My Bloody Valentine and US singer-songwriter Rodriguez
are to headline this year's scaled-down Hop Farm Festival in Kent.
Promoter Vince
Power said the festival, the sixth to be held since 2008, would be over two
days, on 5 and 6 July.
Previous
festivals have been held over three days with headline acts including Prince
and Bob Dylan.
"Last year
has been tough for me, as it has been across the board for the festival
market," said Mr Power.
"I wanted
to keep the festival going, but I've had to make changes for it to
continue."
He said the
festival would have a capacity of 10,000. Previously 30,000 have attended.
Mr Power said
this would "allow the organisers to remain committed to delivering a
fantastic weekend of music whilst maintaining no sponsorship or branding".
Other acts
announced include The Horrors, Jimmy Cliff, The Cribs, The Presidents Of The
United States Of America and Martha Wainwright.
Mr Power's
announcement comes 10 days after the company which operated the separate family
park at the venue, Hop Farm Trading Ltd, went into liquidation.
Insolvency firm
White Maund LLP said an offer had now been made for the Hop Farm business by a
company within the Hop Farm Group.
The attraction,
at Paddock Wood, is currently closed.
The liquidation
was blamed on the recession and continued bad weather, which caused a drop in
visitor numbers and a fall in the average amount spent by each visitor.
One of The Hop
Farm's biggest annual events, The War and Peace military show, announced in
December it was moving to Folkestone after 20 years.
White Maund
said on Monday the new management team at The Hop Farm would open the park for
the Easter period from Friday until 14 April.
It said there
would be a number of new events and attractions for the 2013 season.
The Hop Farm
Festival is the third event to be confirmed for the site this year.
A Country,
Craft and Food Fair will take place on 18 and 19 May and the Mirror Fest family
camping weekend is on 31 May to 2 June.
Source: BBC
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