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Event Information:
The
V Festival is al music festival
held simultaneously at 2 locations,
the second being Weston Park in South
Staffordshire. Although
predominantly a rock music festival,
a wide range of musical genres are
accepted; in recent years pop acts
have become ever more common. The
"V" represents the Virgin Group,
with the event being sponsored by
Virgin Media and televised on
Channel 4 and 4 Music.
Weston
Park is a country house in
Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire,
England, set in more than 1,000
acres (4.0 km2) of park landscaped
by Capability Brown. The park is
located 10 miles (16 km) north-west
of Wolverhampton, and 8 miles (13
km) north-east of Telford, close to
the border with Shropshire. The 17th
century Hall is a Grade I listed
building and several other features
of the estate, such as the Orangery
and the Stable block, are separately
listed as Grade II. The land on
which Weston stands was first
mentioned in the Domesday Book, when
it was held by Norman Rainald de
Bailleuil, Sheriff to Roger de
Montgomery. The principal survivor
of those distant times is the park
which now forms part of the medieval
deer park and forest. The land was
then held by the de Westons of
Weston from whom it passed by
inheritance to a branch of the
Mytton family. Their heiress,
Elizabeth Mytton married Sir Thomas
Wilbraham and, through the
Wilbraham's daughter Mary carried
the property to the Earls of
Bradford through her marriage to
Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of
Bradford of the first creation.
Over
the years, Weston has played host to
many distinguished guests including
King George V's daughter Mary, and
the Princess Royal, who spent part
of her honeymoon amid its gracious
surroundings. More recently, the G8
Summit Retreat was held at Weston in
1998 with the heads of State or
Government present including US
President Bill Clinton and Russian
President Boris Yeltsin and, since
1999, the grounds of Weston Park
have been used as one of the sites
of the annual dual-site Virgin
sponsored V Festival, the other site
being Hylands Park in Chelmsford.
Weston Park, Shropshire Line up for
:
Saturday 18 August
Killers
Snow Patrol
Nicki Minaj
Tinie Tempah
Tom Jones
Nero
Madness
Olly Murs
Happy Mondays
LMFAO
Noah & The Whale
Frank Turner
The Enemy
Pixie Lott
The Human League
Miles Kane
Shed Seven
Frank Ocean
Beverley Knight
Cher Lloyd
The Feeling
DJ Fresh/Live
Rita Ora
Tulisa
The Stranglers
Stooshe
The Rifles
Dodgy
Lawson
Comedy
Sean Lock
Milton Jones
Keith Farnan
Chris Destefano
Joe Bor
Sean Collins
Mike Lawrence
Nathan Caton
Gary Delaney
Karl Spain
Daniel Townes
MC Kevin McCarthy
Sunday 19 August
The Stone Roses
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
David Guetta
Ed Sheeran
Example
Keane
James Morrison
Emeli Sande
Friendly Fires
Ben Howard
Professor Green
Rizzle Kicks
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Labrinth
Maverick Sabre
Gossip
Sub Focus
Newton Faulkner
Dappy
The Proclaimers
The Ting Tings
Reverend & The Makers
Wretch 32
Inspiral Carpets
Childish Gambino
Jack Beats
The Twang
Angel
Comedy
Doc Brown
Damien Clark
Rob Rouse
Mike Gunn
Mark Olver
Junior Simpson
Michael Fabbri
Tom Wrigglesworth
The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue
Kockov
Steve Williams
MC Justin Moorhouse
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