So, it was the V Festival this weekend just gone, and from the file marked 'V ranting' comes the news that Lily Allen launched a torrent of abuse at America and US president George Bush during her performance at the pop fest. The 'Smile' star - apparently a "little drunk" - and a little pissed off that she's had visa issues with the good old US of A - apparently called Bush a "fuckin cunt" before saying: "I've been banned from America. That's nice. Oh well, that means I can't go back there. Good". All of which is interesting given the last official word from Allen's management earlier this month was that, despite reports, the singer hadn't had any visa issues in the States.
Elsewhere in V ranting, Nicky Wire reportedly declared that Snow Patrol were "the most hated band in Britain" on Saturday. Though he then seemingly went into complementary mode, singing the praises of Rilo Kiley to the NME, saying: "I've been banging on to James and Sean about them. When we did the second 'Lifeblood' tour I just played their album constantly, [frontwoman Jenny Lewis] is a brilliant lyricist - deeply sexual, deeply political, deeply odd!"