The V Festival, gets underway at Weston Park on the Shropshire border today, with Justin Bieber and Rihanna performing in the headline slots as the event celebrates its 21st birthday.
The yearly music festival is held consecutively at two sites, Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire.
Festival-goers began arriving at Weston Park early yesterday morning with traffic management in place in the area.
BBC Radio 1 last night hosted a new stage across both sites, as the BBC Radio 1 Summer of Dance stage provided chart topping dance anthems, the hottest artists, and newest releases.
Along with Justin Bieber and Rihanna other artists performing this weekend include Sia, David Guetta, Faithless, Kaiser Chiefs, Years & Years, Jake Bugg, Bastille, Rita Ora, Tinie Tempah, Jess Glynne, Little Mix, Craig David’s TS5, Katy B, Halsey, Example, Troye Sivan, DJ EZ, James Morrison, Travis, John Newman, Foxes, DNCE, Sigma (DJ set), All Saints, Fleur East, Soul II Soul, Big Sean, Flight Facilities and Lethal Bizzle.
West Midlands Ambulance Service in partnership with St. John Ambulance is providing medical cover at this year’s V Festival at Weston Park.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “It’s been a steady start for the staff and volunteers since the gates opened to campers on Friday.
“So far, 230 people have been treated at the on-site medical centre collectively by St. John Ambulance volunteers and West Midlands Ambulance Service staff after self-presenting to the facility. On-site ambulance crews around Weston Park tended to a further 40 patients with 11 patients requiring hospital treatment. These were mainly people with existing medical conditions, though a couple had sustained fractures after falls.
“The vast majority of cases were minor injuries as a result of people being intoxicated.
“With the weather forecast looking potentially quite stormy, we would ask people to be prepared. If you’re heading to the festival it’s really important that you don’t forget some waterproofs and some wellies as it is likely to become muddy and slippery underfoot.
“As always, we would advise festival goers to keep themselves hydrated by drinking lots of non-alcoholic drinks, and finally we always ask people to make sure they enjoy themselves, have fun and enjoy the music!”
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