The 2012 V Festival is al music festival held simultaneously at 2 locations, the second being Weston Park in South Staffordshire. Although predominantly a rock music festival, a wide range of musical genres are accepted; in recent years pop acts have become ever more common. The "V" represents the Virgin Group, with the event being sponsored by Virgin Media and televised on Channel 4 and 4 Music.
Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Wolverhampton, and 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Telford, close to the border with Shropshire. The 17th century Hall is a Grade I listed building and several other features of the estate, such as the Orangery and the Stable block, are separately listed as Grade II. The land on which Weston stands was first mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it was held by Norman Rainald de Bailleuil, Sheriff to Roger de Montgomery. The principal survivor of those distant times is the park which now forms part of the medieval deer park and forest. The land was then held by the de Westons of Weston from whom it passed by inheritance to a branch of the Mytton family. Their heiress, Elizabeth Mytton married Sir Thomas Wilbraham and, through the Wilbraham's daughter Mary carried the property to the Earls of Bradford through her marriage to Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford of the first creation.
Over the years, Weston has played host to many distinguished guests including King George V's daughter Mary, and the Princess Royal, who spent part of her honeymoon amid its gracious surroundings. More recently, the G8 Summit Retreat was held at Weston in 1998 with the heads of State or Government present including US President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin and, since 1999, the grounds of Weston Park have been used as one of the sites of the annual dual-site Virgin sponsored V Festival, the other site being Hylands Park in Chelmsford.
Weston Park, Shropshire Line up for 2012:
Saturday 18 August 2012
Killers
Snow Patrol
Nicki Minaj
Tinie Tempah
Tom Jones
Nero
Madness
Olly Murs
Happy Mondays
LMFAO
Noah & The Whale
Frank Turner
The Enemy
Pixie Lott
The Human League
Miles Kane
Shed Seven
Frank Ocean
Beverley Knight
Cher Lloyd
The Feeling
DJ Fresh/Live
Rita Ora
Tulisa
The Stranglers
Stooshe
The Rifles
Dodgy
Lawson
Comedy
Sean Lock
Milton Jones
Keith Farnan
Chris Destefano
Joe Bor
Sean Collins
Mike Lawrence
Nathan Caton
Gary Delaney
Karl Spain
Daniel Townes
MC Kevin McCarthy
Sunday 19 August 2012
The Stone Roses
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
David Guetta
Ed Sheeran
Example
Keane
James Morrison
Emeli Sande
Friendly Fires
Ben Howard
Professor Green
Rizzle Kicks
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Labrinth
Maverick Sabre
Gossip
Sub Focus
Newton Faulkner
Dappy
The Proclaimers
The Ting Tings
Reverend & The Makers
Wretch 32
Inspiral Carpets
Childish Gambino
Jack Beats
The Twang
Angel
Comedy
Doc Brown
Damien Clark
Rob Rouse
Mike Gunn
Mark Olver
Junior Simpson
Michael Fabbri
Tom Wrigglesworth
The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue
Kockov
Steve Williams
MC Justin Moorhouse
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