<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:vf="http://www.virtualfestivals.com/syndication/schemas/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Virtual Festivals</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/</link><description>Reviews from Virtual Festivals.com</description><language>en-uk</language><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:14:37 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:14:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Summer Madness 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8501</link><description>We sent Maleena Pone to the second year of Summer Madness on the Isle Of Wight.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:14:35 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8501</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8501</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight - 29 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Shambala Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8493</link><description>Daniel Smallbone takes in the elusive, but brilliant Shambala Festival.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:24:58 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8493</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8493</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Secret location, Northamptonshire - 27-29 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Creamfields 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8492</link><description>Sean Fitzpatrick gets ready to pin that Best Dance Festival award straight back onto Creamfields for 2010.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:45:32 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8492</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8492</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Daresbury, Cheshire - 28-29 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>L.E.D Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8481</link><description>Jon Wright finds that the latest electronic event in the capital, the London Electronic Dance Festival, suffers from some painful teething problems.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:33:22 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8481</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8481</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Victoria Park, London, 28-29 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Festinho 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8480</link><description>Mike Gatiss finds that Bedfordshire's Festinho is a festival that you will fall in love with.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:19:04 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8480</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8480</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hinwick House, Hinwick, Bedfordshire - 27-29 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>The first review: Reading Festival 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8470</link><description>With Blink 182 just stepping offstage, here's the first full weekend review of Reading Festival 2010.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:47 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8470</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8470</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>How the rock and roll weekender played out</vf:headline></item><item><title>First review: Leeds Festival 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8469</link><description>Gavin McInally headed to Leeds Festival for one of the most anticipated weekends of the year. Here's how it went down...</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:12 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8469</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8469</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Find out how the northern leg of the festival was</vf:headline></item><item><title>Reading Festival: 11 bands you shouldn't have missed!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8468</link><description>There's a lot to do at Reading Festival. Then, once you're out of the campsite, there is plenty of music on offer as well. Here we return to the 11 bands you really shouldn't have missed in 2010.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:02:14 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8468</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8468</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>And one that you really should have...</vf:headline></item><item><title>Dirty Davey: a bandstand view of a fantastic festival</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8342</link><description>For 2010's Beautiful Days the main stage got a new neighbour - the Dirty Davey Bandstand.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:38:53 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8342</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8342</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Plus: who do you want to see perform in 2011?</vf:headline></item><item><title>Green Man Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8341</link><description>Kae Karadelis visits a wet Breacon Beacons the year Green Man Festival turns brown.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:46:35 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8341</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8341</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Breacon Beacons, Wales - 20-22 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>80's Rewind Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8336</link><description>Paul Bullock tries out the world's biggest nostalgia festival, 80's Rewind Festival.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:16:07 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8336</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8336</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Henley-on-Thames - 20-22 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>V Festival 2010 Chelmsford: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8332</link><description>While the entertainment reigns supreme at the Chelmsford leg at V Fesrival 2010, the rest of the festival is let down by poor layout and angry security staff finds Rachael Dallimore.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:10:19 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8332</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8332</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hylands Park, Essex - 21-22 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>V Festival 2010 Staffs: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8331</link><description>Leanne Kelsall finds the mixture of rock and pop a delight at the Staffordshire leg of V Festival 2010.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:39:42 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8331</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8331</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Weston Park, Staffordshire - 21-22 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Bloodstock Open Air 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8314</link><description>Bloodstock Open Air 2010 is a fitting 10th anniversary, writes Ross Baker.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:59:03 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8314</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8314</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Catton Hall, Derbyshire - 13-15 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Croissant Neuf Summer Party 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8311</link><description>This year's Croissant Neuf Summer Party proves again that ethics and entertainment can be an entirely natural partnership, writes Ian Barnett.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:33:03 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8311</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8311</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Trostrey Common, Usk - 13-15 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Vintage at Goodwood 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8304</link><description>Oliver Osborne headed down to West Sussex to sample the delights of the first Vintage at Goodwood, with performances from Noisettes, Earth Wind and Fire, and The Wailers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:17:55 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8304</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8304</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Goodwood, West Sussex - 13-15 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Boomtown Fair 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8303</link><description>Phil Brady is delighted with the unusual world of Boomtown Fair.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:17:34 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8303</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8303</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Secret Location, Buckinghamshire - 13-15 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Summer Sundae Weekender 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8300</link><description>Jamie Barker hails Summer Sundae Weekender 2010 a huge success.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:16:32 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8300</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8300</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>De Montfort Hall, Leicester - 13-15 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Bulldog Bash 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8297</link><description>John Bownas found Bulldog Bash 2010 to be one of the most interesting, safest and most welcoming music festivals on the UK calendar, it's a shame about the weather.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:27:09 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8297</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8297</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Shakespeare County Raceway - 13-15 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>LeeFest 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8295</link><description>Francis Whittaker heads down to LeeFest and discovers that this year's event is a resounding triumph.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:36:53 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8295</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8295</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Highams Hill Farm, Bromley - 14 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Hevy Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8273</link><description>Luke Roberts heads down to Port Lympne Wild Animal Park for Hevy Festival.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:30:28 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8273</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8273</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Kent - 6-8 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8264</link><description>Another wonderful Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival is a quirky treat, writes Jennie Macfie.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:27:07 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8264</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8264</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Italian Gardens, Inverness-shire - 6-7 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>One Love Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8262</link><description>Cancel Caribbean cruises and reach for the rum! A space of chillaxation has been cleared in the heart of Hainault.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:15:36 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8262</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8262</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hainault Forest Country Park, London - 6-9 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>The Big Chill 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8258</link><description>Matt Cook checks out The Big Chill to find out if the festival is as wonderful a year after the loss of its independence. </description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:08:52 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8258</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8258</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire - 5-8 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Rebellion Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8255</link><description>Phil Micallef heads to Blackpool to check out punk haven, the Rebellion Festival.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:50:53 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8255</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8255</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Blackpool Winter Gardens, Blackpool - 5-8 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Relentless Boardmasters 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8253</link><description>Howard Jones heads down to Newquay to check out the extreme-sports-music-festival-hybrid Relentless Boardmasters.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:09:08 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8253</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8253</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Fistral Beach, Newquay - 4-8 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Standon Calling 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8252</link><description>Laura Foster dons her deerstalker and picks up her magnifying glass to check out a murderous edition of Standon Calling.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:38:55 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8252</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8252</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Standon, Hertfordshire - 6-8 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Splendour in the Grass 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8243</link><description>Who'd have thought that Splendour in the Grass, hardly-known internationally, with a capacity of just 30,000 in the hinterland of Queensland's Sunshine Coast would be the scene of so many of this year's 'best' moments?</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:35:54 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8243</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8243</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Woodfordia, Woodford, Queensland, Australia </vf:headline></item><item><title>Camp Bestival 2010: A Family Review</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8227</link><description>In 2009 we sent the Madgwick family off to review Camp Bestival. Suckers for more, they headed to Dorset again this year with a motor home to see what Rob da Bank and Co had to offer with their newly expanded festival.