EXCITEMENT is already mounting after the first major festival of the summer, The Isle of Wight Festival revealed 14 brand new acts for this year’s event.

James, Imelda May, Paul Oakenfold, Courteeners, Suzanne Vega, Ash, Sharon Corr, Foxes, Lightning Seeds, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The View, UB40’s Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue, Ian Anderson plays the best of Jethro Tull and La Femme are now all confirmed to perform over the weekend of June 11-14.

These acts join the already-announced Fleetwood Mac, The Prodigy, The Black Keys, Pharrell Williams and Paolo Nutini for what is shaping up to be the hottest ticket for the summer.

South coast singer-songwriter Foxes is among the new names announced, whose hits Holding on to Heaven, Youth, and Let It Go For Tonight reached the UK top 20, is best known for her vocals on 2013 single Clarity which peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy award for Best Dance Recording.

Her debut album Glorious, which was released in 2014, reached No 5 in the UK charts and received rave reviews.

Formed in the early 80s, alt-rock band James rose to success during the 90s with hit singles Come Home, Sit Down and She’s a Star.

With the addition of new record La Petite Mort, released in 2014, the band have released a staggering 13 studio albums.

Irish singer-songwriter Imelda May was born and raised in Dublin. She began her music career at the age of 16 and was nominated for a Choice Music Prize in 2010 following rave reviews of her third album Mayhem. In April last year May released her most recent album Tribal which debuted at No 1 in the Irish album charts.

Paul Oakenfold’s stature as a DJ and entertainer is beyond magnitude, and with three Grammy nominations under his belt, he is one of the true legends of electronic music.

English indie quartet Courteeners released their first album in 2008 and were awarded the Guardian First British Album Award.

The band released their latest studio album Concrete Love in August 2014.

Californian songstress Suzanne Vega released her first album in 1985 and has since achieved millions of record sales worldwide, with two of the albums earning platinum status.

Irish alt rockers Ash rose to success in the mid 90s with a No 1 album 1977 and hit singles including Girl From Mars and Goldfinger.

There’s a new album due in 2015.

Formed in 1989 by Ian Broudie in Liverpool, The Lightning Seeds became pop icons throughout the 90s, achieving a No 1 with their single Three Lions which featured David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and was used as the official anthem for the English football team in the 1996 European Championships. Sharon Corr MBE is best known as a member of the pop-rock band The Corrs, which she co-founded in 1990.

In 2012 Corr became a coach for Irish talent show The Voice of Ireland and finished her second album, The Same Sun, of which the lead single Take A Minute peaked at No 11 in Ireland.

Geno Washington came to England in the 60s as part of the US Air Force and soon fell in with the London blues and soul scene.

The band quickly became established as one of the most exciting live acts around and they continue to wow crowds all over the world.

Mercury Music prize nominees The View rose to prominence in 2007 with their chart topping debut album Hats off to the Buskers.

Three Top 20 albums later, the band are set to release album number five this spring.

Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue sees three founding members of UB40 unite. The band enjoyed huge success over three decades, including a No 1 album Labour of Love and multiple top ten, gold and platinum selling albums and Grammy nominations.

Returning to The Isle of Wight Festival after previously performing in 1970 is Ian Anderson MBE who will play the best of Jethro Tull.

Formed in 1968, Jethro Tull were, by the mid-seventies one of the most successful live performing acts on the world stage, rivalling Zeppelin, Elton John and even the Rolling Stones.

Formed in 2010, French band La Femme have garnered high praise in the press, being covered by the likes of NME Magazine and Pitchfork.

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