Boybands are back for summer festival

A NEW music festival coming to Plymouth this summer has announced three boy-bands who will take to the stage on the first day of the weekend-long event in June.

- By SARAH LUMLEY

Discovery Festival, which held its inaugural event in Dundee, Scotland, last summer, will now come to Plymouth this August, with three days of live music at Central Park on June 12-14.

The festival had previously announced that Saturday, June 13, will have an ‘80s Calling’ theme, with a lineup including Kim Wilde, Level 42, and headline act, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD).

Now the Friday lineup for June 12 has been revealed: featuring iconic '00s boybands Blue and The Wanted 2.0, with ‘Keep On Movin’ hitmakers, Five, headlining the opening night of the festival.

Day tickets for the Friday will be available later this week, from Friday, February 27, and start at £46 plus booking fees for general admission.

Meanwhile, if you don’t want to miss a moment of the event, weekend tickets are out now, costing £126 for general admission, or £231 for VIP tickets (plus booking fees).

With a career spanning over 25 years, pop sensations Five are known for energetic feelgood hits including Keep On Movin, Everybody Get Up, and If Ya Gettin' Down.