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:46:41 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8227</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8227</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Lulworth Castle, Dorset - 30 July - 1 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Global Gathering 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8223</link><description>Luke Roberts dons his party hat and fills his pockets with party poppers for Global Gathering's tenth birthday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:45:41 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8223</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8223</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Long Marston Airfield, Stratford Upon Avon - 30-31 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Tiësto @ Victoria Park 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8219</link><description>Leanne Kelsall sees Tiesto tee up a trio of festivals at London's Victoria Park with his own headline show.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:44:31 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8219</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8219</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Victoria Park, East London - 30 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Field Day 2010 - Rated</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8218</link><description>Ben Rust welcomes the dust as Field Day finally has the sun shining. So how was the London festival without the rain?</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:52:46 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8218</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8218</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Victoria Park, London - 31 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Kendal Calling 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8217</link><description>Daniel Pratley heads north for Kendal Calling, an event that shows just how to stretch a festival budget without compromising quality.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:00:16 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8217</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8217</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Lowther Deer Park - 30 July - 1 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Camp Bestival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8216</link><description>Anna Hyams heads down to Dorset to check out the Festival Award-winning Camp Bestival.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:17:22 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8216</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8216</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Lulworth Castle, Dorset - 30 July - 1 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Sonisphere Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8214</link><description>Gavin McInally headed down to Knebworth to check out the newly extended Sonisphere Festival with performances from Rammstein, Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:23:31 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8214</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8214</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Knebworth - 30 July - 1 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Underage Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8210</link><description>Bethany Roberts checks out Underage Festival in London's Victoria Park to find that the kids really are doing it for themselves.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:51:33 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8210</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8210</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Victoria Park, London - 1 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>High Voltage Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8197</link><description>Ross Baker checked out the inaugural High Voltage Festival in London's Victoria Park.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:52:47 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8197</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8197</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Victoria Park, London </vf:headline></item><item><title>WOMAD 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8181</link><description>Phil Petty is wowed by another sterling edition of WOMAD.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:57:39 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8181</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8181</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Charlton Park, Wiltshire - 23-25 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Truck Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8180</link><description>Daniel Pratley is down in Oxford to check out the best breeding ground for burgeoning talent, Truck Festival.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:34:09 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8180</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8180</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hill Farm, Oxfordshire - 24-25 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Secret Garden Party 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8179</link><description>Joe Taylor jumps into the magical kingdom of the Secret Garden Party.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:57:03 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8179</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8179</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Secret location, Cambridgeshire - 22-25 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>The Wickerman Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8173</link><description>Gemma Fraser tucks into The Wickerman Festival, an event that organisers call "Scotland friendliest festival."</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:11:34 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8173</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8173</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>East Kirkcarswell Farm, Nr Kirkcudbright - 23-25 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>The 1234 Shoreditch 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8163</link><description>Rhian Daly heads to the 1234 Shoreditch festival in East London to find the next generation of indie stars marred by sound problems.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:09:49 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8163</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8163</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Shoreditch Park, London - 24 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Larmer Tree Festival 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8158</link><description>Nicholas Coren headed down to Dorset to help the Larmer Tree Festival celebrate its 20th anniversary.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:33:34 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8158</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8158</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset - 14-18 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Guilfest 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8157</link><description>Mel Lewis investigates how Guilfest performed in the year of the mega line-up.  </description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:38:45 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8157</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8157</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Stoke Park, Guildford - 16-18 July 2010 </vf:headline></item><item><title>Lovebox Weekender 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8132</link><description>Jon Wright checks out London's Lovebox Weekender.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:25:53 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8132</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8132</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Victoria Park, London - 16-18 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Talk Is Tweet: Latitude Festival 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8129</link><description>Latitude, one of the most culturally encompassing festivals on the circuit, can be an enlightening experience. But what happens if you tank a journo up on booze and give them free reign of Twitter. Chris Swindells finds out...</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:57:05 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8129</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8129</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>All the goings on in 140 characters or less</vf:headline></item><item><title>2000 Trees Festival: Rated! </title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8125</link><description>Adam Gill checks out the delightful 2000 Trees Festival in Cheltenham.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:56:48 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8125</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8125</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Upcote Farm, Withington, Cheltenham -15-17 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Latitude Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8124</link><description>When Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn conceived the idea for his 'dream festival' could he imagine five years on Latitude will sell out with over 30,000 punters walking through the front door? </description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:15:13 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8124</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8124</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Henham Park, Suffolk - 15-18 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Oxegen Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8116</link><description>Lonan O'Neill reports from a wet, wet, wet Oxegen 2010.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:41:20 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8116</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8116</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Punchestown Racecource, Ireland - 8-11 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Beat Herder 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8113</link><description>Anne-Marie Douglas heads to Lancashire to 'herd 'em up' at Beat Herder 2010.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:06:19 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8113</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8113</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Dockber Farm - 2-4 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Relentless NASS Festival: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8109</link><description>Anna Hyams gives us the ups and downs from Relentless NASS 2010</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:29:22 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8109</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8109</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>9 - 11 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>The Eden Sessions 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8106</link><description>Ian Carroll talks about the beautiful setting of the Eden Sessions and Paolo Nutini's adoring crowd </description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:19:21 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8106</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8106</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>13 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Nozstock 2010 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8105</link><description>Jamie Skey reports from Herefordshire's Nozstock festival</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:45:05 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8105</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8105</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>9 - 11 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Lounge On The Farm 2010 - RATED!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8102</link><description>LOTF has "one of the best atmospheres of all British festivals" Phil Brady writes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:22:17 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8102</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8102</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>9 - 11 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>T In The Park 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8097</link><description>With a trio of amazing headliners and Scottish spirit, Gavin McInally reports from T In The Park 2010.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:13:12 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8097</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8097</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Kinross, Scotland 9 - 11 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>T In The Park 2010: Top Main Stage Bands and The Best Of The Rest</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8096</link><description>Gavin McInally details the top Main Stage bands and picks out the best of the rest.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:48:26 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8096</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8096</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Gavin McInally details the  top Main Stage bands and picks out the best of the rest</vf:headline></item><item><title>Talk is Tweet: T In The Park 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8095</link><description>With cracking headliners Eminem,  Kasabian and Muse this year's T In The Park Festival  was never short of entertainment. Here's how Gavin McInally lived it through the eyes of Twitter..</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:47:24 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8095</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8095</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>All the nonsense and fun from T In The Park 2010 in 140 characters or less!</vf:headline></item><item><title>Wakestock 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8079</link><description>Will Saunders is at Wakestock festival in North Wales' stunningly picturesque Cardigan Bay to bear witness to the 11th incarnation of Europe's biggest wakeboarding festival.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:53:55 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8079</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8079</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Abersoch, Wales - 2-4 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Hop Farm Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8073</link><description>Ben Parkinson harks back to the festivals of old at Hop Farm to witness the UK return of Bob Dylan.