February 27, 2008 12:58

The Streets, Supergrass, Groove Armada for Wakestock festival

Funeral For A Friend, Young Knives and The Hoosiers also set for summer bash

Photo Gallery: The Streets
Photo: Danny North

The Streets, Supergrass, Groove Armada and Young Knives are set to play at the forthcoming Wakestock festival, which takes place on two sites – one in North Wales and one in Oxfordshire – this summer.

The event – billed as Europe’s largest wakeboard music festival – takes place in the grounds of Oxfordshire’s Blenheim Palace on June 27, 28 and 29, then in Abersoch, north Wales, on July 4, 5 and 6.

Funeral For A Friend, The Hoosiers, Hadouken!, Metronomy, Jazzie B and Audio Bullys are also confirmed for the festival.

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