V Festival (Australia)
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| V Festival | |
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| Location(s) | Australia
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Founded by | |
| Date(s) | March/April |
| Genre(s) | Rock, pop |
| Website | Official website |
The Australian V Festival is an Australian music festival, and a spin-off of the British V Festival. Like all V Festivals, the event is primarily sponsored by Virgin Mobile. In Australia the event is also sponsored by airline Virgin Blue. The V Festival is televised exclusively in Australia by MTV, and from 2008, also by their sister station vh1. For 2008, the festival will expand to four shows, with Melbourne and Perth being added.[1]
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[edit] V Festival 2008
In 2008, the festival will once again visit Sydney and the Gold Coast, and will this year extend to Melbourne and Perth.
[edit] Artist lineup 2008
The festival's first announcement was made on November 28, 2007.[2] The festival's second announcement was made on February 10, 2008.[3] It included the return of the Virgin Mobile Venue, the festival's fourth stage, which features local and international DJs.
| Sydney | Melbourne | Perth | Gold Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Smashing Pumpkins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Duran Duran | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Queens of the Stone Age | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Jesus and Mary Chain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Presets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Air | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Cansei de Ser Sexy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Tough Alliance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Plug in City | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled |
| Modest Mouse | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Roisin Murphy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hot Hot Heat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Rakes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cut Copy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Glass Candy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Robyn | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Mika* | Cancelled | Cancelled | No | Cancelled |
- *Mika was originally featured in the first announcement, but cancelled when his voice broke after hitting parcariously high notes and due to recording commitments.
Virgin Mobile Venue
| Sydney | Melbourne | Perth | Gold Coast | |
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| Doom & Hoodrat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Munk (Gomma) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flosstradamus (USA) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mike Simonetti (Italians Do It Better) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Andee Van Damage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
[edit] V Festival 2007
The festival ran two shows in their inaugural year: one at Centennial Park in Sydney on 31 March and one at Avica Resort on the Gold Coast on 1 April.
[edit] Artist lineup 2007
| Sydney | Gold Coast | |
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| Pixies | Yes | Yes |
| Beck | Yes | Yes |
| Pet Shop Boys | Yes | Yes |
| Groove Armada | Yes | Yes |
| Jarvis Cocker | Yes | Yes |
| Gnarls Barkley | Yes | Yes |
| New York Dolls | Yes | Yes |
| Soulwax - Nite Versions | Yes | Yes |
| 2ManyDJs | Yes | Yes |
| The Rapture | Yes | Yes |
| Phoenix | Yes | Yes |
| Softlightes | Yes | Yes |
| Bumblebeez | Yes | Yes |
| Muscles | Yes | No |
| Mercy Arms | Yes | Yes |
| Ghostwood | Yes | Yes |
| Lost Valentinos | Yes | Yes |
| The Temper Trap | Yes | Yes |
| Kitsuné DJs | Yes | Yes |
| The Bang Gang Deejays | Yes | Yes |
| Rub-N-Tug | Yes | Yes |
| Andee Frost | Yes | Yes |
[edit] Best of V Festival (Mini V) 2007
The promoter of the festival, Michael Coppel, declared Melbourne a "festival graveyard", and did not book a venue for the festival in the city, despite the fact that several very successful Big Day Out festivals had been held in Melbourne since 1993. Adelaide also missed out on the festival, disappointing many Victorian and South Australian fans who were hoping to see Pixies on their first Australian tour.[4]
To make up for the omission, a "Best of V Festival" series of concerts was organised, also called "Mini V", in which the Pet Shop Boys, Groove Armada, Gnarls Barkley and The Rapture would play in Melbourne (at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl) on 3 April, while Pixies, Jarvis Cocker, Phoenix and New York Dolls play in Adelaide (at Memorial Drive) on the same night. The following night (April 4) the line-ups swapped cities with Pet Shop Boys et al playing in Adelaide and Pixies et al playing in Melbourne.
The move was controversial, however, with tickets for one night at the Melbourne show costing only slightly less ($110 in Melbourne, $99 in Adelaide) than a festival ticket ($124), and double that to attend both nights. The promoter responded that the similar cost was to do with the economics of scale regarding the smaller capacity venues in Melbourne and Adelaide.[5]
[edit] V Festival Sideshows 2008
The Best Of shows will not return in 2008, for several reasons. Firstly, Melbourne has been given a full V Festival for 2008, due to the availability of the newly renovated Showgrounds. Secondly, Adelaide, after again missing out on a full-scale festival, will receive, along with other capital cities in Australia and New Zealand, a variety of sideshows from V Festival artists, intended to replace the Best Of shows.
The sideshow schedule is as follows:
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ V Festival 2008 Venues. V Festival Australia (2007-11-29). Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ V Festival 2008 Lineup. V Festival Australia (2007-11-29). Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
- ^ V Festival 2008 Lineup. V Festival Australia (2007-02-10). Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- ^ Donovan, Patrick (2006-12-06). Music fans on the move in Melbourne festival morgue. The Age. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
- ^ Northover, Kylie; Rennie, Reko (2007-02-13). Festival gives fans the big V. The Age. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
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