The Strongbow Rooms @ V Festival

While the rest of the bill at this year's V Festival will be hammering it up and down the M1 over Saturday night, The Strongbow Rooms boasts two unique lineups at the Chelmsford and Staffordshire sites - and they're both corkers!

Staffs sees 'Rooms legends Kris Bones, Justin Robertson, and Rob Da Bank back to what they do best, but the runaway highlights are likely to be breaks-masters Plump DJs playing The Strongbow Rooms for the first time on the Saturday night, as well as DJ Yoda closing on the Sunday. Expect some jaw-dropping innovation from the '80s cut-up kid! The full lineup for Staffs is as follows:

Saturday 20 August

Kris Bones   12.00 - 13.00
Bent    13.00 - 15.00
Lottie    15.00 - 17.00
Kris Bones  17.00 - 19.00
Plump DJs  19.00 - 21.00
Justin Robertson 21.00 - 23.00

Sunday 21 August

Kid Carpet (Live) 12:00 - 13:00
Barry Ashworth 13:00 - 15:00
Skitz and MCD 15:00 - 17:00
Rob da Bank  17:00 - 19:00
Mutiny   19:00 - 21:00
DJ Yoda  21:00 - 23:00

Down in Chelmsford the lineup is packed with some of the best DJs ever to emerge out of bands. There's Portishead's Andy Smith, ex-prodigy star Leeroy, Bez from The Happy Mondays, and Sam Hardaker from Zero 7. House-heads will be captivated by Yousef and breaks fans will be given a good dusting down by Evil 9. But VF's tip is for legendary producer Paul Epworth (he of Bloc Party, The Rakes, and Futureheads fame), who'll be playing the first slot on Saturday. The Chelmsford lineup is thus:

Saturday 20 August

Paul Epworth  12:00 - 14:00
Andy Smith  14:00 - 16:00
Cameo  16:00 - 17:00
Bez   17:00 - 18:30
Rob da Bank  18:30 - 21:00
Yousef  21:00 - 23:00

Sunday 21 August

Sam Hardaker 12:00 - 13:30
Evil 9   13:30 - 15:00
Leeroy  15:00 - 17:00
Krafty Kuts  17:00 - 19:00
The Glimmers 19:00 - 21:00
Kris Bones  21:00 - 23:00