British Summer Time Festival 2019 , Hyde Park

Listen up folk fans, Bob Dylan and Neil Young are coming to London. The duo (both winners of multiple Grammy Awards) have been announced as co-headliners of Barclaycard's British Summer Time, a festival held over two weekends in Hyde Park.

They will headline on Friday 12 July, the beginning of the festival's second weekend. Fans will be keen to see if the pair will collaborate on any songs: after all, Young covered Blowin’ in the Wind in 1991 and the two have shared the stage on numerous occasions. Dylan will be accompanied by his band and Young by Promise of the Real, the band of Lukas Nelson, son of 'On the Road Again' singer Willie Nelson. If the performers themselves are to be believed, we are in for quite a night. Dylan previously called Young 'a God-given talent', while Young views Dylan as 'the master'.

And if that wasn't already enough reason to go, the headliner of the festival's closing night will persuade you. Robbie Williams, fresh from judging the X Factor, will headline on the Great Oak Stage in what will be his only open-air UK performance of the year. Williams will perform hits from all periods of his 21-year solo career, as well as new songs from his upcoming album Under The Radar Volume 3. As James King, senior vice president of AEG Presents, comments: "Robbie works a crowd like no one else".

They are the first names to be announced of what is sure to be a high-profile line-up. Previous years have seen the likes of Phil Collins, Taylor Swift, The Who and Take That take to the stage, with the highlights of last year being Bruno Mars and The Cure (watched by roughly 65,000 people).

Last year's festival

In between the two weekends of concerts BST’s Open House week will return. This week involves free entry to various events in the park, from live screenings of Wimbledon to cabaret and circus performances. Pop-up bars and street food stalls will be on hand to provide refreshments if you have worked up a sweat in an artistic workshop, or if you just fancy something a little different in your lunchbreak. A full itinerary will be released soon.

Tickets for 12 November on sale now. Tickets for Robbie Williams on sale from 6 December.