Braving cold for V tickets
They came in their droves, some armed with sleeping bags, flasks and camping chairs, in a bid to get their hands on tickets for what is being hailed as the biggest and best V Festival yet.
Queues of fans snaked down the street outside Wolverhampton's box office today while others bombarded telephone hotlines when tickets went on sale at 9am.
Some eager fans queued through the night in the bitter cold to make sure they did not miss out on the 48-hour musical marathon at Weston Park near Wolverhampton in August.
Bosses have recently announced the star-studded line-up which is set to be make this summer's spectacular the best in its 12-year history.
The Killers, Foo Fighters and Snow Patrol have all been signed up to headline the extravaganza, which attracts 80,000 fans and this year boasts one of the greatest line-ups of any UK summer music festival.
Midland-band Kasabian, songstress Pink and indie rockers James, Glasgow group The Fratellis and singer-songwriter Damien Rice, whose Wolverhampton concert next month has sold out, are also among 24 acts announced by festival bosses.
Charlie Johnson, aged 17, from Finchfield, Wolverhampton, queued for eight hours to get her ticket.
With six friends from the city's Smestow School sixth form, she was at the front of the queue after arriving at 1.15am.
Charlie said: "It has been pretty cold but it will definitely be worth it. It was my fault we got here so early but we wanted to make sure we would get tickets.
"We only had one sleeping bag and one umbrella between the six of us and we had to keep jogging up and down the road to keep warm."
The Kooks, Manic Street Preachers, James Morrison, Primal Scream and KT Tunstall will all be making returns to the Weston Park extravaganza, which is on August 18 and 19.
Dance duo Basement Jaxx, Brit award winner Amy Winehouse, controversial rocker Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles and Manchester indie group the Happy Mondays will also be performing.
The V Festival takes place at two sites, Weston Park and Chelmsford in Essex, and all the bands play both sites. Last year tickets sold out in less than three hours.
