Muse will return to the Festival for the first time since headlining in 2011, when they played ‘Origin of Symmetry’ in its entirety. It will be the third time overall that they have headlined the festival. The news comes after rave reviews for their performance on Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage back in June and fans heading to Reading and Leeds will be hoping for more of the same. NME also reports that there were calls earlier this year for the band to play a set list chosen by fans in more intimate club settings in a future tour. Reacting to the news, via NME, Muse said, ‘We’re very excited to be playing Reading and Leeds again. More news about our plans for 2017 coming in the new year,’ while festival organiser Melvin Benn added, I’m thrilled to be able to announce Muse as the first headliner for Reading and Leeds 2017. Their incredible live show promises to be an unforgettable performance – we have so much more to announce and I can’t wait to reveal the rest of the line up.’

Along with headliners Muse, the festival has also confirmed a host of other acts, including fellow British acts Glass Animals While She Sleeps, who should feel at home in Leeds as a Yorkshire band, Bastille, and a clutch of artists from across the pond to add international flavour to the event, including Major Lazer, At The Drive-In, Against The Current and Danny Brown. Drum n’ Bass pioneer Andy C will also appear, as will Canadian hip-hop artist Tory Lanez. The line-up represents a range of experience and notoriety, with Andy C and Danny Brown, who released his fourth album this year, veterans of the live scene while Against The Current will be playing their first set at the festivals and only released their debut album, ‘In Our Bones’ earlier this year. Tory Lanez also debuted on the album charts this year, with ‘I Told You’, which was released in August. Although English metalcore outfit While She Sleeps have only released two albums to date, by the time they take to the stage next year, they will have released a third. Entitled, ‘You Are We’, it is scheduled to come out on the 21^st April next year. It will also be Major Lazer’s only UK Festival appearance in 2017 – so if you want to catch them, do so there.

As organiser Melvin Benn states, there are still hundreds of acts to be announced to fill eight stages and complete the festival’s line up, as for who these acts might be, The Manchester Evening News reports that Kasabian are strongly rumoured to make the bill. Follow mxdwn.co.uk for any further updates.

Tickets for the events are on sale now with weekend tickets priced at £205 plus a booking fee. Early entry permits cost £20; camper van permits are £75; a seat of luxury is £35; lockers are £20; Reading car park, £10.

The acts so far announced are:

Muse

Major Lazer

Bastille

Tory Lanez

At The Drive-In

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Glass Animals

Andy C

Danny Brown

The Cure frontman Rober Smith expressed his excitement in playing the festival, saying: “We are very very happy to be back at our favourite festival; we can’t wait to play a special set to show the future IS what it used to be.”

Meanwhile Major Lazer said in a statement “We started at Bestival five years ago, and it was one of our favourite shows to date. Feels like home for us – rugged and real music fans. Since then we finally impacted in England, and we can’t wait to do our new show and play all the records for the fans at one of the best festivals in the world.”

The theme of this years festival was also announced, with this year being all about the future. Organiser Rob de Bank said in a statement: “So, here we go again, but this time we’re going far … far away … into the future. Prepare yourselves for a Bestival unlike any other with futuristic new stages, and as ever it’s a broad church of music from every decade and every genre.”

A host of other acts were announced too, including Skepta, Animal Collective, Bastille and Damien Marley among many more. Wolf Alice will also be making their Bestival debut; meanwhile Craig David will be bringing his TS5 show to the festival and Hospital Records will be bringing some of the finest Drum & Bass acts along too.

Bestival 2016 will take place on 8-11 September on the Isle of Wight, with many more acts still to be announced before then, including another headliner. You can check out the first poster for the festival below:

The Project is now entering it’s eighth year of delivering the biggest names in house, trance and techno and is showing no sign of slowing down, with some absolutely huge names announced to ensure the dance floor resembles a slew of people moving uncontrollably to the beats booming through the air.

Former Swedish House Mafia maestro Axwell opens the happenings on the launch night, appearing alongside fellow dance music juggernauts including Armand van Helden and Mark Knight. During the rest of the season, which runs from 27th of September until shortly after New Years Day, titans from the scene will be appearing to encourage non stop movement from the 5000 strong crowd, including performances from Disclosure, Rudimental, Major Lazer, The Chemical Brothers and tonnes more.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Friday 26th July) and range from £25 to £28.50. If you are a fan of any form of dance music, this is an event you will not want to miss.