Research into V Festival

As I have chosen to go with the idea of doing a festival based magazine I’ve done some research into the V festival which is held in two places Hylands park in Chelmsford and Weston park in south Staffordshire.

The genre of music is mainly rock however a wide range of musical genres are accepted. Pop acts have become common in recent years. Because of this I have decided to use pop and rock for the genre of music used in my magazine and do some more research into festivals.

The line up for v in 1996 was:

V stage: Pulp, Paul Weller, Supergrass, The Charlatans, Cast, Lightning Seeds, Gary Numan, Shed Seven, Stereolab, Incognito, Jonathan Richman, The Mike Flowers Pops, Longpigs,Edge Park

2nd Stage: Elastica, Sleeper, Heavy Stereo, Menswear, Fluffy, The Cardigans, Super Furry Animals, The Wannadies, Denim, Kula Shaker, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, Space, Tiger,Pusherman, Orbital

Dance Arena: Tricky, The Aloof, Morcheeba, Lamb, Mad Professor

From the line-up we can see that the bands are mainly rock bands with a few exceptions of punk, alternative and pop music.

The line-up for 2010 was:

Hylands Park Saturday /Weston Park Sunday:

V stage- Kings of Leon, Stereophonics, Paul Weller, The Coral, Editors, The Courteeners, Passion Pit, Feeder.

4Music Stage- David Guetta, Florence and the Machine, White Lies, Scouting for Girls, The Temper Trap, Newton Faulkner, Paloma Faith, The Divine Comedy (Solo), The Magic Numbers, Daisy Dares You, The Pretty Reckless

Nissan Juke Arena- Groove Armada, Chase and Status, Ellie Goulding, Robyn, Jason Derulo, Tinie Tempah, The Hoosiers, Joshua Radin, Hurts, Gabriella Cilmi, Diagram of the Heart.

Virgin Media Union- The Charlatans, Tricky, Mark Lanegan, Paul Heaton, Matt and Kim, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed, The Parlotones, Lissie, Goldie Lookin Chain, Alex Gardner, The High Wire, Chew Lips, White Belt Yellow Tag.

Hylands Park Sunday /Weston Park Saturday:

V stage- Kasabian, Faithless, The Kooks, Paolo Nutini, Madness, Seasick Steve, Skunk Anansie, Pixie Lott.

4Music Stage- The Prodigy, Doves, Calvin Harris, Jamie T, Eels, Amy MacDonald, Shed Seven, Plan B, The Saw Doctors, Professor Green, Matthew P

Nissan Juke Arena- Pet Shop Boys, Mika, Goldfrapp, La Roux, Sugababes, Kate Nash, Chipmunk, Diana Vickers, Example, Peter Andre, Tiffany Page.

Virgin Media Union- Air, Imogen Heap, Frightened Rabbit, Cherry Ghost, Rox, Sarah Blasko, Kirsty Almeida, Eliza Doolittle, Detroit Social Club, Jack McManus, Joe Brooks, The Boy Who Trapped the Sun, Joe Brooks, Rachel Furner.

From this we can see how the genre of musicians has changed as it is mostly pop whereas before it was mainly rock music that dominated the line-up. This shows how the audience likes and dislikes have changed through the years. In 2010 the audience prefers to listen to pop rather than rock however rock bands and other genres are still incorporated within the line-up.