V Festival 2017: Pink and Jay Z announced as headliners after lineup is accidentally leaked

Pink will make her long-awaited live comeback at this year's V Festival, is has been revealed. 

The US singer along with rapper Jay Z were announced as headliners for the festival, after it was accidentally revealed in a now-deleted tweet by Ticketmaster.

V Festival have since tweeted out a poster of the initial lineup of performers, which also includes Craig David, Ellie Goulding, Pete Tong's Ibiza Classics Orchestra and Busted. 

🎉🙌😃 @PINK & #JAYZ😀🙌🎉

Our first announcement is here!

Tickets on sale 9:00am Friday at https://t.co/PA2FCNlgev#VFestival #V2017 pic.twitter.com/MBqIKbl6w3

— V FESTIVAL (@vfestival) February 27, 2017

The show marks Pink's first performance in the UK in four years, since her Truth About Love tour in April 2013. Jay Z previously headlined Glastonbury festival in 2008.

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V Festival takes place on August 19-20 at Weston Park in Staffordshire and Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex.

Last year's festival was headlined by Justin Bieber and Rihanna, while there were also performances from Sia, David Guetta and All Saints.