Sound Island Festival 2013 released their first line up announcement today, Plan B and Jessie J

Additional special guest performers will include Rita Ora and James Arthur on the Saturday, with Lawson and Union J on Sunday

The rapper, singer-songwriter, movie star, screenwriter, director and all round unstoppable force that is Plan B has become a phenomenal success in the years since the launch of his critically acclaimed 2006 debut album, Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, with his second album, the more soul-sounding The Defamation of Strickland Banks going straight to the No1 spot in the UK Album Charts upon release in 2010

His third album, Ill Manors, was released last year as a soundtrack album for the Drew-directed film of the same name, also debuted at #1 in the UK Album Charts

Sunday’s headliner is none other than one of the biggest female singers in the UK today… the sensational Jessie J is coming to Sound Island Festival 2013! The Do it Like a Dude, Who’s Laughing Now and Nobody’s Perfect singer – whose Price Tag and Domino videos have racked up well in excess of 250million views between them on video sharing sites YouTube and Vevo – has become a big success on both sides of the Atlantic since her debut release in 2010

Rita Ora rocketed to fame in 2012 with more #1 singles in the UK Singles Chart than any other artist last year, with singles Hot Right Now, How We Do (Party) and R.I.P from her debut album Ora all hitting the top spot  

The X Factor 2012 winner, James Arthur, made his chart debut shortly after winning the series, with No1 hit Impossible going on to sell more than one million copies for charity and becoming the fastest-selling X Factor winner’s single to date

Lawson, comprising band members Andy Brown, Joel Peat, Ryan Fletcher and Adam Pitts, rose to prominence supporting The Wanted on two of their UK tours in 2011 and have since gone on to score three of their own Top Ten UK Singles Chart hits with songs When She Was Mine, Taking Over Me and Standing in the Dark, while their debut album Chapman Square reached No 4 in the UK Album Charts 

Last year’s X-Factor semi-finalist four-piece boy band, Union J, will also appear as guest performers on the Sunday, having just signed a record deal with Sony Music and with an anticipated debut single due out in June

Commenting on the announcement, concert spokesperson Dion Clements said “Plan B and Jessie are both in such demand we’re thrilled they’re coming to headline the Sound Island Festival this year, it’s a great coup for fans of the artistes and Sound Island audiences in general. With guest appearances by Rita Ora, James Arthur, Lawson, Union J, and of course with more details of additional performers to be announced, Sound Island Festival 2013 is set to be the biggest and best yet!”

Sound Island Festival takes place at Quex Park nr Margate from Sat 27th to Sun 28th July 2013

Tickets are available from Gigantic