Ents24.com Festival Guide
24 July 2008
Sunday, 17 August 2008

SOLD OUT
V Festival:
V Stage:
Muse + Stereophonics + The Kooks + Maximo Park + Alanis Morissette + Futureheads

At Weston Park, Shifnal

The very first V festival was held in 1996 and was the only event of its kind to be staged at two sites over the same weekend where the artists swap venues overnight. The festival boasts the cream of the music crop every year and organisers are pulling out all the stops to celebrate over a decade of V! See www.vfestival.com/ for more info.

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Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette -

One of the most successful female artists of the 90s with an uncompromising commitment to her music. With seven Grammy Awards under her belt, Alanis is one of pop music's premiere singer/songwriters.

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Stereophonics

Stereophonics -

Kelly Jones and company continue to deliver their combination of energetic pop hooks and bittersweet lyrical storytelling to the delight of an adoring audience.

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The Kooks

The Kooks -

Infectious, energetic and full of whatever it takes to craft a good pop song, this Brighton four-piece are wowing crowds and making ears prick up nationwide. '...a real breath of fresh air' (Channel 4)

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Futureheads

Futureheads -

Sunderland-based playing guitar-led post punk in the style of Wire and Gang Of Four with a twist of XTC. There's four of them in the band and they all sing; not harmony or unison - but all different tunes at once that somehow intertwine. Punk opera, perhaps?

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Maximo Park

Maximo Park -

Rock band from Newcastle whose tightly-wound songs are biting, contemporary takes on the familiar feelings of being trapped in a small town and desperately needing to escape. The tunes vibrate with contained energy, and the anger more than occasionally spills out into faster, harder pop-rock. Ones to watch out for.

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Muse

Muse -

Strong and powerful, atmospheric altrock band with vocalist Matthew Bellamy having graduated with honours from the Thom Yorke Radiohead School of impressive vocal control and range. Not quite comparable with any other band, a huge variety of tastes and styles and with a list of successful records, run of gigs and a dedicated fan base, these guys have progressed far from being one of hundreds of new 'up-and-comers' to headlining major festivals and won 'Best Live Band' at the 2006 Kerrang! awards.

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