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V2005: Stage Times

rubbafish by Colin Weston [Edit this content] ▾ 45 comments 16:25 August 17th, 2005
Doves V2002 Jimmy Goodwin
Drowned in Sound would hereby like to pass on staging information for this weekend's corpro-love-in, V2005.

Saturday Chelmsford / Sunday Stafford

V Stage

THE STANDS 12.30 - 1.00pm
GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN 1.20 - 2.00pm
THE LAS 2.20 - 3.00pm
JET 3.25 - 4.15pm
THE ZUTONS 4.40 - 5.40pm
MAROON 5 6.10 - 7.10pm
THE STREETS 7.40 - 8.40pm
OASIS 9.10 - 10.40pm

Channel 4 Stage

ROAD TO V BAND 12.30 - 12.55pm
TOM VEK 1.15 - 1.40pm
THE DEPARTURE 2.00 - 2.25pm
MAGIC NUMBERS 2.45 - 3.15pm
KT TUNSTALL 3.35 - 4.15pm
GOOD CHARLOTTE 4.40 - 5.25pm
THE BRAVERY 5.50 - 6.35pm
KAISER CHIEFS 7.00 - 7.45pm
DOVES 8.15 - 9.15pm
CHEMICAL BROTHERS 9.45 - 11.00pm

JJB Arena

TARA BLAISE 12.45 - 1.05pm
EMILIANA TORRINI 1.25 - 1.50pm
TOM BAXTER 2.10 - 2.35pm
PRESIDENTS OF USA 2.55 - 3.25pm
THE PROCLAIMERS 3.50 - 4.25pm
LUCIE SILVAS 4.50 - 5.30pm
POLYPHONIC SPREE 5.55 - 6.40pm
SONIC YOUTH 7.05 - 7.55pm
ROBERT PLANT 8.25 - 9.15pm
TEXAS 9.45 - 11.00pm

VOLVIC STAGE

COUNTERMINE 12.30 - 12.50pm
BLIZZARDS 1.05 - 1.25pm
JONATHAN RICE 1.45 - 2.05pm
THE PERISHERS 2.25 - 2.50pm
THE LEAVES 3.10 - 3.35pm
KOOKS 3.55 - 4.20pm
MORNING RUNNER 4.40 - 5.05pm
THE FEATURES 5.25 - 5.55pm
STEPHEN FRETWELL 6.15 - 6.45pm
MITCHELL BROTHERS 7.10 - 7.40pm
ROISIN MURPHY 8.05 - 8.35pm
RAY LAMONTAGNE 9.00 - 9.35pm
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 10.00 - 10.45pm

Sunday Chelmsford / Saturday Stafford

V Stage

ROOSTER 12.30 - 1.00pm
IDLEWILD 1.25 - 2.05pm
TONY CHRISTIE 2.30 - 3.10pm
JOSS STONE 3.35 - 4.25pm
ATHLETE 4.50 - 5.40pm
EMBRACE 6.10 - 7.10pm
FRANZ FERDINAND 7.40 - 8.55pm
SCISSOR SISTERS 9.25 - 10.45pm

Channel 4 Stage

NO HOPE IN NEW JERSEY 12.30 - 12.55pm
EL PRESIDENTE 1.15 - 1.40pm
THE FRAMES 2.00 - 2.25pm
I AM KLOOT 2.45 - 3.15pm
THIRTEEN SENSES 3.35 - 4.15pm
ORDINARY BOYS 4.40 - 5.25pm
TURIN BRAKES 5.50 - 6.35pm
THE MUSIC 7.00 - 7.45pm
THE HIVES 8.15 - 9.15pm
THE PRODIGY 9.45 - 11.00pm

JJB Arena

TYLER JAMES 12.45 - 1.05pm
K-OS 1.25 - 1.50pm
ESTELLE 2.10 - 2.35pm
OZOMATLI 2.55 - 3.25pm
JEM 3.50 - 4.25pm
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD 4.50 - 5.30pm
GOLDFRAPP 5.55 - 6.40pm
DIZZIE RASCAL 7.05 - 7.55pm
THE ROOTS 8.25 - 9.15pm
IAN BROWN 9.45 - 11.00pm

VOLVIC STAGE

AKALA 12.30 - 12.50pm
ALEXIS STRUMM 1.05 - 1.25pm
DIEFENBACH 1.45 - 2.05pm
KUBB 2.25 - 2.50pm
ROLL DEEP 3.10 - 3.35pm
JULIET 3.55 - 4.20pm
DUELS 4.40 - 5.05pm
JIMMY CHAMBERLIN COMPLEX 5.25 - 5.55pm
JOSEPH ARTHUR 6.15 - 6.45pm
M83 7.10 - 7.40pm
BODYROCKERS 8.05 - 8.35pm
JOSH ROUSE 9.00 - 9.35pm
NINE BLACK ALPS 10.00 - 10.45pm

The Prodigy The Streets The Proclaimers Tom Vek
From the archive

V2005: Stage Times

The music ends at 11pm! Pathetic. I've got this image now of security guards telling everybody to go to bed in a big field.

