2016

[atomised]

10pm curfew would be no good this year with 2 acts who have studied at the.axl rose school of timekeeping

[Pothuthic]

What strikes me as odd is how they're still trying to push the guitar bit despite the majority being pop (Faithless, kaisers, Travis, Jake Bugg and before you slam me for it, you ca have Jake Bugg, we don't want him) 

[Richi1988]

The most worrying thing for me about V fest now compared to 5-10 years ago, is that with the route it's clearly headed towards credible bands will not want to be seen there. Massive shame for me personally as used to be such a good festival for my tastes.

[Andy0808 v5]

LOL

[Tremousse]

Be strong

[Mr Nasty]

Can't see me ever going again. Another line up only under 16s and Adam Johnson are excited about.

[DDave]

What has this festival become.

That's the worst line up I've ever seen for any festival.

[PeterGregory]

I'd say that this is a good line-up, in the sense that it appeals to people who like pop/dance/radio friendly type music i.e the typical radio 1 listener.  On the other hand this is a terrible line-up in the sense that this is not what I would expect from a festival that has its roots as an indie/rock band festival. This clearly is a statement from the V Festival organisers that they are now indeed a pop festival and I don't think there's any going back (well at least for the foreseeable future). It's been a fairly slow transition - each year since 2010 there has been one rock and one pop headliner/sub-headliner - but this is the one where they've just gone all out and booked 2 pop headliners/sub-headliners, with only a slithering of guitar bands on the line-up. I would argue that if you want something different, then head to another festival - there's so many around these days that you will definitely find something for you.

Edited February 22, 2016 by PeterGregory

[pete76]

one good band with few decent songs - Kaiser Chiefs. Btw, Faithless also played in 2001, but it looked bit different that time

[Rutgh]

The style of music suits me personally and I'm actually excited by the headliners, but having been to V in 2014 and 2015 I've already seen Kaiser Chiefs, Bastille, Jess Glynne twice, Rita Ora, Tinie Tempah and Example twice. Plus had chance to see Katy B, John Newman and All Saints. Looking forward to seeing the Kaiser Chiefs again as they were a highlight in 2014, and will happily see some of the others again, but other than the headliners the rest doesn't leave me particularly excited.

[Rutgh]

7 minutes ago, PeterGregory said:

I'd say that this is a good line-up, in the sense that it appeals to people who like pop/dance/radio friendly type music i.e the typical radio 1 listener.  On the other hand this is a terrible line-up in the sense that this is not what I would expect from a festival that has its roots as an indie/rock band festival. This clearly is a statement from the V Festival organisers that they are now indeed a pop festival and I don't think there's any going back (well at least for the foreseeable future). It's been a fairly slow transition - each year since 2010 there has been one rock and one pop headliner/sub-headliner - but this is the one where they've just gone all out and booked 2 pop headliners/sub-headliners, with only a slithering of guitar bands on the line-up. I would argue that if you want something different, then head to another festival - there's so many around these days that you will definitely find something for you.

Good point. This is the only festival that caters well for that pop/dance/radio friendly type music and it's ideal for me. Just a shame it's from a festival which used to cater to such a different audience as that will obviously leave some people disappointed.

[thewayiam]

So who is thought for who the 2nd stage headers are? 

No doubt that it's worst set of headers ever. I would probably watch Glynne, Faithless, Bugg, Travis and Y&Ys so that's not so bad but never going to go.

[daniel.k]

1 minute ago, thewayiam said:

So who is thought for who the 2nd stage headers are? 

No doubt that it's worst set of headers ever. I would probably watch Glynne, Faithless, Bugg, Travis and Y&Ys so that's not so bad but never going to go.

Probably Faithless and Guetta. Would make sense Sia subbing, but cant see who would sub Rihanna, maybe bastille?

[Pothuthic]

7 minutes ago, daniel.k said:

Probably Faithless and Guetta. Would make sense Sia subbing, but cant see who would sub Rihanna, maybe bastille?

