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Radio 1's Big Weekend


When - 22nd-23rd May 2010

Where - Faenol Park, Bangor, North Wales
 
About Radio 1's Big Weekend
Radio 1’s Big Weekend is the UK’s biggest free entry music festival, with 40,000 tickets available across two days. Each year the event moves to a different part of the UK, this year setting it’s sights on Bangor in North Wales.

Four stages; the Main Stage, In New Music We Trust , BBC Introducing and Outdoor Stage, will host an array of artists and DJs. The first act announced to perform as the event was Pixie Lott, with more set to be revealed over the next few weeks.

Tickets will be available through a registration process on the Radio 1 Website and a ballot will then take place, details to be announced shortly.

Line Up
  • Lostprophets
  • Pixie Lott
  • Florence & The Machine
  • Dizzee Rascal
  • Alicia Keys
  • Rihanna
  • Cheryl Cole
  • Pendulum
  • JLS
  • Chipmunk
  • 30 Seconds to Mars
  • Justin Bieber
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Ke$ha
  • Paramore
  • Scouting For Girls
  • Jason Derulo
  • Paolo Nutini
  • Faithless
  • MGMT
  • Vampire Weekend
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Tinie Tempah
  • Bombay Bicycle Club
  • Hadouken
  • Plan B
  • Sub Focus
  • Marina & The Diamonds
  • Hadouken
  • Stornoway
  • Crystal Castles
  • Kids in Glass Houses
  • Example
  • Delphic
Tickets
Free - registration for tickets opens at 9am on Monday 26th April 2010, registration closes at 7pm on Monday 3rd May. Tickets will then be allocated by ballot

For more inormation visit Radio 1's Big Weekend website

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Download Festival


Where
-
Donington Park

When - 11th-13th June 2010

About the Download Festival
This year the Download Festival marks 30 years of Donington rock history, formally known as The Monsters of Rock festival, which throughout the 80s propelled many of the bands to rock stardom, including the likes of Def Leppard, Guns n’ Roses and ZZ Top. 
 
The festival took a break in 1996 for seven years and came back in 2003 as the Download Festival. This year rockers AC/DC make a return, it will be the fourth time they’ll grace the festival since they first appeared as headliners in 1981.

Line up

Headline
  • AC DC  (Main Stage, Friday 11th June)
  • Rage Against the Machine (Main Stage, Saturday 12th June)
  • Aerosmith (Main Stage, Sunday 13th June)
Other confirmed acts
  • Them Crooked Vultures
  • Stone Temple Pilots
  • Deftones
  • Bullet For My Valentine
  • Wolfmother
  •  Megadeth
  •  Motorhead
  • Lamb of God
  • Billy Idol
  • Five Finger Death Punch
  • Volbeat
  • Cinderella
  • Saxon
  • Ratt
  • Dommin
  • Hell Yeah
  • Taking Dawn
  • Thirty Seconds To Mars
  • Stone Sour
  • Coheed and Cambria
  • Him
  • Airbourne
  • A Day To Remember
  • The Blackout
  • Steel Panther
  • 36 Crazyfists
  • Dillinger Escape Plan
  • Job For A Cowboy
  • We Are The Fallen
  • Unearth
  • Lawnmower Death
  • Rise To Remain
  • Y & T
  • August Burns Red
  • Whitechapel
  • and many more...
Tickets
On sale now
  • Weekend Ticket and 5 night camping £180
  • Weekend Ticket and 3 night camping £170
  • Weekend Ticket (No camping) Arena only £145
For more information and to buy tickets vist the Download website 
 
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Isle of Wight Festival


Where
- Isle of Wight

When - 11th-13th June 2010

About the Isle of Wight Festival
Originally running from 1968-1970 and re-born in 2002, the Isle of Wight Festival is held at Seaclose park, close to Newport.

The festival has now taken place annulay for the last eight years and has seen an array of legendary acts perform, including The Who, The Rolling Stones, Manic Street Preachers, Coldplay, R.E.M and David Bowie.

