Should I stay or should I go now.

What is it?

Thirteen may be unlucky for some but not for V Festival who’ve bagged the mighty Muse and The Verve as their headliners. Returning for the thirteenth year running V Festival always manage to secure the very biggest and best names in the rock and pop world and this year is no different with the likes of Stereophonics, The Kooks, The Prodigy, Kings Of Leon and Kaiser Chiefs set to play along with the 2 headliners. Set in the beautiful Hylands Park on the outskirts of Chelmsford, and with ice cold Carling on tap at the bars and the return of our Cold Beer Amnesty, V Festival is undoubtedly one of the biggest and best festivals in the world – 150,000 people can’t be wrong!

 

Where & When?

V Festival takes place on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August at Hylands Park, Chelmsford. Campsites open at 12 noon on Friday 16th August and close at midday on Monday 17th August. The arena opens at midday on Saturday and Sunday and the bands will finish at 11pm.

Who’s playing?

Saturday 16th August:

V Stage: Muse, Stereophonics, The Kooks, Maximo Park, Lost Prophets, Alanis Morissette, Michael Franti & Spearhead

4 Music Stage: The Prodigy, The Pigeon Detectives, Newton Faulkner, The Hoosiers, Duffy, Amy MacDonald, The Hold Steady, Shed Seven, Air Traffic, Road To V Winner

JJB Champion Arena: Ian Brown, The Pogues, Jamie T, The Twang, Sugababes, Estelle, David Jordan, The Script, The Presets, Royworld

Virgin Mobile Union: Richard Hawley, Sia, Siouxsie, Will Young, The Long Blondes, Roots Manuva, The Dykeenies, Paul Heaton, Tokyo Police Club, Beth Rowley, The Like, Runaway Sons

Sessions Stage: Carbon/Silicon, Infadels, Bryn Christopher, Team Waterpolo, One Eskimo, Julian Velard, Gary Go, Iglu & Hartly, Sparkadia, The Troubadours

Bowtime Bar: Beatlife Orchestra (live), David Griffiths (House Rules), Black Cherry (live), Dead Audio Boy (Babycream), Man Like Me (live), The Foals DJ Set, Streetlife DJs, Devils Gun (live), Leroy Thornhill (X Prodigy), Alex Metric

Sunday 17th AugustV Stage: The Verve, Kings Of Leon, Amy Winehouse, Lenny Kravitz, The Feeling, Girls Aloud, Squeeze, The Stranglers

4 Music Stage: Kaiser Chiefs, The Zutons, The View, Reverend and the Makers, Scouting For Girls, One Republic, The Courteeners, Delays, The Rifles, Road To V Winner

JJB Champion Arena: The Chemical Brothers, The Charlatans, Hot Chip, Travis, Calvin Harris, Robyn, Sam Sparro, Alphabeat, Gabriella Cilmi, Taoi Cruz, Captain

Virgin Mobile Union: Guillemots, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Young Knives, Little Man Tate, Tom Baxter, Drive-By Truckers, Goldie Lookin Chain, Jack McManus, Passenger, Noah And The Whale, Sam Beeton

Sessions Stage: SugaRush Beat Company, Attic Lights, The New York Fund, Dodo’s, Das Pop, The Rushes, Arno Carstens, Sons of Albion

Bowtime Bar: David Griffiths (House Rules), Sam Isaac (live), Slim Jim, Golden Silvers (live), The Macabees – DJ Set, Six Toys (live), The Nextmen, The Petebox (live), No Fakin’ (live), The Whip (live), Evil Nine

 

How do I get tickets?

 

Some ticket and coach packages for V Festival are still available via Seetickets and National Express using the links below:

SeeticketsNational Express

Car Parking tickets are available priced £5 + booking fee per vehicle in advance or £10 cash per vehicle on arrival. Secure lockers are also available priced £15 each + booking fee and Camper van permits are priced £60 each + booking fee

Book here or call Seetickets on 0870 220 0260

If you don’t fancy the idea of lugging a tent and sleeping bags down to the festival this summer then let Tangerine Fields take care of the hard work – pre-book your camping needs here: http://www.tangerinefields.co.uk/

 

Where can I read more about it?

Check out the official festival site at: http://www.vfestival.com

Argh!!

 

What do I do ? I’ve got a dilema and I have about 1 hour to make my mind up. Do I go to the Festival or what. I’ve never been to the V. Festival its a very popular festival and I tend to gravitate more to the trancy tripply little hippy festivals really. Not to many people. I love the little hippy festivals really. My friends arn’t as hippy as me for want of a better word.

I’ll be going with Adele, Marlisee and Simmone. Adele was on the fucking phone all day yesterday tring to presuade me to go. I am tempted I have to say. Really tempted. Ha!! She knows what buttons to press does that Adele, she told me I may  find the love of my life at this festival she said she had a strong feeling that I will. Hehe! she’s only saying that because she wants me to go. I don’t want to find love any-more anyway. I’ve got love. It’s easy. I don’t need another person for that I don’t think. I would like to share my love a bit differently but…………….

So !!

 

The tickets. Yes ! The tickets. Wanna know how much they paided for theres off the internet this week. £180.00 pounds each. Fucking extorshion. I can’t believe it’s so much money. I don’t have a ticket but have been told there are ticket touts on the gates and I won’t have trouble getting one. But what will the price be ?? I could pay £250.00 for a bleeding ticket for a festival which isin’t my scene really.

 

I’d love to see loads of people here especially Amy whinehouse and Duffy. It’s 4.26 now. I have about 3 hours. I want to go. I don’t want to put my money into something thats so commercial, I’m not like that. I’d rather give my money to people who make better use of it. I’ve always been a bit like that.

 

OH!!

 

What should I do ? You see my friend Ann is in the hospital, she’s just had a lump removed from her breast and the lymph glands from under her arm. She’s has a drip type thingy under her arm to drain ’stuff’. Urgh !! She’s been quiet poorly all week and very tired. She’s all of 74 – not much of a spring chicken anymore – Ha ! No ! Actually she is. She’s very spring and she’s very chicken. She’s beautiful. Hopefully she comes home tomorrow, she’s been in since Monday. I need to be here for her really – I do. Her daughter are up and she has family but…. She does actually want me so…… I don’t have any choice really do I.

 

No I can’t go. Ann wouldn’t mind , she wouldn’t. No ! I’m not leaving her. I don’t think I want to leave Our Jack either this weekend. He got in trouble on Tuesday with Stella larger and the police. Young boys experementing with alcohol. Not good. Keep the kids of Stella larger, sends em crazy. He got locked up all night in the police station for being drunk and resisting arrest. Thank god he never got charged. He got a fine and a night in the cells. He very bruised. Extremly bruised. I dread to think. I’m glad I wasn’t there to witness it. It would have broke my heart.

 

No !  Simple. I can’t go. Hey Ho ! I keep lookig at my rucsak and my newly de-mudded boots.  OH ! I am tempted you know. I don’t feel I have any love I can share at this festival though. I love sharing love at festivals , seems to have been my theme this year. I don’t think the cliental of people at this festival would want to hear my love storys, I don’t think I could share them at this festival – I would get looked at all stupid. Hey ! Whats new there.

 

Top Tip !!

A wellington boot is a really good thing to have a wee in at festivals. It’s prefect for a woman and even better for a lady.

 

I think youve got to be a right real lady to get away with weeing in wellies.Smiling.

Di x