Billie Marten set to headline festival

A TWO-DAY festival in central Reading has announced its second headliner ahead of the event in March.

Billie Marten will be joining Porridge Radio in topping the line-up at Beat Connection, presented by Heavy Pop and Dork.

Billie Marten is due to release Drop Cherries, her fourth album, on Friday, April 7, and said of the album that aims to “capture the vibrancy, unpredictability, and occasional chaos one experiences within a relationship.”

It will be the first album both written and co-produced by the n Tickets available via: gigantic. com/beat-connection-tickets

Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky, last year.

More acts are due to be announced.

Beat Connection will take place at St Laurence’s Church, central Reading, on Friday and Saturday, March 24-25.

Early bird tickets are now available, with weekend passes priced at £30, Friday passes at £16.50, and Saturday passes at £22.

Concessions are available for teens between 14-17, though under18s must be accompanied by an adult.