Muse are set to headline the first day of the V Festival in Chelmsford tonight (August 16), playing on the V Stage after Stereophonics, The Kooks and Maximo Park.

Ian Brown, The Kooks, The View, The Courteeners, Reverend And The Makers and The Charlatans are among the bands and artists confirmed to appear at the NME signing tent at the forthcoming V Festival.

The Kooks have announced a very special New York show to take place the day before their September 10 headlining performance at Summerstage in Central Park.

The Kooks have added a number of new North American dates to their summer/fall tour, which now runs from stops in Japan this weekend through a string of UK dates in late November and early December. In other semi-related news, the British sailing duo Ben Rhodes and Steve Morrison were forced to

The Kooks have announced a Fall tour of North America, kicking off September 4 with a show for the students at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY.