The festival will take place across 2019’s May Bank Holiday.

It follows the recent announcement that Noel Gallagher will be headlining, and also on the bill is You Me At Six and Nothing But Thieves. SSD’s Steve Davies spoke about the announcement:

“When we said this will be biggest and most ambitious festival the North East has ever seen we meant it and we’re super excited about this second announcement. Foals are one of the most forward-thinking and groundbreaking bands out there and the fact that they’ve been filling out arenas regularly for years now and are about to release their fifth album, makes them one of the UK’s most prolific outfits.

They’re a perfect headliner for the Friday show. They’ve come along way since they burst onto the scene over ten years ago now and we can’t wait to see the band at the peak of their powers at This is Tomorrow Festival.”

Foals have also confirmed that their fifth studio album will be released in 2019, which will be sure to birth the anthems of the next festival season.

Tickets for the first day of This is Tomorrow Festival featuring Foals are on sale 10 am Friday 30th November priced from £45.00, subject to a booking fee via Ticketline here.