V96 The first V festival took place on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August 1996, and had two stages and one tent. •
V stage: Pulp,
Paul Weller,
Supergrass,
The Charlatans,
Cast,
Lightning Seeds,
Gary Numan,
Shed Seven,
Stereolab,
Incognito,
Jonathan Richman,
The Mike Flowers Pops,
Longpigs,
Edge Park •
2nd Stage: Elastica,
Sleeper,
Heavy Stereo,
Menswear,
Fluffy,
The Cardigans,
Super Furry Animals,
The Wannadies,
Denim,
Kula Shaker,
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci,
Space,
Tiger,
Pusherman,
Orbital •
Dance Arena: Tricky,
The Aloof,
Morcheeba,
Lamb,
Mad Professor,
Alan Hale & Helen Welch, Delta
V97 This year introduced the NME stage. •
V Stage: Blur,
The Prodigy,
Kula Shaker,
Beck,
Dodgy,
Foo Fighters,
Reef,
Placebo,
Pavement,
Fluke,
Teenage Fanclub,
Apollo 440,
The Supernaturals,
Echobelly,
Linoleum •
NME Stage: Ash,
The Bluetones,
Mansun,
Gene,
The Divine Comedy,
Longpigs,
Monaco,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Symposium,
Geneva,
Silver Sun,
Veruca Salt,
Embrace,
Hurricane#1,
AC Acoustics,
Stereophonics,
The Driven,
Radish •
Virgin High Energy Tent: The Chemical Brothers,
Daft Punk,
Dreadzone,
Propellerheads,
Death in Vegas,
Sneaker Pimps,
GusGus,
Lionrock,
Jimi Tenor,
Olive,
Finley Quaye,
Bentley Rhythm Ace,
Carl Cox,
Trademark V98 •
V Stage: The Verve,
The Charlatans,
The Seahorses,
Texas,
Green Day,
Robbie Williams,
The Lightning Seeds,
Space,
Iggy Pop,
James,
Chumbawamba,
Stereophonics,
Marion,
Feeder,
Whale,
Rialto,
Young Offenders,
Headswim •
NME Stage: Underworld,
Fun Lovin' Criminals,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Ian Brown,
Catatonia,
PJ Harvey,
Saint Etienne,
Morcheeba,
Lo Fidelity Allstars,
Republica,
Gomez,
The Dandy Warhols,
The Montrose Avenue,
theaudience,
Midget,
One Lady Owner,
Superstar,
The Smiles •
Dance Tent: James Brown,
All Saints,
Roni Size,
K-Gee,
Björn Again,
Cornershop,
Roachford,
67y,
Karen Ramirez,
Faithless,
Regular Fries,
DJ Norman Jay,
Tin Star,
Lionrock,
Dean Thatcher,
Moloko,
Boom Boom Satellites,
Disque Blu,
Cuba V99 •
V Stage: Manic Street Preachers,
Suede,
The Beautiful South,
Stereophonics,
Placebo (withdrew owing to illness, replaced by
Kula Shaker),
Supergrass,
Happy Mondays,
Cast,
The Levellers,
Gomez,
Faithless,
The Cardigans,
Eagle-Eye Cherry,
Afro Celt Sound System,
The Saw Doctors,
Melanie C •
NME Stage: James Brown,
Massive Attack,
Super Furry Animals,
Mercury Rev,
Shed Seven,
DJ Shadow,
Travis,
Gay Dad,
dEUS,
Red Snapper,
A,
Death in Vegas,
Dot Allison,
Eve 6,
Liz Horman,
YY29, Medal, One Lady Owner •
JJB Arena Stage: Orbital,
Finley Quaye,
lan brown Lamb,
Rae & Christian,
Freestylers,
Sneaker Pimps,
The Egg,
Groove Armada,
Mishka,
Richie Hawtin,
Luke Slater,
Regular Fries,
Technique,
ManCHILD,
Archive •
Reebox Arena: Paul Oakenfold,
DJ Sneak,
Dave Ralph,
Derek Carter,
Dope Smugglaz,
Justin Robertson,
Aphrodite,
Dave Angel,
Jumping Jack Frost,
Andy Weatherall,
Layo,
Mr. C,
Matthew B V2000 •
Richard Ashcroft (of
