Rock heavy-hitters Royal Blood have been announced as the Friday headliner at Newcastle festival, This is Tomorrow.

The band will be joined on the lineup by Stockport’s finest Blossoms as well as the excellent Fontaines D.C. at the city festival which takes place in May.

Royal Blood will join North Shields’ rising star Sam Fender and Gerry Cinnamon at the top of the bill over the late May Bank Holiday weekend.

Tickets for the event will go on sale on Friday with weekend tickets already on sale.

Royal Blood are a rising rock act, having had two number one albums and are gearing up to release their third album expected soon.

The Brighton rock outfit have had success with hits such as ‘How Did It Get So Dark?‘ and ‘Figure It Out’ with a distinctive sound centered around the band’s pounding bass riffs which have seen the band widely praised.

They will be joined on the Friday by Blossoms, who have also had chart success with their previous two albums.

Recently the band announced their third album, ‘Foolish Loving Spaces’ which has teased an evolution in their sound in their new singles ‘Your Girlfriend’ as well as new cut ‘If You Think This Is Real Life’.

As well as this Irish Punks, Fontaines D.C. have also been announced after recently selling out the O2 Academy.

Their amazing debut album ‘Dogrel’ has put them on the map leading them to critical acclaim as well as various album of the year nominations narrowly missing out on the Mercury Prize last year.

They are also joined on the lineup by Inhaler and The Lathums, two bands who have been gaining traction on the Indie circuit recently.

Tickets for the event are available here.