V Festival rocks for fans

Chelmsford and Staffordshire play host to bands

16 August 2008 - V Festival is underway this weekend - with tens of thousands of fans there to seeThe Verve, Kings of Leon and Amy Winehouse.

Hylands Park in Chelmsford, and Weston Park in Staffordshire are playing host to the musical extravaganza - where around 150,000 will turn up to see top artists including Duffy and Kaiser Chiefs.

Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette, Maximo Park, and The Hoosiers are also on the bill.

Muse are also taking to the stage - their only festival appearance this year. Dom from the band says it's important to them to perform well:

"Last time we played V, Chris had broken his wrist so we couldn't actually play properly. This year we wanted to do the festival so we could make up for that, because last time we didn't feel like we gave it the fuil 100%".

Many fans have been telling 6 Music how they've gone to V simply to see Muse perform - and have been singing the praises of the line up as a whole.

And the reports of the event being a wash out weather wise turned out to be false as the rain has stayed away.

"Last time we didn't feel like we gave it the fuil 100%" - Muse

Louise Hulland