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There's no escape from V2002

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? by Gareth Dobson
Artists: Stereophonics, Nickelback, Travis, Counting Crows
Words: Gareth Dobson
Posted: 12 Jul '02, 14:05
ITV2 is to show its cutting edge status by agreeing to televise the V2002 music festival live for the first time.

ITV2 has signed a deal to broadcast action from the weekend event, which includes sets from top bands Stereophonics, Nickelback and Counting Crows, will take place simultaneously in Chelmsford and Staffordshire on Saturday August 17 and Sunday August 18.

The channel will carry 10 hours of coverage over two consecutive days, on Sunday August 18 from 7.30pm and Monday August 19 from 8.30pm.

On previous years, the second-to-none festival has been shown as a poorly-packaged highlights show on the graveyard slot of ITV.

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Re: There's no escape from V2002

To be fair, Primal Scream, Chemicals, Doves, Badly Drawn Boy... sure there are quite a few stinkers but even Carling has Sum 41!
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 12 Jul '02, 21:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: There's no escape from V2002

there seems to be some misunderstanding. Primal Scream maybe but the Chemicals, Doves and Badly Drawn Boy offer no incentive to go anywhere.

Reading seems to be really awful this year. And I'm not (I hope) someone who says this every year, I was definitely quite excited by at least 10 bands last year compared to 0 this year.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 13 Jul '02, 14:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: There's no escape from V2002

dude, you gotta get yourself a dillinger escape plan album...
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 13 Jul '02, 15:00 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: There's no escape from V2002

The secret is to ignore the main stage and look in the carling tent?
-Raz- | 13 Jul '02, 17:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: There's no escape from V2002

still shite there though. the whole lot of it. Last year there was arab strap and cat power in that tent this year its the fecking music and stuff.

tututut the state of the music industry etc etc.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 14 Jul '02, 17:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: There's no escape from V2002

tsk. there's loooooads of good stuff at reading. it's a brilliant lineup! and i don't like The Music......

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Old_Anonymous_Comments | 14 Jul '02, 21:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: There's no escape from V2002

Counting Crows are at V2002. They're rather good live. But then, I may be biased, having seen them 3 times already.

I don't particularly like Doves, but they still put on a good show too.

I do concede that V2002 is the Q of music festivals though, just as Glastonbury is the NME and Reading is the Kerrang! Although there were too many good bands at Glastonbury for it to be the NME.

Dale xxx
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 15 Jul '02, 12:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: There's no escape from V2002

Nah, I think NME is T In The Park, while Glastonbury is just too broad for a single magazine. NME cares very little about Oxfam/Greenpeace etc., nor sacred spaces, or travellers.
natts | 19 Jul '02, 03:32 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: There's no escape from V2002

counting crows??

.... I'm not going to bother.

The whole post-rock / american indie angle seems to have been completely neglected this year at Reading. Death cab for cutie, yawn.

Don't know why I am writing this because no one will read it now. It just seems slightly odd that the only bands that I am really looking forward to seem to be on the main stage on the first day. Additionally there are no bands that I would bother travelling more than 20 miles to see really, apart from maybe aphex twin but he could do anything really and might be a big bucket of poo.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 24 Jul '02, 16:48 | Send note | Report this | Reply

There's no escape from V2002

I'm not blaming the writer of this article, but the person who came up with the press release... How can it be broadcast 'live' if nothing is being shown on ITV2 on the Saturday, when the festival kicks off?! Looks to me like they'll show footage from the Saturday on the Sunday, then from the Sunday on the Monday. Unless, of course, they cunningly have cameras at both sites, allowing them to show performances from both, live on the Sunday night.
natts | 14 Jul '02, 16:14 | Send note | Report this | Reply

there are also some great bands at V2002

OK, OK, Mr Cynical, there are some crushingly dull acts at V2002 but there are also some damn fine acts playing...plenty of new talent...Athlete, The Coral, Leaves, The Burn; top-notch established bands like Supergrass, Primal Scream, Ian Brown, Doves et al
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 16 Jul '02, 00:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Second to none festival????

corporate wank fest with an unbelievably conservative line up more like it. The festival for people who hate festivals. and music
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 16 Jul '02, 09:57 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Second to none festival????

but it has Sigur Ros and Turin Brakes - who aint half-bad. not worth the ticket price, at all, i agree.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 16 Jul '02, 10:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Second to none festival????

And Nickelback. Don't forget Nickelback. They're good.

Lanky.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 16 Jul '02, 17:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Second to none festival????

Oh a surprise appearance from my mum could make the line-up better.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 16 Jul '02, 18:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Second to none festival????

for half a second, that news report could almost be a piss take [bar the itv coverage which is true]......but something tells me that it's being frighteningly serious, which is just disturbing frankly. oh god....tell me it's not true....
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 17 Jul '02, 01:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I REALLY NEED TO CLEAR THIS UP

any of you who did not detect the *faintest* hint of irony in my new story are clearly very, very American.

Top band? Nickelback?

sha. right.

But there are some good bands playing. Just none of the ones I listed.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 23 Jul '02, 10:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply