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V Festival Line Up Announced

• 2nd Mar 2010

V Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, kicks off its 15th anniversary celebrations by announcing a world class line up for this year’s festival on the 21st and 22nd August 2010, being headlined by Kings of Leon and Kasabian.

The summer spectacular, held across two sites at Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire, will be crammed with the hottest names in music. Joining the headliners over the weekend will be favourites Stereophonics, Faithless, The Prodigy, David Guetta, Pet Shop Boys, Cheryl Cole, Paul Weller, The Kooks, Paolo Nutini, and 2010 BRIT award winner Florence And The Machine.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 5th March and festival organisers are advising fans to purchase them quickly to avoid disappointment, but only from official outlets listed on link.

Headliners Kasabian said: “We can’t wait. We feel it’s the right time for us to headline a festival. We’ve been playing so many festivals for so long, years and years. I think the moment is right. It’s just a wonderful thing to be doing.

“Our fans are going to love the show. They’ll really enjoy it.”

Fans will also experience sets from Madness, Editors, Mika, White Lies, Groove Armada, The Courteeners, Goldfrapp, The Charlatans, Scouting For Girls, Chase And Status, The Temper Trap, Amy Macdonald, Newton Faulkner, La Roux, Sugababes, Pixie Lott, Skunk Anansie, Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding, Kate Nash, Paloma Faith, Shed Seven, Imogen Heap and Plan B.

Festival Director, Simon Moran comments:
“We’re proud to announce two fantastic headliners for this year’s V Festival, Kings of Leon and Kasabian, along with a brilliant main stage line-up including Stereophonics, Faithless, Paul Weller, Paulo Nutini and Madness.

We’re also really pleased with the strength of the 4 Music stage with headliners The Prodigy and David Guetta, supported by Florence And the Machine. We expect excitement levels will reach new heights in The Arena which will be jam packed with Pet Shop Boys and Cheryl Cole closing each night.”

Those wishing to get their hands on one of the most coveted festival tickets of the summer should go to link on Friday morning, where all official outlets are detailed. V organisers again stress that fans purchasing tickets from unofficial outlets could lead to disappointment.

Tickets go on sale from Friday 5th March at 9am.

KINGS OF LEON • KASABIAN • STEREOPHONICS • FAITHLESS • THE PRODIGY• DAVID GUETTA • PET SHOP BOYS • CHERYL COLE • PAUL WELLER • THE KOOKS • PAOLO NUTINI • FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE • MADNESS • EDITORS • MIKA • WHITE LIES • GROOVE ARMADA • THE COURTEENERS • GOLDFRAPP THE CHARLATANS • SCOUTING FOR GIRLS • CHASE AND STATUS • THE TEMPER TRAP • AMY MACDONALD • NEWTON FAULKNER• LA ROUX • SUGABABES • PIXIE LOTT • SKUNK ANANSIE • PASSION PIT • ELLIE GOULDING • KATE NASH • PALOMA FAITH • SHED SEVEN • IMOGEN HEAP • PLAN B