James Arthur will take to the stage on Sunday 26th May, in less than a year, James Arthur’s life has been utterly transformed. At the start of 2012, James was living in a cramped bedsit in Saltburn-by-the-Sea near Middlesborough. Blessed with a voice aching with longing and pure spine-tingling soul, James could see no way to share his unique talent with the world.
Fast forward to early 2013 and 24-year-old James is performing to more than 10,000 people each night in arenas around the UK as the deserving headliner of ‘The X Factor Live Tour’. He went on to have the fastest selling single of the year with ‘Impossible’. In just five weeks, it reached the No. 1 spot and sold more than one million copies. It has also been nominated as the Best British Single at this month’s BRIT Awards.
Joining James on Sunday will be popular indie rock band The Enemy, they supported Oasis, The Fratellis, Kasabian, The Paddingtons, Ash, Manic Street Preachers and Stereophonics on their UK tours. Their second album Music for the People (2008) went to Number 2 on the UK Albums chart. Streets In The Sky, their third studio album, was released on 21 May 2012 and was also their third UK top 10 album.
Lawson and Wiley will be taking to the stage on Saturday 25th May before headline act JLS.
This year Osfest is partnering with the £500,000 Appeal to help fund a £2million Bone Cancer Centre at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry (RJAH). The new Centre will be designed to treat cancer patients in a dedicated care environment, the majority of whom are under 24 years of age. Appeal Director Gwilym Owen OBE, commented, “This is fantastic news! We are delighted that Osfest 2013 has come onboard to support our Bone Cancer Centre Appeal. The festival targets the age group where bone cancer most often strikes”.
The music festival at Oswestry Showground has been held for the last three years and has attracted a number of top acts including Example, Razorlight, Stooshe and Hard-Fi.
The festival, which attracts thousands of music revelers, will take place over May Bank Holiday weekend from Friday 24thuntil campers depart on Monday 27th May at Oswestry Showground.
A variety of music and dance acts, both well known and emerging, local talent promise something to suit all musical tastes.
The main stage big top will only take 5,000 festival goers this year. Full weekend camping tickets start at £59.50 Non Weekend Camping £55.00 and day tickets from £29.50.
Carly Jackson, event director, has urged people to get hold of their tickets fast!
Carly said: “As the main stage is undercover this year when they are gone they are gone, so don’t miss out”.
