Justin Timberlake and The Killers to headline V Festival 2014

Plus: Ed Sheeran, Paolo Nutini, Lily Allen and All Saints also on bill, while Chic and Nile Rodgers revealed as very special guests.

Justin Timberlake and The Killers have been confirmed as the headlners of this year’s V Festival.

JT will be dusting off his Suit & Tie to close Chelmsford’s Hylands Park on Saturday, August 16 and Staffordshire’s Weston Park on Sunday, August 17, while The Killers will top the bill at Weston Park on August 16 and Hylands Park on August 17.

The legendary Nile Rodgers and his equally legendary group Chic have been announced as very special guests, while the weekend will also see performances from Ed Sheeran, Paolo Nutini, Lily Allen, Bastille, Rudimental and former Swedish House Mafia men Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso. Oh, and did we mention All Saints are also on the bill?!

Other acts set to appear include: Elbow, Example, Chase & Status, Alesso, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers, Above & Beyond, Tom Odell, Sub Focus, Train, Blondie, Jason Derulo, Rizzle Kicks, John Newman, Sam Smith, Katy B, Embrace, Janelle Monae, Kodaline, Miles Kane, The Human League, Newton Faulkner, Starsailor, Aloe Blacc, Alex Clare, Nina Nesbitt, The Strypes, Birdy, Foxes, Ella Eyre, The Stranglers, The Magic Numbers, The Beautiful South’s Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, George Ezra, The Wailers, M People, The Wonder Stuff and The Rifles.

Tickets go on sale this Friday (March 7) at 9am from www.gigsandtours.com.