Beady Eye confirm they will not be at V Festival

V Festival (Chelmsford) 2013

Saturday 17th to Sunday 18th August 2013
Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8WQ, England MAP
£185 - weekend, combined coach, and VIP camping packages still available

Daily capacity: 90,000

Last updated: Mon 29th Jul 2013

As expected Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye have been forced to cancel their festival appearance at V Festival following their guitarist Gem Archer suffering a severe head trauma after an accident last week.

A statement on the group’s website, (here), confirmed the news saying, "Beady Eye regret to announce that they are cancelling their performance at V Festival and their remaining scheduled shows and promotional commitments in August due to guitarist Gem Archer suffering severe head trauma after an accident on August 1st.

The band apologise to fans but under the circumstances feel they can not perform without Gem and want to focus on supporting him throughout his recovery.

Gem was released from hospital yesterday evening and is recovering at home though remains under observation."

The band had to announce they were pulling out of a string of festival appearances around the world a few days ago after Gem's injury a week ago today.

V Festival have announced what line-up amendments they are making this evening, with Steve Angello now headlining 4Music, and Ocean Colour Scene now headlining the Arena, and Scouting For Girls moving to take their place on main stage.

The twin V Festivals will take place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex and Weston Park, Staffordshire over the weekend of Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th August 2013.

Weekend tickets with camping were priced at £185 and weekend tickets with no camping were priced at £160 - both options have sold out for Stafford. Day tickets are priced at £89 with only KOL days available, and a car park pass pass is priced at £20, and a campervan pass is priced at £99, with luxury VIP camping, and combined coach packages still available.

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Beyonce headlines as a European festival exclusive, with Kings of Leon headlining the other day. The line-up repeats at each festival with the line-up swapping over at each site with Stereophonics, The Script, Emeli Sande, Calvin Harris, Jessie J, Two Door Cinema Club, The Vaccines, Basement Jaxx, Olly Murs, Paloma Faith, James, Tom Odell, Rita Ora, The Courteeners, Jason Mraz, Fun., Labrinth, Ellie Goulding, Travis, Kendrick Lamar, Of Monsters and Men, Maverick Sabre, DJ Fresh, Jessie Ware, Maximo Park, Lianne La Havas, Rudimental, James Arthur, Scouting For Girls, Little Mix, Deacon Blue, Ocean Colour Scene, The Fratellis, Gabrielle Aplin, Laura Mvula, and many more.

For the line-up details, as available for Weston Park, please click here.

For the line-up details, as available for Hylands Park, please click here.

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