Primal Scream have been confirmed as the headliners for the first ever Wax:On Live music festival with the long-time indie dance favourites set to crank up the excitement at the Aberford venue on Saturday, May 31.

The event will feature more than 60 artists across six arenas and will also involve the likes of Sheffield's Reverend And The Makers, Steve Lawler and Radio One's Annie Mac.

Taking place against a rolling green countryside backdrop, the show will boast a synergy between the old and new of the dance and party scene, catering for a rage of music tastes.

Wax:On Live creator Dan Blackledge commented: "Due to the success of the Wax:On club night, an all day/night live version seemed the next step.

"With so many larger festivals moving down to London, I felt it was the perfect moment to give the people of Leeds and the north a current music event, with a plethora of different artist styles, and Wax:On Live was born."

The Wax:On Arena has Primal Scream top of the bill with music also from Hercules And The Love Affair, Late of the Pier, Green Velvet, Erol Alkan, Annie Mac, Riotous Rockers, People Get Real, Oli Patten, TC Monckton and Preamptive VJ's.
Rising stars Reverend and the Makers headline The Wall Of Sound Arena with appearances here also from X-Press 2 with their 20 years of Acid House set, The Infadels, The Shortwave Set, Andrew Weatherall, Shy Child, Unabombers, Ahuman, Ocelot Live and Alvin C.

The Technique Arena features Steve Lawler, Derrick May, Stacey Pullen, Steve Bug, Ivan Smagghe, Thomas Melchoir, Ryan Elliot, Dave Martin and Death on the Balcony while Shy FX tops the bill in the Hospitality Arena with support from Ed Rush, London Elektricity, DJ Die, Killa Kella, Skream, Plastician, Foreign Beggars, Cyantific, Logistics and Danny Byrd.

Mathew Herbert is the attraction in the Naive Melody Arena, where there will also be sets by Justus Kohncke, I-F, Ame, Dixon, Toby Tobias, Tim Sweeney (DFA), Night Moves, Slippery People and Andro.

Finally, the imaginatively titled Adventures in the Beetroot Field stage will have performances from The Count and Sinden, Friendly Fires, Operator Please, Christopher D Ashley, Autokratz, The Black Ghosts, Crookers, Brodinski, Skull Juice, Casper, Crispin Dior

It's the biggest and most ambitious event so far staged by Wax:On who have been putting on dance shows in Newcastle and Leeds for years, as well as hosting parties at Austria's Snowbombing. Tickets are £39 and available from www.waxonlive.com