Early Bird V festival tickets on sale Wednesday 22nd August

With music lovers still elated from this year’s incredible V Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, fans are being given the chance to get their hands on tickets for V Festival 2013 early – at 2012 prices.

V Festival 2013 will take place across the weekend of August 17th – 18th, with tickets are on sale from Wednesday 22nd August from 9am, for a limited period of time. So fans are urged to be quick.

Luxury camping tickets through V Style, where fans can reserve their own ready built Pod Pads, Cloud Yurts, Tipis and pop-up hotel rooms will also be available, along with festival ticket and coach packages through the Big Green Coach at 2012 prices.

V Festival Director, Simon Moran comments:

“With this year’s stellar line up, there was once again an incredible demand for tickets and as ever we’d like to give V fans the chance to get their hands on next year’s early. This 2012 line up was one of the most exciting yet so next year’s festival has a lot to live up to, but I’m sure it won’t disappoint.”

As always, festival organisers are urging fans to ensure that they only use official ticket channels when buying tickets and not to purchase tickets from unofficial or secondary outlets.  Visit www.vfestival.com for details of all official ticket outlets.

Additional Tickets for V Festival 2012 on sale Friday 27th April at 9am

Excitement is building for the seventeenth annual V Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, which is set to showcase one of the most exciting line ups yet. Music lovers are now being given another chance to head to the festival, with additional tickets to Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Stafford going on sale at 9am on Friday 27^th April from www.vfestival.com.  

Across the weekend of the 18^th and 19^th August, festival goers will be treated to a great line up, with the likes of the Stone Roses, The Killers, Snow Patrol, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Nicki Minajbeing joined on the bill by acts announced earlier this week, including Rita Ora, Newton Faulkner, Wretch 32, Gossip, Beverley Knight and Cher Lloyd.

For those looking to add a touch of luxury to this year’s festival experience V Style packages are still available. The popular luxury camping facilities will once again give people the chance to get the best of both worlds – being able to dance the days away with their favourite artists before chilling-out, in luxury, in ready built Pod Pads, Cloud Yurts, Hearthworks Tipis and pop-up hotel rooms.

Environmentally conscious festival lovers can still take advantage of coach and ticket packages courtesy the BigGreen Coach. Coach travel is the most environmentally friendly way of getting to V Festival this summer.

V organisers once again stress that fans should only purchase tickets through official outlets listed on the V Festival website and that purchasing from unofficial outlets could lead to disappointment.

To keep up-to-date with all the news from V Festival visit www.vfestival.com, ‘like’ V Festival on Facebook (facebook.com/vfestival) or follow @vfestival on Twitter.

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V Festival 2012 Tickets Sell out in 2 Hours

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The V Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, today sold out in two hours, proving that it is undoubtedly this summer’s hottest ticket. Tickets for sites in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, and Weston Park, Staffordshire, went on sale at 10am on Friday 2^nd March and by 12pm they had all been snapped up.

This year’s line up has proven to be one of the most popular in V Festival's seventeen year history, with the recently reunited Stone Roses and fellow rockers from across the pond The Killers promising to give fans a weekend to remember. Joining them on the bill is aplethora of music royalty including Snow Patrol, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the first lady of American hip-hop Nicki Minaj, David Guetta, Tinie Tempah and the Brit Award winning Ed Sheeran.

Festival Director, Simon Moran commented:

“Each year the festival goes from strength to strength and that’s credit to the outstanding artists that take to the stages across the weekend, and the fans that attend year-on-year creating a uniqueatmosphere.”

Also making a welcome return to the festival this year is the Glee Club Comedy Tent, with a line up that will include the comedy genius of Edinburgh favourite Tim Minchin.

For those fans that missed out on V Festival 2012 tickets during today’s general sale, there are still a limited amount of coach packages available through the music travel company Big Green Coach at https://vfestival.biggreencoach.co.uk. 