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:32:29 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8073</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8073</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hop Farm, Kent - 2-3 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Wireless 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8066</link><description>Kerry Mason finds Wireless a little top-heavy in its billing but there are some great sets to be found amongst a field of overt advertising.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:39:58 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8066</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8066</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hyde Park, London - 2-4 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Talk is Tweet: Glastonbury 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8020</link><description>Glastonbury is so huge, it's impossible to see and do it all - believe us, we've tried. But armed with a mobile phone and tanked up on cider, here's our what we discovered and put on Twitter...</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:46:12 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8020</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8020</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>All the nonsense and fun in 140 characters or less</vf:headline></item><item><title>Glastonbury 2010 TV Coverage Review</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8019</link><description>Woe is me. Having endured every mud-fest and biblical flood since '97, I only went and picked the first all-sunny Glasto for fifteen years to 'watch from home', and one that - by all accounts - was by far the best one ever.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:37:24 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8019</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8019</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>The view from the sofa rather than Somerset</vf:headline></item><item><title>The magical moments that made Glastonbury 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8016</link><description>It might be the ley lines or even the spicy cider from that double-decker bus, but the most magical moments always seem to happen at Glastonbury. Here's what made the 40th anniversary so very very special...</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:07:47 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8016</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8016</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>From out-of-tune farmers to Hello Kitty burlesque</vf:headline></item><item><title>Glastonbury 2010 - party starters and party poopers!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8014</link><description>The 40th anniversary of Glastonbury Festival is going to be one that people remember for a long time, but who were the party starters? And what bands won't be getting an invite next time around?</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:15:50 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8014</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8014</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Who made the 40th birthday a classic, who shouldn't have come?</vf:headline></item><item><title>Hard Rock Calling 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8008</link><description>Dan Frost checks out London's Hard Rock Calling, which oddly, he notes doesn't seem to have much hard rock...</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:40:05 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8008</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8008</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hyde Park, London - 25-27 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>The first review: Glastonbury Festival 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8000</link><description>Daniel Fahey is at Glastonbury Festival as the Eavis' blow out the 40th anniversary candles for what is possibly the best edition of the event to date.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:23:34 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8000</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/8000</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>How was the 40th anniversary? Let's find out</vf:headline></item><item><title>Big Session Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7973</link><description>Anna Hyams checks out the sixth edition of the Big Session Festival.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:43:45 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7973</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7973</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>DeMontfort Hall, Leicester - 18-20 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Out To Graze Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7941</link><description>Even with an increased capacity and new site, Simon Butler finds Out To Graze Festival as enjoyable and endearing as ever.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:34:49 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7941</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7941</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Fir Tree Country Park, Warmington - 11-13 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Rock Ness 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7940</link><description>Rock Ness brings together the biggest dance heavyweights but it's the Strokes that steal the show in Scotland, writes Rhian Daly.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:59:42 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7940</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7940</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Loch Ness, near Dores, Scotland - 11-13 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Ian Brown @ Platt Fields 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7930</link><description>Phil Brady goes back to Manchester on Monkey Business. Rusholme Ruffians, baltis, bazaas, bouncing bombs and a hundred year anniversary of a city centre park. </description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:08:48 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7930</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7930</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Platt Fields, Machester - 18 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Download Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7925</link><description>Ruth Booth discovers if Download Festival 2010 is the perfect tribute to 30 years of metal at Donington.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:49:35 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7925</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7925</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Donington Park, Castle Donington - 11-13 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Download 2010: The good, the bands and the ugly</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7924</link><description>Ruth Booth and Ali Ryland pick out the best (and the worst) bands from Download Festival 2010.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:39:42 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7924</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7924</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>The top ten acts of the weekend and the worst five too</vf:headline></item><item><title>Isle Of Wight Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7919</link><description>Gareth Vipers explored this year's Isle of Wight Festival to find one big party and more surprises than a lorry load of Kinder Eggs. </description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:42:10 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7919</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7919</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Seaclose Park, Newport - 11-13 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Talk is Tweet: Download Festival 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7913</link><description>With mobile phones in hand, Ruth Booth and Ali Ryland headed to Download Festival to catch the good, the bad and the ugly of the UK's biggest metal and rock event. Here's what happened in Twitter's 140 characters or less...</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:22:28 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7913</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7913</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>The event in 140 characters or less</vf:headline></item><item><title>Talk is Tweet: Isle of Wight Festival 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7912</link><description>From Jay-Z to Paul McCartney, this year's Isle of Wight Festival was full of flying singers, special guests and inflatable kangaroos. Here's how Gareth Vipers lived it through the eyes of Twitter...</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:52:52 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7912</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7912</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>The event in 140 characters or less</vf:headline></item><item><title>Wychwood Music Festival 2010 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7900</link><description>When the average festival-reveller comes across a stall called "Herbal Heaven", the last thing they expect is a nursery selling palatable pot-plants. Kae Karadelis reviews Britain's most family-friendly festie.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:29:02 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7900</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7900</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Cheltenham Racecourse - 4-6 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Primavera Sound 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7888</link><description>Denise Tench headed to Spain's Primavera Sound to review the Friday of the festival. Here's how she got on...</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:28:11 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7888</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7888</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Parc del Forum, Barcelona - Friday 28 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Sunrise Celebration 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7885</link><description>Jon Wright heads to Somerset to discover the wonders of Sunrise Celebration.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:08:25 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7885</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7885</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>3-6 June 2010 - Near Bruton, North Somerset</vf:headline></item><item><title>Dot To Dot Manchester: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7861</link><description>Jamie Barker embarks on the trail of the first Dot To Dot Festival in Manchester.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:25:34 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7861</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7861</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various, Manchester - 31 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Slam Dunk North 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7851</link><description>Ali Ryland checks out the Leeds leg of Slam Dunk festival...</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:33:27 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7851</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7851</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Leeds University - 30 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Dot to Dot Festival (Nottingham) 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7838</link><description>Paddy Burke spends a Sunday in Nottingham checking out the second of three Dot To Dot Festivals over the weekend...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:07:20 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7838</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7838</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various, Nottingham - 30 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Dot to Dot (Bristol) 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7836</link><description>We sent Ben Rust to check out the Bristol leg of the Dot To Dot Festival. Here's how he got on...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:53:30 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7836</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7836</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various, Bristol - 29 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Bearded Theory Festival 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7810</link><description>After disastrous weather laid waste to much of last year's festival, it is a real testament to the organisers of Bearded Theory that this year's event took place at all. Gladly, the hard work required to ensure the festival's survival was wholeheartedly worthwhile. </description><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:16:39 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7810</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7810</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hulland Ward Farm, Ashbourne, Derbyshire</vf:headline></item><item><title>Wood Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7798</link><description>Alison Kerry went down to the Wood Festival this weekend and she was sure of a big surprise. But just how good is Oxford's eco-friendly event?</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 15:36:30 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7798</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7798</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Braziers Park, Oxfordshire - 21-23 May 2010</vf:headline></item><item><title>Liverpool Sound City 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7783</link><description>We sent Stephen Greenwood to tackle this year's Liverpool Sound City, here's how he got on...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 10:42:58 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7783</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7783</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various venues, Liverpool - 18-22 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Talk is Tweet: The Great Escape 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7775</link><description>Armed with nothing but a mobile phone, 140 characters, a bike and a camera, we sent John Bownas to The Great Escape to report back through the world of Twitter. Here's how he got on...</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 11:01:56 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7775</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7775</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>The Brighton festival in 140 characters or less</vf:headline></item><item><title>The Great Escape 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7770</link><description>Tom Goodwyn discovered the best new music from around the world at The Great Escape in Brighton...