Olly Murs

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Kent hearts will skip a beat as they prepare to get down with the trumpets to X-Factor’s Olly Murs and Rizzle Kicks at Quex Park.

Olly Murs has announced he is set to headline the Sound Island Festival, Quex Park, Nr. Margate, and confirmed the first of his guests will be chart-topping collaborators, Rizzle Kicks, performing to an expected audience of 10,000 fans on Sunday, July 29.

Since becoming runner-up in 2009’s series of The X-Factor, singer-songwriter Olly Murs’ self-titled, double-platinum-selling debut album, reached numnber two in the UK Album Chart in November 2010, and secured two Top Five places in the UK Singles Chart, the first of which – Please Don’t Let Me Go – reached the number one spot.

Olly’s second album, In Case You Didn’t Know, entered the UK Album Chart in the top spot in November 2011.

The second single from the album, Dance with me Tonight, also released in November, peaked at number one in the UK Singles Charts and has since become his biggest selling single to date.

As well as performing on Heart Skips a Beat with Olly which went to number one, Rizzle Kicks will also perform all their own hits, including their debut single Down with the Trumpets, which marked the beginning of their meteoric rise, spending 13 weeks in the UK Singles Charts.

Their debut album released in November quickly became certified Gold and their third single, Mama Do The Hump (produced by Norman Cook, aka Fat Boy Slim) remains in the UK Singles Chart Top Ten nearly two months after being released

Commenting on the announcement, concert spokesperson Dion Clements said “We’re absolutely thrilled to bring Olly to audiences in Kent, we know he has a huge fan base here. Being joined by Rizzle Kicks will only make this show even bigger.

“We love the Sound Island Festival and Quex Park has to be one of our favourite concert venues of all the big summer outdoor events we put on across the UK. We will, of course, officially announce Olly’s additional exciting supporting artistes in due course”

The concert will take place at Sound Island Festival, Quex Park, Birchington-On-Sea, on Sunday, July 29. For more information, or to book tickets for the event, visit www.gigantic.com, or call the 24hr ticketline 0844 888 9991. Tickets can also be booked by personally visiting the Margate Winter Gardens

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