ORGANISERS of the controversial Leeds Festival have confirmed it will take place at a country park near Tadcaster this summer.

The four-day event, which will attract up to 50,000 music fans a day, will be at Bramham Park, a few miles west of Tadcaster.

Promoters Mean Fiddler made the decision despite also being awarded a licence for the festival's traditional site at Temple Newsam Park, east Leeds. The festival will play host to acts including Blur and Metallica on August 21-24.

Updated: 10:50 Saturday, May 17, 2003