'Pet project': Electric Avenue scores key headliner after years of trying

Four years of chasing one act has finally paid off for Electric Avenue's boss.

American rockers Kings of Leon and Scottish DJ Calvin Harris will headline the two-day festival in Christchurch's Hagley Park next February.

Festival director Callam Mitchell says he's most looking forward to the two headliners, as well as British electronic group Underworld - who he's spent years trying to book.

"I used to DJ a lot in the 90s and early 2000s, and there are a couple of Underworld records that didn't leave my record bin for years - so it's been a pet project of mine." 

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