Orbital, Simian Mobile Disco and Tricky are the first three acts confirmed for Glade Festival this summer.

The four day Glastonbury spin-off is also promising many more surprises in the pipeline.

Glade Festival Creative Director, Nick Ladd, said: "There are lots more big guns to come especially as the Glade Festival line-up has been evolving in the past couple of years to embrace more crossover styles and different flavours. This year, we will definitely taking that a step further with lots of surprises in store."

Glade Festival 2010 takes place at Matterley Bowl on the outskirts of Winchester from July 15th to the 18th.

(by Scott Colothan)