Line up

Headline
  • Jay-Z (Friday)
  • The Strokes (Saturday)
  • Paul McCartney (Sunday)
Other confirmed acts
  • Florence & the Machine
  • Blondie
  • Pink
  • Calvin Harris
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Doves
  • Vampire Weekend
  • Spandau Ballet
  • Editors
  • The Courteeners
  • Reef
  • Mr Hudson
  • Crowded House
  • Friendly Fires
  • Hockey
  • Paloma Faith
  • The Hold Steady
  • Suzanne Vega
  • Noah and the Whale
  • Devendra Banhart
  • The Coronas
  • Suzi Quatro
  • Juliette Lewis
  • Marina & the Diamonds
  • Daisy Dares You
  • Shakespears Sister
  • I Blame Coco
Tickets
On sale now
  • Adult Camping £150
  • Adult Non-Camping £130
  • Child (7 to 12 years) Camping £75
  • Child (7 to 12 years) Non-Camping £65
  • Child (6 and under) Free
For more information and to buy tickets visit the Isle of Wight Festival website
 
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Rockness


Where
- Loch Ness

When - 11th-13th June 2010

About Rockness
Since 2006 Rockness, which is set against the banks of Loch Ness in Scotland, has drawn in an ever increasing number of festival goers year on year, and the event continues to get bigger and better.

For 2010 Fatboy Slim, Leftfield and The Stokes have been lined up to head the three day extravaganza, and located against Loch Ness it’s sure to be a monster of a festival!

Line Up

Headline
  • Fatboy Slim
  • Pendulum (Friday)
  • Leftfield
  • The Strokes
Other confirmed acts
  • Doves
  • Soulwaz
  • Ian Brown
  • Vampire Weekend
  • 2 Many DJ’s
  • Friendly Fires
  • Chase & Status
  • Enter Shikari
  • Zane Lowe
  • Annie Mac
  • Boys Noize
  • Rob Da Bank
  • The Bloody Beetroots
  • The Dub Pistols
  • Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
  • Japanese Popstars
  • Bookashade
  • Vitalic
  • Plan B
  • Aeroplane
  • Cuban Brothers
  • Club 75
  • More to be announced...
Tickets
On sale now
  • 3 day camping ticket £149
For more information or to buy tickets visit the Rockness Festival website

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Glastonbury


Where
- Somerset

When - 23rd-27th June 2010

About the Glastonbury Festival
This year marks the 40th birthday of the biggest green field festival in the world, Glastonbury located on Worthy farm, attracts over 170,000 festival goers and spans across 900 acres. Tickets for this year’s event were released for sale on 4th October 2009 and sold out within 24 hours. But don’t worry, here at Find-CD we can still help you stay in on the action, we’ll search and compare album prices from across the web to find you the best deal, just click on your favourite artists from the line up below to find the cheapest prices.

The first festival in Glastonbury that featured contemporary music performances was in 1970, in 1980 farm owner Michael Eavis took over the festival, hosting it annually on his farm (with breaks every 5 years to allow the land to regenerate). Michael still helps to run the event today with the help of his daughter and the company Festival Republic. This year Glasto will be broadcast by the BBC across the world.

Line up

Headline
  • Gorillaz (Friday)
  • Muse (Saturday)
  • Stevie Wonder (Sunday)
Other confirmed acts
  • Shakira
  • Snoop Dog
  • Willy Nelson
  • Femi Kuti
  • The Flaming Lips
  • Hot Chip
  • Florence & the Machine
  • La Roux
  • The Courteeners
  • The Stranglers
  • The Magic Numbers
  • Groove Armada
  • The Black Keys
  • Gaslight Anthem
  • Mumford & Sons
  • The xx
  • Broken Bells
  • The Big Pink
  • Local Natives
  • Dizzee Rascal
  • Billy Bragg
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Kele
  • Bombay Bicyle Club
  • Tegan and Sara
  • Beth Jeans Houghton
  • Scissor Sisters
  • Lightning Seeds
  • Jackson Browne
  • Pet Shop Boys
  • Editors
  • The Cribs
  • The National
  • Kate Nash
  • Imogen Heap
  • Coheed and Cambria
  • Reef
  • Two Door Cinema Club
  • Jamie T
  • Marina and the Diamonds
  • Delphic
  • Field Music
  • Laura Marling
  • Faithless
  • Ray Davies
  • Slash
  • Norah Jones
  • Paloma Faith
  • Orbital
  • LCD Soundsystem
  • MGMT
  • We Are Scientists
  • Grizzly Bear
  • Temper Trap
  • The Hold Steady
  • Frightened Rabbit
  • Ash
  • Julian Casablancas
  • Gang of Four
  • The Drums
  • Everything Everything
  • Dirty Projectors
  • Here We Go Magic
  • Vampire Weekend
  • Jack Johnson
  • My Luminaries
  • Corinne Bailey Rae
  • Empire of The Sun
  • Phoenix
  • and many more...
Tickets 
Sold out