Guetta is subbing Rihanna, I'd probably say Faithless and Kaisers

Edited February 22, 2016 by Pothuthic

[Rutgh]

2 minutes ago, Pothuthic said:

Guetta is subbing Rihanna

How do you know? Hope that doesn't mean Kaiser Chiefs are headlining second stage against Rihanna. Although admittedly that would make sense.

Edited February 22, 2016 by Rutgh

[Jcatley]

Personally that's me done with V festival now, which is a shame as I only live 15 minutes away. 

Its one less festival for banda to tour on now, which is a shame as it means less shows for them or more repeats at other festivals.

[Shootenanny!]

I wasn't expecting good things when I heard Justin Bieber was likely to headline but I've been blown away this morning, one of the worst line ups I've ever seen. 4 acts out of 31 I like.

[Funkyfairy!]

4 weekend (no camping) tickets for Chelmsford for sale .... after 20 years I'm out ..... always hung on by the tips of my fingers as its my once a year trip back home, but I'm done. Its evolved into something I'm not interested in, I'm glad for the people who are super excited, but for me I'm done

 

Last band seen at V Stereophonics, near to the front, was a brilliant set .... and it feels right to bail out now

[watsonjm]

1 minute ago, Funkyfairy! said:

4 weekend (no camping) tickets for Chelmsford for sale .... after 20 years I'm out ..... always hung on by the tips of my fingers as its my once a year trip back home, but I'm done. Its evolved into something I'm not interested in, I'm glad for the people who are super excited, but for me I'm done

 

Last band seen at V Stereophonics, near to the front, was a brilliant set .... and it feels right to bail out now

I'm in a similar boat, been to Weston Park every year since 04. Very sad to say i wont be there this year.  I too have been hanging on hoping they would still keep some of the indie roots but alas they havnt. 

 

Massivly disappointed.  

[DTichborne]

I haven't been for many years, and it's obviously a completely different festival now. But maybe that's OK. We're always complaining that all festival bills are the same, and V has evidently decided to carve out its own identity. It gives you a very clear choice between that and, say, Reading now. Maybe that'll help them both.

[luckysalt]

[sisco]

52 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

So who is thought for who the 2nd stage headers are? 

No doubt that it's worst set of headers ever. I would probably watch Glynne, Faithless, Bugg, Travis and Y&Ys so that's not so bad but never going to go.

Surely it's just:

1 day - Bieber, Sia, Bastile

Faithless, Jake Bugg

Other day - Rhianna, Guetta, Jess Glynee

Kaiser Chiefs, Years and Years

something similar to that anyway.

 

[JBarbour]

Full day by day line up to be announced Wednesday 24 February at 10pm, after The Brit Awards.

BBC Radio 1 Summer of Dance stage will be announced during Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show (7 – 10pm) on Friday 4th March.

 

[DomDom1984]

A bit uninspiring to say the least. The most staggering thing is how high Kaiser Chiefs are billed here. That's telling.

[Funkyfairy!]

21 minutes ago, DTichborne said:

I haven't been for many years, and it's obviously a completely different festival now. But maybe that's OK. We're always complaining that all festival bills are the same, and V has evidently decided to carve out its own identity. It gives you a very clear choice between that and, say, Reading now. Maybe that'll help them both.

 

Its definately OK, V is carving its own niche, its evolved... we've just not evolved in the same direction, and thats fine. Its been a great 20 years, some amazing memories with great friends. Best one - being invited to watch stereophonics from side of the stage 3 years ago, or dancing so hard to Faithless that a random lady shook our hands afterwards and put VIP wristbands on us for 'making her day' - we missed the headliners for the proper VIP area with free drink, food etc ---- I remember going into the kitchen as the chef wanted to carve me fresh salmon .... oh the randomness of many amazing memories

 

I hope everyone who goes has an amazing time x