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Totally agree.

The two out of that line-up for me would definitely be Pigeon Detectives and Mystery Jets. If The Lathums turn up then I would defo go and see them

This is just for fun. Watched Saturday Night Takeaway - Tom Grennan for the Sunday headliner? Jamiroquai and the Virtual Insanity clue?!

Thanks for the heads-up on this, still want to go so we are looking into it. Just don't want to be parked miles away as we are of (ahem) a certain age - well, my husby is 74, got an apartment in Waterlooville so the logistics over 3 days could be a bloody nightmare, when it could've been a lot easier for us to park on-site. Then again, compared to breaking down 10 miles or so outside Petersfield on the way home last year, waiting 2 hours on a slip road trying to stand well back waiting for the RAC to turn up and having to get 3 trains back to Essex with all of our luggage and then being told the car was totally written off, if we can find reliable parking locally then we are so going!

According to the website, yes, got to park off-site somewhere...

Booked tickets in hopeful anticipation of a great line up, looking at Tramlines, Truck and Y Not... and then found out we can't park on site anymore - I want to cry. We are supposed to going to/from Waterlooville each day and back and after last year's car troubles I'm not sure if we can be bothered. If anyone can help with the parking situation, that would be great. If not, we will have to write a good £350 + off

I would be well gutted if TDCC didn't do this, after Bastille last year - sorry but they should have been Common. I think Kasabian are nailed on. If I had one dream for a Saturday night party - Pendulum or Disclosure would be amazing! Would love to see Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott too. Biffy Clyro? Laughing so much - way too big for this unfortunately, but you never know!

More than happy with that so far - never seen Jamiroquai before live (apart from JayKay driving really fast along Colchester high street many years ago lol!) Enough to take me back. Haven't seen The Enemy for years either, hoping they will smash it like Embrace and White Lies did this year. Love The Vaccines too, they have grown. Looking forward to Sigrid again if she doesn't clash with anyone - she's brilliant. Please don't put Jamiroquai up against Heaton & Abbott though on Friday night! I am still hoping for either Years & Years, Two Door or The Strokes for a supermassive Saturday!

I would seriously take FF as a headliner, would be a good fit. Never seen them before and would love to! Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott nailed on for a Castle Headliner? Would love to see them too. Now IOW has been announced I guess it knocks The Enemy (gutted), Echo & The Bunnymen (even more gutted) and Blondie out. I will take Lightning Seeds though, always brilliant live - and it leaves it wide open for headliners next year. Someone mentioned Jamiroquai a few days ago... oh, if only!

Hi, we loved the festival more this year because of the line-up, apart from the car overheating on the way to the festival on Saturday, which put a bit of a dampener on it lol when we had to miss Pompeii, waited 3 hours for the RAC to turn up, got us back to where we were staying at 3am, back to the Festival for a great time on Sunday and then broke down on the way home on Monday morning and it's still stuck in a garage in Petersfield! My Saturday Highlights: Sugababes, better than expected (there's always one song you don't get, so wanted Run For Cover!), We caught some of 19 Forever, they were great and got everyone singing along. Only The Poets were awesome and so were Crystal Tides - should be on Castle next year. Controversy here but heard Sports Team twice now, not doing it for me and neither were Inhaler, pretty basic. Wish we'd done The Subways instead! White Lies absolutely smashed it, and we got near front. The biggest shocker for me was the crowd for The Wombats... couldn't get anywhere near but found some outside space, they always deliver. Bastille were amazing as always, decided to watch the whole show from the top of the hill. Sunday - Bearing in mind we didn't get home until 3am after car trouble - Example and DJ Wire was an absolute treat! Suddenly crash-landed into Ibiza at 1.15pm... that set the whole mood for the day! For us, it wasn't about trying to get to each stage like the day before, it was about just wandering round and taking in stuff. No idea who the Human Beatboxer was on the Lucozade Stage - he was off the chart! When you love a clash that somehow works - Embrace and Editors, we had time to get back for Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors and Munich! Went back for Sophie Ellis-Bextor - seriously didn't expect that big a crowd - I always thought Becky Hill was on the wrong stage. That's why we bailed, before Nothing But Thieves - gutted. I wouldn't say it was getting dangerous, but it was getting packed.

luckysalt, no offence taken at all, I know where you are coming from though! I love rock and indie stuff, but I think Sophie Ellis-Bextor is gonna smash it! What we love about Victorious is the fact that it is such a friendly festival with a great crowd, yes there are gonna be a few youngsters giving it large later on and a few kids screeching during the day... but the line-up this year, for us, has out-stripped any festival line-up in the UK this year 🙂

I will disagree with luckysalt here, bearing in mind one of us is 50+ and the other 70+ - brilliant line-up for us, at least we won't get bored this year with so many decent clashes!! One of the most accessible festivals we've ever been to, you should have no problems at all, Bisque. Saturday got a bit frenetic, early, but it calmed down later. Sunday was quite chilled. I think it might be the other way round this year though.

Oh come on people, this is England - it's written in the script and it is on August Bank Holiday! The weather will break a few days before so that means it will be wet and windy! I hope not though as it's the only festival we are going to this year. Last year was immense, but my husby was a bit crocked so we had to leave earlier than expected on both days. This year will hopefully make up for it, with that stellar line-up. The only thing that concerns us is (a) that they have made the site slightly smaller, but we will deal with it; (b) Editors or Embrace? Don't think I've ever had a bigger clash!

Agree - total nightmare for us as love both bands equally. Add Example into the mix as well - might have to pull names out of a hat on the day or just see where we end up! There are odd spots all over Saturday and Sunday

Amazing line-up for Sunday, especially now Embrace have been announced as well - yep, it's gonna be clash city for us! Hoping it will be a reverse of last year, when it got overcrowded on the Saturday though. Stoked and excited!

Totally underwhelmed doesn't come close! The nearest I will get to going this year will be Foals, with an amazing undercard, if it's announced. Otherwise it's pretty snorze-ville. Victorious has a much better line up 🙂

Thanks Sam217 - It was definitely Crystal Tides, I knew they were a local band because they mentioned Craig David being a "scummer" at the time - they were quality - that was how to smash a car park apart in the afternoon! Will look up The Royston Club and see what they are like 🙂

I am pretty stoked with the whole line-up overall, apart from Nutini headlining Saturday - I don't get that one, but then again I was hoping for Biffy lol or at least Franz Ferdinand! Against Nutini though, Bastille are amazingly popular - putting them on the Castle Stage could be a massive mistake - we couldn't get anywhere near the main stage to see them at IOW 2019 or at Latitude last year for the re-orchestrated. I have some juggling acts to do, especially on Sunday. Who were the rock/indie band I loved last year that played on the tiny stage in the car park bit on Saturday, around mid-afternoon and absolutely smashed it? That's what I love about this particular festival - always something new to discover!