V Festival is probably one of the more honest festivals in the summer calendar. It doesn't claim to be anything other than a place to get drunk and watch some bands. No lofty claims of charity. No ethos. Just fun. For that, you can't really grumble. With that, it's worth noting that tickets for the weekend are on sale right now.

Headlining the event, which will take place in Essex and Staffordshire on August 16 and 17, are rock-monsters Muse and pie-eating orch-indie The Verve. Who else is on? Well, for your money you can watch Amy Winehouse, Kings of Leon, Duffy, The Kooks, The Zutons, The Charlatans, Chemical Brothers, Girls Aloud, Ian Brown, Kaiser Chiefs, The Prodigy and Stereophonics... and many many more! You can have some more details if you read over.

The line-up for V is...

Muse
The Verve
Kings Of Leon
Stereophonics
Kaiser Chiefs
The Prodigy
Amy Winehouse
The Kooks
The Zutons
The Pigeon Detectives
Lenny Kravitz
Maximo Park
Ian Brown
The Chemical Brothers
The View
Newton Faulkner
The Pogues
The Charlatans
The Hoosiers
Reverend And The Makers
The Feeling
Alanis Morissette
Scouting For Girls
Duffy
Jamie T
Hot Chip
Girls Aloud
The Futureheads
Squeeze
The Twang
Sugababes
Travis
Amy MacDonald
The Courteeners
Shed Seven
The Rifles
Robyn
David Jordan
One Republic

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