For more information visit the Glastonbury Festival website
  
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Hard Rock Calling


Where
- Hyde Park

When - 25th-27th June 2010

About Hard Rock Calling
Formerly known as the Hyde Park Calling festival, the event was formed four years ago by Hard Rock Cafe and Live Nation. The festival showcases some of the best rock music in the industry and has seen Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen and The Who perform.

Line up

Headline
  • Pearl Jam (Friday)
  • Stevie Wonder (Saturday)
  • Paul McCartney (Sunday)
Other confirmed acts
  • Robert Francis
  • Jamiroquai
  • James Morrison
  • Corinne Bailey Rae
  • The Hives
  • Ben Harper & Relentless 7
  • Wolfmother
  • The Gaslight Anthem
  • More acts to be confirmed...
Tickets
On sale now
  • Friday 25th (Pearl Jam) - £47.50 (plus booking fee)
  • Saturday 26th (Stevie Wonder) - £50.00 (plus booking fee)
  • Sunday 27th (Paul McCartney) - £62.50 (plus booking fee)
  • Saturday and Sunday - £100 (plus boooking fee)
  • VIP and Platinum tickets also available
For more Information and to buy tickets visit the Hard Rock Calling website

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Wireless Festival


Where
- Hyde Park

When - 2nd-4th July 2010
  
About Wireless Festival
Hyde Park in London plays host to the wireless Festival  at the beginning of July, the event does not have camping facilities, but the huge transport network in and around London provides easy access for all festival goers.

Created in 2005 the event has seen an abundance of stars take to the stages, including Morrissey, Keane and Basement Jaxx. This year it has been confirmed that Pink and Jay-Z will headline the event, with The Ting Tings, Lily Allen and Gossip, to name just a few, also set to perform.

Line Up

Headline
  • Pink (Friday)
  • LCD Soundsystem (Saturday)
  • Jay-Z (Sunday)
Other confirmed acts
  • The Ting Tings
  • 2manydjs
  • Unkle
  • Plan B
  • Bowling For Soup
  • Daisy Dares You
  • Gossip
  • The Temper Trap
  • Lily Allen
  • Mr Hudson
  • DJ Shadow
  • The Big Pink
  • Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders
  • Hockey
  • Neon Hitch
  • Bluey Robinson
  • Missy Elliot
  • Phenomenal Handclap Band
  • FriendlyFires
  • Chase & Status
  • Chipmunk
  • Tinie Tempah
  • Drake
  • Professor Green
  • Wale

Tickets
On sale now
  • Standard day ticket £47.50 plus booking fee
  • Club experience package - £149
  • VIP experience package - £199
For more information and to buy tickets visit the Wireless Festival website
  
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Wakestock


Where
- Abersoch, North Wales

When - 2nd-4th July 2010

About Wakestock
Europe’s largest Wakeboard music festival brings together the popular water sport with music from an array of artists. Now in its 10th year, the festival has grown significantly over the last decade and as well as lining up artists such as Chase & Status and N-Dubz to perform, it also hosts Europe’s largest wakeboard competition.

Line Up
 
Headline
  • Maximo Park
Other confirmed acts
  • Chase & Status
  • N-Dubz
  • Dynamite MC
  • Los Campesinos
  • Mclean
  • Mr Hudson
  • Norman Jay
  • Plan B
  • Scratch Perverts
  • Sub Focus
  • Toddla T
  • Wiley
  • Zinc
  • Sbtrkt
Tickets
Available to buy now
  • Day ticket – No camping £40 (plus booking fee)
  • Weekend ticket – No camping £95 (plus booking fee)
  • Weekend camping ticket £120 (plus booking fee)
  • VIP tickets also available
For more information or to buy tickets isit the Wakestock festival website 

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Oxegen Festival


Where
- Co Kildare, Eire

When - 9th-11th July

About Oxegen Festival  
Dubbed as Europe’s favourite rock n roll weekend the Oxegen Festival enters its sixth year, located in Punchestown, Co. Kildare the event has seen plenty of world class performances from the Likes of The Who and Kings of Leon.

