BluesFest has added two superstar acts to the line-up for this year’s event, with former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and visionary Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison both confirmed for the 4-night festival, which returns to The O2 in October. Both Plant and Morrison will perform full sets on Friday 26 October.

Plant, who appeared at BluesFest as a special guest for Bill Wyman’s 80th birthday show in 2016, is widely regarded as one of the greatest rock and roll frontmen of all time and will bring his Sensational Space Shifters to London to perform classic Led Zeppelin material alongside tracks from his acclaimed solo projects including Carry Fire, his eleventh solo album, which was released in October 2017. Van Morrison returns to the festival for a career-spanning set that will include music from his new studio album You’re Driving Me Crazy, which is released next month.

Robert Plant: “It’s been way over 50 years since I first shared the stage with Van Morrison; and his band were positioned no.2 on the charts with ‘Here Comes the Night’. His style then and now remains unique and loaded with deep soul. I'm looking forward to an exciting and dynamic night.”

Tickets go on general sale Friday 20 April at 10am.