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V Festival 2008

V Festival: Amelle Berrabah of the Sugababes
Amelle Berrabah of the Sugababes (big fish) Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage.com/Getty
V Festival: Keisha Buchanan of the Sugababes
Keisha Buchanan of the Sugababes (little fish) Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty
V Festival: Girls Aloud
The Girls of Aloud (cardboard box) Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty
V Festival: Duffy
Duffy does the Morrissey Mic-cable Whip (TM) Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage.com/Getty
V Festival: Shane McGowan of The Pogues
Shane McGowan of the Pogues with an injury sustained during his training for the Olympic decathlon Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty
V Festival: Richard Ashcroft of The Verve
Richard Ashcroft of the Verve has just had a massive toke on one of Shane MacGowan's economy-sized party woodbines Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty
V Festival: Paul Molloy of The Zutons
Tonight Matthew, I will be Dave Grohl standing in the beneficent glow of god's favour... (It's actually Paul Molloy of The Zutons) Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage.com/Getty
V Festival: Ian Brown
Ian Brown with the Number 38 Warrington to Altrincham bus on his T-shirt Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty
V Festival: fans
Fans get into the festival spirit. It's rude to point, y'know Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty
V Festival: Caleb Followill of The Kings of Leon performs on the second day
Caleb Followill of The Kings of Leon performs on the second day. Is that a sexy Gibson or what? Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
V Festival: Tim Burgess of The Charlatans
Oi, Tim Burgess of The Charlatans! Phone for you. It's 1991. Says he wants his hair back Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty
V Festival: Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz. Again. Photograph: Yiu Mok/PA
V Festival: Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse, apparently about to give the crowd something to scream about. Possibly not in a good way Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty
V Festival
Estelle: thinks she's stuck between two pianos Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage.com/Getty
V Festival: Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson spotting Noel Gallagher and giving him a piece of his mind Photograph: Brian O'Sullivan/PA
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