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A$AP Rocky has been added to the Wireless Festival line-up.
The 'F**kin' Problems' rapper will return to perform at the festival, taking to the stage on the opening night of the three-day event on July 3 shortly before headliner Drake.
Live Nation's Steve Homer said: "We take great care to listen to what our fans want and A$AP Rocky is always high on the list. He was one of the highlights of the festival when he last played in 2013, so we're really pleased to welcome him back this year for what is currently his only confirmed European show of the year. He's a firm fan favourite and we're all really excited to see what he brings to New Look Wireless 2015."
The 26-year-old ASAP Mob member joins the previously announced Avicii, David Guetta and Nicki Minaj, who are all scheduled to play at the festival's tenth anniversary at London's Finsbury Park.
Other artists who will perform include Jessie J, Stromae, Major Lazer, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar and Labrinth.
Day tickets to Wireless Festival are now on sale costing between £62.50 - £69.50, with multi-day tickets also available from www.wirelessfestival.co.uk

Hozier doesn't have time for a relationship.
The 'Take Me to Church' hitmaker, who is among the nominees for Song of the Year at this weekend's Grammy Awards, admits he is too busy for love.
The 24-year-old singer said: "I don't have a girlfriend at the moment; I live out of a suitcase, and that's not very conducive to a relationship. But I'm not lonely, because I'm very close to my band when you live on a tour bus, you're really in each other's pockets."
Despite his success over the past year, the Irish star - real name Andrew Hozier Byrne - insists he has no interest in hanging out with his celebrity fans at swanky parties.
He said: "I love a good party, but I'm not all that attracted to a celebrity lifestyle. I hate nightclubs, and I get fed up very quickly in crowded rooms. I enjoy being around people I know."
Nevertheless, the singer is thrilled to be up for his first Grammy Award at the prestigious annual ceremony which will take place this Sunday, February 8.
Asked how he found out the news, he told Vanity Fair magazine: "My manager called to tell me, and I was very glad I hadn't switched my phone off. I'm absolutely over the moon - to be nominated for a Grammy is a thrill and an absolute honour."

Harrison Koisser claims "strange things happened" when he was in a hotel room with Rita Ora.
The Peace frontman recalled "a big night" he had with the chart-topping singer and eight others while in a room at a London hotel, but admitted recounting the story could land him in trouble due to their wild antics.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "My friend and I were in a hotel room in London with her [Rita Ora], and eight other people, and strange things happened. But I'd get in trouble if I say. It was a big night. I've got the fear thinking about it."
The rocker - who will release his second album 'Happy People' with bandmates Samuel Koisser, Douglas Castle and Dominic Boyce, on Monday (09.02.15) - confessed the band have vowed never to speak about their debaucheries because their behaviour can be "extreme".
He explained: "The strangest occurrences we don't discuss. There is a pact of secrecy between myself and those involved in the band of anything that would be too strange. We're two extremes. We will have 14 days of everyone being really calm and then there will be the one day of horror levels of excitement and things.
"But no-one likes to brag about it. If we have a wild one, we say, 'Let's not let anyone know. Let's keep this to ourselves'."
While the 'Lost On Me' singer is not keen to reveal what they do during their maddest moments, he conceded all of their tales are x-rated.
He hinted: "Strange things have happened, but I don't know if there has been anything that is clean. I don't have a clean story."
Peace will perform at Heaven in London on February 9 as part of the NME Awards Shows with Austin, Texas.

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Stevie Wonder will present awards at the Grammys.
The full list of stars who will hand out the trophies at Sunday's (08.02.15) ceremony have been revealed, and includes Ryan Seacrest, Enrique Iglesias, Shia LaBeouf, and Jennifer Hudson.
Other famous faces who will grace the stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles include Keith Urban, Jamie Foxx, Gwyneth Paltrow, Dave Grohl, Meghan Trainor, Gina Rodriuguez, Dierks Bentley, James Corden, Barry Gibb, Nick Jonas, Anna Kendrick, Katharine McPhee, Pentatonix, Smokey Robinson, Nile Rodgers and The Weeknd.
As well as the star-studded line-up of presenters - alongside main host LL Cool J - viewers will be treated to special performances from Madonna, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Ariana Grande, Rihanna and Ed Sheeran.
Katy Perry has also been confirmed to sing her ballad 'By the Grace of God' from her album 'Prism', which was inspired by her break-up from ex-husband comedian Russell Brand.
Meanwhile 'Shake It Off' hitmaker Taylor Swift - who is up for three awards at the ceremony - previously revealed she will not be singing at the ceremony because she is too busy.
She wrote online: "Since my whole life is wrapped up and entangled in the planning of The 1989 World Tour right now, I'm not going to be performing on the Grammys this year. I need this time to focus only on the tour."
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast exclusively on 4Music in the UK at 9pm on Monday February 9.

