Elsewhere on the huge site will be performances by 1970s disco pioneers Chic, Tom Tom Club, hip-hop giants Public Enemy, Dinosaur Jr, The Horrors and former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.

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It's fairly easy to be a charter member of the Tom Lehrer Club, which probably embraces a fair number of the intellectual classes and has sympathizers even in the most surprising families.

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With the likes of Josh Lewsey, James Haskell, Riki Flutey and Tom Plamer all leaving the club, Hanks will be looking to strengthen his squad.

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