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Wanted for new Kent festival

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by Chris Price

Chart-topping boyband The Wanted will headline a weekend of music at Leeds Castle.

The fivesome, whose track Gold Forever is this year's official Comic Relief single, will perform at the new Live At The Castle concert.

There will also be sets from 22-year-old singer-songwriter Eliza Doolittle and I'm A Celebrity.. contestant Aggro Santos on Sunday, July 17.

The gig follows on from the Leeds Castle Open Air Classical Concert on Saturday, July 16, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Chris Yates from Heritage Events, the organisers of the concert, said: "We are thrilled to bring such an exciting line up of young talent to Leeds Castle, performing for the first time ever together.

"This is the first year we have organised Live at the Castle and we want to make it an annual event."

Shane Guy, from Leeds Castle, added: "This event opens Leeds Castle to a whole new audience and combines well with the classical concert to deliver a weekend of open air entertainment to a variety of music lovers."

The Wanted acheived fame with their no.1 single All Time Low last year and are working on their second album.

Eliza Doolittle's self-titled debut album went platinum in 2010 and included singles Skinny Genes and the radio favourite Pack Up.

Before raising his profile on reality television, Brazillian-born English rapper Aggro Santos had scored a no.5 hit with former Pussycat Dolls singer Kimberly Wyatt called Candy.

He has since achieved chart success with Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh with Like U Like.

Also today, it was revealed Eagles will headline the Hop Farm Festival and Sophie Ellis-Bextor will perform at Bedgebury Pinetum as part of the Forestry Commission Live Music concerts.

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