More acts have been announced for this year’s V Festival.

Already confirmed as one of the headliners was Muse, and they will be joined by, as widely rumoured, The Verve.

Also set to play are The Prodigy, Kaiser Chiefs, Maximo Park, Stereophonics, Kooks, Pigeon Detectives, The Twang, The Charlatans, Kings of Leon, Ian Brown, Hot Chip, Amy Winehouse, Reverend and the Makers, Chemical Brothers, Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette, Amy Macdonald, Newton Faulkner, The Feeling, The Hoosiers, Shed 7, The Pogues, Girls Aloud and Squeeze.

V takes place at its usual venues in Chelmsford and Staffordshire over the weekend of August 16-17.

Tickets go on general sale this Friday (March 7) at 10 AM.