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 17:46:43 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7770</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7770</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various, Brighton - 13-15 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>ATP Festival Weekend Two (Pavement) 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7756</link><description>We sent Jamie Skey to check out the return of Pavement at the second ATP Festival of the year and all the bands they brought in tow... </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 17:10:39 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7756</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7756</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Camber Sands Holiday Centre - 14-16 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Camden Crawl 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7679</link><description>We sent Luke Warren to Camden Crawl to see if it really deserved that UK Festival Award last year...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 18:00:04 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7679</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7679</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various, Camden, North London - 1-2 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Bang Face Weekender 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7641</link><description>We sent Matt Cook to find out if Bang Face Weekender was bang on the bell or facing extinction.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:22:33 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7641</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7641</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Pontins, Camber Sands - 23-25 April</vf:headline></item><item><title>Snowbombing 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7557</link><description>We sent Daniel Fahey to Snowbombing for three days to see if the festival is king of the hill or on a slippery slope backwards...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:34:43 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7557</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7557</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various - Mayrhofen, Austria - 5-7 April</vf:headline></item><item><title>Hinterland 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7542</link><description>Lisa-Marie Ferla finds out if Scotland's Hinterland is a musical wonderland or a musical one-to-miss.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:02:58 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7542</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7542</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various venues, Glasgow - 3 April 2010</vf:headline></item><item><title>Altitude Festival 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7496</link><description>Lorraine Bow dons her ski gear to find if music, comedy and snow make the ideal festival at Altitude.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:00:26 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7496</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7496</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Meribel, France - 20-26 March</vf:headline></item><item><title>BLOC Weekend 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7413</link><description>We sent Jack Mills to find out if BLOC Weekend is Top of the BLOCs or for the chopping BLOC...</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:35:00 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7413</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7413</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Butlins, Minehead - 12-14 March</vf:headline></item><item><title>Hammerfest 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7407</link><description>Move over Keith Harris and Orville... Suicidal Tendencies and Napalm Death are invading your granny's favourite holiday destination as Hammerfest 2 takes over Pontins...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:20:43 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7407</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7407</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Pontin's Holiday Centre, Prestatyn - 11-13 March</vf:headline></item><item><title>Big Day Out (AUS) 2010</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7225</link><description>Dannii Leivers will never complain about English festival weather again. After years of praying for a sunny solstice, she's finally been able to leave the wellies at home but in typical Brit style, she's still whinging about it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:53:54 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7225</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7225</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Sydney Showground, Australia</vf:headline></item><item><title>The Big Reunion 2009 Weekend 1</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7044</link><description>Patrick Burke is not taken somewhat by the first of three Big Reunion weekenders...</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:48:51 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7044</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7044</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>20-22 November - Butlins, Skegness</vf:headline></item><item><title>UK Festival Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7032</link><description>Even the bravest festival promoters wouldn't have staged an event in weather this bad...</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:28:30 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7032</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7032</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>indigO2, London - 19 November</vf:headline></item><item><title>vinspired Lake Of Stars Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7025</link><description>Alison Kerry discovers that Malawi's vinspired Lake Of Stars is simply paradise...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:53:01 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7025</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7025</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Nkopola Lodge, Mangochi, Malawi, Africa - 15-18 October 2009</vf:headline></item><item><title>Atomik Weekender 2010: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7003</link><description>Atomik Weekender is a little slice of Ibiza...in a Pontins Holiday Camp, Wales. But it's well worth the trip, writes Celeste Adamson.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:40:14 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7003</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/7003</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Prestatyn Pontins, Wales - 6-8 November</vf:headline></item><item><title>White Air 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6893</link><description>Sun, sea and sound problems, White Air's first extreme sports excursion to Brighton had mixed results, reports Christopher Swindells.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:33:24 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6893</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6893</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Brighton Beach, West Sussex - 18-20 September</vf:headline></item><item><title>End Of The Road 2009 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6874</link><description>Amazing music, stunning location and the best food and drink of any small festival around - three days at End Of The Road is almost not long enough, writes Alison Kerry.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:38:39 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6874</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6874</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset - 11-13 September</vf:headline></item><item><title>Waveform Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6868</link><description>After the success of last year, a downscaled Waveform Festival proved very different from its previous incarnations, writes Joe Taylor.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:53:35 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6868</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6868</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Liddington and Warren Farm - 11-13 September</vf:headline></item><item><title>Bestival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6867</link><description>Bestival still sits head and shoulders above its rivals, but this year it was a case of two steps forward, one step back, argues Daniel Fahey.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:59:39 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6867</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6867</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight - 11-13 September</vf:headline></item><item><title>Beautiful Days 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6822</link><description>Beautiful Days returned, but was it a stunning success or a Levellers let down? John Bownas found out...</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:19:35 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6822</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6822</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Escot Park, Devon - 21-23 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Shambala Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6821</link><description>Shambala has grown from a tiny back garden shindig into a multi sensory, interactive extravaganza with the 'Kids Field' alone looking more fun than the rest of the festival put together, writes Jamie Skey.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:05:21 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6821</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6821</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Secret location, Northamptonshire - 27-31 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Radio 1/NME Stage: top ten bands</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6811</link><description>With a range of bands that stretched from Little Boots to Lost Prophets, The Gossip to Them Crooked Vultures, we take a look at best sets in the tent from the weekend...</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:16:48 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6811</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6811</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>From Lost Prophets to Little Boots, our top picks</vf:headline></item><item><title>Radio 1/NME Stage: top ten bands</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6808</link><description>With a range of bands that stretched from Faith No More to Lethal Bizzle, Little Boots to Frank Turner, we take a look at best sets in the tent from the weekend... </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:55:03 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6808</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6808</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>From Faith No More to Bizzle, our top picks</vf:headline></item><item><title>Green Man Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6784</link><description>With an imaginative line-up of high-quality bands and a beautiful mountainside setting, Green Man is the complete boutique festival experience, writes Francis Whittaker.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:18:02 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6784</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6784</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, Wales - 21-23 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>One Love Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6770</link><description>Spending a summery weekend in the countryside soaking up the sun, with a reggae soundtrack, One Love Festival, is hard to argue against in principle, but it has a long way to go before it fully establishes itself as a festival to be reckoned with, writes Matt Cook.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:58:58 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6770</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6770</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Port Lympne Safari Park, Lympne, Kent - 21-23 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Summer Sundae Weekender 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6742</link><description>With gorgeous summer weather and an unbeatably sedate atmosphere, Summer Sundae Weekender 2009 proved to be a really wonderful festival, writes Tom Goodwyn.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:12:00 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6742</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6742</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>De Montfort Hall, Leicester - 14-16 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Bloodstock Open Air 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6736</link><description>While Carcass et al were fantastic and the alternative entertainment
