and another two for V Festival

The acts for V Festival are coming thick and fast, as another two acts are confirmed - Guillemots, and Kanye West.

V Festival, which takes place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex and Weston Park, Staffordshire, on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August yesterday announced the first acts - around one quarter of the bill - including headliners The Killers, and Foo Fighters and Snow Patrol co-headliners for the other night.

Joining the headliners on the V Stage are Kasabian, Pink, James, Kanye West, Paolo Nutini, The Fratellis, Editors, KT Tunstall, The Proclaimers, James Morrison, and the Goo Goo Dolls.

On the Channel 4 Stage are Basement Jaxx, The Kooks, Amy Winehouse, Manic Street Preachers, The Coral, Lily Allen, Babyshambles, Mika, The Fray and Guillemots.

Playing in the tented JJB/Puma Arena are Primal Scream, Damien Rice, Happy Mondays, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

To see which acts play at which site on which day, click for Hylands Park, Chelmsford or Weston Park, Staffordshire. More acts will be announced over the coming weeks.

Tickets go on sale at 9am this coming Thursday 1st March. Tickets are priced at £130 for both days with camping, £110 for both days with no camping, or £63.50 for either day. We'll have links to buy when tickets are on sale - they're expected to sell out extremely quickly on Thursday, so don't hang about!

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