SOUTHAMPTON’S own globe trotting indie rockers Band of Skulls will appear a UK’s biggest metropolitan festival, Victorious (August 25-27) in Southsea.

Currently consisting of Russell Marsden and Emma Richardson as Matt Hayward pursues other music ventures, the duo have been announced in a third wave of acts alongside Maximo Park and The Dandy Warhols.

Their music has been used for everything from Hollywood movies like The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Hangover Part II to video games including Guitar Hero and Gran Turismo 5.

Victorious will also feature sets from Stereophonics, Elbow, The Charlatans, Franz Ferdinand, Jake Bugg, Olly Murs and Rita Ora.