An eclectic mix of artists including KT Tunstall, 10cc and Crowded House has been chosen for this year's Cornbury Music Festival.

Promoters say they are delighted to present one of the best line-ups for the event near Charlbury on Saturday, July 5, and Sunday, July 6.

Other highlights for the fifth annual festival will include performances by Beverley Knight, The Bangles and Nick Lowe.

The headline act for Saturday night has not yet been confirmed, but The Bangles and Beverley Knight will take up other two evening slots on the main stage.

On Sunday, 10cc and KT Tunstall will warm up the crowd before New Zealand favourites Crowded House close the festival.

Organiser Hugh Phillimore said ticket lines would now open and he was hoping to confirm the headline act for Saturday night in the near future.

He said: "It's a big name from America and I hope I will be able to confirm the name in the next couple of days.

"If I leak the information I'll get myself into trouble with the artist's agent, so I better not say too much.

"I'm very excited about this year's line-up - I'm really looking forward to hearing 10cc play, then KT Tunstall and Crowded House on the Sunday night.

"I saw 10cc play a few weeks back and they can really cut it.

"Nick Lowe is another one of my favourite artists and I'm looking forward to hearing him play a track called All Men Are Liars.

"We were so lucky with the weather last year and we're obviously hoping for more of the same this summer."

Others acts on the bill include Half Man Half Biscuit, The Beat, Tift Merritt, Joe Bonamassa and Toots and the Maytals.

Tim Hughes, the Oxford Mail's music editor, said: "It's another impressive line-up from this up-and-coming festival, which is now on a sound financial footing.

"Oxfordshire is fast becoming the national capital of festivals with Cornbury, Truck, Cropredy and the recently-announced Wakestock at Blenheim Palace.

"With all these festivals, it's promising to be a very entertaining summer so let's hope the weather stays nice."

Last year, more than 15,000 music lovers at Cornbury enjoyed watching bands including David Gray, The Waterboys and The Feeling.

Festival goers included Witney MP and Tory party leader David Cameron, who was spotted dancing to Echo and the Bunnymen with Richard Curtis, the writer of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Also spotted were Dom Joly, of Trigger Happy TV fame, and George Michael, who was seen buying a sausage at The Big Bang stall.