The festival is credited for being Ireland’s biggest Carbon Neutral event, which means that all the carbon emissions created over the weekend are offset.

This year a plethora of acts have been lines up to perform including Eminem, Kasabian, The Black Eyed Peas, Newton Faulkner and Armand Van Helden.

Line up

Headline
  • Eminem
  • Muse
  • Arcade Fire
  • Jay-Z
  • The Prodigy
  • The Black Eyed Peas
  • Kasabian
  • Fatboy Slim
  • Dizzee Rascal
Other confirmed acts
  • Paolo Nutini
  • Faithless
  • Florence & Te Machine
  • Stereophonics
  • John Mayer
  • David Guetta
  • Calvin Harris
  • Vampire Weekend
  • Hot Chip
  • Mumford & Sons
  • The Temper Trap
  • Newton Faulkner
  • Gossip
  • 30 Seconds To Mars
  • Rise Against
  • Goldfrapp
  • Wolfmother
  • Empire of the Sun
  • La Roux
  • Broken Social Scene
  • The Coral
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Two Door Cimena Club
  • Julian Casablancas
  • Laura Marling
  • Jamie T
  • Earth Wind & Fire
  • Groove Armada
  • The Black Keys
  • The Cribs
  • Chase & Status
  • The Stranglers
  • Fox Avenue
  • and many more...
Tickets
On sale now
  • 3 day camping ticket 224.50 Euros (including booking fee)
  • 4 day camping ticket 244.50 Euros (including booking fee)
For more information and to buy tickets visit the Oxegen festival website

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T In The Park


Where
- Balado Park, Scotland

When - 9th-11th July 2010

About T in The Park
Since it first kicked off in Strathclyde Park in 1994, now located in Balado Park T In The Park has played host to over a thousand performers, from the likes of Red Hot Chilli Peppers to The Who and Foo Fighters to Oasis.

This year 80,000 festival goers will see over 180 artists, gracing 11 stages Muse, Kasabian and Eminem have been confirmed as the headliners, with other acts such as The Prodigy the Black Eyed Peas and Florence & The Machine performing over the weekend.

The festival organisers consider the environment high on their agenda with T In The Park only one of two CarbonNeutral events in the UK, using many methods to reduce their environmental impact, such as low energy light bulbs and providing recycling points across the park.

Line up

Headline
  • Muse (Friday)
  • Eminem (Saturday)
  • Kasabian (Sunday)
Other confirmed acts
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Florence and the Machine
  • Calvin Harris
  • Faithless
  • La Roux
  • Prodigy
  • Jamie T
  • Paloma Faith
  • Madness
  • Black Eyed Peas
  • Delphic
  • Crookers
  • The Middle East
  • Sunshine Underground
  • Stereophonics
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Jay-Z
  • Paolo Nutini
  • Dizzee Rascal
  • Vampire Weekend
  • 30 Seconds to Mars
  • David Guetta
  • Mumford & Sons
  • John Mayer
  • Goldfrapp
  • The View
  • Hot Chip
  • The Cribs
  • The Courteeners
  • Wolf Mother
  • The Proclaimers
  • Skunk Anansie
  • Newton Faulkner
  • The Coral
  • Empire of The Sun
  • Gossip
  • The Temper Trap
  • Delphic
  • And many more
Tickets
Sold out

For more information visit the T In The Park website

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Latitude Festival


Where
- Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk

When - 15th-18th July 2010

About the Latitude Festival
This July will mark Latitude’s fifth festival , held at Henham Park, Suffolk the cultural event has been described as having the same vibe as continental European festivals, because of the wide variety of entertainment on offer. This year there will be arenas dedicated to comedy, poetry, cabaret, literary, theatre and Film & music, as well as the plethora of acts lined up to perform over the weekend. This year Florence & The Machine, Belle and Sebastian and Vampire Weekend will headline the event.

