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Kate Tempest joins Annie Mac and Jake Bugg at LeeFest 2017

By: What's On reporter whatsoneditor@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 11:00, 05 April 2017

The latest headliner has been announced for Kent music extravaganza, LeeFest.

Kate Tempest, the former Mercury Prize, nominee, will top the bill on the first day of the three-day festival that runs from Thursday, August 10 Saturday, August 12.

The 31-year-old from south London is an accomplished playwright, novelist, poet and respected recording artist.

In 2013 Kate Tempest won the Ted Hughes Award - the first person under the age of 40 to win it

Her first album Balance became a critically acclaimed sensation and her live shows are known for effortlessly weaving song, spoken word and rap.

Kate will joins fellow headliners Annie Mac and Jake Bugg at LeeFest, near Tunbridge Wells.

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Also on the bill are punk rockers Milk Teeth, hip-hop collective Jungle, RAM Records legend Wilkinson, Mr Scruff and Rudimental protege Kidnap Kid.

Jake Bugg will headline this year's LeeFest near Tunbridge Wells

Special guests will be Wild Beasts, known for kaleidoscopic guitar rhythms and lyrics you can scream at the top of your lungs.

Weekend tickets for LeeFest Presents The Neveland are on sale now at £109 plus fees.

For details visit leefest.org

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