Boomtown Festival has announced some major changes for the future of the much-loved event.
Like many other festivals across the UK, Boomtown's 2020 edition was cancelled because of coronavirus.
And when it returns in 2021, organisers have revealed it will be drastically different to how revellers remember.
The Bristol-based team behind the Hampshire event has said acts will no longer be announced before the festival.
This, they say, will allow them to "create lineups that are even more phenomenal and diverse".
The sprawling layout of the festival site will also be different than before, and tickets will also be lower in price.
Speaking about no longer revealing the lineup, the Boomtown team said: "We have spent months debating whether this was the right thing to do but what is clear, is that there are many aspects to the way the music industry runs that don’t work for independent festivals."
The complex process of releasing a music line-up with the exclusivity, billing and escalating costs has led us to decide this is the time to rethink the way we approach it and explore new ways of doing things.
"We have always been a creatively-led festival and people attend Boomtown because of the overall experience.
"We will continue to book incredible headline artists, and all the festival favourites, but by approaching our programming announcements in this radical way, we can create lineups that are even more phenomenal and diverse than we have ever been able to before."
Boomtown organisers say they have also "re-imagined" their festival layout.
They added: "The Main City and its unique worlds will all now be located in what was previously known as ‘Downtown Boomtown’.
"Every main stage is a brand new concept and nestled deep into magical district surroundings.
"For the first time ever we will be using every inch of the ‘Downtown’ valley to build up the most detailed festival city we’ve ever dreamt up!
"Around the city will be the beautiful, forest chillouts and woodland parties we love to escape to."
Visit Boomtown's website for more information and tickets.
