Olly Murs headlines Rock N Roll Circus festival in Norwich

The Rock N Roll Circus festival has announced it will be heading to Norwich next August and has already revealed three star artists.

Olly Murs will be one of the headliners fresh off the back of his sold-out arena tour.

Olly Murs will be heading to Norwich (Image: Ben Birchall/PA) With hits such as Troublemaker, Up and Dance with Me Tonight, Murs rose to fame after finishing second in the 2009 series of The X Factor.

The Essex-born singer will be joined by noughties boy band Blue as well as pop-rock band Scouting For Girls.

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The festival aims to blend music and circus acts, and after events in Newcastle and Sheffield, it hopes to build on its successes in East Anglia.

Promoters have promised more acts will be revealed soon.

The festival has had previous events in Sheffield and Newcastle (Image: Rock N Roll Circus) Ali O’Reilly, the organiser of Rock N Roll Circus, said: "We are absolutely thrilled to be launching Rock N Roll Circus in Norfolk.

"It’s been a dream to take our festival on tour and reach new audiences and Norwich is the perfect place to do it.

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“With Olly Murs headlining, it’s going to be an amazing show, and we can’t wait to bring our circus concept to Earlham Park.

"We’re all about creating magical, one-of-a-kind experiences for fans and we’re so excited to share that with the people of Norfolk.

Scouting for Girls have also been announced for the festival (Image: PA)

"This is just the start of even bigger things to come – so keep an eye out for more announcements soon."

The event will take place from August 15 until August 17 with pre-sale tickets going on sale at 10am on October 9 and general sale tickets becoming available at the same time on October 11.