The Verve) goes solo and
Travis unveil their cover of
Britney Spears' "
...Baby One More Time" which they had already played at Glastonbury Festival in June 2000. •
V Stage: Travis,
Richard Ashcroft,
Macy Gray,
Paul Weller,
Ocean Colour Scene,
James,
All Saints,
Cypress Hill,
Morcheeba,
Barenaked Ladies,
Semisonic,
Brand New Heavies,
The Bootleg Beatles,
Björn Again,
Andreas Johnson,
Toploader •
MTV Stage: Supergrass,
Moby,
Mansun,
Beth Orton,
Bloodhound Gang,
Joe Strummer,
Saint Etienne,
Feeder,
Dum Dums,
The Dandy Warhols,
Soulwax,
Coldplay,
Hefner,
SX 10,
Big Leaves,
The Webb Brothers,
Pacifica •
JJB Puma Arena: Underworld,
Leftfield,
The Flaming Lips,
Death in Vegas,
Moloko,
Groove Armada,
Bentley Rhythm Ace,
Kelis,
M. J. Cole,
Horace Andy,
Jamelia,
Day One,
ManCHILD,
LSK,
Emilíana Torrini,
Hybrid,
Dara •
Shockwaves Club Tent: Pete Bromley,
Sander Kleinenberg, Guy Ornadel,
Sasha,
Seb Fontaine,
Hybrid,
Junkie XL,
Lee Burridge, Dean Wilson,
Craig Richards V2001 •
V Stage: Texas,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
The Charlatans,
Foo Fighters,
Coldplay,
David Gray,
Faithless,
Placebo,
Embrace,
Neil Finn,
Nelly Furtado,
Idlewild,
The Spooks,
Powderfinger,
Jimmy Barnes,
Witness •
WTV Stage:,
Muse,
Toploader,
JJ72,
The Divine Comedy,
Shed Seven,
Doves,
Wheatus,
Public Image Limited,
Starsailor,
Ben Folds,
Nina Persson,
Spearhead,
Webb Brothers,
Phoenix,
Turin Brakes,
Snow Patrol,
Ed Harcourt,
Ben's Symphonic Orchestra,
Lifehouse (Hylands Park only),
Santa's Boyfriend (Weston Park only) •
JJB Puma Arena: Kylie Minogue,
Ian Brown,
The Avalanches,
Grandaddy,
Mos Def,
Tricky,
Alabama 3,
Sparklehorse,
Zero 7,
Rae and Christian,
Atomic Kitten (Weston Park only both days),
Red Snapper (Hylands Park only both days),
Hooverphonic,
Alfie,
Big Dog,
The Bush The Tree And Me,
Relish •
Slinky Dance Tent: Daniel Bailey,
Andy Passman,
Garry White,
Scott Nuskool,
Matt Cassar,
Marc Vedo,
Dave Lea, John Dale
V2002 •
V Stage: Stereophonics,
The Chemical Brothers (switched to V Stage),
Alanis Morissette,
Primal Scream,
Nickelback,
Gomez,
Supergrass,
Starsailor,
Elvis Costello,
Counting Crows,
The Bluetones,
Kosheen,
Mull Historical Society,
Beverley Knight,
Ed Harcourt,
Rhianna •
NME Stage: Basement Jaxx,
Manic Street Preachers (replaced
Travis),
Ian Brown,
Doves,
The Beta Band,
Idlewild,
Sigur Rós,
Elbow,
My Vitriol,
The Coral,
Halo,
The Donnas,
Athlete,
Seafood,
The Burn,
Phantom Planet (Hyland Park only),
The Leaves,
Crescent,
Longview •
JJB Puma Stage: Badly Drawn Boy,
Groove Armada,
Turin Brakes,
Soft Cell,
Paul Heaton,
Lamb,
Stereo MCs,
Röyksopp,
McAlmont and Butler,
Sugababes,
Gemma Hayes,
Custom,
Damien Rice,
Ashton Lane,
Kid Galahad,
Venus Hum,
Montana High Rise,
Rachel Mari Kimber •
Strongbow Golden Dance Arena: Stanton Warriors,
David Holmes,
Adam Freeland,
Unkle,
Plump DJs,
DJ Touché,
Ali B,
Medicine, Dean Wilson,
Pete Bromley,
James Camm,
Sounds,
Freestylers,
Tayo,
Complete Communion, Dean Wilson
V2003 •
