Royal Blood and Two Door Cinema Club on festival line-up

Truck Festival, which is held annually in July at Hill Farm, Steventon, near Didcot, announced the line up for this summer’s event last night.

Making for one of the most anticipated returns of the year, Royal Blood will be marking the occasion with a headline performance with anthems such as ‘Figure It Out’, ‘Out Of The Black’ and ‘Little Monster’.

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Talking about their headline set, Royal Blood said: “After being booked to play in 2021, we can’t wait to finally head to Oxfordshire and headline Truck Festival this summer! Expect a party."

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Following on from their tenth anniversary tour of standout debut album ‘An Awesome Wave’, Alt-J will performing hits such as ‘Breezeblocks’ and ‘Left Hand Free’ on the main stage.

After releasing their debut album ‘Tourist History’ over thirteen years ago, indie trailblazers Two Door Cinema Club are also announced to headline Truck Festival 2023.

Known as a ‘festival band’, the esteemed Northern Irish musicians will be performing hits such as ‘Undercover Martyn’, ‘Something Good Can Work’ and ‘What You Know’.

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They said: “We first played Truck back in 2009 where we got led astray by Ash and then one of us (who shall not be named) threw up in a graveyard.

“Our next appearance was a few years ago to headline and it was amazing to see how much the festival had grown. We have such fond memories of both times and we’re excited to see what our third appearance has in store.”

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Special Thursday headliner The Wombats will return to Truck Festival showcasing their latest record, last year’s ‘Fix Yourself, Not the World’ as well as singles ‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’, ‘Moving To New York’, ‘Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)’, ‘Jump Into The Fog’ and many more.

As well as the headliners, Truck Festival has booked Self Esteem Maisie Peters, The Vaccines, Circa Waves, Pale Waves and so much more.

Speaking about their return to Hill Farm Justin Young from The Vaccines said: “Six long years since we last played one of our favourite festivals in the UK. We're so, so excited to come back and tell you all how much we've missed you. Hopefully I'll find the shirt I lost, too."

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Truck Festival has already released the comedy line-up for the 2023 event including big name acts such as Seann Walsh, Emmanuel Sonubi and Jonathan Pie.

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Joining them at Hill Farm will also be Ivo Graham, John Hastings, Matt Richardson, Jarred Christmas, Jojo Sutherland, Rich Wilson, Dan Tiernan, Myq Kaplan, Tamer Kattan, Kyrah Gray, Kuan-Wen Huang, Harry Stachini, Kate Williams, Matt Bragg and Mike Newall.

Speaking about Truck Festival’s line-up announcement, festival manager Lily Brimble said: “We’re still buzzing, all these months later, at just how great it was to be back with our Truck Festival family in 2022 after so long away - and it’s why we’re even more excited to reveal this year’s lineup.

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“It’s the Truck audience that makes the weekend so special, and we can’t wait to see everyone again this July. Get ready for some fun and mischief.”

Tickets are available from 10am on Friday (February 3) at truckfestival.com

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This story was written by Gee Harland. She joined the team in 2022 as a senior multimedia reporter.

Gee covers Abingdon, Didcot, Wallingford and Wantage.

Get in touch with her by emailing: gee.harland@newsquest.co.uk

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