Tuesday, March 16, 2004
V Festival Line-Up Announced
NME are reporting the line-up for this year's V Festival (also reported on the official V website). Top pullers are obviously The Strokes, Kings Of Leon, Muse, The Pixies and err... Dido.
I overheard some colleagues at work discussing the V line up and comparing it to the romoured line up for Glastonbury. The thread of the conversation seemed to be that V had a great line up and Glastonbury was looking a little "old-man" (of course these people were saying how much they were looking forward to seeing Dido and Jamie Cullum, so read into that what you will).
The thing is you really can't compare Glastonbury with any other festival - it is so much more than who the headline band is on the Pyramid stage. For example, a couple of years ago, Annie and I didn’t much fancy the pyramid stage line up so we took a wander through the glade to the Avalon tent. It always amazes me the amount of activity at Glastonbury away from the big stages and this Saturday was no exception. We joined a throng of people too see part of the set by Pee-Wee Ellis - who I hadn't heard of before, but he is a legendary soul singer who has worked with the likes of James Brown. It's discoveries like this that make Glastonbury such a great festival.
Of course, I'm slightly biased as Glastonbury is the only festival I've ever been to. So I suppose I should try one of the other festivals to see how they compare. The sites just seem so small. I went past the Reading site on the train a couple of yearts ago and the stages seem so close together - I mean spending half an hour walking between stages provides so many opportunities for the unexpected to happen.
Only having limited finances, I will be getting tickets for Glasters (only 2 weeks to *the* rush for tickets). If we can't get tickets then V looks like a good bet. Of course, if someone from the V organisation would like me to experience the festival and write a review here, I can be persuaded ;-)
