V Festival news, page 2


Pop power dominates as thousands pack V Festival

It was the year pop took over the V Festival with a line-up packed full of chart-topping artists.


Olly Murs announces Birmingham LG Arena show

Olly Murs, whose new single Heart Skips A Beat, featuring Rizzle Kicks is out today – will play Birmingham’s LG Arena next February as part of a headline arena tour.


V Festival campers ready to rock in luxury

Here’s a way to enjoy the V Festival in style – if you have a few thousand pounds to spare. While tens of thousands slum it under canvas, a select few were today waking up in pop-up hotels and designer sheds.


V Festival always keeps us coming back to Weston Park

It’s that time of the year again when for one weekend and one weekend only it’s cool to be seen wearing wellies, all thoughts of washing go out the window and around 85,000 music fans descend on Weston Park, writes Amy Burns. It can only be V Festival 2011.


V festival 2011 – who’s on where at Weston Park, Staffordshire

Here’s the complete breakdown of the acts performing at Weston Park in Staffordshire for V Festival 2011.


Why V Festival is the hottest ticket around

The tickets whose temperatures send the mercury soaring are presently stuffed deep in the wallets and pockets of 85,000 fans from around the UK at V Festival, writes Wolverhampton Civic Hall’s Jonn Penney.


Huge tailbacks as thousands of fans head to V Festival

Miles of tailbacks snarled up major routes around Weston Park today as tens of thousands of music fans made their way to the V Festival.


V Festival co-ordinator Dawn Woodhouse’s perfect weekend

As the clock counts down towards the start of the V Festival at Weston Park, Dawn Woodhouse, the festival’s co-ordinator talks to us about her perfect weekend and what goes on in the busy run-up to the epic annual two-day music event.


Traffic chaos near V Festival site after motorbike crash

A man has been taken to hospital following a crash this morning.


V Festival stage is set for music royalty

The stage was today being set for this year’s V Festival – ready to welcome tens of thousands of music fans and some of the biggest acts in the industry.

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