More V news for you, and the news that Bright Eyes replacements Rodrigo Y Gabriela apparently set a V Festival record by playing four sets over the two legs of the festival. The Mexicans opened the mainstage at both Weston Park and Chelmsford before headlining the Virgin Mobile Stage on alternate dates to their opening slots, offering the V Festival crowd the opportunity to see them on both days.
Elsewhere, Mika was welcomed to the stage with a rendition of 'Happy Birthday' by the crowd, and Foo Fighters played a surprise (well, surprise if you'd ignored the media reports that were circulating for the previous three days) acoustic set under the moniker 616. Following this, Grohl teased the crowd during their headline set by dedicating 'Learn To Fly' to "a band I used to drum for", before quipping "Juliette And The Licks! Man, I really blew that gig...."
For the celeb spotters, Peter Kay helped introduce Manchester re-formees James, Matt Lucas was seen on stage with the Foos, while Harry Potter's Rupert Grint was apparently looking on in reverence as Pink performed her set. Brilliant stuff, then.