V Festival

V Festival 2011 tickets on sale at midday today!

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V Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, will be releasing a pre-sale for next year’s V Festival at noon on Thursday 9th December for 24 Hours until noon on Friday 10th December. Strictly limited to only 10,000 per site, this is the last chance to purchase V Festival 2011 tickets at 2010 prices and you’ll also beat the VAT rise!

If you miss this opportunity, you’ll have to wait until Friday 4th March 2011 when tickets will go on general sale. If you’re a Virgin Media customer, you will have the opportunity to purchase tickets through the Early Bird Offer in February 2011.

We’re working hard on putting together what we think could be one of the most exciting line ups of recent years so don’t miss out on this great opportunity to secure tickets for 2011. V Festival 2011 is on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st August.

Please only purchase tickets through the outlets listed below. Packages will include V Style luxury camping at Hylands Park and Weston Park and Big Green Coach ticket and coach travel. Please note that some of the outlets listed below are for Weston Park only.

See Tickets www.seetickets.com
Big Green Coach www.biggreencoach.co.uk
Star Green www.stargreen.co.uk
Ticketline www.ticketline.co.uk 
Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.co.uk

 

 

V Festival Day One done and dusted

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Earlier in the day on the V stage, Paul Weller prepared for his performance with a group hug with Richard Branson and Dizzie Rascal, then proceeded to bring the house down with classics and new material. Weston Park was brought to a standstill as Madness recreated their legendary 1980’s London sound in the heart of the Midlands.
 
On the fourth stage, upand coming US starlet Lissie made an impact on the Virgin Media Union crowds with her kooky folk sounds, confirming her to be one to watch for 2011.
 
The Nissan Juke Arena at Hylands Park hosted a surprise visit from Plan B who joined Chase and Status for ‘End Credits’ and ‘Pieces’ after hotfooting it from his gig at Weston Park. He’d left his trademark suit behind and ripped it up with Dizzie Rascal at the side of stage to the drum ‘n’ bass beats.

V Festival Director, Bob Angus comments:

“The weekend has got off to a terrific start. The fans we have on site here for our 15th V Festival have made the bands feel like they’re playing the set of their lives. Paul Weller opened our first event in 1996 and played a set packed with classic anthems in the sunshine at Chelmsford this evening to a rapturous audience. We’re looking forward to what tomorrow brings, and have no doubt that the Kings of Leon and Kasabian will be too”. 
 
For the very first time this year, fans not at the event can catch all the action as it happens via a live webcast at www.vfestival.com thanks to Ovi by Nokia.
 
Tune in to Channel 4 and 4Music to see all the festival highlights from across the weekend brought to you by Steve Jones, Alexa Chung, Jameela Jamil and Matt Edmondson.
 
Programme times:

Channel 4
Sunday 22nd
12.30pm – 1.45pm
5.30pm – 6.30pm
11.25pm – 12.50am 

4Music
Sunday 22nd
12.30pm – 1.45pm
1.45pm – 2.15pm
2.15pm – 3.45pm
4.15pm – 5.30pm
5.30pm – 6.30pm
6.30pm – 8.00pm
8.00pm – 9.00pm
12.00am – 1.30am

Final acts revealed to complete V Festival Lineup 2010

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The latest name to join the V Festival billing is frontman of pioneering Madchester band Happy Mondays – Shaun William Ryder. Joining the legendary Mancunian will be electronic dance duo, Groove Armada, who will step up to headline the new Nissan Juke Arena stage.
 
Also performing in the Nissan Juke Arena is Aussie pop star and TV personality Peter Andre set to make his debut performance at V. Rising star Matthew P will also be performing at the festival alongside 100 other confirmed acts, including headliners Kings of Leon and Kasabian, plus Stereophonics and rock god Paul Weller.
 
Plus, replacing previously announced Virgin Media Union act Eli Paperboy Reed, will be roots reggae nine-piece, Gentleman’s Dub Club.
 
V Festival Director Bob Angus said,
“We’re chuffed to bits to be able to welcome a living legend like Shaun William Ryder to the line-up this summer. These final additions conclude our 2010 line-up and we hope fans are excited as we are about all the great music on offer. We wish all our visitors to V have a weekend to remember.”
 
Missed out on a ticket to this year’s festival? Don’t worry – you can now catch all of the action for the very first time via online streaming at www.vfestival.com thanks to Ovi by Nokia.
 

KINGS OF LEON • KASABIAN • STEREOPHONICS • FAITHLESS • DAVID GUETTA • THE PRODIGY• • PAUL WELLER • THE KOOKS • FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE • DOVES • PAULO NUTINI • THE CORAL • PET SHOP BOYS • GROOVE ARMADA • EDITORS • MADNESS • WHITE LIES • CALVIN HARRIS • CHASE AND STATUS • MIKA • SCOUTING FOR GIRLS • JAMIE T • GOLDFRAPP • ELLIE GOULDING • THE COURTEENERS • SEASICK STEVE • THE TEMPER TRAP • EELS • THE CHARLATANS • AIR • NEWTON FAULKNER • AMY MACDONALD • ROBYN • LA ROUX • PALMOA FAITH • SHED SEVEN • PLAN B • THE DIVINE COMEDY (SOLO) • JASON DERULO • SUGABABES • IMOGEN HEAP • TRICKY• PASSION PIT • SKUNK ANANSIE • THE MAGIC NUMBERS • THE SAW DOCTORS • TINIE TEMPAH • KATE NASH • FRIGHTENED RABBIT • MARK LANEGAN • PIXIE LOTT • FEEDER • SHAUN WILLIAM RYDER • CHIPMUNK • PAUL HEATON • CHERRY GHOST • PROFESSOR GREEN • DAISY DARES YOU • JOSHUA RADIN • DIANA VICKERS • GABRIELLA CILMI • EXAMPLE • THE PRETTY RECKLESS • MATTHEW P • MATT AND KIM • ROX • HURTS • PETER ANDRE • DIAGRAM OF THE HEART • TIFFANY PAGE • GENTLEMANS DUB CLUB • SARAH BLASKO • LISSIE • ELIZA DOOLITTLE • THE PARLOTONES • KIRSTY ALMEIDA • DETROIT SOCIAL CLUB • ALEX GARDNER • JACK MCMANUS • CHEW LIPS • JOE BROOKS • THE HIGH WIRE • THE BOY WHO TRAPPED THE SUN • WHITE BELT YELLOW TAG • RACHEL FURNER 

Weather Forecast for V Festival – Chelmsford & Staffordshire

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We have got the latest weather forecast for V Festival, provided by the good people at www.metoffice.gov.uk

Cheryl Cole pulls out of V Festival

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Cheryl Cole was set to headline The Arena stage on Saturday 21st August Hylands Park and 22nd August Weston Park.

The official statement from V Festival is below:

V Festival sadly informs fans that Cheryl Cole will no longer be performing at this year’s festival. Our thoughts are with Cheryl at this time and we wish her a quick return back to full health.

The Summer Festival Guide wishes Cheryl a quick recovery and we look forward to seeing her back on her feet performing again soon. 

Headlining this years V Festival is Kings Of Leon and Kasabian, they are joined by David Guetta, The Prodigy, Groove Armada, Pet Shop Boys, Chase and Status and many more.