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Download 09: Shinedown
United KingdomDownload 09: Shinedown
Ruth Booth caught five minutes with slightly merry vocalist Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers from new US rock exports Shinedown before they hit the Second stage at Download 2009.
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Virtual Festivals' weekly news round up
Jacko, Madness, tears, Reading/Leeds and ice cold beers
More names announced for Electric Picnic
Dinosaur Jr, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, Neko Case...
The Hold Steady to headline End Of The Road
They play the Sunday as under 5's tickets sell out
MSTRKRFT helps completed Get Loaded line-up
Telepathe, Goldfish, Tom Middleton, more added
Tunng helps Kendal Calling complete line-up
Arockalypse Now, Jelly's Last Jam and The Blims added
Glastonbury Top Tens: The Other Stage
VF picks the best acts from Glasto's second stage
Glastonbury Top Tens: The best of the rest
Highlights from John Peel, Jazz World, Avalon, Arcadia, more
Glastonbury Top Tens: The Park Stage
Who shone in the Emily Eavis curated arena?
Glastonbury Top Tens: The Pyramid Stage
Who were the best from the weekend on the main stage?
Hard Rock Calling 2009: Rated!
Hyde Park, London - 26-28 June
Glastonbury Festival 2009: Rated!
Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset 24-28 June
Big Session Festival 2009: Rated!
De Montfort Hall, Leicester - 19-21 June
Winterwell Festival 2009 - Rated!
Secret location, Gloucestershire - 19-21 June
Beach Break Live 2009: Rated!
Port Lympne, Kent 16-19 June
Download Festival 2009: Rated!
Donington Park, Castle Donington - 12-14 June
Out To Graze Festival 2009: Rated!
Shabbington, Thame - 12-13 June
Isle of Wight Festival 2009: Rated!
Seaclose Park, Newport, IW - 12-14 June
Escape Into The Park 2009: Rated!
Singleton Park, Swansea - 13 June
RockNess 2009: Rated!
A model example of what a festival should be in 2009
Insomniacs Ball 2009
Corsica Studios, South London - 5 June
Wychwood Festival 2009 - Rated!
Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham - 29-31 May
Sunrise Celebration 2009: Rated!
Secret location, Somerset - 28-31 May
Liverpool Sound City 2009: Saturday
Various venues, Liverpool 23 May
Liverpool Sound City 2009: Friday
Various venues, Liverpool 22 May
Liverpool Sound City 2009: Thursday
Various venues, Liverpool 21 May
Liverpool Sound City 2009: Wednesday
Various venues, Liverpool 20 May
Dot To Dot Bristol 2009 - Rated!
Various, Bristol - 23 May
Dot to Dot Festival Nottingham 2009: Rated!
Various, Nottingham - 24 May
Dreadzone: 'tents were flying up in the air'
Greg Roberts talks to VF's John Bownas
IOW Festival 2009: John Giddings
We find out how he thinks the festival is going
RockNess 09: Alabama 3
Backstage chat with Larry Love
RockNess 09: Festival boss Jim King
Catching up with the main man
Making the Wight choice - John Giddings

Probing the Download boss - John Probyn
We chat to the Download top dog
Glastonbury 2009: the delights of the night
Our insomniac reporter Ali Ryland finds out what happens after dark
Glastonbury 2009: The Dice Man
Choosing what to see on the roll of a dice...
GlastO-A-P: granny does Glastonbury
'I got high just walking through the Stone Circle field'
Glasto 09: the experiences of an Oxfam steward
Stewarding - the budget approach to Glastonbury enjoyment
The Big One: Glastonbury Festival 2009
Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset - 24-28 June
Four chat: we talk to four new bands at Download
DissolvedIn, Fei Comodo, None The Less, Attack! Attack!!
The Big One - Isle of Wight Festival 2009
Seaclose Park, Newport, IOW - 12-14 June
The Big One - Download Festival 2009
Donington Park, Castle Donington - 12-14 June

IOW Festival 2009: John Giddings
United KingdomIOW Festival 2009: John Giddings
With the Isle of Wight Festival basked in glorious sunshine and the event in full flow, we caught up with boss John Giddings to see how it was all going...
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RockNess 09: Alabama 3
United KingdomRockNess 09: Alabama 3
Steve Jenner grabbed an enlighenting backstage chinwag with Alabama 3 leader Larry Love (aka Rob Spragg), ahead of the band's roof-raising set at RockNess festival in Scotland.
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RockNess 09: Festival boss Jim King
United KingdomRockNess 09: Festival boss Jim King
We dragged festival director Jim King away from his hard work running the festival to find out how the event was going for him on the second day, and to hear about his plans for RockNess' future...
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Probing the Download boss - John Probyn
United KingdomProbing the Download boss - John Probyn
With just a week to go, we caught up with Download boss John Probyn to talk about his favourite festival moments, meat hooks, Sonisphere rivalry and this year's event...
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Making the Wight choice - John Giddings
United KingdomMaking the Wight choice - John Giddings
We caught up with Isle of Wight Festival organiser John Giddings to talk about this year's line-up, losing Oasis and Tim Burgess' Big Top bill...
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Tim Burgess: the Isle of Wight's Big Top juggler
United KingdomTim Burgess: the Isle of Wight's Big Top juggler
Not only has Tim Burgess programmed the Sunday Big Top bill at the IOW Festival, he's decided to juggle it with DJing and playing with The Charlatans as well. We caught up with him to see what he'd let himself in for...
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SW4 chat to Layo Ruskin
United KingdomSW4 chat to Layo Ruskin
The SW4 boys sit down with Layo Ruskin, the guy behind The End presents Shake It stage, a newcomer for the 2009 festival...
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Melvin Benn on Heavenly Planet
United KingdomMelvin Benn on Heavenly Planet
Every recession demands hope. Lifting out of any economic slump relies on optimism. Perhaps Heavenly Planet has arrived at the right time.
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Bombay Bicycle Club taking the stabilisers off
Bombay Bicycle Club taking the stabilisers off
Bombay Bicycle Club on the pitfalls of being fresh-faced and uber-talented...
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Black Kids - win when you're singing?
Black Kids - win when you're singing?
At the turn of the year you might have overlooked Black Kids, squashed as they were between Duffy and Adele in the Ones To Watch lists. But ten months on and they've got two UK Festival Awards nominations. We thought we'd break the news...
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Rob Da Bank - Braving the storm
United KingdomRob Da Bank - Braving the storm
After a hat trick of UK Festival Awards, the weather tried to put a dampener on the UK's Best Medium Festival. We caught up with organiser Rob Da Bank to see if he'd weathered the storm...
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Sofia Hagberg on End Of The Road Festival
United KingdomSofia Hagberg on End Of The Road Festival
Countless music obsessives have attempted to translate their unerring passion into a fully functioning festival of their own, and many have failed.
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