What with the furore surrounding Amy Winehouse's 'will she play, won't she play' issues in the last week, it seems I've overlooked the addition of Swedish chart-topper (that'd be the UK chart) Robyn to the V Festival line-up. Unfortunately, for what they've gained in the one time The Knife collaborator, they've lost in American troubadour Bright Eyes, who has dropped out due to illness. The singer-songwriter has been replaced by guitar maestros Rodrigo y Gabriela.
In other V news, Primal Scream's Mani has been chatting to the NME about the new songs that they're planning to debut at this weekend's V Festival. Claiming that they're so new that they haven't even got around to naming them, Mani said: "To be honest we all stare at each other while we're playing them - we haven't learned them that well yet. It's a suck it and see situation!" The band are headlining the JJB Arena at both the Staffordshire and Chelmsford legs of the Festival.