Rudimental has been announced as one of the headline acts for this summer's Rochester Castle Concerts today (February 27).

It comes after Jess Glynne was revealed as the first headliner for the annual festival organised by Medway Council.

The Rather Be singer – along with support acts that are yet to be announced – will be the second headliner to perform at 2019's Rochester Castle Concerts on Thursday, July 11.

Tickets went on sale in early February and sold out in just hours.

Tickets will be on sale for Rudimental on Monday, March 4 at 10am.

The headline acts for Friday, July 12 will be announced at a later date.

While the Proms will once again go ahead on the Saturday (July 13) with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and Collabro already been confirmed to perform.

There are three ways to buy tickets, online at thecastleconcerts.co.uk , call 01634 338338 or visit the Central or Brook Theatre in Chatham or Rochester Visitor Information Centre.

In 2018 UB40 ft Ali, Astro and Mickey and Ronan Keating headlined the stage at the castle.

Follow our live updates below to find out how the announcement unfolded below.

Rudimental are coming to Rochester

Rudimental have been officially announced as the Wednesday headliner at Rochester Castle Concerts.

A spokesman said: “We are thrilled to welcome Rudimental (DJ set) to the Castle Concerts on Wednesday, 10 July

“Tickets will be on sale Monday, 4 March at 10am.”

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Organisers are due to make the announcement at 10am.

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Last year

In 2018 UB40 ft Ali, Astro and Mickey and Ronan Keating headlined the stage at the castle.

This first announcement for 2019 comes as the deputy leader of Medway Council, who organises the event, says he is “very hopeful” this year’s Castle Concerts will be successful.

Cllr Howard Doe said at a meeting last week: “We have been very careful this year in who we select as artists. I am hopeful this year – very hopeful – they will be successful.”

The average attendance of Medway Council’s Castle Concerts plummeted below 2,300 in 2018, with promoters said to “not know why” last year’s offering did not appeal.

Only 959 tickets were sold for the Jools Holland concert, although it did clash with England’s historic World Cup semi-final clash with Croatia.

Political opponents suggest the introduction of a controversial drinks ban was a “major factor” in the decline, but the authority says it intends to continue to enforce this following advice.

However, Cllr Doe admitted there were issues attracting “top-quality” artists to perform at the 4,500-capacity venue.

He said: “More and more hire fees are being asked by artists – it really has gone up quite significantly.

“As a result, it becomes more and more difficult to get top quality artists into the castle gardens without putting the tickets up to a point where people are not prepared to pay silly amounts for it.”

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Clues

Organisers have released a number of clues regarding the Wednesday headliner.

We think we know who it is - but can you work it out?

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