Festival For Heroes will support troops

A summer music festival to raise money for the armed forces has been unveiled by the Royal British Legion.

Festival For Heroes will pull together acts from a number of musical genres including pop, hip-hop, R&B, indie, rock and classical.

The one-off event, which will take place on June 20 at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, was launched today by hip-hop artist Ironik.

Gabrielle, The Automatic, Blake, GO:Audio, Escala, Ultrabeat and Lulu are among acts scheduled to perform at the event, which organisers hope will raise more than £1 million.