Victorious Festival 2023: Kasabian named as latest headliner | Ents & Arts News
The festival is a three-day music event and first started in 2011.
Friday, February 10, 2023 11:37 AM, UK
Club foot rockers Kasabian have been named the latest headliners at Victorious Festival – the UK’s biggest metropolitan music event.
Formed in Leicester in 1997, the band now consists of founders Sergio Pizzorno and Chris Edwards, along with Ian Matthews and Tim Carter, following the departure of former frontman Tom Meighan in 2020.
They are famous for a catalog of hits from their seven studio albums, including Fire and LSF.
This year the festival takes place over the August bank holiday weekend in Southsea, Hampshire.
A scene for singers
Also taking center stage, festival-goers will see folk-pop singers Ellie Goulding and Ben Howard, as well as last year’s winner of The Masked Singer, Natalie Imbruglia.
Mercury Music Prize winners Alt-J will perform as part of their 10th anniversary tour of their album An Awesome Wave.
The festival will boom with other indie acts taking the stages including Scotsmen 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 perform alongside Stockport’s Blossoms and Friendly Fires.
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Fans are also treated to DJ Pete Tong presenting his Ibiza Classics with the Essential Orchestra on Friday night on the Castle Stage with Southsea’s Tudor Castle as the backdrop, followed by Annie Mac on Saturday night.
Here are a few more acts ready to rock the show: ’90s acid jazz funk band Jamiroquai, singer-songwriter Beabadoobee, Australian punks Amyl and The Sniffers, Mersey rockers The Coral, The Enemy, Katy B, Dylan, Inspiral Carpets, Crawlers, Newton Faulkner and Wonder Horse.
Andy Marsh, Lead Booker at Victorious, said: “This year’s lineup is one of our biggest yet and we’re thrilled to finally reveal more of the incredible acts our audiences can look forward to in 2023.
“For the first time, Victorious will run for three full days and we are proud of the extensive offering we have for our festival-goers, spanning 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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