Beyoncé Confirmed To Headline V Festival 2013 This Summer
Beyoncé has been confirmed as the joint headline act at the UK’s upcoming V Festival, alongside rockers Kings of Leon.
The festival is set to take place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire over the weekend of August 17 and 18.
So far, the V Festival is Beyoncé’s only European festival date for 2013, Capital FM reports.
The last UK festival the “Single Ladies” singer performed at was Glastonbury on June 26, 2011.
Generally well received, Beyoncé’s 16-song Glastonbury set also marked her entrance into the history books when she became the first woman to headline there in 25 years.
The Houston native has blazed a powerful comeback since the start of 2013.
Kicking off with President Barack Obama’s inauguration — and the furor that followed — her a capella anthem at a subsequent press conference, a scorched earth Super Bowl halftime show, and the debut of her co-directed documentary “Life is But A Dream” — all have kept the mother-of-one in the headlines.
Beyoncé will shortly embark on a four month world tour, billed as the “The Mrs Carter Show.” The tour begins on April 15 in Belgrade, Serbia, and will see the singer and her all-female band and dancers travel to multiple countries before the last date on August 4 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Ahead of the release of her highly anticipated album — which features names that include Justin Timberlake, The Dream, Pharrell Williams, and Timbaland, the 31-year-old recently inked a global administrative publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Publishing, Billboard notes.
An indication of the level of frenzy surrounding Beyoncé’s impending tour? The UK leg sold out in 12 minutes when tickets went on sale on February 23.
V Festival organizers also announced other acts confirmed to perform include Brit Awards queen Emeli Sande, Jessie J, Calvin Harris, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Rudimental, The Vaccines, Fun., The Fratellis, The Script, Kendrick Lamar, and Stereophonics — and many more.
Tickets for V Festival go on sale on March 1 at 09:00 am.
Bonus trivial fact: Beyoncé performed Kings of Leon’s hit “Sex on Fire” during her Glastonbury set. Check it out below.