The line up so far:

STONE ROSES - THE KILLERS - SNOW PATROL - NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - NICKI MINAJ- DAVID GUETTA - TINIE TEMPAH - EXAMPLE - ED SHEERAN -TOM JONES - KEANE - MADNESS - JAMES MORRISON - FRIENDLY FIRES - HAPPY MONDAYS - EMELI SANDÉ - PROFESSOR GREEN - NERO - OLLY MURS - NOAH & THE WHALE - BEN HOWARD - LMFAO - RIZZLE KICKS - FRANK TURNER - LABRINTH - THE ENEMY- MAVERICK SABRE - MILES KANE - RODRIGO Y GABRIELA - PIXIE LOTT - LISSIE - DAPPY - SHED SEVEN - THE TING TINGS - THE HUMAN LEAGUE - FRANK OCEAN - THE PROCLAIMERS - THE STRANGLERS - REVEREND AND THE MAKERS - INSPIRAL CARPETS - DJ FRESH LIVE

Ziggy Marley,D12,Kassidy, plus many more added to 2011 V Festival Line up

V Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, is proud to announce another string of fresh talent to the 2011 line up including Kassidy, The Knux, Twenty Twenty, Slaughterhouse, Big Country and Aloe Blacc. Ziggy Marley will also be bringing his reggae style to the stage in what promises to be a spectacular weekend of live music across the 20th and 21st August.

Hip-hop heavyweights D12 will also be making their debut on V Festival soil for their own stand out performance adding to a line up that already features their long-term collaborator Eminem.

Ziggy Marley, "It's been a long time since I have been to the UK, I am really looking forward to my trip and doing the v festival is perfect , thanks for the opportunity. See you soon."

Kassidy comments, “Really looking forward to V, this will be the first time we have ever been, and after hearing all about it from other bands, we can't wait to get there.”

Twenty Twenty Comments, 'To be honest, we still can't quite believe we have been asked to play V! It's an absolute dream come true for Twenty Twenty and we feel extremely lucky to be part of such an amazing festival!'

Festivalgoers kicking themselves for not getting tickets can still take advantage of V Style, a new luxurious range of stylish accommodation available on site at Hylands Park, Chelmsford. Sleep in decadent surroundings by choosing between a lux pad, pop up hotel room, yurt or perhaps even a gypsy caravan to rest your tired festival head at the end of each night. V Style tickets include* weekend passes and all your accommodation needs taken care of including a warm shower and premium toilets. You’ll never go back to normal camping again!

To keep up-to-date with all the news from V Festival visit www.vfestival.com <http://www.vfestival.com> , ‘like’ V Festival on Facebook (facebook.com/vfestival) or follow @vfestival on Twitter.
ARCTIC MONKEYS • EMINEM • RIHANNA • PLAN B • DIZZEE RASCAL • PRIMAL SCREAM (SCREAMADELICA) • THE SCRIPT • KAISER CHIEFS • MANIC STREET PREACHERS • LOSTPROPHETS • RAZORLIGHT • PENDULUM • DURAN DURAN • CHASE AND STATUS • SCOUTING FOR GIRLS • TINIE TEMPAH • THE COURTEENERS • MARK RONSON • GLASVEGAS • THE WOMBATS • BRUNO MARS • ELLIE GOULDING • JESSIE J • N-DUBZ • BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE • PROFESSOR GREEN • EXAMPLE • GOOD CHARLOTTE • HURTS • KATY B • KT TUNSTALL • SQUEEZE • THE SATURDAYS • WIZ KHALIFA • OLLY MURS • YOU ME AT SIX • ZIGGY MARLEY  •  CHIPMUNK • FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS • IMELDA MAY • CAST • OCEAN COLOUR SCENE • ELIZA DOOLITTLE • KELE • KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES • NOISETTES • LABRINTH •  BELLOWHEAD • ALOE BLACC •   THE WANTED •  BIG COUNTRY • D12 • CLARE MAGUIRE •  DIONNE BROMFIELD •  KASSIDY  • THE KNUX  • CHIDDY BANG • WRETCH 32  • TWENTY TWENTY • SLAUGHTERHOUSE

Professor Green, Wretch 32 added to V Festival line-up

Contary to popular belief Dolly Parton the queen of country music has not been added to this years V Festival line up.

But Professor Green,Labrinth, Chiddy Bang and Wretch 32 have been announced to add to a bill that already has Eminem and Plan B and Rhianna on it.

To see the line-ups click for Hylands Park, Chelmsford or Weston Park, Staffordshire.

Tickets were priced at £175 for a weekend pass with camping, and £149 weekend pass without camping. A day ticket was priced at £83.50, and a campervan pass is priced at £99. Only VIP Luxury packages are still available.