V Festival Announces Dance Arena Acts

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V Festival has just announced its Dance Arena lineup across 20th and 21st August 2016. The electric line up includes headline performances from DJ EZ and Craig David's TS5.

V Festival 2016, sponsored by Virgin Media, has today revealed its stellar dance line up that will take over the Dance Arena across 20th and 21st August 2016.

The electric line up includes a hotly anticipated performance from UK garage favourite, Craig David TS5. The multi-platinum star will bring a taste of his exclusive Miami TS5 radio shows and club nights to the festival. Also performing is garage music extraordinaire DJ EZ who will both take to the decks to pump out the tunes and get the crowds going.

Heading to the Dance Arena just ahead of them will be two of the world’s biggest drum and bass acts, Sigma and Wilkinson, who are set to be crowd favourites with their incredible DJ sets and banging beats.

Tchami, aka Martin Bresso, the future house music producer from Paris, will be playing a set packed with smash hit remixes across AlunaGeorge, Martin Garrix and his notorious Janet Jackson ‘Go Deep’ mix. Also bringing the hits will be Australian electronic producer duo, Flight Facilities.

Two of the UK’s biggest home grown dance hit makers, Blonde and Philip George, will pull the crowds in to the Dance Arena and set an electric atmosphere with their incredible set lists including UK top 10 chart singles ‘All Cried Out’ and ‘Wish You Were Mine’.

BBC Radio 1 DJs, MistaJam and Monki, will both play second sets at the festival after MistaJam plays Chelmsford and Monki travels to Staffordshire on the Friday evening for their first appearance on the BBC Radio 1 Summer of Dance stage. Their second appearances will then take place in the popular dance arena across the Saturday and Sunday schedule.

KuruptFM, My Nu Leng, Low Steppa, Icarus, Tom Zanetti & K.O Kane all round off what is set to be an amazing weekend in the Dance Arena.

The full line up includes: Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Sia, David Guetta, Faithless, Kaiser Chiefs, Years & Years, Jake Bugg, Bastille, Rita Ora, Tinie Tempah, Jess Glynne, Little Mix, Craig David’s TS5, Katy B, Halsey, Example, Troye Sivan, Lukas Graham, DJ EZ, James Morrison, Travis, John Newman, Foxes, DNCE, Sigma, All Saints, Walking On Cars, Fleur East, Soul II Soul, Big Sean, Flight Facilities, Lethal Bizzle, Eric Prydz, Annie Mac, Danny Howard, Gorgon City, Wilkinson, Monki, MistaJam, Mike Posner, Zara Larsson, Tchami, Blonde, Philip George, Low Steppa, Icarus, KuruptFM, My Nu Leng, Tom Zanetti& K.O Kane with more acts still to be announced.

Published on 07 April 2016 by Ben Robinson

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