Monumental New York pop stars Scissor Sisters and top Scottish popsters Texas have been revealed as this year's headliners. The View, Levellers, Newton Faulkner, Cast, Kassidy, Bis, Dog is Dead, Duke Special and Mike Skinner (DJ Set) also confirmed for the Summerisle Stage.

Set to be one of the hottest parties of the summer, Scissor Sisters’ unique breed of glam pop will top the bill on Friday 20th July, as the band debut material from their eagerly anticipated new album. Folk rock heroes Levellers, Britpop icons Cast, Scottish indie rockers Bis, five-piece indie pop band Dog is Dead and American songstress Jenny O will also take to the stage on the first full day of the festival.

On Saturday 21st July, Sharleen and the boys will be performing their beloved back catalogue of hits in their only Scottish festival appearance this year. They are joined on the Summerisle line up bill by very special guests, crowd-rousing Dundee rockers The View, ‘Dream Catch Me’ singer / songwriter Newton Faulkner, Scots indie-folk outfit Kassidy, Northern Ireland’s critically-acclaimed Duke Special and hotly-tipped British indie band, The Heartbreaks. 

Now in its eleventh year, the festival will once again come to a spectacular climax with the legendary Saturday night lighting of the Wickerman: followed this year by a DJ set from Mike Skinner of The Streets fame who will keep the party stoked into the wee small hours.

A valued platform for championing Scottish music, we pride ourselves on presenting the best up-and-coming acts in the Solus Tent, and this year is no exception. A bill of talented artists is led by Malcolm Middleton’s innovative instrumental band Human Don’t Be Angry, experimental rock group United Fruit, the newly assembled Anderson McGinty Webster Ward and Fisher and the acclaimed Beerjacket to name just a few.

Skiddle’s Bass Camp tent, this year entitled ‘2012 – A Bass Odyssey’ has a vibrant line up of DJs to add to the mix with BBC Radio 1’s ‘In New DJs We Trust’ Jordan Suckley, Yousef, Kryder, D.O.D and ex-Coronation Street star Graeme Hawley all preparing to be part of one of Scotland’s biggest summer parties.

Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears is thrilled his New York band are headlining Wickerman Festival on the Friday night: “We are so excited to play at Wickerman Festival this year. The UK has always been our spiritual home, and Scotland has especially proven to be some of the best audiences we have ever experienced - and with all the great hype we have heard about Wickerman, it is sure to be a great show!”

Sharleen Spiteri is also looking forward to be heading to the beautiful Dumfries and Galloway countryside in July to bring Texas to Wickerman for the first time. She commented: ‘We're delighted to be playing our only Scottish festival performance of the summer at Wickerman. It will be a first for Texas but we've heard so much about the great festival atmosphere and friendly Wickerman crowds and we’ll be making it a show to remember with a mix of our classic hits and some new material. We look forward to seeing our fans there for a great weekend.’

TICKETS on sale HERE East Kirkcarswell Farm, Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, DG6 4QW Fri 20th to Sat 21st July 2012