Laura Mvula will reunite with Gregory Porter on 'The Graham Norton Show' tonight (06.02.15)
The 28-year-old singer/songwriter and the Jazz supremo will team up to perform their hit single 'Water Under Bridges' on the talk show, and the Grammy-Award winner cannot wait to join forces with the 'Can't Live with the World' hitmaker again.
He said: "Working with Laura is such a pleasure she was a very special guest at my iTunes festival gig at the Roundhouse last year and the crowd loved her."
Laura and Gregory will also get to rub shoulders with the likes of Julianne Moore and Cuba Gooding Jr. on the programme's sofa and the Hollywood actor admits on the show that he is a big fan of Gregory's work.
He says: "I've already got the album and I'm a massive fan."
Laura is also a massive supporter of the jazz sensation, who is also known for his and Julie London's scintillating rendition of 'Fly Me to the Moon' on the Marks & Spencer Christmas advert last year.
She previously said: "It's like the stars align when he does his thing."
Gregory and Laura will be on 'The Graham Norton Show' on BBC One tonight at 10:35pm.

Clean Bandit have hit back at Kasabian for suggesting they don't write their own songs.
The 'Rather Be' hitmakers - Grace Chatto, Milan Neil Amin-Smith, Jack Patterson and Luke Patterson - have responded angrily to guitarist Serge Pizzorno who expressed his anger at his band being snubbed for a BRIT award while they're up for the Best British Group prize.
Responding to Serge's comment that "it's an outrage" as "Clean Bandit don't even write their own tunes", Grace said: "It's so weird and odd. We do write our own music. It's just so funny that he would say that.
"Maybe he just assumed that because we've had this hit with 'Rather Be' it's the sort of pop that has millions of writers behind. But we didn't. I think it was about us being nominated in the best band category. It was a surprise for us - maybe it wasn't a nice surprise for them."
However, the 28-year-old cellist insists she won't let the 34-year-old musician's insults get her down as she's not a huge fan of he and his bandmates' - Tom Meighan, Christopher Karloff and Christopher Edwards - work.
She continued: "Maybe it's jealousy. I don't really care. I don't know a lot of Kasabian's music. I am into rock music but I don't know their stuff."
The blonde beauty also insists she and her bandmates will be letting their hair down to celebrate their amazing year if they do take home the gong at the awards ceremony at London's O2 Arena on February 25.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "We'll definitely party. We like to party."

Lance Bass feared 'N Sync would be hated if he came out.
The 35-year-old singer wed his partner of three years, Michael Turchin last year, but didn't come out as gay while the band were together because he feared it would tarnish their success.
He revealed: "I had a lot of pressures on me at that point. Not only was I keeping the secret from my family, but I also had this career with four of my best friends.
"I knew, in the late 1990s/early 2000s, that if I came out, people would hate 'N Sync, and that would be the end of our career. There was no way I was going to do that to my four best friends, so, as long as I was with them, I was asexual."
Instead, the 'Bye Bye Bye' hitmaker decided to avoid relationships of any kind before the band decided to take a hiatus in 2002, after which he finally felt he was able to explore his sexuality without jeopardising the careers of bandmates Justin Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone and JC Chasez.
Speaking in the Love & Marriage issue of Attitude magazine, he said: "I wasn't with a girl, I wasn't with a guy, I just focused on work, and it kept me out of trouble.
"It wasn't until I realised there wasn't going to be another 'N Sync album that I felt ready!
"I wasn't even that sad about the end of 'N Sync as I felt that I'd actually get to be myself from then on. That's when I started finding myself and started dating guys - it was great."

Major Lazer and Mary J. Blige have been added to the Wireless Festival line-up.
Diplo's side project and the 'Family Affair' singer will both perform at the three-day festival in London's Finsbury Park along with the previously announced headliners Drake, Avicii and David Guetta.
Other new additions to the line-up include Belgian singer-songwriter Stromae, rising star PARTYNEXTDOOR, drum and bass producer Netsky and 21-year-old '2 On' hitmaker Tinashe.
Hip hop star Pusha T, brothers Rae Sremmund and reggae musician Collie Buddz will also perform at the event which runs from July 3-5.
As well as the latest act announcement, organisers of the festival have teased a special guest for the opening evening of the festival, who will take to the main stage between Canadian rapper Drake and the already-announced Major Lazer.
The 2015 event will be the tenth anniversary of the festival - which is sponsored by fashion retailer New Look - with other acts including Nicki Minaj, Jessie J, Kendrick Lamar and Labrinth set to perform.
Day tickets to Wireless Festival are now on sale costing between £62.50 - £69.50, with multi-day tickets also available from www.wirelessfestival.co.uk

Ed Sheeran has donated his gold album disc to a cafe.
The 'Thinking Out Loud' hitmaker has shown his love for the coffee shop in his hometown of Framlingham, in Suffolk, by donating the plaque marking one million sales of his latest album 'X'.
The cafe - called The Dancing Goat - has given the framed gold album disc pride of place on its wall and tweeted the 23-year-old singer to thank him for the kind gesture.
They wrote: "Thankyou Ed! @edsheeran, We love you, big kisses from all at the @dancinggoatfram."
The Brit Award-winner has previously made it clear he is a huge fan of the eatery, which already had a signed copy of his debut album '+' on their wall.
He even has a tattoo in tribute to the Dancing Goat, which is owned by his close friends.
Despite his globetrotting lifestyle, the star has remained particularly fond of his hometown and recently spent £895,000 on a six-bedroom house close to the area, complete with its own stables, game room, vegetable patch and wine cellar.