THE headliner for the 2014 Party in the Park, the culmination of next year's Okehampton Battle of the Bands contest, has been announced.

Live Wire, the UK's best AC/DC tribute act, will headline the show on August 2, 2014, in Simmons Park. The original band, formed in November 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young, are famed for a string of energetic rock hits, including Back in Black, Highway to Hell and Thunderstruck.

Live Wire promise to bring some of that energy to next year's Party in the Park.

This year's competition saw wildcard entrants The Fifty Shilling Tailors clinching first place.