Aphex Twin will headline Field Day 2017

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Aphex Twin is penned in to play his first UK show in five years after being announced to play at next year's Field Day Festival on Saturday 3rd June. 

Richard D. James will hold down a two hour set at The Barn, a brand new indoor stage at the Victoria Park location, said to be a "gigantic-hangar like construction" with "one of the most technologically advanced lighting rigs around".

Over the weekend a batch of leaflets began circulating at an Indepedent Labels market in Spitalfields. A video later appeared on the festival's twitter feed of the artists emblem and a date being revealed by a scratch card to firm up the rumours (Watch above). 

It's not the first time the pioneering producer has turned to unconventional methods, after sending a blimp airborne to tease 2014 album Syro. 

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