Line up

Headline
  • Florence and the Machine (Friday)
  • Belle and Sebastian (Saturday)
  • Vampire Weekend (Sunday)
Other confirmed acts
  • The Strange Boys
  • The Feeling
  • The Coral
  • Black Mountain
  • The Big Pink
  • The Kissaway Trial
  • Kristin Hersh
  • Tokyo Police Club
  • Egyptian Hip Hop
  • Middle East
  • Delta Maid
  • First Aid Kit
  • Empire of the Sun
  • Laura Marling
  • Spoon
  • The Temper Trap
  • Midake
  • Dirty Projectors
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Sweet Billy Pilgrim
  • Hockey
  • The Unthanks
  • Frank Turner
  • Corinne Bailey Rae
  • Race Horses
  • Here We GO Magic
  • Kassidy
  • The XX
  • The Maccabees
  • Rodrigo y Gabriela
  • The National
  • The Horros
  • Charlotte Gainsbury
  • Grizzly Bear
  • Richard Hawley
  • Noah and The Whale
  • Jónsi
Tickets
On sale now
  • Weekend Ticket with Camping £155 (plus booking fee)
  • Day Ticket £65 (plus booking fee)
For more information and to buy tickets visit the Latitude Festival website

Our pick of the line up

 

Camp Bestival

  
Where - Lulworth Castle, Dorset

When - 30th July to 1st August 2010

About Camp Bestival
Organised by radio DJ Rob da Bank and his wife Josie, Camp Bestival is the little sister to the larger festival, Bestival. Now entering its third year Camp Bestival is one of the smaller festivals, with 15,000 tickets available – creating an intimate atmosphere.

The festival is not just about music, there are plenty of activities for all the family, in fact it was voted best family festival of 2009. Camp Bestival has been described as having the laughs and magic seen in a 1950s UK holiday camp, there’s everything you need for a weekend packed full of fun. There's even a fancy dress theme, with this year's choice - Fairy Tale!

Line up

Headline
  • Friendly Fires – Sunday
Other confirmed acts
  • Marc Almond
  • Billy Bragg
  • Annie Mac
  • The Blockheads
  • Madness
  • The Human League
  • George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
  • Calvin Harris
  • Chipmunk
  • Bill Drummond/The 17
  • Mr Tumble
  • Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
  • Example
  • The Wurzels
  • Hurts
  • Field Music
  • Lucky Elephant
  • Kid Carpet
  • Gentleman’s Dub Club
  • Pete & The Pirates
  • The Apples
  • Nell Bryden
  • Caravan Palace
  • The J-Cats
  • The Boy Who Trapped The Sun
  • Laura J Martin
  • The Cuban Brothers
  • Rob da Bank
  • DJ Yoda
  • The Lost Brothers
  • Colourmusic
  • Chris Wood
  • Chas & his Band
  • Gold Panda
  • DJ Derek
  • Countryside Alliance Crew
  • Lee Scratch Perry
  • The Fall
  • Icebreaker featuring BJ Cole performing Brian Eno’s Apollo
  • Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
  • Mr Scruff
  • Joker
  • Joy Orbison
  • And many more...
Tickets
On sale now
  • Adult weekend ticket with camping £155
  • Student weekend ticket with camping £145
  • Child (aged 11-17) weekend ticket with camping £77.50
  • Child (aged 10 and under) with camping Free
For more information and to buy tickets visit the Camp Bestival website
  
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Sonisphere


Where
- Knebworth

When - 30th July-1st August 2010

About Sonisphere
Sonisphere, the touring rock festival takes place from 16th June to 8th August at 11 locations across Europe, including Switzerland, Turkey and Spain. The UK leg of the tour is held from July 30th to August 1st at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire.

