Thanks for the memories V Festival - Goodbye!

[rhysieg]

Fatboy Slim was dull last time.

[mickeyjoe]

Agree with all of this.

My first V was 98..jesus and mary chain,pj harvey,underworld,roni size,iggy pop,st etienne,james brown.

Look at the horse sh*t getting served up this year.

And 6 hours to get out of the badly organised one road exit.

Thanks V for some genuinely brilliant bands and good times over the years,but time to hand over the torch to a pissed-up chav who has no idea of the music he is not even watching.

Au revoir.

[fullfathom5]

I've been goin since 97, only missed one year since (Coldplay headlined I think), but the money grabbing nature of V does my head in now, so I'm sticking to Glasto & Summer Sundae from now on!

Edited March 5, 2009 by fullfathom5

[Carpetburn]

I have also been to every V since V99 and agree with everything said so far.

I am going this year (at the moment) and I am, like other people, disappointed with the line-up as it does feel like a T4 on the beach. I am also seeing Oasis in the summer and Elbow very soon. However I still have hope for a few decent bands feeling in the gaps. My personal opinion is that the Arenas headliners have not been annonced yet. I had these same thoughts last year, but after watching the likes of the Charlatans, and the Rushes around the pop acts I still had a decent weekend.

However this thread is about more than a dissappointing lineup .....

People who have been for 10+ years have seen a small, well organised festival grow and grow. This growth has previously brought advantages of being able to attract large acts. However the general experience of the festival is worse with V just wanting to make as much of a profit as possible. Like people have said the cost, the amount of people, the bad organisation, the type of people it attracts and the moving of the stages have all contributed and not just the lineups. I use to love the fact the main stage was on a hill (in hylands) and the 2nd stage was just round the corner. Now obviously thats all changed and we are left with a main stage which can cope with thousands upon thousands in front of it and has an appauling sound (based on last year).

Theres many things that dissapoint me about v these days and its because I realise how good we once had it. Many people are excited about going to V to see Lady GaGa etc this year and see no problem with the way V is, but my thinking is they never knew the V of the past, like some of us did.

V has brought some excellent times and I'll never forget that - however I am getting the urge to let it go, hand it over to the chavs and find a festival like Latitude before the same happens there.

[The Cat Burglar]

I've mentioned my dislike for The Killers here before but after seeing the full line up this year i've realised that V Festival is just not doing it for me anymore - it now appears more like a Radio 1 road show from the 80's.

I don't want to come over all bitter and twisted because i've had some wicked times at Weston Park previously and not missed a year yet but i think that's it for me. Shame.

At least it will give me an incentive to maybe check out some of the other festivals around

Thanks for the memories V!