Dido added to V Festival lineup

Dido will play this year’s summer V Festival, it has been announced.

She will join Muse, Primal Scream, The Pixies and The Strokes at the two-day event.

The singer told Virgin Radio it was her first British festival appearance.

Pink, Kings of Leon, Snow Patrol, Keane and Athlete will also play at the two-site festival, being held in Chelmsford and Staffordshire in August.

Dido, who pulled out of the Brits, told Virgin Radio’s breakfast duo Pete and Geoff, who announced the performers this morning: “It is my first festival here.

“I seem to have done festivals everywhere else and managed not to be in England during the summer.

“V was the natural choice for me. It just always seems to have such a nice vibe and everyone comes away from it happy.

“It is a really good mix of music and the weather always seems to be quite nice, and it has posh toilets too.”

The star, who is preparing to embark on a world tour, said she would be sleeping in her tent during the festival.

She promised the 130,000 V Festival punters: “My live set has always been a bit different to the album.

“We mix it up quite a lot and it will be heavier than the album. There is a lot of rock in it.

“And I have started playing guitar which is also interesting. I always played, but badly, because I have never devoted time to playing properly. It’s a bit of a new challenge.”