Jason Donovan to headline festival near Devizes

Jason Donovan <i>(Image: Fulltone Festival)</i>
Jason Donovan (Image: Fulltone Festival)
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A music festival being headlined by an 80s heartthrob has applied for a licence to go ahead.

Fulltone is billed as a family-friendly festival. It is due to be held at Park Farm near Devizes on Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12.

A 50-strong, Devizes-based Orchestra will perform four different concerts, including Holst’s The Planets, and the Star Wars Suite, The Best of Motown, and an orchestra-meets-club-classics set with dance-pop singer Rozalla, best known for the early-90s club anthem Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good).

Alongside Madness and Phil Collins tribute acts, the festival features a set by Somerset's cider-soaked comedy-folk barn-dance band The Wurzels, and 80s heartthrob, actor and singer Jason Donovan.

The Australian rose to fame in the late 1980s in Neighbours before becoming one of the UK’s best‑selling pop stars of 1989, scoring solo hits and duetting with on-screen girlfriend Kylie Minogue.

He went on to reinvent himself in musical theatre, notably in the title role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in London's West End.

The festival has traditionally been held on The Green in Devizes, but plans to move to a farm at Potterne, just outside the town, with the capacity growing from 2,000 to 5,000 ticket holders.

Music is scheduled to end at 11pm on Saturday and 10pm on Sunday.

Wiltshire Council is considering the licence application, with public consultation open until May 11.

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