Tuesday 7th January 2014 by Andrew Trendell

The New Year has only been with us for a week, as 2014 remains in its infancy and next summer's festival season couldn't feel much further away. While the idea of setting up a tent, cracking open a cider and wandering down to see your favourite bands may seem pretty alien at the moment, we happen to know an awful lot about this year's biggest and best festivals already. Here are all of the acts confirmed for over 20 of Europe's biggest festivals in 2014 so far.

From rock giants like Metallica, Iron Maiden and Aerosmith to indie heroes like Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, The Black Keys, Portishead and Arcade Fire and the dance kings The Prodigy Skrillex, Disclosure and Rudimental, next year's festival calendar is filling up nicely, with something on offer for everyone. 

So, trawl through the line-ups of the best festivals of 2014, and try to decide where you'll be spending your summer this year.