Van Morrison has been unveiled as the Friday night headliner for Wrest Park’s Heritage Live Concert Series this summer.

He’ll be supported by The Waterboys and Hothouse Flowers when he plays the Bedfordshire manor on August 31.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (February 23), available here.

Morrison was also recently announced as the headliner of The Liverpool Feis, a new Irish music festival taking place on the city’s waterfront on July 7.

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The April 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Joni Mitchell on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, we pay tribute to Mark E Smith and there are new interviews with The Breeders, Josh T Pearson, Brett Anderson, The Decemberists, Chris Robinson and many more. We also look at the legacy of Rick Hall’s FAME Studios. Our free 15-track CD features 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, featuring Graham Coxon, Gwenno, Guided By Voices, Jonathan Wilson, David Byrne, Tracey Thorn, The Low Anthem and Mélissa Laveaux