Also the JJB Arena? I wonder how many of JJB's customers listen to Sonic Youth? The worst festival apart from Wireless surely.
CaviarAndCigarets | 17 Aug '05, 16:31 | X | Reply

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The idea of giving SY a 50minute set is laughable - okay it's a festival but it seems like a strange choice for the 'Youth to play V, there's so many better places/festivals to play. They should be headlining.
dis-integration | 17 Aug '05, 16:39 | X | Reply

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this bill smells.
i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 17 Aug '05, 16:39 | X | Reply

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Super Furry Animals only getting 45 mins when headling a stage.

What the......
babbel | 17 Aug '05, 16:46 | X | Reply

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I think Sonic Youth should be able to play any festival they like. Ok, it's nice when they play to all us snobs at ATP and the like but there they're hardly going to get themselves any new fans there while at V they've got a whole younger audience to play to, and if it leads to the kids buying Daydream Nation, Evol, Sister or Murray Street I'm all for it. The V lineup is almost better than the Reading and Glastonbury ones anyway. I still like Reading as I've been going since I was an ickle teen punk fan but Truck and ATP are the places to be.
Filip @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 17 Aug '05, 16:48 | X | Reply

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Joss Stone playing after Idlewild.

What the.......
Annoying_person | 17 Aug '05, 16:51 | X | Reply

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it very literally beggars belief.
whatever that might mean.
alcxxk | 17 Aug '05, 16:53 | X | Reply

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Um, Joss Stone, however rubbish is popular right now. Idlewild are sinking faster with every passing month. It's not exactly complicated.
Filip @Annoying_person | 17 Aug '05, 16:55 | X | Reply

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looks mostly shit
stubryce | 17 Aug '05, 16:57 | X | Reply

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The ONLY reason SY are playing V is because they get about thirty times more than they would playing ATP.
Jesus_Quintana @stubryce | 17 Aug '05, 16:59 | X | Reply

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ROLL DEEP 3.10 - 3.35pm

So are they playing a 25min version of Heartbreak Avenue???

More stages, but a piss poor lineup
lordscopie | 17 Aug '05, 16:59 | X | Reply

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ROOSTER 12.30 - 1.00pm
IDLEWILD 1.25 - 2.05pm
TONY CHRISTIE 2.30 - 3.10pm
JOSS STONE 3.35 - 4.25pm

I wish I was there.

jesus.
stubryce | 17 Aug '05, 17:14 | X | Reply

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I hope Thirteen Senses will get some TV coverage !!
Taggy | 17 Aug '05, 17:23 | X | Reply

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JET 3.25 - 4.15pm
THE ZUTONS 4.40 - 5.40pm
MAROON 5 6.10 - 7.10pm

i wish i was there too.

mother of god.
tedmaul | 17 Aug '05, 17:26 | X | Reply

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i've been offered a free ticket and i'm still not tempted. No matter how amazing SY are, seeing them in ane empty tent before leaving to be surronded by Oasis fans is a fate worse than death...
roastthemonaspit | 17 Aug '05, 17:30 | X | Reply

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Seeing as nobody else has said 'thanks for saving me money for that stupid necklace thing', allow me to do it.
Damian | 17 Aug '05, 17:33 | X | Reply

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That's a pretty terrible line up
rock_lobster | 17 Aug '05, 17:35 | X | Reply

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Franz, SFA, Dizee Rascal, Polyphonic Spree, and M83 are the only acts playing I'd want to see.
monpot | 17 Aug '05, 18:02 | X | Reply

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texas above robert plant !!!!11111
oihrgoihwrgnobroytivauy *mad*
soapy | 17 Aug '05, 18:15 | X | Reply

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i want to see the frames. *cries*
shadyadie | 17 Aug '05, 18:38 | X | Reply

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I think there's some good stuff there.
Kevtheone | 17 Aug '05, 18:46 | X | Reply

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I'm going. Not 100% why though. All the bands I really wanna see are ALL overlapping.Not happy
ashleylad | 17 Aug '05, 19:11 | X | Reply

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The Roots are playing too

GIVE ME YOUR FREE TICKET

Please
Jesus_Quintana @ashleylad | 17 Aug '05, 19:26 | X | Reply

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Hear hear! looking forward to seeing them in a half empty tent whilst everyone and their mother is foolishly watching the Kaiser Chiefs.

and cheers for saving me £8 or something ridiculous like that
nomis_dp @Filip | 17 Aug '05, 19:26 | X | Reply

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oh, and Sonic Youth.
monpot @monpot | 17 Aug '05, 20:11 | X | Reply

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bunch of twats
tendency | 17 Aug '05, 20:44 | X | Reply

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i hope they die !!
waves @Taggy | 17 Aug '05, 22:09 | X | Reply

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i wouldnt say no to some camping, sonic youth and m83, so if anyone does have a free ticket, i'll say yes.
waves | 17 Aug '05, 22:10 | X | Reply

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A pity that after all this nice weather we've been having, it's suddenly going cold on Friday (Thurs 26C, Fri 14C max) and chucking it fown for much of the weekend.

