Bands take to V stage
Thousands of music fans from across the country were today descending on Weston Park for the first day of the annual V Festival. Thousands of music fans from across the country were today descending on Weston Park for the first day of the annual V Festival. Cloudy skies and forecasts of heavy rain could not deter the massive crowds which had begun massing at the site on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border on Thursday. Weston is one of two venues hosting the extravaganza this year, the other being Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex, and rock groups Muse and The Verve are headlining at both over the weekend. Police cautioned 76 music fans for drugs offences and arrested a further 23 before a note was even played at the festival. Since the gates opened at Weston Park two days ago Staffordshire police have made nine arrests for possessing drugs with intent to supply, three for possession and seven for thefts. Click here for our V fans photo gallery
Thousands of music fans from across the country were today descending on Weston Park for the first day of the annual V Festival.Cloudy skies and forecasts of heavy rain could not deter the massive crowds which had begun massing at the site on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border on Thursday.
Click here for our V fans photo gallery
Police cautioned 76 music fans for drugs offences and arrested a further 23 before a note was even played at the festival. Since the gates opened at Weston Park two days ago Staffordshire police have made nine arrests for possessing drugs with intent to supply, three for possession and seven for thefts.
Weston is one of two venues hosting the extravaganza this year, the other being Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex, and rock groups Muse and The Verve are headlining at both over the weekend.
Muse top the bill at Hylands Park and The Verve headline at Weston Park today but the entire line-up swops venues overnight.
The festival, now in its 13th year, sold out in just 90 minutes when tickets went on sale in March and organisers say they have laid on a varied line-up of acts including Stereophonics, The Kooks, Kings of Leon, Girls Aloud, Will Young, Roots Manuva, Guillemots, Ian Brown, Estelle and The Zutons.
The Chemical Brothers and Amy Winehouse are also billed to appear.