2008 will see the marking of twenty-five years of the Rock and Blues Custom Show, and the first acts have been announced for the weekend.

Glenn Hughes & Friends, Blackfoot, Magnum, Hanoi Rocks, Molly Hatchet, Budgie, Fastway and GMT (Guy-McCoy-Torne) will play the event.

In further news, the festival has a new location, moving to Catton Hall in Derbyshire, the home of Bloodstock Open Air.

Rock and Blues runs from July 24 to July 27.

For more information, go to
www.rockandblues.uk.com.