V Festival
2008: 16th & 17th August - View Gallery
2009: 22nd & 23rd August - Tickets go on sale in March 2009
Hylands Park Chelmsford.
Weston Park Staffordshire.
The Dykeenies

Hylands Park Saturday 16th August - Weston Park Sunday 17th August
Scotland’s best-kept secret The Dykeenies are set to bring their swivel-hipped dancefloor classics to the V stage this summer. The Glaswegian band is guaranteed to steal your hearts with dastardly panache and start your hips moving in an altogether unwholesome manner. There will soon be no escaping their gleaming new wave majesty.
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Hylands Saturday/Weston Sunday
- Richard Hawley
- Sia
- Siouxsie
- Will Young
- Roots Manuva
- The Dykeenies
- Paul Heaton
- Tokyo Police Club
- Beth Rowley
- The Dodgems
- Runaway Sons
Weston Saturday/Hylands Sunday
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- Muse
- The Verve
- Kings of Leon
- Stereophonics
- The Prodigy
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Amy Winehouse
- The Kooks
- The Pigeon Detectives
- The Zutons
- Lenny Kravitz
- Maximo Park
- Ian Brown
- The Chemical Brothers
- Newton Faulkner
- The View
- Lostprophets
- The Feeling
- The Hoosiers
- Reverend and the Makers
- The Charlatans
- The Pogues
- Scouting for Girls
- Duffy
- Girls Aloud
- Alanis Morissette
- Amy Macdonald
- One Republic
- Jamie T
- Hot Chip
- The Futureheads
- Squeeze
- The Courteeners
- The Hold Steady
- Travis
- The Twang
- Michael Franti & Spearhead
- The Stranglers
- Sugababes
- Calvin Harris
- Richard Hawley
- Guillemots
- Shed Seven
- Delays
- Estelle
- Robyn
- Air Traffic
- The Rifles
- David Jordan
- Sia
- Echo And The Bunnymen
- The Script
- Alphabeat
- Young Knives
- Siouxsie
- Will Young
- Little Man Tate
- The Presets
- Gabriella Cilmi
- Tom Baxter
- Roots Manuva
- Drive-By Truckers
- Royworld
- Taio Cruz
- The Dykeenies
- Goldie Lookin Chain
- Carbon/Silicon
- SugaRush Beat Company
- Leon Jean Marie
- Captain
- Paul Heaton
- Jack McManus
- Tokyo Police Club
- Infadels
- Attic Lights
- Passenger
- Beth Rowley
- Noah and the Whale
- Runaway Sons
- Sam Beeton
- Bryn Christopher
- Emmanual Jal
- Team Waterpolo
- The Midway State
- The New York Fund
- One Eskimo
- Lost Boys
- Dodos
- Julian Velard
- Gary Go
- Das Pop
- Iglu & Hartly
- The Rushes
- Animal Kingdom
- Sparkadia
- The Hazey Janes
- Arno Carstens
- Sons of Albion
- The Troubadours
- Magistrates
- Matt Trakker
- The Rebs
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Girls Aloud
Expressing surprise that Girls Aloud are still with us seems almost like an annual ritual now, one which has accompanied the group's every career milestone from their second hit on.
Hylands Park
Hylands House, built in 1728, is a beautiful neo-classical restored Grade 2* listed house set within some 570 acres of heritage parkland.
AMY's Full House
Amy played to the biggest crowd the main stage has accommodated all weekend. With a heartfelt performance of Love is a Losing Game even the security were melting.
