V Festival @ The Esplanade, Perth (06/04/08) - Review 2
Queens of the Stone Age, Jesus and Mary Chain and Smashing Pumpkins rock the final V Festival for 2008.
V Festival 2008
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Event Reviews
V Festival @ The Esplanade, Perth (06/04/08)
V Festival wrapped up in Perth on Sunday and not only were the bands showing signs of wear, but the sound guys clearly napped throughout the entire day.
Modest Mouse & Hot Hot Heat @ Luna Park Big Top, Sydney (03/04/08)
The thinking man's indie band plays Sydney and brings fellow alliteration-appreciators Hot Hot Heat along.
Smashing Pumpkins @ Festival Hall, Melbourne (04/04/08)
We lived with them through the good times and the bad times. Now Smashing Pumpkins, reformed and revitalised, returned to Festival Hall to show Melbourne they can still rock.
V Festival @ Melbourne Showgrounds (05/04/08) - PART 2
Queens of the Stone Age and Smashing Pumpkins brought V Festival home in style.
Event Galleries
V Festival
V Festival wraps up in Perth, with lots of mud and a big send-off from all the headliners.
V Festival
V Festival arrived in Melbourne for a smashing day of live music.
Roisin Murphy
Roisin Murphy put on a riotously fun Melbourne show, filled with back-up dancers and costumes galore.
Smashing Pumpkins
Smashing Pumpkins return to Australia, playing to a packed out Festival Hall.
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain play the Palace in Melbourne.
Modest Mouse & Hot Hot Heat
Modest Mouse and Hot Hot Heat play Melbourne's Palace as part of the V Festival sideshows
Air
Air perform at St. Kilda's Palais Theatre as part of the V Festival sideshows.
Roisin Murphy
Roisin Murphy performs her V Festival sideshow at The Tivoli in Brisbane.
V Festival
V Festival Gold Coast came around for it's second year at Avica Resort bringing with it mud and delays.. but it did not stop The Smashing Pumpkins and Queens of the Stone Age from rocking the hell out.
V Festival
The V Festival returns in 2008 with a world-class line-up that included Smashing Pumpkins, Air, Queens of the Stone Age and The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Smashing Pumpkins
Smashing Pumkins played a marathon set at their Sydney headlining show.
Garage to V heats
Perth finalists Wales won the Perth heat of the Garage 2 V competition last night at the Bakery prevailing over the very talented competition of The Transients, Electric Limousine, and The Leap Year.
Features
Hot Hot Heat
“I think you spend your whole life trying to reflect who you are a little bit more every time, but it’s tough because who you think you are is changing all the time,” explains Bays.
Cut Copy talk of their Ghostly Colours
Cut Copy took their time, but by the end of their promotional campaign for debut album, Bright Like Neon Love, they were firmly positioned as the `80s-flecked quasi-dance group it was cool to groove along to.
Meet the Garage to V state finalists - The Transients
Perth duo The Transients make a run for the Garage to V title - do the pair have what it takes to beat out the bigger acts for a spot in the Grand Final and a chance to play mainstage at V? FL nails the pair with some pointed questions...
Meet the Garage to V State finalists - The Leap Year
Post punk rockers The Leap Year are ready to make their mark at V Festival - having snaffled up a slot in teh Perth finals does the band have what it takes to be a contender. FL Asks the questions. The Leap Year answers...
Meet the Garage to V state finalists - Wales
Alt pop new wave outfit Wales may just have what it takes to come away with the coveted Garage to V crown n- FL sits the band down to answer the hard questions...
News
V Fest comp winners feel the Heat
From thousands of entries, Samatha Milford and Maree Anderson were the lucky winners in our V Festival competition. This pair of FasterLouder fans won side-of-stage access for Hot Hot Heat, and even got to meet a rather sweaty Steve Bays.
QOTSA show evacuated
We all know Queens Of The Stone Age have a scorching live show, but their incendiary stage presence was taken to its literal extreme at a show last week in Hobart. The venue was evacuated after a stage light overheated, spewing out smoke.
Little Red riding on
Garage to V winners Little Red have a busy few months ahead of them.
Billy Corgan’s diva demands
Billy Corgan has been a needy little Pumpkin on this V Festival tour, if reports are to believed.
New Buffalo taking some Air beneath the stars
New Buffalo, Resort and DJ Future Frog will be supporting Ais on their V-Festival Sideshow at Kings Park Botanic Garden *LIVE BENEATH THE STARS* this Thursday 27 March 2008
International News
Full UK V Festival line-up revealed
With our own edition of the V Festival just around the corner, the line-up for its English parent has just been finalised. How does it measure up?