V Stage: Coldplay,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Foo Fighters,
David Gray,
Ash,
Queens of the Stone Age,
The Hives,
PJ Harvey,
The Cardigans,
Morcheeba,
Reel Big Fish,
Inspiral Carpets,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Skin,
Eisley,
Tom McRae •
NME Stage: Feeder,
Underworld,
Turin Brakes,
The Coral,
Killing Joke,
Tim Burgess,
Athlete,
Evan Dando,
Damien Rice,
The Distillers,
The Bees,
Shack, The Basement,
Spearhead,
Martin Grech,
Haven,
The Futureheads,
The Stands,
Rachel Mari Kimber,
The Zutons Super Furry Animals •
JJB Puma Arena: Lemon Jelly,
Kosheen,
Moloko,
Asian Dub Foundation,
Goldfrapp,
Appleton,
David Holmes,
Mint Royale,
Misteeq,
Dirty Vegas,
I Am Kloot,
GusGus,
Slovo,
Jamie Cullum,
Uncut,
Amy Winehouse,
The Rainband,
Just Jack,
Bell X-1,
Speedway,
Mankato •
Strongbow Golden Dance Arena: Jon Carter (Hyland Park only),
Jacques Lu Cont (Weston Park only),
Way Out West,
Junior Sanchez,
Freq Nasty,
West London Deep,
Freestylers,
Themroc,
Barry Ashworth,
Will White,
Tayo V2004 •
V Stage,
Muse,
The Strokes,
Dido,
Pixies,
The Charlatans,
N.E.R.D,
Faithless,
The Thrills,
Pink,
Badly Drawn Boy,
Athlete,
Snow Patrol,
The Divine Comedy,
Jamie Cullum,
Big Brovaz,
Kosheen •
NME Stage,
Kings of Leon,
Massive Attack,
Embrace,
Starsailor,
Elbow,
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,
Keane,
Scissor Sisters,
Dashboard Confessional,
The Zutons,
The All-American Rejects,
Fountains of Wayne,
The Killers,
Mull Historical Society,
Hal,
Goldie Lookin Chain,
Thirteen Senses,
Chikinki,
10,000 Things,
Kasabian,
Blacklight •
JJB Puma Arena,
Basement Jaxx,
Primal Scream,
Kelis,
Groove Armada,
Amy Winehouse,
Beverley Knight,
The Human League,
Audio Bullys,
Jamelia,
Roni Size,
Freestylers,
Kristian Leontiou,
Aqualung,
Josh Ritter,
Phoenix,
Chicane,
Rodrigo y Gabriela,
Fried,
Backlight,
Headway •
New Band Stage: The Bees,
Delays,
Hope of the States,
The Stands,
Longview,
The Concretes,
Tim Booth,
South,
Easyworld,
InMe,
The Dead 60s,
The Infadels,
The Crimea,
Thea Gilmore,
Cath Davey,
Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club,
Kevin Mark Trail,
Rooster,
Polly Paulsuma,
The Casuals,
Colour of Fire,
Magnet,
Mohair,
Stateless V2005 The 10th V Festival took place from Saturday 20 August to Sunday 21 August 2005, headlining with
Oasis,
Franz Ferdinand, and
Scissor Sisters. Performing acts included: Chelmsford Saturday/Staffordshire Sunday: •
V Stage: Oasis,
The Streets,
Maroon 5,
The Zutons,
Jet,
The La's,
Goldie Lookin Chain,
The Stands, Vulcan •
Channel 4 Stage: The Chemical Brothers,
Doves,
Kaiser Chiefs,
The Bravery,
Good Charlotte,
KT Tunstall,
The Magic Numbers,
The Departure,
Tom Vek, Road To V Winner •
JJB Puma Arena: Texas,
Robert Plant,
Sonic Youth,
The Polyphonic Spree,
Lucie Silvas,
The Proclaimers,
The Presidents of the United States of America,
Tom Baxter,
Emilíana Torrini,
Tara Blaise Chelmsford Sunday/Staffordshire Saturday: •
V Stage: Scissor Sisters,
Franz Ferdinand,
Embrace,
Athlete,
Joss Stone,
