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V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

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Artists: Hope of the States, Colour of Fire, Delays, Joy Zipper
Words: Gareth Dobson
Posted: 29 Jun '04, 17:58
For the first time, the annual V Festival, held at Weston Park Staffordshire, and Hylands Park, Chelmsord has added a new bands stage to it's musical attractions.

In addition to the usual big-name bands on offer, punters heading off to the weekend will get the chance to go see some of the (relatively) newer and upcoming acts around.

The Music Choice stage will be headlined by Hope Of The States and Delays, with other picks being
Joyzipper, Magnet, The Crimea and Colour of Fire.

The full line ups are;

Saturday 21st August (Chelmsford, 22nd Staffordshire)

Hope Of The States
The Bees
Longview
Tim Booth
Easy World
The Dead 60's
The Crimea
Cathy Davey
Kinky
Polly Paulusma
Colour of Fire
Mohair

Sunday 22nd August (Chelmsford, 21st Staffordshire)

Delays
The Stands
Joyzipper
South
InMe
Thea Gilmore
Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club
Blacklight
The Casuals
Magnet
Stateless

Recent additions to the main and second stages are: The Killers, The Divine Comedy, Keane, Thirteen Senses and Dashboard Confession

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V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

hardly "new bands" are they? even to vfests standards. nice to see magnet so far below freckin kinky and inme - errrrr - how da feck does that work? PERSPECITVE BOOKERS......just cause you read nme and mojo dont mean arse.
thrasher | 29 Jun '04, 18:53 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

who the fuck's heard of magnet? InME are much more popular. It's simply a matter of who will attract more fans. At a festival that has Muse headlining, I'd suggest InMe.
Andrew_Future | 30 Jun '04, 10:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

the bees and longview are welcome additions as are joy zipper and the stands.
is it a stage or a tent? because if its a stage where is it going to go?
the past 2 years in my experience there have been issues hearing the nme stage during the day if you are more than 100 yards or so away.
its wrong to knock it though as it adds more choice to the people who are going to v. which isnt a bad thing, and it means there is more of a chance for people seeing someone who isnt 'mainstream.' or who they might never have heard of.
easy_rob | 29 Jun '04, 19:21 | Send note | Report this | Reply

V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

Am I the only person who thinks the V bill is good this year?
Damian | 29 Jun '04, 22:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

Nope, I think it's great actually, I'm going to Chelmsford on the day Muse/Dido are headlining and there are more bands there that I really want to see than there were on any single day at Glastonbury.
iainf | 30 Jun '04, 00:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

Muse were the best thing I saw all weekend at Glastonbury - I hope they're still playing V although you could understand if they didn't after what happened on Monday.
Damian | 30 Jun '04, 00:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

I do think the lineups great hence I'm going. But I don't like the festival as a whole, too commercial and not a great atmosphere but my last chance to see the Pixies.

But yes, new bands stages are always dubious...Easyworld and the Bees, not exactly recently discovered talent. But still, be good to see easyworld again!
Holles | 30 Jun '04, 02:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

good to see Magnet on there, can't work out why he's so far down the bill, should be one of the highlights of the weekend. Cool to see Colour of Fire getting a break too, worthy of more attention. Hope of the States though...do us a favour, terrible band.
gymmy | 30 Jun '04, 12:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

I think all of the New Bands stages this year have been wicked, both here and at Glastonbury. I'd much rather see most of the bands playing on the smaller stages as opposed to standing for hours somewhere near the back to see a headliner. Wouldnt mind The Strokes live though.
dirtyhits | 5 Jul '04, 17:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply

V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

new bands should mean new - not signed and doing quite well thankyou very much. I can understand everyone's vehemency, loathing or apathy and understanding for most of the so called 'new bands' here but I draw the line at Tim Booth. I also agree that Magent should be higher - but how about The Crimea - methinks they deserve a tad more appreciation. anyhoo - see you all there!
themeek | 6 Jul '04, 17:57 | Send note | Report this | Reply

V Festival adds new bands stage to the mix

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tabifa | 28 Sep '04, 14:33 | Send note | Report this | Reply


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