varied, one giant gobstopper and beer restrictions marred this year's Bloodstock Open Air, writes Graeme Johnston.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:50:37 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6736</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6736</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Catton Hall, Derbyshire - 14-16 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Croissant Neuf Summer Party 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6735</link><description>It is hard to believe that one festival can teach you so much about the environment and still have an amazing musical line-up, but the Croissant Neuf Summer Party pulled it off magnificently, writes Helen Giles.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:08:13 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6735</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6735</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales - 14-16 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Nozstock 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6688</link><description>Nozstock would be the best back garden party in the world ever, if it wasn't for some poor site management, writes Jamie Skey.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:19:02 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6688</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6688</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Rowden Paddocks, Bromyard, Herefordshire - 31 July - 2 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Kendal Calling 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6686</link><description>Kendal Calling is not too shabby and one to keep an eye out for over the coming years, but there's a lot of room for improvement, writes Gemma Fraser.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:12:05 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6686</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6686</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Lowther Estate, Penrith, Cumbria - 31 July - 2 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Sonisphere 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6682</link><description>The experience of the Sonisphere organisers is shown in what is a fantastically run festival, with some great bands and none of the teething problems you might expect from a debut festival, writes Robin Card.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:57:57 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6682</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6682</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Knebworth House - 1-2 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Standon Calling 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6681</link><description>Standon Calling has come along way from the birthday barbecue it started out as many years ago and this year organisers really surpassed themselves, writes Jane Pople.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:13:56 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6681</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6681</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>A secret venue near Standon - 1-3 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Field Day 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6678</link><description>For all its good intentions, a mixture of rotten luck and poor organisation left many at Field Day feeling frustrated, writes Francis Whittaker.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:25:23 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6678</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6678</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Victoria Park, London - 1 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>1234 Shoreditch Festival 2009</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6643</link><description>In spite of the rain, 1234 Shoreditch is one of the finest uses of £15 for a day of festival fun, writes Suzanne Knight.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:42:01 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6643</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6643</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Shoreditch Park, East London - 26 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>2000 Trees Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6625</link><description>As far as festivals go, 2000 Trees fits neatly into the 'small is beautiful' brigade with a sense of intimacy and camaraderie is emphasised by its small site writes  Jamie Skey.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:55:58 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6625</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6625</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Upcote Farm, Withington - 17-18 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Larmer Tree Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6620</link><description>Larmer Tree is a cosy, polite, well-oiled festival that's been running for nearly two decades, but this year, with fields churned up like they'll never see grass again, it feels like there's something missing, writes Kate Rose.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:39:28 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6620</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6620</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset -15-19 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Latitude Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6618</link><description>Latitude has all the elements: the comedy of Edinburgh festival, the literature of Hay-On-Wye and the beautiful setting of Henham Park. So why does Alex Fahey still find he has itchy feet...</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:09:54 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6618</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6618</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Henham Park, Suffolk - 16-19 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Lovebox Weekender 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6616</link><description>The weather didn't help as Lovebox took a while to heat up, but once it did it's little wonder people keep coming back for more, writes Ed Aarons.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:38:39 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6616</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6616</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Victoria Park, London - 18-19 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Glade Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6615</link><description>Glade has gone from strength to strength, amalgamating into a Mecca for the electronically minded masses, providing beats, bass and beauty, writes Joe Taylor.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:13:20 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6615</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6615</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Matterly Bowl, Winchester - 17-19 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>T In The Park 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6590</link><description>With an untouchable atmosphere, T In The Park is a thrilling Tennants-fuelled party, it's a shame the more challenging artists don't get to see it as such, writes Daniel Fahey. </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:04:22 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6590</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6590</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Balado Airfield, Kinross-shire, Scotland - 10-12 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Cornbury 2009 - Family Review</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6586</link><description>Managing the expectations of two first-time festival families was a challenge, but Cornbury really delivered a great experience that we all got sucked into, writes Steve Wild.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:05:45 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6586</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6586</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire - 11-12 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Loop Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6583</link><description>Been forced inside due to some strangely unseen weather, Loop Festival is aimed at those in but the hedonistic seaside town so quiet and subdued, writes Kevin Mason.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:30:57 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6583</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6583</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various, Brighton - 11 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>T In The Park 2009: Radio 1/NME Stage</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6579</link><description>Radio 1/NME Stage had more cancellations than the national rail service does in a year with The Horrors and The Game both pulling at the last minute. Here's the best of the rest though...</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:47:53 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6579</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6579</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>The best bits from the festival's second stage</vf:headline></item><item><title>Guilfest 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6576</link><description>The Guilfest magic shone once again, with everything coming together in the right place at the right time to create a magnificent festival.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:46:00 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6576</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6576</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Stoke Park, Guildford - 10-12 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Lounge On The Farm 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6574</link><description>Kent's finest festival, Lounge On The Farm, is well worth the trip to Canterbury, wherever you are in the world argues Phil Brady.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:25:42 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6574</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6574</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Merton Farm, Canterbury 10-12 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Big Session Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6478</link><description>Big Session is second to none - a festival that, not only that you could take your kids to, but probably your Nan too says Simon Butler.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:56:03 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6478</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6478</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>De Montfort Hall, Leicester - 19-21 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Winterwell Festival 2009 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6472</link><description>Take the boutique mayhem of Bestival, divide it by thirty, cross breed it with a village fete and you'll get Winterwell. says Kae Karadelis.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:38:25 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6472</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6472</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Secret location, Gloucestershire - 19-21 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Beach Break Live 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6465</link><description>After finding a new home with just a week to go, how did this year's Beach Break Live fare?</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:38:32 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6465</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6465</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Port Lympne, Kent 16-19 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Download Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6428</link><description>Ruth Booth, Ali Ryland and Jamie Barker pick apart the loudest festival on Earth: Download.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:30:43 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6428</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6428</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Donington Park, Castle Donington - 12-14 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Out To Graze Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6427</link><description>Out to Graze was a winning combination of great music, well thought out setup, brilliant weather and tomfoolery, but it needs more toilets says Simon Butler...</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:48:42 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6427</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6427</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Shabbington, Thame - 12-13 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Isle of Wight Festival 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6425</link><description>IOW Festival had one of its finer editions in 2009 and the addition of the Tim Buress-curated day in the Big Top enabled a more challenging line-up than in previous years, applauds Ben Rust.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:00:14 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6425</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6425</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Seaclose Park, Newport, IW - 12-14 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Escape Into The Park 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6421</link><description>For Escape Into The Park, 2009 was the best year for the festival yet says Lyndsey Oliver.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:26:11 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6421</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6421</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Singleton Park, Swansea - 13 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Wychwood Festival 2009 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6341</link><description>Wychwood is a well executed family affair that offers as much for the children as it does for the adults. It's just a shame it ran out of steam by the Sunday says Daniel Fahey.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:19:30 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6341</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6341</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham - 29-31 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Liverpool Sound City 2009: Thursday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6330</link><description>How did the second day of Liverpool Sound City fare? Jamie Barker found out...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:47:04 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6330</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6330</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various venues, Liverpool 21 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Stag and Dagger London 2009: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6279</link><description>Stag and Dagger may've been light on the wallet, but the live music was all over a little too quickly says Francis Whittaker.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 10:35:20 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6279</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6279</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various, Shoreditch, London - 21 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Bearded Theory 2009 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6257</link><description>Following an onsite tornado, the self-proclaimed 'village fete gone wrong' could've lived up to the prophecy, if it wasn't for calm, well-considered organisation says Suzanne Knight.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 11:18:00 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6257</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6257</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>The Knockerdown Inn, Derbyshire - 15-17 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Wood Festival 2009 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6250</link><description>Wood is the eco-friendly event brought to you by the organisers of the indie rock Truck Festival and this lot have certainly mastered the art of the boutique bash, says Alison Kerry.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:21:33 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6250</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6250</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Braziers Park, Oxfordshire 15-17 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>ATP curated by The Breeders: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6245</link><description>ATP, the ultimate muso's festival just goes from strength to strength says Ruth Saxelby.