V Festival lineup TBA tonight..

[JimOfTheJungle]

I can't remember who it was - possibly Peevis - who once said that the order of "How good UK festivals are" goes like this :

1 - Glasto

2 - Every other festival, other than

3 - V-Festival.

[Guest musiclove123]

Why is it a shame? I love a good barney.

Having had a look at the line up now, I don't think it's that bad. There's a good half a dozen or so bands/acts I'd want to see and there's some variety there. The majority is (to coin a Tugger2K phrase) "Indie Landfill".

I have heard some bad stories about V (Bad crowds, trouble, poor organisation mainly) so if that's the case then I can see why some would be critical. And this is an open forum so what the hell.

Edited March 2, 2010 by musiclove123

[Badlands]

I've only daytripped to V festival, when ive quite liked the lineup, so never camped there, but is it really any worse than the other big commercial festies like Leeds/Reading, TITP etc?

[sifi]

How much is V?

[Tugger2k]

How much is V?

[Langdale Wolf]

How much is V?

[sifi]

about £150 too much

[Langdale Wolf]

I've just checked.

It's £165 for a week-end ticket with camping.

Rip off.

[Tugger2k]

I've just checked.

It's £165 for a week-end ticket with camping.

Rip off.

Edited March 2, 2010 by Tugger2k

[norainplease]

I've just checked.

It's £165 for a week-end ticket with camping.

Rip off.

Edited March 2, 2010 by norainplease

[sifi]

What time does the arena at V actually open / close? You could probably work out the cost per minute that way.

[Langdale Wolf]

Was it V that had Counting Crows last year or the year before? I was a bit gutted they missed out Glastonbury but played elsewhere. And the Stones - I've always wanted to see the Stones. But that might have been the IOW.

But mainly, I don't feel as though I'm missing out at all. I do find it frustrating that so many of my friends have never tried Glastonbury, but I suppose they must feel the same about me as I've never tried V. But I think the difference is that I know (and they have agreed) that they'd love Glastonbury, and I know I would hate V. With such a poor line up, it's not as if you can go for a wander and encounter things as random and wonderful as you do when wandering around the east side of the site at Glastonbury.

But for 2 days, no decent beer, no booze allowed in the arena unless you queue for piss-like lager like lab rats, Nazi-like security, a poor line up, no equivalent of the Sacred Space/Greenfields/Shangri-La/Trash City etc, etc for about £30 less? Nah. Not for me.

[Kyelo]

What time does the arena at V actually open / close? You could probably work out the cost per minute that way.

[Tugger2k]

Probably open for 11 hours per day.

[spwan-of-the-devil]

For V its a goood line up..

[Langdale Wolf]

yeah, but for the 1st hour and half your queuing for beer tokens

[Kyelo]

What happens with beer tokens? Do you buy them at the same time as the beer, which would render said tokens as a waste of time, or do you queue to buy tokens before queuing AGAIN to buy beer?!

Edited March 2, 2010 by BenchBuddah

[Tugger2k]

What happens with beer tokens? Do you buy them at the same time as the beer, which would render said tokens as a waste of time, or do you queue to buy tokens before queuing AGAIN to buy beer?!

[Langdale Wolf]

thats it exactly. and on the saturday, when the 'arena' 1st opens you have 40,000 people trying to get in and then getting beer tokens

in 06 when we 1st discovered this (there were 6 of us) we bought a shedload (after queuing for more than an hour) only to be told on sunday that the saturday tokens were not valid!!

c**ts!!

[Tugger2k]

Good god. That is absolutely crazy.

But you can't take anything from the camp site into the arena, right? Does this include alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks?

[Langdale Wolf]

only thing allowed in are little, unopened bottles of water!!

[sifi]

Is the beer shit?

[Tugger2k]

So............ Is this a typical day at V?

You queue to get into the arena.

You get searched before entering the arena

You queue up to buy tokens to buy beer

You queue up again to use tokens to buy beer

You drink beer. It's shit beer.

You queue up again to use tokens to buy beer

You run out of tokens, so you queue up to buy tokens to buy beer

You queue up again to use tokens to buy beer

You drink beer. It's shit beer.

Kasabian come on stage

[Tugger2k]

Is the beer shit?

[plaskins]

So............ Is this a typical day at V?

You queue to get into the arena.

You get searched before entering the arena

You queue up to buy tokens to buy beer

You queue up again to use tokens to buy beer

You drink beer. It's shit beer.

You queue up again to use tokens to buy beer

You run out of tokens, so you queue up to buy tokens to buy beer

You queue up again to use tokens to buy beer

You drink beer. It's shit beer.

Kasabian come on stage

*You realise you've drunk too much beer

*You can't be bothered to go to the toilet

*You don't want to loose your place in the crowd, so..

*You piss in a cup

*You launch the piss-filled-cup into the crowd