TWO of the UK's leading music talents have been confirmed to play at this year's TT.
Doves will play the Villa Marina on June 8 and Razorlight lead singer Johnny Borrell will play a solo show on June 10.

As founder, frontman and lead singer of Razorlight, Johnny Borrell has two 4x platinum selling albums (Up All Night and Razorlight) and a gold selling album (Slipway Fires); five UK top 10 singles including the chart topping indie classic, America and smash hits Somewhere Else, In the Morning and Wire to Wire.

At his Villa Marina show, Borrell will be playing all of Razorlight's biggest hits and a selection of his own original material.

Doves, the Manchester based Indie band, have also confirmed that they will play on the Isle of Man during the TT festival.

Their appearance at the Royal Hall comes ahead of their scheduled appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival the following weekend. With Indie anthems There Goes The Fear, Black and White Town and Snowden, Doves have firmly established themselves as one the UK's best rock bands.

They followed up their platinum selling debut album Lost Souls (UK number 6) with two further top selling albums, The Last Broadcast and Some Cities. Their latest album, Kingdom of Rust, released in 2009 reached number 2 in the UK album chart.

The Villa Marina has already announced details of the TT festival including headline appearances by former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown and leading UK comedians Al Murray and Ross Noble.

There is also a high profile stunt production scheduled every evening and fans will also be entertained with quizzes, chat shows, local music, motorcycle meetings, TT race winners parade and closing firework show.

Community Culture and Leisure Minister David Cretney MHK said:

'Music has latterly become a more important part of the TT festival experience and we are delighted to have now confirmed three quality headline acts for the 2010 TT Races that really complement all of the other events that are taking place.

'We now have a great TT festival lined up for 2010 that we think will appeal to a broad audience."

Tickets are priced £25 - £27.50 for Johnny Borrell and £25-27.50 for Doves and will be on sale at 9am on Saturday, April 17, at the Welcome Centre at the Sea Terminal and on the Ticket Hotline on 01624 600555.

Tickets will not be available at the Villa Marina.

Subject to availability, tickets will be available online on Monday, April 19.


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