VIDEO: 'I'm coming from LA, save me some Hendos!' - Excited music fans react to Sheffield Tramlines festival line-up

Music fans from all over the world have shared their excitement over the line-up for this year's Tramlines festival.
Noel Gallagher.Noel Gallagher.
Noel Gallagher.

Thousands of music lovers have already snapped up tickets for this year's event, and the remaining ones are going quickly.

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This comes after the headlines for the Sheffield-based festival were finally revealed at 6pm this evening as Stereophonics, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Craig David.

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Fans across the city and further afield have been sharing their joy over the news.

Brian Kemm tweeted: "I’ll be coming to Tramlines from Los Angeles. Save me some Hendos! See you in July."

Sam Cleasby‏ said organisers had 'smashed it' with this year's line-up and added: "Go on Sheffield."

Stereophonics.Stereophonics.
Stereophonics.

Joe Palmer tweeted: "How have Tramlines managed to get Noel Gallagher and Stereophonics to perform? What a line-up so far."

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Meanwhile on Facebook, Margaret Jean said she 'can't wait' for the festival and added: "Was a brilliant atmosphere when it was in town I hope it will be the same."

Janice O' Neil posted "It will be great for the area."

Revellers at last year's Tramlines festival.Revellers at last year's Tramlines festival.
Revellers at last year's Tramlines festival.

The weekend-long event, which kicks off on Friday, July 20, will have thousands of music fans heading to the bigger venue of Hillsborough Park for the first time after a move away from Ponderosa Park in Upperthorpe.

Welsh rock giants Stereophonics will headline the Friday, Oasis star Noel Gallagher will feature on the Saturday and 90s pop/garage star Craig David will round off the event on Sunday.

Sheffield band Reverend and the Makers are set to appear again along with Dearne Valley rockers The Sherlocks. Blossoms, Jake Bugg, De La Soul, and Mabel will also appear over the weekend along with dozens of others.

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This is the first time the festival will be in one place. Previous festivals has seen venues across the city centre host bands and acts.

Craig David.Craig David.
Craig David.

The expanded Hillsborough Park venue will ' effectively double' the amount of music fans at the main stage to around 35,000.

Alex Deadman, one of the festival co-organisers said: "We're all really excited by this year's event. It's been really hard work to get this big line up this year. We wanted to pull out all the stops for the 10th edition and we feel we have achieved that.

"It's not easy to secure big names but what we are finding is artists are taking Tramlines a lot more seriously and we feel the line-up reflects that. The industry knows about Tramlines and they know it's a big deal."

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The venue will see four stages hosting music, art, comedy, eclectic performance, handpicked food and regional craft ales.

On the venue itself, Alex added it was an ideal choice for Sheffield. "The council has been really good with helping us make the venue viable.

Stereophonics.Stereophonics.
Stereophonics.

We've found the vibe from residents around the park to be really positive.

"There was a feeling from people that Hillsborough has so much potential but it gets ignored over other areas. It will be good to show off the area and people will see it's not just famous for hosting football. "I'm confident people will have a great weekend."