Tony Christie,
Idlewild,
Rooster •
Channel 4 Stage: The Prodigy,
The Hives,
The Music,
Turin Brakes,
The Ordinary Boys,
Thirteen Senses,
I Am Kloot,
The Frames,
El Presidente, No Hope In New Jersey •
JJB Puma Arena: Ian Brown,
The Roots,
Dizzee Rascal,
Goldfrapp,
Natasha Bedingfield,
Jem,
Estelle,
BodyRockers,
k-os,
Tyler James •
Volvic Stage (across the weekend):
Super Furry Animals,
Nine Black Alps (replaced
22-20s),
The Kooks,
Kubb,
Morning Runner,
Stephen Fretwell,
Róisín Murphy,
Ray LaMontagne,
Tooty Reynolds V2006 The 11th V Festival took place on Saturday 19 August and Sunday 20 August. Tickets for the festival went on sale on Monday 27 February, exclusively to
Virgin Mobile customers, and went on general sale on Friday 3 March. There were complaints from festival-goers in 2006 due to the excessive price of food and merchandise, and lack of prior information about the band schedules, the only timetable available being a programme sold at the festival. Despite knowing the numbers attending, the print run of programmes was sold out. The "Road To V" competition for 2006 was won by
Bombay Bicycle Club and Keith. •
V Stage: Radiohead,
Morrissey,
Faithless,
Paul Weller,
Beck,
Keane,
Bloc Party,
Sugababes,
Hard-Fi,
The Magic Numbers,
The Dandy Warhols,
Kubb,
Gavin DeGraw,
The Divine Comedy,
The Dead 60s,
Daniel Powter •
Channel 4 Stage: Razorlight,
The Charlatans,
Starsailor,
James Dean Bradfield,
Delays,
The Feeling,
Morning Runner,
The Rifles,
Dogs,
Kasabian,
Editors,
The Ordinary Boys,
We Are Scientists,
The Cardigans,
Orson,
Kula Shaker,
Biffy Clyro,
The Saw Doctors •
JJB/Puma Arena: Groove Armada,
Rufus Wainwright,
The Beautiful South,
Gomez,
Nerina Pallot,
Imogen Heap,
Richard Hawley,
Bic Runga,
Lily Allen,
Mutemath,
The Boy Least Likely To,
Fatboy Slim,
The Go! Team,
Girls Aloud,
Kano,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Xavier Rudd,
Matt Willis,
Shack,
Phoenix,
Pure Reason Revolution,
Rushmore •
Virgin Mobile Social: The Cooper Temple Clause,
The Dears,
Bell X1,
The Pipettes (Weston Park only),
The Crimea,
Oceansize,
Liam Frost and the Slowdown Family,
Jim Noir,
Lorraine,
James Morrison,
Butch Walker,
The Grates, The Dodgems,
Love Bites,
Sandi Thom,
Mew,
Regina Spektor,
My Morning Jacket,
Matisyahu (Hylands Park Only),
Art Brut,
The Young Knives,
Captain,
The Upper Room,
Paolo Nutini,
Seth Lakeman,
Director,
Milk Teeth V2007 The line-up for V Festival 2007 was revealed on Virgin Radio on Monday 26 February 2007 and tickets went on sale on 1 March. The line-up was as follows: •
V Stage: The Killers,
Foo Fighters,
Kasabian,
Snow Patrol, Vulcan,
James,
Pink,
The Fratellis,
Kanye West,
KT Tunstall,
Paolo Nutini,
James Morrison,
Editors,
The Goo Goo Dolls,
The Proclaimers and
Just Jack. •
Channel 4 Stage: The Kooks,
Manic Street Preachers,
Lily Allen,
Mika,
Guillemots,
The Hours,
Basement Jaxx,
The Coral,
Babyshambles,
Jet,
The Fray,
The Cribs and
Captain, as well as Road To V winners
Rosalita and
The Brightlights.
