Muse For V2008

Muse will headline the V Festival this summer, it has been confirmed.

They are the first act to be announced for the gathering, which takes place on split sites in Chelmsford and Staffordshire.

The pair of summer dates will be Muse's only European festival shows of 2008, according to reports.

Tickets for V2008, which takes place on August 16+17, go on-sale on March 7, with more acts set to be announced shortly.

As previously reported, Muse release a live CD and DVD to commemorate their pair of historic shows at Wembley Stadium last summer, on March 17.

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