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.

Article posted by Musicmafia

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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

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V Festival 2012 tickets to go on sale at 2011 prices

With this year’s V Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, proving once again to be one of the summer’s hottest tickets, festival fans are being given the chance to get their hands on tickets for V Festival 2012 early – and at 2011’s prices.

V Festival 2012 will take place across the weekend of August 18^th – 19^th, with a limited allocation of tickets going on sale on Wednesday 24^rd August from 9am. Fans are urged to be quick, early bird tickets are likely to go within a week. Festivalgoers can also book festival tickets and coach packages through See Tickets and Big Green Coach at 2011 prices.

V Festival Director, Simon Moran comments:

“Once again there was an incredible demand for tickets this year and as ever we’d like to give music lovers the chance to get their hands on next year’s early, and save some money in the process. With Glastonbury off the festival circuit next year, there is evenmore reason for music fans to take advantage of this great opportunity. This year’s line up was one of the most exciting and eclectic yet so next year’s festival has a lot to live up to, but I’m sure it won’t disappoint.”

Following the success of this year’s sold out V Style packages, the new luxurious range of stylish accommodation will once again be available for those in search of some pampering. Festival fans can sleep in decadent surroundings by choosing between a lux pad, pop up hotel room, yurt or perhaps even a gypsy caravan to chill out at the end of each night. V Style packages include* weekend passes and all your accommodation needs including a warm shower and premium toilets. You’ll never go back to basic camping again!

Organisers are urging fans of the festival 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 or contact See Tickets.

www.seetickets.com / 0844 871 8816

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