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:21 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6245</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6245</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Butlins, Minehead - 15-17 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>The Great Escape - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6244</link><description>With a staggering amount of diversity and a carnival atmosphere, The Great Escape proves to be a great success says Luke Warren.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 11:36:51 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6244</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6244</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various, Brighton - 14-16 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>ATP Vs The Fans II - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6235</link><description>Love it or hate it, All Tomorrows Parties pack a musical punch that only a few rivals can match, says Howard Jones.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:14:29 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6235</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6235</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline> Butlins Holiday Camp, Minehead - 8-10 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Turning Point Festival - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6191</link><description>A festival aimed at under 25's, put on by under 25's, turns out to be as haywire as the crowd's hormones, says Ben Rust.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 11:18:53 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6191</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6191</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Roundhouse, Camden - 8-10 May 2009</vf:headline></item><item><title>Radio 1's One Big Weekend 2009 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6181</link><description>One Big Weekend is a lot smaller than the name suggests, but it packs no less of a punch, says Daniel Fahey.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 12:23:09 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6181</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6181</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Lydiard Park, Swindon - 9 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Hinterland 2009: Rated! </title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6145</link><description>Despite a lack of numbers, Hinterland  showed great potential argues Ruth Saxelby...</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 14:51:42 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6145</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6145</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Various venues, Glasgow - 30 April to 1 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Coachella 2009</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6134</link><description>Received wisdom has always told us that the English like queuing but based on our first impressions of this Coachella, Americans seem to like it too, says Dan Davies.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:15:57 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6134</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/6134</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>California, 19-21 April 2009</vf:headline></item><item><title>Snowbombing 2009 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5972</link><description>Was the 10th Snowbombing an alpine extravaganza or a festival in meltdown?</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:11:34 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5972</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5972</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Mayrhofen, Austria - 29 March - 4 April</vf:headline></item><item><title>BLOC Weekender 2009</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5844</link><description>Was it a BLOC party or one set for the chopping BLOC?</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:10:39 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5844</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5844</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead - 13-15 March</vf:headline></item><item><title>Artrocker Annual Festival 2009</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5528</link><description>Hip indie glossy Artrocker swaps pages for stages as its Annual Festival takes over London's East End for another four days. But was it a page-turner or a toilet read?</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:58:06 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5528</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5528</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>The Vibe Bar, East London, 14 January</vf:headline></item><item><title>I Love Techno 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5436</link><description>Now in its 13th year I love Techno seems to be growing faster than inflation rate of Zimbabwe.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:00:19 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5436</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5436</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium, 15 November 2008</vf:headline></item><item><title>Latitude 2008 - More than just the music</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5295</link><description>The reputation Latitude festival has built makes it hard to believe that 2008 is still only its third year.  </description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:31:02 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5295</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5295</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk. 18-20 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>End Of The Road 2008: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5287</link><description>As the curtain falls on another festival season did End Of The Road leave fans wanting to do a U-turn or park up forever?</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:28:18 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5287</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5287</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Larmer Tree Gardens, 12-14 September</vf:headline></item><item><title>The End Of The Road 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5286</link><description>Winding up the festival season of 2008 is the aptly named End Of The Road...</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:30:06 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5286</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5286</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Larmer Tree Gardens, 12-14 September</vf:headline></item><item><title>Beautiful Days 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5256</link><description/><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:50:57 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5256</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5256</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Escot Park, Devon. 15-17 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Hydro Connect 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5248</link><description>In a postcard maker's paradise, Scotland's Connect Festival and its Inverary Castle setting laughs in the face of any festival that's ever boasted a good location.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:04:54 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5248</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5248</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Inverary Castle, Western Scotland. 29-31 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Hydro Connect Festival - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5241</link><description>Wet and wild in every sense, the second Hydro Connect festival saw headline sets by Kasabian, Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand. Did it sink or swim? </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:28:54 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5241</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5241</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Inverary Castle, Western Scotland. 29-31 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Leeds Festival 2008: Radio 1/NME Stage</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5217</link><description>With a blinding main stage line up, it's essential the tents hold their own - and we're not talking the rain. The Cribs, Babyshambles, Last Shadow Puppets and more give their all to the canvas cause. </description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:08:21 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5217</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5217</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Bramham Park, Leeds, 22-24 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Reading Festival 2008: Radio 1/NME Stage</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5215</link><description>Reading Festival is quite rightly renowned for its rich rock heritage and rough and ready reputation. </description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:15:58 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5215</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5215</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Little Johns Farm, Reading. 22-24 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Green Man Festival 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5194</link><description>It's 7am in the heart of the Brecon Beacons and it's already obvious that Green Man is far from your average festival. </description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:51:34 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5194</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5194</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons. 15-17 August </vf:headline></item><item><title>Bloodstock Open Air 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5191</link><description>To celebrate it's fourth birthday, Bloodstock Open Air decided to host the mother of UK metal parties.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:25:04 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5191</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5191</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Catton Hall, Derbyshire. 15-17 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>V Festival Chelmsford 2008 - V Stage</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5185</link><description>With the 4Music Stage looking like teen mag Smash Hits rose from the dead to throw up all over it, the V Stage has a lot of pressure on it this weekend.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:11:53 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5185</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5185</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hylands Park, Chelmsford. 16-17 August 2008</vf:headline></item><item><title>V Festival 2008: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5184</link><description>The Essex leg of the dual-town festival dissected.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:18:07 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5184</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5184</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hyland Park, Chelmsford, Essex. 16-17 August 2008</vf:headline></item><item><title>Sunrise Celebration @ The Big Chill 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5165</link><description>Floods may have drowned out the first attempt back in May, but Sunrise Celebration rose from the bog after The Big Chill invited the beleagured festival to join them at their party in the hills. But can two become one?</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:21:09 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5165</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5165</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire. 1-3 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Ibiza Rocks 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5156</link><description>Does it?</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:00:44 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5156</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5156</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Ibiza Rocks Hotel, San Antonio, Ibiza. 12 August 2008.</vf:headline></item><item><title>Bloom Festival 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5155</link><description>Celebrating its second year, Bloom seemed to suffer that dreaded combination of bad weather and band cancellations. Did punters care? Seemingly not that much... </description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:14:51 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5155</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5155</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Seven Springs, Gloucestershire. 8-10 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Belladrum Tartan Heart 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5151</link><description>Imagine Glastonbury shrunk to less than a tenth of its size, in a setting of heather clad hills with a main stage set in a naturally landscaped open air auditorium surrounded by huge old trees. </description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:34:43 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5151</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5151</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Italian Gardens, Belladrum, Inverness-shire. 9-10 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Ripcurl Boardmasters Unleashed 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5147</link><description>Sun, sea and sounds hit Cornwall's north-coast for the opening day spectacular.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:53:31 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5147</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5147</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall. 4-10 August 2008</vf:headline></item><item><title>Summer Sundae Weekender 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5146</link><description>With the English summer being it usual unpredictable self festivals are always a gamble, so packing a waterproof and suntan lotion is the order of the day. </description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:36:00 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5146</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5146</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>De Montford Hall, Leicester. 8-10 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>The Big Chill 2008 - Rizla Invisble Players arena</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5144</link><description/><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:27:36 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5144</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5144</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire. 1-3 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Wickerman Festival 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5135</link><description>It is a £1 million operation, involving eight stages, more than 100 bands and more Mohicans than you've had hot dinners.