If that happens, it's five rainy festivals on the trot for me. I must be due a good one eventually...
Damian | 17 Aug '05, 22:43 | X | Reply

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according to the chalets website, they're playing the volvic stage, staffordshire on saturday, chelmsford on sunday
lurchy2 @Damian | 17 Aug '05, 22:55 | X | Reply

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I'll be there. V Stage is always rubbish, but you can only watch one stage at a time anyway. The second stage (Channel 4 this year) is always really good at Weston Park at least, because people sit in their chairs in their thousands watching the V Stage, and the second stage is in a far flung corner and you can always really easily get a good view of everything that you'd probably be miles away from at Reading. Plus when the weather's bad, it's never muddy there.

So basically, I just hang around the second stage and make the odd trip or two to the V stage (this year, Franz and Idlewild). Easy.
Damian | 17 Aug '05, 23:44 | X | Reply

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it's not so much that it's a shit line up, that's kind of expected, it's more that it's really really weird. idlewild must be thrilled to be sandwiched between rooster and tony christie.

check out Emiliana Torrini if you've not seen her before, she's amazing.
tomddf | 17 Aug '05, 23:57 | X | Reply

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>check out Emiliana Torrini if you've not seen her before, she's amazing.

Agreed. I was of the impression, from the little I had heard, that it was going to be classic mimsy singer/songwriter stuff. Then I got to see her for free as I was street teaming at her gig. And she was great.
Damian @tomddf | 18 Aug '05, 00:33 | X | Reply

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Music, music, everywhere, and not a note worth listening to.

Did they make an extra-special effort to book the most abominably turgid shit available for this festival? I mean, it must take some effort to fill four stages over two days with absolute wank.

I can only afford to go to one festival this year, and it's in my pal's back garden - he gets all the best bands he knows personally to come down and play. It's great. And free.
Guthrie | 18 Aug '05, 01:32 | X | Reply

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Cor! I would rather see Texas than some boring old hippy.
the_low_edges @soapy | 18 Aug '05, 01:41 | X | Reply

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The line up for this looks quite good I thought. All festivals have stuff you won't like.

Surely this is quite a DIS friendly event with all your indie and stuff? Rather this than the boredom that the Glastonbury bill promises each year.
the_low_edges | 18 Aug '05, 01:44 | X | Reply

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ohhhh... yeeaaaah. THAT'S why i've never so much as considered spending a weekend at V.

how easily the mind wanders.

roll the fuck on, reading.
-gen- | 18 Aug '05, 06:39 | X | Reply

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Can't believe no-one wants to see The President Of The USA or Ray Lamontagne. They are the 2 stand out bands for me.
rubbafish | 18 Aug '05, 08:52 | X | Reply

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I'm going to this and I'm just going to say, sure there's some shite on the bill, but pick the bands wisely and you can make it into a great festival.

Tom Vek, Sonic Youth, M83, The Frames, KT Tunstall, SFA, Doves, Idlewild... then laugh at the people singing along to Joss Stone and Rooster...
hughesrjl | 18 Aug '05, 09:24 | X | Reply

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This is one of the weakest festival lineups i've ever seen. Seriously. The only bands i'd pay to see i've already seen, apart from m83 and Dizzee.

V has always been Reading/Leeds lite, geared towards more mainstream listeneners.
Adrian_Denial | 18 Aug '05, 10:27 | X | Reply

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Reading & Leeds are just as corporate - the website is full of adverts for Nokia, HMV, Carling, tiscali(?!).

The only stage that would hold me attention there is the Carling stage... Fucking Kasabian headlining... almost as bad as Oasis.
hughesrjl | 18 Aug '05, 10:38 | X | Reply

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I'm trying to hear and take in people'e arguments here that it could be ok.
But really, if I was to go no Sunday for example, to Chelmsford, everything would clearly NOT be ok.
Joss Stone or Chelsea v Arsenal? What a tough call.
And before you say it, tomorrow is definitely not worth missing Southend v Huddersfield for. Definitely not...
newlodgeman @hughesrjl | 18 Aug '05, 12:15 | X | Reply

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i actually like this bill more than a lot of the glastonbury lineup. the thing about V is, yeah it's incredibly commercial, but you do get some amazing gigs from certain bands. the pixies last year for example, the sun was going down, and it was really eerie when they started doing 'where is my mind'. brilliant.
also, the V organisers seem to be on acid when they organise the order of the bands - which is more comedic than anything. this year idlewild being stuck between rooster and tony christie for example. which usually ends up with erm, interesting results
katgem | 18 Aug '05, 13:19 | X | Reply

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boo to sonic youth clashing with kaiser chiefs. the weekend's only real legends clashing with the weekend's best singalong, kaisers have walked it at every festival this year love them or loathe them theyre great live, looking forward to super furries and ray lamontagne too. very strange line up, maybe I don't listen to heart fm or virgin or whatever but i don't know many of these bands. who are blizzards, perishers, alexis strum? never heard of any of them.
gymmy | 19 Aug '05, 10:18 | X | Reply

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yup, emilliana torrini was my glasto highlight in the guardian lounge this year. its great how she tells stories between the songs and appears incredibly nervous.
furrylamp @tomddf | 19 Aug '05, 22:13 | X | Reply

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