| Location(s) | Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland |
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| Years active | 2002-2007; 2011-present |
| Date(s) | 23–24 August |
| Genre | Indie, pop, Hip Hop |
| Website | Tennentsvital.com |
Tennent's ViTal is an annual music festival in Northern Ireland. It was first held near Botanic Gardens in 2002 then later moved to Ormeau Park in 2007, both of these venues were in Belfast. The festival had taken a noticeable undesired hiatus between 2008–2010 and is to return in August 2011 at Ward Park in Bangor due to success of Ward Park as a venue for Snow Patrol's homecoming gig in 2010 which drew in an estimate crowd of 40,000. Sponsored by C&C Group plc and MCD Productions it has been confirmed that the festival is set to return in 2012 and 2013.[1] Notable headliners throughout the years have included Kasabian, The Killers, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings Of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, The White Stripes, Ash, The Streets and Primal Scream. Eminem has been confirmed as the first headliner of Tennents Vital 2011.
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BBC News reported that MCD Productions paid previous debt in April while requesting for permission for future events at Ormeau Park suggesting a strong possibility that Tennent's Vital would be back.[2] This previous debt was due to gaining permissions to hold the concerts in 2010.
It was later announced on 12 May 2011 that Tennent's Vital will be held on the 23 and 24 August in Ward Park, Bangor despite rumours of it being held in Ormeau Park. The official line up is due to be announced on Wednesday 25 May.[1]
An advertising campaign began immediately. Power hosed advertisements appeared outside University of Ulster Belfast and Queen's University Belfast while Translink Metro services where used for regular advertisements with online banners on selected music related websites. On the 25th May Eminem was formally announced to headline on the 24th of August.[3] The remainder of the line up; both for support and the other day have yet to be announced. Script and Two Door Cinema Club were confirmed as headliners for Day 1 of Tennents ViTal(23rd August). On 16th June, ViTal confirmed on Facebook that Ellie Goulding and The Wombats will also be on the bill of Day 1.
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Moving Tennent's Vital to Ormeau Park allowed for the event to grow. Razorlight headlined the main stage on Tuesday 21 August while The Killers headlined on Wednesday 22nd. There was a combined audience of 45,000 across two days.[4] BBC Northern Ireland featured the events live on air. The weather during the festival was fitting and there was no reports of serious crime except noise pollution calls within the nearby student housing area after the festival ended.
| Tuesday 21 August | Wednesday 22 August |
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2002 was the first year of Tennen'ts Vital and was located nearby Queens University Belfast's PEC centre beside Belfast Botanic Gardens.
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Fergal Power had a great night at 2007 Tennants Vital.