A STAR-studded day of music is set to take place at the Worcestershire County Cricket Club (CCC) ground in Worcester.

Reggae legends UB40 will headline the 12-hour festival on Saturday, September 10, and will be joined by the likes of Lulu and the Lighthouse Family.

The event, held at the Club's New Road ground, will be the first major concert since Sir Elton John performed in front of 18,000 fans in 2006.

Jon Graham, commercial director at Worcestershire CCC, said: "In terms of the sheer number of top artists and the number of records sold, in excess of 200 million, this will be the biggest concert ever staged at New Road.

"It is massive for the club, massive for music lovers throughout the city, Worcestershire and beyond. We've got some fantastic artists and a lot of work has gone into securing them."

The full line-up includes UB40, Lulu, Heather Small from M People, Tunde Baiyewu from the Lighthouse Family, RnB singer-songwriter Alexander O'Neal, soul group The Real Thing, Bootleg Abba and Jamie Knight and The

Mr Graham continued: "We didn't want to do a normal concert with one artist in an evening.

"The Elton John concert ten years ago was a massive event and is a hard act to follow. People still talk about it after all this time but this is something different.

"We wanted to look at more of an all-day event which is really going to appeal to families first and foremost, is value for money - and is about having fun.

"It is an exciting bill. If you look at all those acts, we feel they will appeal to an age range from 25 to 65.

"It is difficult to stage a concert slap bang in the middle of the summer because of the fixtures and there is a risk when it comes to potentially to things like the outfield.

"But we've had some Indian summers in recent Septembers and let’s hope that 2016 continues that trend.

Doors will open at 11am and the event will draw to a close at midnight.

Tickets and additional information is now on sale at wccc.co.uk