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:52:59 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5135</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5135</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Eastkirkcarswell, SW Scotland. 25-26 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Storasfestivalen 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5133</link><description>Past the fjords and deep in the forests of Norway, Storasfestivalen is a new discovery in many guises, one well worth the journey.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:08:21 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5133</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5133</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Storas, Meldal, Norway. 1-2 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>The Big Chill 2008 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5130</link><description>Leonard Cohen, The Mighty Boosh, Bill Bailey. 2008 was the year The Big Chill truly went 'big', so how did it compare to years gone by?</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:55:56 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5130</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5130</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Eastnor Castle Deer Park, 1-3 August </vf:headline></item><item><title>Standon Calling 2008 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5129</link><description>One of the smallest festivals on the circuit, Standon Calling has been compared to the early years of Bestival. Best get dressed up then...</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:54:24 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5129</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5129</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hertfordshire Manor House. 1-3 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>The Big Chill 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5127</link><description>Not surprisingly after 14 years of multiplying chills you pretty much know what to expect of this festival. </description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:56:53 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5127</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5127</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire. 1-3 August</vf:headline></item><item><title>Sonar 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5098</link><description>I don't care what people say about trench spirit. When it boils down to it, festivals are supposed to be in sunny weather, anything else becomes the worst camping holiday crossed cum-car-boot sale with weirdos; while music is made from a mud-filled bin. </description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:08:09 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5098</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5098</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Barcelona, Spain. 19-21 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Camp Bestival 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5097</link><description>A mixture of parents, children, hippies and fancy dress characters flocked to the beautiful setting of Lulworth Castle for the launch of Camp Bestival. </description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:08:35 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5097</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5097</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Lulworth Castle, Dorset. 18-20 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Glade Festival 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5084</link><description>Glade Festival has always had a reputation for being one of the more hedonistic festivals on the circuit, making no bones about who it is aimed at. </description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:30:03 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5084</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5084</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Secret location near Reading. 17-20 July.</vf:headline></item><item><title>Truck Festival 2008 - best of the bands</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5079</link><description>The boutique festival has become the way forward for many music lovers these days and Truck has become the boutique festival to showcase new music with a few special veterans thrown in.  </description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:51:32 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5079</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5079</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hill Farm, Steventon. 19-20 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Truck Festival 2008 - first timers first impressions</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5078</link><description>Just how Truck managed to remain buoyant after last year's rain-related postponement becomes clear the minute you breath in its community atmosphere, something which makes the small festival more akin to a cult village fete. </description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:09:33 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5078</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5078</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Hill Farm, Steventon. 19-20 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Glade Festival 2008 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5070</link><description>Aldermaston, Berkshire. 18-20 July</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:30:42 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5070</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5070</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Following last year's floods, could good times shine again?</vf:headline></item><item><title>Lovebox 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5068</link><description/><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:46:28 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5068</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5068</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Victoria Park, London. 18-19 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Larmer Tree Festival 2008: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5064</link><description>Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire. 16-20 July 2008.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:25:12 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5064</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5064</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>How did the stunning arts festival fare?</vf:headline></item><item><title>Latitude 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5063</link><description>Back for its third year, Latitude has been at the forefront of a recent shift in festival tastes as Britain goes boutique. So do the frills, quirks and comforts make the difference, or is it still just down to line up?</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:17:46 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5063</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5063</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk. 18-20 July</vf:headline></item><item><title>Pohoda Festival 2008: Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5060</link><description>Trencin Airfield, Trencin, Slovakia. 18-19 July</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:51:35 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5060</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5060</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>EXIT Festival 2008 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/5049</link><description>As part of our European tour through Croatia, Serbia and Slovakia we stopped at EXIT Festival in the Serbian town of Novi Sad. 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Having won Best Major Festival at last year's UK Festival Awards, how will this year stack up?</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:47:24 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4912</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4912</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Best Major Festival of 2008?</vf:headline></item><item><title>Escape Into The Park 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4911</link><description>Escape Into The Park feels exactly that upon arrival to Swansea's green-fringed festival home. </description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:30:06 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4911</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4911</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Singleton Park, Swansea. 14 June</vf:headline></item><item><title>Download 2008 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4908</link><description>Download Festival, Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derbyshire. 13-15 June.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:29:11 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4908</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4908</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Loudest festival on the planet sized up</vf:headline></item><item><title>Primavera Sound 2008 - Rated!</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4866</link><description>Estrella Damm Primavera Sound 2008. Parc Del Forum, Barcelona. 29-31 May 

</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:15:51 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4866</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4866</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>ATP heads to Spain - we join in</vf:headline></item><item><title>Give It A Name 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4759</link><description>Give It A Name still doesn't quite know what it is, and it better find out soon if the opening day at Sheffield Arena is anything to go by. </description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 12:59:09 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4759</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4759</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Sheffield Arena. Saturday, 10 May</vf:headline></item><item><title>Radio 1 Big Weekend 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4752</link><description>Whenever a glimmer of sunshine hits out shores we Brits do what we know best and get wasted to top live music in the great outdoors. Let the festivities begin.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:56:26 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4752</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4752</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Camden Crawl 2008</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4654</link><description>Camden can be as dreary as the washed up punks who gather on the lock's bridge at the best of times, so when the dulling skies empty onto the indie Mecca as we step off the tube 'Crawling' feels like the last thing we really want to do.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:14:38 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4654</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4654</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>N1 gets on its knees</vf:headline></item><item><title>A Fistful of Fandango 2007 - Day 1</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4044</link><description>As we scramble down the stairs into a hall akin to a school gym I panic as flashbacks of being dumped by Mary at the school disco rush back. With a tear and wobbly bottom lip I try to distract myself with the music...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1877 00:00:00 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4044</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4044</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Indie urban festivalling in London</vf:headline></item><item><title>Carling Weekend 2007: Radio1/NME Stage (Reading)</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4009</link><description>Greg Rose counts down the top 12 bands who rocked the Radio 1/NME Stage, plus two that quite frankly stank...</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:21:19 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4009</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4009</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Three days. 36 bands. One writer.</vf:headline></item><item><title>JJB Arena - Top 10 acts</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4003</link><description/><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:52:37 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4003</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/4003</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Channel 4 Stage - Top 10 acts</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3991</link><description>This year's Channel 4 Stage boasts and eclectic mix of acts from the young and old to the secret and the bog standard.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:39:46 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3991</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3991</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Secret gigs, late shows, competition winners and The Happy Mondays</vf:headline></item><item><title>V Stage - Top 10 acts</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3989</link><description>There's no getting away from the fact that this year's V Festival lineup is one of the strongest it's been in aeons. 
