Morrissey has a new album out in March

Bloc Party, Keane, The Magic Numbers and honorary Brit Award winner Paul Weller are also on the bill for the event, taking place on August 19-20.

The ex-Smiths frontman and Oxford-based Radiohead will both be making their debuts at the 11th annual festival.

The two-centre event will take place over the weekend at Hylands Park, Essex and Weston Park in Staffordshire.

New album

Radiohead will headline the main stage at Hylands Park on Saturday, with Morrissey playing the event in Staffordshire.

The two acts will swap venues on Sunday.

Further acts on the line-up include Faithless, Kasabian, Editors, Fatboy Slim and The Ordinary Boys.

The festival's director Bob Angus said: "It's acts like these that give our festival its unique eclectic feel."

Morrissey, who is releasing his new album Ringleader of the Tormentors in April, is taking part in the South by Southwest music festival in Texas next month.

Last year's V Festival attracted more than 130,000 music fans to both sites, with Oasis, Franz Ferdinand and the Scissor Sisters among the 80 acts taking part.

Veteran crooner Tony Christie also took to the stage in the wake of the success with his song (Is This The Way To) Amarillo.