Australia's own V Festival lands as usual in Sydney, the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth in March/April 2009. Over two huge weekends, music fans of all ages and persuasions come together to clap eyes on some of the best live talent including The Killers, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Duffy, Elbow, The Do and more.

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V Chatter

who else?? surely not just a bunch of international acts??? where's all the support acts?? any of the legendary aussie festival a...
- aussierockfan

how many hours will the killers perform at V Festival ?? im in bangkok, and now considering whether i should go to Aus for this...
- oh

Has to be My Bloody Valentine. Or Spinal Tap. Yeah?
- Jeff

First announcement already has a bunch of acts that would headline your average festival, any one got any idea about second announ...
- Tunaface

Sad to see V seems to have moved away from the fist two festivals were all about....differentiating yourselves by appealing to a m...
- cheezle

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