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Despite going into administration in 2012, Hop Farm festival has announced its return, naming My Bloody Valentine and Rodriguez as headliners at this year's hugely scaled back event.
Other bands confirmed for the Kent festival include The Horrors, Jimmy Cliff, The Cribs, The Presidents Of The United States Of America and Martha Wainwright.
The 2013 event drops its capacity from 30,000 to just 10,000 following struggles in the current financial climate and competition from rival festivals. The festival's promoter Vince Power has discussed the decision to scale back the show, saying commitment to keeping Hop Farm festival alive was behind organiser's opting for a smaller show.
"Last year has been tough for me, as it has been across the board for the festival market," says Power, quotes the BBC.
"I wanted to keep the festival going, but I've had to make changes for it to continue."
Leonard Cohen's 2012 cancellation caused financial struggles for Hop Farm
Previous reports had suggested Hop Farm was faced with 'financial ruin' after Leonard Cohen quit his headline show in 2013 in favour of performing in London instead.
The summer of 2012 saw a string of festival problems with bad weather causing choas at early festivals. Bestival boss Rob da Bank blamed the interest in the Olympics on the lack of festival support this year.
"Last year, around this time I was pooh-poohing the Olympics a little bit, not really thinking it was going to have any effect but I was wrong, it's had a huge effect on event sales in general," says the producer, DJ and festival organiser in an interview with Gigwise in the summer of 2012. "That, combined with economic woes, for a lot of people it hasn't been a good year and we had a pretty terrible start to the year with weather and stuff. The year has been crap for a lot of people.
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