Foo Fighters also performed an acoustic set under the name 606. •
JJB/Puma Arena: Damien Rice,
Corinne Bailey Rae,
Iggy Pop &
The Stooges,
Lemar,
Willy Mason,
Rilo Kiley,
McFly,
Sophie Ellis-Bextor,
Mutya Buena,
Seth Lakeman.
Primal Scream,
Happy Mondays,
Jarvis Cocker,
Ocean Colour Scene,
Dizzee Rascal,
Sinéad O'Connor,
Beverley Knight,
Martha Wainwright,
Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers,
Jesse Malin and Chungking. •
Virgin Mobile Union: Graham Coxon,
Robyn,
Stephen Fretwell,
Bedouin Soundclash,
Air Traffic,
The Rumble Strips,
Remi Nicole,
Cherry Ghost,
Tiny Dancers,
Unklejam,
Passenger, The Dodgems,
Rodrigo Y Gabriela,
Boy Kill Boy,
Plan B,
The Holloways,
Mr Hudson & The Library,
Mumm-Ra,
Switches,
The Wombats,
Ghosts,
The Hoosiers,
Pop Levi and Rebecca.
Amy Winehouse was supposed to play but cancelled due to admittance into
rehab. She was replaced by
Happy Mondays.
Babyshambles were four hours late for their set at Weston Park after being held up by traffic.
Robyn replaced
The Bravery.
V2008 Tickets went on general sale on 7 March 2008 at 10am, and sold out in 90 minutes. On 26 June 2008 at 10am, extra tickets for both venues went on sale.
V2009 Tickets for V 2009 went on general sale on 6 March 2009. A limited number of tickets went on sale at 10am on 19 August 2008, following the end of the 2008 festival. Weekend tickets were priced at £132.50 (no camping) and £152.50 (with camping) for the weekend. On 2 March 2009
NME confirmed
The Killers and
Oasis as headliners. However, Oasis did not perform in Chelmsford due to frontman
Liam Gallagher having viral laryngitis, as a result
Snow Patrol filled in for the band. Oasis split-up as a band just a few days later, making their Staffordshire show their last until
their reunion tour more than 16 years later. The event was held on 22 & 23 August 2009.
V2010 The 2010 lineup for V Festival was officially announced on 11 March 2010 through the festival's site and on
Absolute Radio. The headliners for both days were
Kings of Leon and
Kasabian. Tickets went on sale on 5 March 2010 at 9am, with
Virgin Media customers pre-sale tickets being available on 2 March, and Essex residents tickets being available on 4 March from 9am. General sale tickets became available at 9am on 5 March 2010. Organisers said they sold out in record time, just one and a half hours.
Cheryl Cole was supposed to headline the Arena but had to cancel due to Malaria. Line Up according to the official V Festival programme.