Line up

Headline
  • Iron Maiden
  • Rammstein
Other confirmed acts
  • Pendulum
  • Alice Cooper
  • Placebo
  • Motley Crue
  • Alice in Chains
  • Iggy and the Stooges
  • Slayer
  • Skunk Anansie
  • The Cult
  • Papa Roach
  • Bring Me The Horizon
  • Europe
  • Apocalyptica
  • Anthrax
  • Fear Factory
  • Dir En Grey
  • Lacuna Coil
  • Gallows
  • Funeral For A Friend
  • Renegades
  • Fightstar
  • Sick Of It All
  • Therapy?
  • Terrorvision
  • Madina Lake
  • Rollins Spoken Word
  • Municipal Waste
  • Family Force 5
  • Evile
  • Rise To Remain
  • More to be announced
Tickets
On sale now
  • Weekend ticket with camping £157.50
  • Weekend ticket without camping £132.50
  • VIP tickets available see website
For more information or to buy tickets visit the Sonisphere Festival website
  
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Field Day


Where
- Victoria Park, London

When - 31st July 2010

About Field Day
The one day festival located in Victoria Park, London, will see an array of alternative acts perform. Across a number of stages. Surprisingly the event aims to capture the charm of a of a village fate, with stalls, tombola’s and a coconut shy all on offer.
  
Line up
  • Caribou
  • Phoenix
  • Amiina
  • Beth Jeans Houghton
  • Chilly Gonzales
  • Esben & the Witch
  • Flower–Corsano Duo
  • Gold Panda
  • Lightspeed Champion
  • Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
  • Egyptian Hip Hop
  • James Holden
  • Joker & MC Nomad
  • Max Tundra
  • Memory Tapes
  • Mouse On Mars
  • Pantha Du Prince
  • Silver Apples
  • and many more...
Tickets
On sale now
  • Priced at £37.83 plus £2.00 transaction fee (Please note you must be 18 or over to attend the event)
For more information or to buy tickets visit the Field Day Festival Website

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Underage Festival


Where
- Victoria Park, London
 
When - 1st August 2010

About Underage Festival
Underage is the World’s first credible festival for music fans aged under 19. Taking lace on 1st August 10,000 14-18 year olds will crowd Victoria Park in Hackney to see acts such as MIKA, Ellie Goulding and Tinchy Stryder. There are strict security and safety policies in force at the event to ensure the safety of the festival goers and there’s strictly no parents allowed!

Line up
Headline
  • MIA
Other acts
  • Tinchy Stryder
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Chase & Status
  • Tinie Tempah
  • Hadouken!
  • Daisy Dares You
  • Egyptian Hip Hop
  • General Fiasco
  • Gold Panda
  • Lightspeed Champion
  • and many more...
Tickets
On sale now
  • Price - £29.50 plus booking fee
For more information and to buy ticket visit the Underage Festival website

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V Festival


Where
- Chelmsford (Hylands Park) and Staffordshire (Weston Park)

When - 21st-22nd August 2010

About V Festival
V festival began in 1996 after Pulp signer Jarvis Cocker had a vision of performing at a festival in two different locations on consecutive days. With the partnering of two venues artists from the line up perform at one location on one day and then swap locations the following day.

Hylands Park in Chelmsford is one of the original sites but it wasn’t until 1999 that Weston Park in Staffordshire became home to V. The festival hosts four main stages; Vstage, 4 music, The Arena and Union, each of which will see an array of acts perform.
Tickets for this year’s V Festival went on general sale at 9am on 5th March and sold out in a record breaking one and a half hours.

Line up

Headline
  • Kasabian (Weston Park Saturday/Chelmsford Sunday)
  • Kings of Leon (Chelmsford Saturday/Weston Park Sunday)
Other confirmed acts
  • Stereophonics
  • Paul Weller
  • Editors
  • The Courteeners
  • Passion Pit
  • Faithless
  • The Kooks
  • Paolo Nutini
  • Madness
  • Skunk Anansie
  • Pixie Lott
  • David Guetta
  • The Prodigy
  • Florence and The Machine
  • White Lies
  • Scouting For Girls
  • The Temer Trap
  • Amy MaCdonald
  • Newton Faulkner
  • Shed Seven
  • Paloma Faith
  • Plan B
  • Cheryl Cole
  • Pet Shop Boys
  • Groove Armada
  • Mika
  • Goldfrapp
  • Chase and Status
  • La Roux
  • The Charlatans
  • Sugababes
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Kate Nash
  • Imogen Heap
  • Seasick Steve
  • Eels
  • Tinie Tempah
  • The Magic Numbers
  • Gabriella Cilmi
  • Diana Vickers
  • Example
  • Hurts
  • Robyn
  • The Saw Doctors
  • 50 more artists still to be announced
Tickets
Sold out
 
For more information visit the V Festival website
  
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Reading and Leeds


When
– 27th-29th August 2010

Where – Little John’s Farm, Reading and Bramham Park, Leeds

About Reading and Leeds
The Reading leg of the festival started in 1961 as the national jazz festival, it wasn’t until 1999 the festival grew and a second location, Leeds was added. Over the years the weekend has played host to an abundance of world class artists, from the likes of the Stone Roses to 50 Cent and to add to its history, Reading is also the last place in the UK that saw a performance from Nirvana.

