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2008 V Festival Dates:

Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August

Location:

Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire.

V Festival 2008 Artists:

Alanis Morissette, Amy Macdonald, Amy Winehouse, David Jordan, Duffy, Girls Aloud, Hot Chip, Ian Brown, Jamie T, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings Of Leon, Lenny Kravitz, Maximo Park, Muse, Newton Faulkner, One Republic, Reverend And The Makers, Robyn, Scouting For Girls, Shed Seven, Squeeze, Stereophonics, Sugababes, The Charlatans, The Chemical Brothers, The Courteeners, The Feeling, The Futureheads, The Hoosiers, The Kooks, The Pigeon Detectives, The Pogues, The Prodigy, The Rifles, The Twang, The Verve, The View, The Zutons, Travis

See www.vfestival.com for news on more bands and for ticket information.

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bubsy37 20th Aug 2008

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Good Points: When I got to use the toliets they were generally clean for festival toilets and well stocked. Security guards monitoring the queues to stop jumpers was a good idea. Then sides on the JJB tent being open - this is a great idea - althought it was hot - its was no way as hot as it used to be. Loads of food stalls, lots of variety.

Bad Points: The lay out. I have been to every V since it started and the layout was the WORSE I have ever seen. The JJB was soooo far away from the V stage it took near on 25mins to get there during busy periods and was incredibly frustrating - also creating bottlenecks - to get to the JJB tent the space through the fences was about 4 meters and when it emptied out created a huge crowd not being able to filter through. This is very dangerous and on several occations I got very squashed. The V stage seemed to have a smaller crowd area than where it usually is placed - you would think the V stage being the busiest it should have the most space - plus where it usually is there is a natural slope making it easier to see the stage.

General comments: I go to V every year and always really enjoy it but every year more people attend but the facilities do not increase - i.e massive queues for the toliets and huge queues for the bar. Next year please can we have a few more toliets and more bars - the bar by the JJB stage was very small for the amount of people in that area.
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Guest 20th Aug 2008

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V Festival was amazing, better than last year! Lets hope to see the phonics back there next year with the mighty Oasis.
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johnheery 30th Jun 2008

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V Festival has some very good acts. Though you only two days of music. It's also very crowded and everything stops at midnight. Getting out of the arena is also hard. Overall, V is fourth behind glastonbury, leeds, and even pontins.
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kriskringle 15th Nov 2007

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Good Bands, great atmosphere, but the amenities or services could be improved but it's a festival I guess it's like this everywhere! It just wouldn't be the same would it.
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an11381 21st Aug 2007

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V was my first festival and it was sooooo good, best time of my life (so far!)
Sounds like Chelmsford was the better crowd which meant the bands/artists committed more (going on reviews of the two different sites - I obviously wasn't at both!). The better the audience are the better the band, so when you watch a gig remember WOOP as loud as you can!
Wicked sweet time!
Seriously, if you're considering/doubting whether or not to go to your first festival, DO IT! Chances are you'll love it, but ...
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Franky Baby 3rd Aug 2007

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I went to the past two V Festivals' at Stafford and I'm due to go on my third in a couple of weeks. I think of all the festivals, V is a very corporate affair and there just doesn't seem to be a true festival vibe going on - it's more like they've tried to cram as many gigs as possible together and nothing more than that really... Saying that, as I mentioned earlier I am going again so it's not all bad. There's always a fantastic line up, and the weather was great in 2005. I've seen some brillia ...
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Clair 21st Aug 2006

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Well, that time of year flew around again, it didn't seem like yesterday coming back from V Festival, when I was so eager to learn that the pre released tickets were instantly on sale. After such a great line up last year I could hardly type my credit card details in fast enough in a quest for more of the same this year.

So now the morning after the weekend before and how do I feel - Disappointed and amazed at how they could get it so right last year and yet so wrong this time.

The line up ...
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Browny175 21st Aug 2006

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This was not my first time at the V festival, but I just can not understand the cost of the whole thing. You can't take anything in with you, not even water.

I'm trying my best not to moan, but you queue endlessly for beer tickets, then for your beer, then for the toilets, and when do you get a chance to listen to the music - raaah! And if you're hungry, make sure you take a bank loan out for some minuscule amount of plop. Next year I'm watching it on TV.
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Clair 13th Mar 2006

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The V - Stafford festival was my first festival in a long time, and boy was it a good one (the 10 year anniversary in 2005). It was easy to get to, and the parking was simple, although a bit far from the campsite, and I would recommend some sort of trolley to transport tents etc.

Our campsite was directly in front of the main stage which proved more than useful when we needed to use the toilets. The main arena was extensive, but the design made it feel very compact safe and cosy.

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Mindy 9th Jun 2004

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V Festival really is just one giant branding exercise for Virgin. However, it's not a bad festival if you catch it on a day where you like the music. Over the years it's been hit and miss but they seem to be improving things all the time. I'm actually a veteran of all 3 sites on which the festival has been held (Temple Newsham in Leeds in 1998, Weston Park in Stafford in 2000, and - weird though it sounds - Chelmsford also in 2000).

Both years I went the organization was good, the facilit ...
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sportdonkey 8th Jun 2004

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I've been to the V festival in Chelmsford twice, in 1999 and 2002. I camped there in 02, it rained a lot which was a big downer and ruined the festival spirit a bit. There was something really weird but strangely satisfying sheltering from the rain in the dance tent jumping about to hard core trance with a pint of lager and wearing a cagoule at 11am. Anyway enough of my reminiscing and rambling, if you live in that part of the world (SE England) and you like your music you really couldn't do ...
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