V2011 • Pendulum headlined the 4Music stage but Primal Scream closed the stage.
V2012 The final line-up for V Festival 2012 was announced on Tuesday 7 August. In contrast to previous years, some tickets remained on sale until the week of the festival.
Nicki Minaj cancelled her appearance at this weekend's festival because of damage to her vocal cords.
LMFAO was moved up to headliner spot whilst
DJ Fresh performed in LMFAO's place. In the week running up to V Festival both
Frank Ocean and
Dappy were removed from the line up due to undisclosed reasons, they were replaced by
The Charlatans and
Wiley. Performers such as
Sean Lock and
Milton Jones appeared in
The Glee Club Comedy Tent. Pop Artist James Wilkinson was appointed Official Artist to the V Festival. The first person to be appointed in 16 years of the Festival.
V Festival 2013 At the 2013 V Festival,
Beyoncé made only her second and third European festival appearances of the calendar year. The other main stage headliner was
Kings Of Leon, with headliners on other stages including
Jamie Cullum,
Basement Jaxx and former
Swedish House Mafia DJ
Steve Angello. For the 2013 festival, one stage was renamed: the stage previously known as 'Virgin Media Undercover Tent' now became known as 'Futures Stage'. A poster released by the organisers initially seemed to suggest that the stage previously known as '
4Music Stage' had been renamed as 'Stage 2', leading to speculation that
Channel 4 had ended their sponsorship of the event, however a revised version of the poster released later reinstated the original name of the stage. Multiple changes were made to the bill in the days leading up to the festival.
Beady Eye were scheduled to headline opposite
Beyoncé on the
4Music Stage, however they had to cancel all live shows through August 2013 because of the hospitalisation of member
Gem Archer. Thus, their headlining slot on the 4Music Stage was taken over by
Steve Angello, whose own previous headlining slot on The Arena Stage was taken over by
Ocean Colour Scene. Ocean Colour Scene had themselves previously been scheduled to play an earlier timeslot on the main stage on the opposite day -
that slot was taken over by
Scouting For Girls, whose previous slot on the 4Music Stage was in turn taken over by previously unannounced act
Reverend and The Makers. In unrelated developments,
Little Mix were removed from the line-up for undisclosed reasons, and their fellow
The X Factor winner
James Arthur also cancelled his appearance the very day before the festival, citing a throat infection. Finally, on the official V Festival lanyard offered to festival attendees upon their arrival on site, it was confirmed that four previously unannounced acts had been added to the Futures Stage - these were James Bay,
Hero Fisher, Gamu Nhengu and
Paul McCartney's son
James McCartney. The majority of the line-up, with day and stage splits, was announced on 30 May 2013. With the Comedy Stage line-up announced later, as well as the changed outlines above, the full bill ended up as follows:
V Festival 2014 The 2014 V Festival was the first to be staged with the new shareholders
Live Nation and new broadcaster and sponsor
MTV, took place over the weekend of 16–17 August 2014. The main stage headliners were
Justin Timberlake and
The Killers, as announced at 8pm on Monday 3 March 2014, with tickets on general release the following Friday morning. Other high-profile bookings included
Paolo Nutini and
Ed Sheeran, who had between them released the two biggest-selling albums of the year up to the festival, and festival debutants included
Chic featuring
Nile Rodgers,
Janelle Monáe and
Kodaline. : * Hylands Park only : **Weston Park Only Manic Street Preachers had to cancel their show at Chelmsford due to being delayed in Budapest, Hungary at the airport after the
Sziget Festival.
V Festival 2015 Lineup V Festival 2016 Lineup Most of the line up was released on 22 February 2016.
V Festival 2017 The 2017 V Festival Line Up was announced on 31 March 2017 with more acts added on 2 April 2017 and the full lineup poster on 20 April.
Lineup V Festival 2020 The 2020 V Festival was announced, alongside the headliners, on 5 August 2020.
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