Festival Republic have partnered with the people behind Lollapolooza and Austin City Limits to create a new rock festival in America.

The team behind the Reading, Leeds, Latitude and Glastonbury festivals have branched stateside for the first time, with a brand new event called the Vineland Music Festival.

It will take place on a 500-acre farm in Vineland, New Jersey, between 8-10 August and will be comparable in size to the 80,000-capacity Bonaroo Festival in Tennessee.

The event will call on the expertise of C3 Presents, who are best known for their success with Lollapalooza. It will also share a number of acts with the Chicago festival, which takes place the weekend before (1-3 August).

According to source it will be a “weekend of pure unadulterated rock’n'roll pleasure; the signature stamp of Reading and Leeds, Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza”.

There will apparently be “a heady mix of the greatest bands in the world, energy charged sets; new rising stars and the freshest acts hitting the stages before the press have had a sniff of them”, all set amongst “lush, green campgrounds”.

It is likely the Vineland Music Festival will feature a number of high profile acts which will then go on to play at Reading and Leeds. Early rumours suggest Rage Against The Machine could be among the headliners.