Last year's V98 festival, headlined by Robbie Williams and The Verve, was held on two sites over one weekend, with one at Chelmsford, Essex, and one in Leeds.

But for 1999 a site at Weston Park, Staffordshire will replace the Leeds venue. Coincidentally, it was landscaped by Capability Brown, as was the Chelmsford venue, Hylands Park.

Last year, acts including Robbie Williams, The Verve and James Brown performed at both locations, with the Saturday and Sunday bills swapping venues overnight.

Organisers hope to reveal the line-up for the 1999 show soon.

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Music fans in Leeds are still likely to get a festival though - the organisers of August's Reading Festival are hoping to hold a second festival at V98's old Temple Newsam site on the same weekend as Reading, with acts alternating between Reading and Leeds.

As usual, rumours are flying thick and fast about the year's other festivals. REM are tipped to play Glastonbury in June. Metallica and the Rolling Stones have also been linked with the event.

Details of July's Phoenix festival at Stratford-upon-Avon - which was cancelled last year due to poor ticket sales - and a new festival in Brighton have yet to be announced. The line-up for Scotland's T in the Park at Balado is also still under wraps.

Of the festivals that have been confirmed, Brit Award winners Belle and Sebastian are holding their own Bowlie Weekender at Camber Sands holiday park, Sussex, from 23-25 April, with fans staying in holiday chalets rather than tents.