April 9, 2008 10:00

Mark Ronson to headline new South East festival

Dizzee Rascal, Cribs and Rascals to join the bill

Photo Gallery: Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson has been announced as one of the headline acts at the Zoo Thousand And Eight Festival this summer.

Dizzee Rascal has also been added to the bill which already includes The Cribs, The Rascals, The Young Knives and British Sea Power.

The new festival takes place July 4-6 at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in the Kent countryside.

Also on the bill for Zoo Thousand And Eight are Lethal Bizzle, MSTRKRFT, Hadouken!, Friendly Fires, Does It Offend You, Yeah? and The Rumble Strips.

Bloc Party are also scheduled to play a DJ set and additional artists are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

To check the availability of Zoo Thousand And Eight Festival tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

The line-up so far is:

Andy C
Athlete
Bloc Party (DJ set)
British Sea Power
Chas N Dave
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobious Pip
Dizzee Rascal
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Frank Turner
Friendly Fires
Funeral For A Friend
Goldie
Hadoukem!
Lethal Bizzle
Little Man Tate
Lupen Crook
Mark Ronson
The Metros
Micky Slim
Mitchell Brothers
MSTRKRFT
Pendulum (DJ set)
Reprazent
Roni Size
Stanton Warriors
Switch
The Cribs
The Racals
The Rumble Strips
The Whip
The Young Knives
Wiley

For further information, visit Zoothousand.com.