Gallagher to headline at new festival

DUNDEE will host a brand new music festival next year, with Summer Sessions set to debut with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.

The festival takes place in the city’s Slessor Gardens on June 11, with Noel Gallagher headlining the one-day show.

Dundee is the latest city to join the Summer Sessions family, with festivals held in Edinburgh and Glasgow in previous years.

More acts will be announced for the day who will perform alongside Noel Gallagher, and it is expected the festival will return in future years.

Tickets will be available from November 24, priced at £55 plus booking fee for general admission and £77.50 plus booking fee for VIP.

Organisers said that the City of Discovery would provide the perfect backdrop for the Summer Sessions festival.

Geoff Ellis, DF Concerts CEO and Summer Sessions promoter said: “Dundee is the spiritual home of DF Concerts, having started here many moons ago, so we are delighted to return with Summer Sessions and bring some incredible music to the city.

“We are excited and extremely proud to announce Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds as the first ever headliner for Dundee Summer Sessions and we could not wish for a more iconic artist to launch the festival.”

Mark Flynn, convener of Dundee City Council’s city development committee, said: “The success of the concerts that have been staged at Slessor Gardens so far, and its place as a fantastic venue to see bands of all types, has attracted interest from a wide variety of promoters.

“I am delighted to see the diary slots that are available for next summer filling up so fast.

“Top-class acts like Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are bound to fire the public’s imagination and get them turning out in their thousands.” Geoff Ellis added: “Dundee is a city full of energy, creativity and ambition and so provides a perfect home for Summer Sessions and the quality of artists that will come to play the festival.”

It comes after the city missed out on the return on Radio One’s Big Weekend, with BBC bosses opting to host the festival in Coventry.

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