V 2008 - August 15th - 19th
Friday - 15th
12:00 - set off - have a mcdonalds - traffic queue on a5 - short cut 3 mile cross-country detour - south park
13:30 - tent up - gold
v & guarana (not nice) / vrb (stick to the familiar!)
usual = tokens / fun fair / jjb taking over - bigger than ever / films - back to the future & bourne identity - already seen
Saturday - 16th
10:00 - arena open / fresh toilets / breakfast
12:00 - v stage - stranglers - waltzinblack / five minutes / always the sun / peaches / golden brown / something better change / all day & all of the night / duchess / no more heroes
13:10 - ch 4 - rifles - she's got standards / peace and quiet / local boy / why can't she / it's sad
guinness bar / argyll burgers
13:30 - v stage - squeeze - glen and chris back together - take me i'm yours / slap and tickle / up the junction / is that love? / black coffee / another nail / tempted / goodbye girl / pulling mussels (from the shell) / annie get your gun / hour glass / cool for cats
14:00 - ch 4 - delays - lost in a melody / drone / panic attacks / friends are false / you and me / long time coming / valentine
14:30 - v stage - girls aloud - [peter kay on stage] - sexy (no! no! no!) / sound of the underground / can’t speak french / love machine / with every heartbeat / push it / biology / call the shots / jump / something kinda ooh
underground racing under tarpaulin
15:00 - ch 4 - courteeners - aftershow / cavorting / acrylic / please don't / bide your time / fallowfield hillbilly / no you didn't, no you don't / yesterday, today & probably tomorrow / not nineteen forever / what took you so long?
15:35 - v stage - the feeling - thought it was over / fill my little world / never be lonely / helicopter / rose / video killed the radio star / without you / strange / turn it up / sewn / take on me / join with us / love it when you call
16:30 - strongbow tent - but where is jaguar skills?
back to tent - night gear / vrb
18:40 - jjb - travis - turn / why does it always rain on me (how apt) & goodnight!
19:15 - jjb - hot chip - shake a fist / and i was a boy from school / out at the pictures / hold on / over and over
19:40 - v stage - kings of leon - crawl / black thumbnail / taper jean girl / my party / razz / molly's chambers / wasted time / sex on fire / king of the rodeo / fans / milk / four kicks / california waiting / the bucket / on call / trani / knocked up / slow night, so long / charmer
20:40 - ch 4 - zutons - valerie / you will, you won't
20:50 - mobile union - bunnymen - rescue / seven seas / bring on the dancing horses / people are strange / the back of love / nothing ever lasts forever & walk on the wild side / the killing moon / the cutter / lips like sugar
21:35 - ch 4 - kaiser chiefs - everything is average nowadays / everyday i love you less and less / heat dies down / never miss a beat / ruby / modern way / thank you very much / half the truth / na na na na naa / retirement / i predict a riot / you want history / the angry mob / take my temperature / oh my god
heavy rain retire to guinness tent till 2am
Sunday - 17th
10:30 - arena open delayed due to last nights downpour / a day of aimlessly wandering about
vehicles stuck in mud / installation of the muse satellite disks / half arena sealled off / ch4 stage starts late & no road to v winner
13:15 - ch 4 - air traffic - charlotte / take your hands off me / shooting star
guinness not on till 14:00!! (did start at 13:30 though) / yet another burger
14:00 - ch 4 - shed seven - going for gold / getting better / chasing rainbows
14:30 - v stage - alanis morrisette - uninvited / all i really want / eight easy steps / everything / hand in my pocket / moritorium / you oughta know / ironic / thank u
no underground racing today
more guinness / alas no seat for tired legs
ch 4 - hold steady - constructive summer / chips ahoy / your little hoodrat friend / sequestered in memphis / lord, i'm discouraged / stay positive / slapped actress
15:30 - ch 4 - amy mcdonald - second mcd - dancing in the dark / let's start a band [alex kip]
investigate guitar hero
mud fights at the v stage
16:50 - v stage - maximo park - girls who play guitars / graffiti / our velocity / i want you to stay / by the monument / the coast is always changing / the kids are sick again / the unshockable / going missing / books in boxes / apply some pressure
17:45 - ch 4 stage - hoosiers - cryogenic chamber and wardrobe - worst case scenario / the trick to life / run rabbit run / goodbye mr a / everything goes dark / cops and robbers / fire / worried about ray
pack up tent - south park - queue for the only working toilet - later car queue will be 3 hours say marshalls!!!
19:40 - v stage - stereophonics - the bartender and the thief / a thousand trees / more life in a tramp's vest / pick a part thats new / have a nice day / superman / it means nothing / just lookin / you're my star / mr writer / maybe tomorrow / too many sandwiches / traffic / local boy in the photograph / dakota
last of the tokens / only wine / twat with umbrella sprayed us with mud
21:20 - v stage - muse - map of the problematique / supermassive black hole / dead star / new born / hysteria / butterflies and hurricanes / feeling good / space dementia / invincible / time is running out / stockholm syndrome / take a bow / starlight
22:45 - stategic manoeuvre back to car - plug in baby / knights of cydonia
head off - directed the opposite way / no 3 hour queue! / home in no time
