V2001 (Staffordshire)

V 2004 at weston park in Staffordshire was my first festival, I do regally go to gigs and I've seen bands like Funeral for a Fiend, Turin Brakes, Ash, The Distillers, New Found Glory and Hundred Reasons live but I've been looking forward to the V festival ever since booking the tickets in April, back then the whole line up was not available but acts like The Strokes, Muse, Snow Patrol and The Thrills on the bill I wanted to make sure I got my weekend with camping ticket which cost £98.50 + booking fee which is a massive amount of money for me and yes it left me with a major budget for a few months. So on Friday the 20th of august - the day after I got my ...  Read the complete review

The eighth Virgin music festival was a triumph earlier last month, despite late cancellations by bands (I'm still gutted about Kelly Osbourne? does sarcasm not work in text?) it was a massive turn out and a superb event. Here is a look at the best bands and their performances, I also brought fellow movie critic Mary and her twin sister Helen along to catch the bands I was unable to see (whoever put Feeder and Coldplay on at the same time needed shooting). I managed to cover the Staffordshire, Western Park leg of the event and here are mini-reviews of who we saw. Saturday: Tom McRae opened the event on Saturday and to a lot of success. Despite very ...  Read the complete review

You won't like me, not many do Some people have even threatened to sue But one things for sure and I’m hear to stay Like it or not, I won't go away So abuse me and use me all that you can Some people hate me, to others I'm the man I write crap opinions some people may cry Well the simple truth is that facts don’t lie So to the not useful now goes your click Thinking "what the hell this guy is thick" "what is he doing out here on the loose" to which i reply my names ARTHUR GOOSE Nobody likes me and I don’t really care I'm not considerate ...  Read the complete review

Well what can i say! With a superb line up of bands performing this year has to be one of the best! Compared with the Leeds/Reading festival (which will never be beaten) it has a lot to live up to...But with sounds from bands such as: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Texas, JJ72, Muse, Toploader, Starsailor, Placebo *what..did i hear that right... PLACEBO!!* Yippee! Grandaddy, Foo Fighters and many more, it will be a head banging, 'livin it up weekend. Last year a friend of mine went to v2000 and the overall rating 101%! The campsite and toilets where clean and the atmosphere was *ace* In gereral the whole thing went off with a bang! I don't ...  Read the complete review

I had my tickets bought back in early May for my first proper festival weekend. I'd been to Reading for the day before and loved it but waited as the weeks passed, in anticipation for a full weekend up in Weston Park, Staffordshire. Finally on August 17th, I packed up my car and battered up the motorway, picking up the miss's on route for a weekend of music, drunkeness and a mud baths. After parking up, we began what turned out to be a mammoth journey to find our friends, already camped. The first pit fall was not being allowed to take bottled beer in. A semi polite security attendant asking me to open my cool box, found half a dozen stubbies placed on ...  Read the complete review