going to be huge.”
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