The Specials confirmed as headliners for Splendour Festival

Splendour 2015

Saturday 18th July 2015
Wollaton Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 2AE, England MAP
£44, children under 10 free

Daily capacity: 20,000

The Specials have been confirmed as headliners for Splendour, Nottingham's annual family friendly music festival, which returns for its eighth year at Wollaton Park on Saturday 18th July.

Widely credited with changing the face of pop in the late 70s, The Specials reformed in 2008 and have gone on to tour the world, playing to bigger audiences than ever before.

This summer the 20,000 Splendour Festival crowd can enjoy the two-tone revival with hits such as 'A Message to you Rudy', 'Too Much Too Young' and 'Ghost Town' sure to feature in the headlining set.

Organiser George Akins, said, "Although the band were only around for a short time in their heyday, nearly every one of their songs from their debut album has rightly become a classic over the intervening decades. I know they will go down a storm at Splendour as they still sound as vital and relevant today as they did when they burst onto the scene in 1979."

Promoter DHP Family will be announcing further acts for the three stages in the coming weeks and months that will appeal to audiences both young and old, pop and indie fans alike. Already promised is an even bigger and better entertainment offering with fringe acts and a new expanded children’s entertainment area.

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Tickets are priced at £44.

Set in the stunning grounds of Wollaton Hall, the festival has grown to become one of the region's biggest music events, attracting around 20,000 people of all ages.

Splendour feature three live music stages, a comedy stage, special entertainment for children, bars, food stalls, fairground rides, kids are and more. There's no camping - the deer won't have it.

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