The Selecter to headline Sheffield's Tramlines

2-tone ska legends The Selecter have been announced as Sunday Main Stage Headliner for Tramlines festival which returns for a fifth year between Friday 19th and Sunday 21st July 2013 to the city of Sheffield.

Other acts also added to the bill are Public Service Broadcasting, Wolf Alice, Summer Camp, Superfood, Best Friends, and PAWS, plus electronica acts Anushka, Squarehead, The Soft, and Monki.

Festival Director Sarah Nulty said, "Each year we aim to offer more diversity than the last and I think this years’ line-up delivers exactly that. The blend of established acts versus upcoming talent plus local versus international is huge! We have an experienced booking team who put a lot of work into making our line-up accessible as to a wide audience as well as one that rivals other festivals out there."

It is also announced today that The Leadmill will host Tramlines Eve, the official Tramlines pre-party, on Thursday 18th July. Nine piece Leeds band Gentleman's Dub Club will headline a night of dub, ska and reggae inspired night, which, as part of the Fringe entertainment programme, is free to enter.

Many acts are still to be announced for the festival which across the city will feature hundreds of artists in 60 venues across Sheffield including four outdoor stages. There will be the welcome return of the Folk Forest, the Peace Gardens' World Stage, the Buskers Bus, Street Theatre, the Weston Park party and the Blues and Ale Trail - all with line up announcements to follow.

Tramlines gives festival-goers a chance to see established artists alongside up and coming acts, across four outdoor stages and over 70 venues. These include 2.54, Luke Abbott, Alessi's Ark, Amplifier, Anathema, Mr. Benn, Broken Hands, Brolin, Bromheads, Bondax, B. Traits, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Cheatahs, Citizen, The Crookes, Coasts, Counting Coins, Deaf Club, DJ EZ, Dre Skull, Dub Phizix & Strategy, Chris Duckenfield, Duke Dumont, Dutch Uncles, Eliza and the Bear, Everly Pregnant Brothers, Jeramiah Ferrari, Forgemasters, Fossil Collective, Fenech Soler, Friends, Maurice Fulton, Hekima & The Bongo Flava, I Like Trains, The Invisible, Lanterns on the Lake, Lulu James, Jim Jones Revue, Kagoule, Kasra, Lianne La Havas, Lemuria, The Lost Brothers, Masters in France, Maybeshewill, Melanie Pain (Nouvelle Vague), Menace Beach, Misty's Big Adventure, New Young Pony Club, The Talks, Theo Parrish, Peggy Sue, The Pineapple Thief, PINS, John J Presley, David Rodigan, Rolo Tomassi, Nadine Shah, Shangaan Electro, Sky Larkin, Slow Club, John Smith, Stay Positive, Storms, Stylo G, Sweet Baboo, Tall Ships, Teleman, Theme Park, Thumpers, Toddla T Sound, TTNG, TY, Wet Nuns, and Witch Hunt.

For the line-up details as available please click here.

Started in 2010 Tramlines key goal was to give festival-goers a chance to see established artists alongside up and coming acts. Entry this year is £6 per day or £15 for the weekend and it delivers a line-up that would normally cost a packet. To buy tickets now, click here.

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