V Festival 2008 is almost here!
Over the weekend, nearly 150,000 music fans will make their journeys to either Hylands Park in Chelmsford or Weston Park in Staffordshire to spend a weekend camping, socialising and watching some of the world’s best bands.
This is the thirteenth V Festival to date and there are five stages on offer this year, with the Sessions Stage making a first appearance. The V Stage sees Muse and The Verve headline over the two days, whilst the 4Music Stage, the JJB Champion Arena and The Virgin Mobile Union see acts such as Prodigy, Ian Brown and Kaiser Chiefs.
The line-up in full is:
Chelmsford Saturday/Staffordshire Sunday –
V Stage:
Muse, Stereophonics, The Kooks, Maximo Park, Lostprophets, Alanic Morisette, The Futureheads, Michael Franti and Spearhead.
4Music:
The Prodigy, The Pigeon Detectives, Newton Faulkner, The Hoosiers, Duffy, Amy MacDonald, The Hold Steady, Shed Seven, Air Traffic.
JJB Champion Arena:
Ian Brown, The Pogues, Jamie T, The Twang, Sugarbabes, Estelle, David Jordan, The Script, The Presets, Royworld, Leon Jean Marie.
Virgin Mobile Union:
Richard Hawley, Sia, Siouxsie, Will Young, Roots Manuva, The Dykeenies, Paul Heaton, Tokyo Police Club, Beth Rowley, Runaway Sons.
Sessions Stage:
Carbon/Silicon, Infadels, Bryn Christopher, Team Waterpolo, One Eskimo, Lost Boys, Julian Velard, Gary Go, Iglu and Hartly, Sparkadia, The Hazy Janes, The Troubadours.
Chelmsford Sunday/Staffordshire Saturday –
V Stage:
The Verve. Kings of Leon, Amy Winehouse, Lenny Kravitz, The Feeling, Girls Aloud, Squeeze, The Stranglers.
4Music:
Kaiser Chiefs, The Zutons, The View, Reverend and the Makers, Scouting For Girls, One Republic, The Courteeners, The Delays, The Rifles.
JJB Champion Arena:
The Chemical Brothers, The Charlatans, Hot Chip, Travis, Calvin Harris, Robyn, Alphabeat, Gabriella Cilmi, Taio Cruz, Captain.
Virgin Mobile Union:
Guillemots, Echo and the Bunnymen, Young Knives, Little Man Tate, Tom Baxter, Drive By Truckers, Goldie Lookin’ Chain, Jack McManus, Passenger, Noah and the Whale, Sam Beeton.
Sessions Stage:
SugaRush Beat Company, Attic Lights, Emmanual Jal, Magistrates, The New York Fund, Dodos, Das Pop, The Rushes, Animal Kingdom, Arno Carstens, Sons of Albion.
