ROCK heroes Stereophonics and electronica legends Faithless are set to co-headline the Friday night of next year's Isle of Wight Festival.

The two British favourites will kick off the first festival of the summer.

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones is looking forward to his third appearance. He said: “I love playing the Isle Of Wight Festival. I got to steer the boat over last time - I was captain of the ship and honked the horn!

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Stereophonics recently scored another No. 1 album with their latest release Keep The Village Alive. They have six number one albums and 26 Top 40 singles, including the No. 1 hit Dakota. They will come armed with new hits C’est La Vie and Song For The Summer and classics including Local Boy in the Photograph, The Bartender and the Thief and Have a Nice Day.

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British electronic dance icons Faithless created club classics such as God is a DJ, Insomnia and We Come 1 and have sold over 15 million records worldwide.

Queen + Adam Lambert are to make their UK festival debut at the event, at Seaclose Park, Newport from June 9 to 12.