Hundreds of acts will this year grace the seven stages at each site, with 80,000 Reading festival goers and 70,000 at Leeds gathering for a weekend of ultimate music madness.

Line up

Headline
  • Guns N’ Roses (Friday Reading, Sunday Leeds)
  • Arcade Fire (Saturday Reading, Friday Leeds)
  • Blink 182 (Sunday Reading, Saturday Leeds)
Other confirmed acts
  • Queens of the Stone Age
  • Paramore
  • LCD Soundsystem
  • The Libertines
  • Klaxons
  • Pendulum
  • Lostprophets
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Nofx
  • Gogol Bordello
  • Billy Talent
  • Dizzee Rascal
  • The Cribs
  • The Maccabees
  • Modest Mouse
  • The Gaslight Anthem
  • Weezer
  • Cypress Hill
  • Limp Bizkit
  • You Me At Six
  • All Time Low
  • Phoenix
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Delphic
  • Yeasayer
  • The Big Pink
  • Two Door Cinema Club
  • Enter Shikari
  • Crystal Castles
  • Special Guests
  • Frank Turner
  • We Are Scientists
  • Foals
  • Band of Horses
  • Kele
  • The Drums
  • A Day To Remember
  • Mystery Jets
  • Thrice
  • Young Guns
  • The Futureheads
  • Motion City Soundtrack
  • The Walkmen
  • Girls
  • Serj Tankian
  • New Young Pony Club
  • Surfer Blood
  • Wild Beasts
  • Frankie & The Heartstrings
  • and many more...
Tickets
Sold out

For more information visit the Reading Festival website or the Leeds Festival website

Our pick of the line up

Bestival


When
– 9th-12th 2010

Where - Isle of Wight

About Bestival
Bestival, the boutique music festival is back for its sixth year. Organised by Rob da Bank this time Bestival brings the concept of Fantasy to festivals, with the annual fancy dress theme, 2010 will be the year of the Fantastic.

Line up
  
Headline
  • The Prodigy (Sunday)
Other confirmed acts
  • Dizzee Rascal
  • Flaming Lips
  • Roxy Music
  • Hot Chip
  • The xx
  • LCD Soundsystem
  • Jonsi
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Chic feat. Nile Rodgers
  • Tricky
  • The Temper Trap
  • The Wailers
  • Sub Focus (Live)
  • Cornershop
  • Alex Metric (live)
  • The Jim Jones Revue
  • Marc Almond
  • Everything
  • Memory Tapes
  • Ou Est Le Swimming Pool
  • Erland and the Carnival
  • Example
  • Gaggle
  • Simian Mobile Disco
  • Delphic
  • Rolf Harris
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Deer Tick
  • Echo & the Bunnymen
  • Sparrow and the Workshop
  • Summercamp
  • Crystal Fighters
  • Egyptian Hip Hop
  • Phosphorescent
  • Rob da Bank
  • Fat Freddy’s Drop
  • Chase & Status
  • Portico Quartet
  • Race Horses
  • Tinie Tempah
  • Zane Lowe
  • Neon Indian
  • North Atlantic Oscillation
  • Mademoiselle Caro & Franck Garcia
  • Jamie Woon
  • The Bikini Beach Band
  • Mylo
  • Dave Clarke
  • Erol Alkan
  • Aeroplane
  • DJ Yoda
  • Skream
  • High Contrast and MC Wrec
  • Tom Middleton
  • Todd Edwards
  • DJ Zinc
  • Joker
  • Jack Beats
  • Shy FX
  • Caspa and MC Rod Azlan 
  • Adrian Sherwood
  • MC Dynamite
  • Jackwob
  • Chris Coco
  • Villa
  • Reggae Roast
Tickets
On sale now
For more information and to buy tickets visit the Bestival Website
  
Our pick of the line up