davieG Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 Award-winning British rapper Tinie Tempah will be headlining the Friday night of Leicester Music Festival. The Brit and Mobo winner has been confirmed as an addition to the star-studded line-up for the two-day event at Tigers' Welford Road stadium. Chart-topper Tinie will be joining Professor Green, Katy B, Billy Ocean, reggae group Aswad and Grammy award-winner Soul II Soul on the Friday night. Shane Whitfield, co-founder of the festival, said: "We are extremely excited about our line-up." RELATED CONTENT Leicester Music Festival: Unsigned band Formal Warning joins line-up X Factor winner Sam Bailey to perform at Leicester Music Festival Unsigned artists get chance to perform at Leicester Music Festival Boyband Union J to perform at Leicester Music Festival 2014 It has also been announced that Kool and the Gang will be completing Saturday's line-up. Headlined by Labrinth, Kool will be joining X Factor winner Sam Bailey, boy band Union J, The Saturdays, The Real Thing and Asian pop band Stereo Nation. Dance group Diversity will also be performing on both days. "We've already had overwhelming feedback from the community about the festival and we're sure we won't disappoint with this latest news," said Shane. The final act is set to be announced at the end of April. Ash Wright, frontman of Formal Warning, an unsigned Leicester band which will be performing, said: "To hear Tinie Tempah is playing too is great news. "We're all over the moon. It's another big act to rub shoulders with. "The line-up seems to be getting bigger and better." The five-piece indie-rock band, who all live in Braunstone, were asked to play at the event after the founders heard one of their gigs. "We've been practising twice a week and working hard in preparation for the festival," Ash said. "It's going to be an awesome event. It's going to be hard for us to stay grounded, it all seems like a bit of a dream. "It's going to be great for the city." Leicester Music Festival, being run in partnership with Capital FM East Midlands, is set to be the largest two-day event in Leicestershire. Expected to attract a crowd of 44,000, gates open at 11am on July, 25 and 26. Tickets for the festival are on sale, priced from £45 per person per day, at Visit Leicester, in Gallowtree Gate, the Leicester Tigers ticket office, or: www.theticketfactory.com www.skiddle.com Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Tine-Tempah-headline-Leicester-Music-Festival/story-20855110-detail/story.html#ixzz2x63Ej77B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voll Blau Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 Good for the city to get some big names like this playing there, but way more arsed about Kasabian at Vicky Park personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 What a shit line up. Everything wrong with British Music is right there, British Music is an embarrassment at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 It is indeed completely underwhelming. No doubt it will be a sell out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absolutelegend Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 Not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavrentis Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 im okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 What a shit line up. Everything wrong with British Music is right there, British Music is an embarrassment at the moment. I thought you'd be a Union J fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthefox Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 Professor Green is a tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samilktray Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 Professor Green & Tinie Tempah are both entertaining enough live, not that I'd go to this ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionator Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 Simply awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munshi Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 Would be alright, but nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouseFox Posted 26 March 2014 Share Posted 26 March 2014 Kool and the gang!!!!!1!!!1!1!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxlong Posted 27 March 2014 Share Posted 27 March 2014 What to go for, 45 quid in my pocket or a ticket for the Leicester festival? On balance I'll pump for the cash as in an emergency that gives me at least 3 sheets of paper to wipe my arse on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairy Posted 27 March 2014 Share Posted 27 March 2014 Thank God I'm on holiday when this is on as my wife's friend would no doubt convince her that we HAD to go to this as she does all the real shit gigs happening in Leicester. It really is a Saturday evening ITV family special concert / talent show line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Ron Posted 27 March 2014 Share Posted 27 March 2014 Same weekend as "Simon Says" I'm back at dommy hall again this year! Though I actually wouldn't mind watching Kool and the gang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 27 March 2014 Share Posted 27 March 2014 I thought you'd be a Union J fan. Gone off them, prefer The Vamps atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 28 March 2014 Share Posted 28 March 2014 If Kool and the Gang just did their pre-1979 stuff, I'd see them. Their early stuff was brilliant, massive contrast to the shit they put out after (which is the stuff they're known for) Otherwise an absolute garbage lineup. Professor Green can eat my arse-hairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Ron Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Why not try Handmade. Cracking little festival, I went last year. can't make it this year sadly as I'm away. http://handmadefestival.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrummieFOX Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 There's a band called, 'Formal Warning'?! Wow. Put a bit of effort in lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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