new V Festival stage details & line-up

Hope of the States, Delays, The Bees, The Stands, and many more

By Neil Greenway | Published: Tue 22nd Jun 2004

V Festival (Chelmsford) 2004

Saturday 21st to Sunday 22nd August 2004
Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8WQ, England MAP
w/e with camping £98.50; w/e no camping £82.50; each day £46.50 - SOLD OUT

Back in April, details were revealed about a new stage for this years V Festivals, specifically dedicated to emerging acts. To be called the Music Choice Stage, it will present up and coming bands, including Hope of the States, Delays, The Bees, The Crimea, The Stands, Joy Zipper, Dead 60s, The Casuals, Magnet, Polly Paulusma, Thea Gilmore, Cathy Davey, Longview, South, Tim Booth, Kinky, Easyworld, Stateless, Colour of Fire, Mohair, InMe, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, and Backlight.

V Festival takes place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, and Weston Park, Staffordshire over the weekend of 21st/22nd August 2004.

Acts already confirmed include the headliners of The Strokes, and Dido, as well as Muse, Pixies, Pink, Snow Patrol, Keane, Massive Attack, Kings of Leon, Primal Scream, N*E*R*D, Athlete, Faithless, The Thrills, Badly Drawn Boy, Jet, Jamelia, Jamie Cullum, and many more. For the line-up listings - including day and stage (where available) - click on the link for Hylands Park, Chelmsford or Weston Park, Staffordshire.. More bands are still to be announced.

Nearly all tickets have now gone for this year's V Festival. All camping tickets have now completely sold out and there are only a limited number of day tickets still available - get 'em while you still can!

Tickets are priced at: weekend with camping £98.50; Weekend no camping £82.50; Saturday or Sunday day tickets £46.50. Tickets for both sites are available here.

Some people may succeed in buying - at face value - unwanted tickets at at www.scarletmist.com. ScarletMist has been set up to allow people to exchange festival tickets at face value - it's private, confidential, quick, local, and best of all FREE to use. ScarletMist does ask that its users who get or sell a ticket make a small donation to charity.

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