</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:45:51 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3989</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3989</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Rock, pop, acoustic and hip-hop leave us sockless at V</vf:headline></item><item><title>Virgin Mobile Sessions - Top 10 acts</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3984</link><description>When I usually think of a session it involves twelve pints of lager and a kebab to round off the night but it obviously means something very different at the Hylands Park leg of V Festival...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:47:31 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3984</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3984</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Up and coming singer-songwriters showcased at V</vf:headline></item><item><title>1234 Shoreditch 2007</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3934</link><description>The sun finally came out in style as Scenesters and sunshine both headed to Shoreditch for the new free indie and electro festival.  It's just that 1234 Shoreditch isn't in Shoreditch as Alex Fahey found out...</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:33:36 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3934</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3934</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>When fashion and festivals collide</vf:headline></item><item><title>Guilfest 2007</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3859</link><description>'Friday the 13th' may have cursed Guilfest when a stack of speakers collapsed on the opening day, but that was nothing compared to the carnage caused by Sunday night headliners Madness. It started and finished with a bang...</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1877 00:00:00 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3859</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3859</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>T In The Park 2007 - Sunday Radio 1/NME Stage</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3829</link><description>Emotions run high on Sunday afternoon - and we're not talking about Beth Ditto's pants...</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:34:02 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3829</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3829</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>T In The Park 2007 - Saturday Radio 1/NME Stage</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3828</link><description>The Black Parade comes to Balado and there are also blinding sets by Dogs and CSS.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1877 00:00:00 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3828</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3828</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Camden Crawl 2007</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3509</link><description>Two days, fifteen venues and over 90 of the best new bands in Britain, trying to cram as much music with as little queuing as possible was certainly a challenge at this year's Camden Crawl.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3509</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3509</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>On our knees in N1...</vf:headline></item><item><title>Snowbombing 2007</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/3485</link><description>Snowbombing. 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But this is no regular festival.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:36:38 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/2841</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/2841</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>T In The Park 2006: NME/R1 Stage Sunday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/2828</link><description>Captain burst on stage with all the confidence and style of a headliner. 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That is, putting on huge free live events in the name of promotion. 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We've got a lump in our throat too.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2003 18:50:33 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/678</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/678</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Ministry of Sound Millenium Dome 2002 Review</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/489</link><description>New Year's Eve, a marquee bigger than 2 Wembley's and 20,000 ravers can mean only 1 thing. MoS have taken over the Dome again! But was it just another case of been there, dome that? Read on..</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2003 21:49:02 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/489</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/489</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Big Day Out 2003 - VF User Reports</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/384</link><description>It's a cool 31 degrees in the shade down-under, and the summer festival season is in full swing, with the epic Big Day Out rolling through the land. Wish you were there? Well, here's some fedback from some lucky folk who were!</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:36:44 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/384</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/384</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Auto Festival 2002 Review</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/372</link><description>We checked out the new mini festival put together by Steve and Jarvis from Pulp, held in some revamped Steelworks in Rotherham (until 1993 the largest foundry in Europe) - quite a setting for a night of rock and dance festivities!</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2003 15:13:25 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/372</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/372</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Bulldog Bash 2002 Review</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/271</link><description>Beats, beer, bikes and bravado - four words too simple to sum up the 16th Bulldog Bash.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2002 18:38:14 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/271</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/271</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>V2001 Chelmsford</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/236</link><description/><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2002 12:32:05 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/236</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/236</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Pistols at the Palace 2002</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/232</link><description>In 1976, they were revolting against the powers that be, taking a sonic sledgehammer to the pillars of the Establishment. 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Here are the top 15 highlights to keep the Witnness festival 2002 alive forever...</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:08:26 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/218</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/218</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Distortion (Nottingham) 2002</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/210</link><description>Guildford or Nottingham? The sun glinted off the coin as it span slowly to the ground - which would it be for us? Hoorah! We're off up the M1 - Distortion here we come!</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:45:31 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/210</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/210</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>SFX Event Review 2002</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/198</link><description>Bored of music festivals - surely not!!? Well why not have a change instead of taking a break and check out some alternative gatherings of like-minded souls. SFX Magazine came up with the goods as 1000's descended upon Blackpool for a Festival of Sci-Fi.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:23:02 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/198</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/198</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Glastonbury 2002: Main Stages Review, Friday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/177</link><description>Today, 140,000 campers awoke to the sad news that John Entwhistle, The Who's legendary bassist, had died. Under glorious blue skies, those who mourned partied on anyway - 'it's what he would have wanted.'</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 21:48:36 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/177</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/177</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Glastonbury 2002: The Best &amp; Worst of, Part 1</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/176</link><description>We bring you the highlights and the lowlights direct from the festival site...</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 21:47:13 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/176</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/176</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Glastonbury 2002</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/174</link><description>Imagine the best Glastonbury festival to date (say, 1995), enhance the atmosphere, and remove all the negastive aspects - thieves, congestion, etc. and then you come close to Glasto 2002. Plain and simply, the perfect festival...</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2002 10:48:43 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/174</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/174</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Ozzfest 2002 Review (1)</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/83</link><description/><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 29 May 2002 14:43:56 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/83</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/83</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype></item><item><title>Guildford 2001 Review - Saturday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/38</link><description/><pubDate>  GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:46:54 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/38</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/38</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Saturday</vf:headline></item><item><title>Guildford 2001 Review - 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Official Overview</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/31</link><description/><pubDate>  GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2002 16:07:46 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/31</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/31</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Official Overview</vf:headline></item><item><title>V2001 Chelmsford Review - Sunday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/28</link><description/><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2002 12:32:31 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/28</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/28</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Sunday</vf:headline></item><item><title>V2001 Chelmsford Review - Saturday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/27</link><description/><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2002 12:32:34 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/27</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/27</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Saturday</vf:headline></item><item><title>V2001 Review - Introduction</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/26</link><description>The Weekend started here...</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2002 12:32:27 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/26</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/26</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Introduction</vf:headline></item><item><title>Leeds 2001 Review - Sunday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/25</link><description/><pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:36:21 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/25</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/25</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Sunday</vf:headline></item><item><title>Leeds 2001 Review - Saturday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/24</link><description/><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:36:58 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/24</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/24</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Saturday</vf:headline></item><item><title>Leeds 2001 Review - Friday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/23</link><description/><pubDate>  GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:34:58 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/23</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/23</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Friday</vf:headline></item><item><title>Leeds 2001 Review</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/22</link><description/><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:36:42 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/22</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/22</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Introduction</vf:headline></item><item><title>Creamfields England 2001 Review</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/21</link><description/><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2002 16:10:25 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/21</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/21</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Creamfields</vf:headline></item><item><title>Iceland Airwaves 2001 Review</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/17</link><description>Hot happenings in the land of ice and snow - a few dodgy geysers, and some very late nights!</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:11:19 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/17</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/17</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Page 1</vf:headline></item><item><title>Reading 2001 Review - Sunday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/16</link><description/><pubDate>  GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2002 11:00:18 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/16</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/16</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Sunday</vf:headline></item><item><title>Reading 2001 Review - Saturday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/15</link><description/><pubDate>  GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2002 10:41:27 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/15</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/15</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Saturday</vf:headline></item><item><title>Reading 2001 Review - Friday</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/14</link><description/><pubDate>  GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2002 10:28:53 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/14</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/14</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Friday</vf:headline></item><item><title>Reading 2001</title><link>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/13</link><description/><pubDate>  GMT</pubDate><vf:updDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:20:59 GMT</vf:updDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/13</guid><comments>http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/13</comments><vf:articletype id="1">Festival Review</vf:articletype><vf:headline>Reading 2001 review Introduction</vf:headline></item><atom:link href="http://www.virtualfestivals.com/syndication/rss/articles.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/></channel></rss>