The Hives are to close the brand new Zoo Thousand and Eight Festival.

Also heading to Kent over the weekend of July 4-6 are Gallows, Minus the Bear, Flogging Molly and The Holloways.

Others playing the event, set to take place at Port Lympne Wildlife Park in Kent include Friday night headliner Mark Ronson, Funeral For A Friend, Young Knives, British Sea Power, Hadouken!, Wiley, The Rascals, The Cribs, Athlete, The Whip, Fucked Up, Little Man Tate, Chas & Dave and DJ sets from Bloc Party and Pendulum. Another headliner is still to be confirmed.

Tickets are on sale now, priced at £99 for a standard weekend ticket.

Zoo Thousand and Eight is raising money for the John Aspinall Foundation, a charity which promotes wildlife conservation.