Arctic Monkeys and Eminem to Headline V festival

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Arctic Monkeys and Eminem to Headline V festival

The Arctic Monkeys, Eminem, Plan B, Rihanna and more have been announced for this years V festival rotating at the Chelmsford and Staffordshire sites

This years V Festival line up has been announced with the Arctic Monkeys and rapper Eminem taking the headline slots at this jam packed festival of international stars. 

Rihanna and Plan B are in support at V fest which is celebrating it sixteenth birthday this year. Other top name acts announced are The Script, Dizze Rascal, Pendulum, Manic Street Preachers, Kaiser Chiefs, Duran Duran and many more massive names in the world of music. Full line up so far here

Festival Director, Bob Angus commented, "We've got two supremely talented acts headlining this year's V Festival in the Arctic Monkeys and Eminem and the likes of Plan B, Kaiser Chiefs, The Script and Manic Street Preachers just adds to the strength of the main stage line up."

V Festival is held at two parks simultaneously which share the same bill, artists perform at one location on Saturday and then swap on Sunday. The sites are located at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex and Weston Park in South Staffordshire. There are plenty of bars/food stalls, a funfair, activities, entertainment, and various party tents dotted around the site. New addition this year is V Style camping, with luxury Yurts and Tipis on hire over the weekend.

Published on 01 March 2011 by Wayne Feltham

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