V Festival 2015 Line-up Announcement - Calvin Harris and Kasabian

V Festival 2015 Line-up Announcement - Calvin Harris and Kasabian

V Festival 2015, sponsored by Virgin Media, is pulling out all of the stops to celebrate 20 years since it opened its gates ‘96, unveiling an incredible home-grown line up. Global platinum-selling artist Calvin Harris and Iconic rockers Kasabian are today announced as the headliners for V Festival’s Virgin Media stage.

Taking place across the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd August 2015, the local lads from Leicester and the DJ from north of the border will be joined by a host of music heavyweights to ensure V Festival sees out its second decade in style.

Joining the headliners across the two festival sites in Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire will be a supporting cast of Britain’s finest talent and biggest names. Music lovers with this summer’s hottest ticket will also see performances from recent four-time Grammy and 2015 Brit winner Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, The Script, Hozier, George Ezra, Stereophonics, Brit winners Paloma Faith and James Bay, Olly Murs, Tom Jones, Clean Bandit, Kodaline, Ella Henderson, Nero and Courteeners plus many more to be announced across four stages at the two festival sites.

Making his debut on top of the bill, Calvin Harris said: “V Festival is always an incredible time and I can't wait to headline it this year. See you there!”

Kasabian’s Sergio Pizzorno, said: “V is for victory, V is for voodoo, V is for vacuum cloud, V is for very very very very excited. See you in the fields!”

The hugely popular Glee Club Comedy Tent also returns as the festival’s fifth stage this year, with a hilarious line-up that will be announced in the coming months.

Festival Director, Simon Moran comments: “We wanted to champion British talent at this year’s festival and with the likes of Calvin and Kasabian leading the way we don’t think it’ll disappoint. The eclectic mix of established artists and rising stars, with a few more in the pipeline, means that once again there is something for everyone at V Festival.

“It’s incredible to think what V has achieved in two decades. When we started out in ‘96, we were two stages and one tent, with the northern site only hosting one day of acts. Since then we’ve hosted some of the most iconic acts from around the world. Here’s to another decade!”     

Over the festival weekend there’ll also be sets from The Kooks, Marina and The Diamonds, The Proclaimers, Jess Glynne, Andy C, Imelda May, Gregory Porter, Fuse ODG, Clean Bandit, Duke Dumont, Jessie Ware, Ella Eyre, Hannah Wants, Reverend and the Makers, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Annie Mac.

The glamorous V Style camping will also return for its fifth year. V Style is now an established part of the V Festival family, giving music fans the chance to experience the best of both worlds – enjoying a mix of music and comedy and relaxing at pampering stations and in ready built bell tents, huts, and luxury yurts.

Festival Director, Bob Angus comments: “As in previous years, we want to again emphasise how important it is for fans to buy their tickets from official outlets listed on VFestival.com. This will ensure they don’t miss out on what promises to be an non-stop fun-packed weekend.”

Tickets go on sale from March 6th at 9am with fans advised to visit www.vfestival.com, where all official outlets are detailed. V organisers again stress to fans that purchasing tickets from unofficial outlets could lead to disappointment.

The full line up includes: Kasabian, Calvin Harris, Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, The Script, Hozier, George Ezra, Stereophonics, Paloma Faith, James Bay, Olly Murs, Chvrches, Imelda May, Kodaline, Ella Henderson, Nero, Reverend and the Makers, The Courteeners, Marina and The Diamonds, The Proclaimers, Tom Jones, Jess Glynne, Andy C, The Kooks, Gregory Porter, Fuse ODG, Clean Bandit, Duke Dumont, Jessie Ware, Ella Eyre, Hannah Wants, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Annie Mac.

Beyonce and Kings Of Leon to headline V Festival 2013

Beyonce and Kings Of Leon will headline V Festival’s Virgin Media Stage at V Festival 2013. As previously rumoured, the two artists will headline the twinned events in Essex and Staffordshire this August and Beyonce's set will be her only European festival performance of 2013.

Kings Of Leon will top the other night, returning to play V Festival for the first time since 2011, the band are expected to release their sixth studio album this summer.

V Festival takes place across two twinned site, Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire, and this year will take place from Saturday 17 - Sunday 18 August 2013.

Welsh stadium rock giants Stereophonics, The Script, Double Brit winner Emeli Sandé, Calvin Harris, Beady Eye, Jessie J, Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines and Basement Jaxx have all been announced tonight for the V Festival 2013 line-up this August.

Olly Murs, Paloma Faith, James, Rita Ora, The Courteeners, Jason Mraz, Fun., Labrinth, Ellie Goulding, Kendrick Lamar, Of Monsters And Men, Maverick Sabre, Travis, DJ Fresh, Jessie Ware and Maximo Park have all been announced for V Festival 2013.

Lianne La Havas, Rudimental, Scouting For Girls, Deacon Blue, Little Mix, Ocean Colour Scene, The Fratellis, Gabrielle Aplin and Laura Mvula have also been announced for the V Festival line-up.

Click here to see the full V Festival line-up.

V Festival Directors Bob Angus, Simon Moran and Dennis Desmond commented on the announcement: "We’ve worked hard to bring fans an exciting and diverse line-up, securing Beyonce for an exclusive European Festival appearance and Kings Of Leon as headliners is a great achievement. These acts along with one of the strongest bills in V Festival's 18 year history is something we are very proud of. We have a reputation for bringing fans the best world class acts and breakthrough artists, 2013 is set to be another sensational year.”

Glee Club Comedy Tent will also makes a return this year, with stand-up performers to be announced in the coming weeks.

V Festival is now in its 18th year and has previously enjoyed performances from the likes of Coldplay, Radiohead, Oasis, Eminem and Foo Fighters.

V Festival tickets for 2013 are currently unavailable and will go on general sale on Friday March 1st at 9am. Virgin Media customers can get access to tickets early on Tuesday Feb 26 at 9am.

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.