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V2008 Review: The numbers that made up Winston’s V2008.

Everyone knows bloggers love lists. Lists and numbers…..and top fives. With that in mind here’s the statistical lowdown on Winston’s V2008.

• Total Bands seen or heard: 19
• Never seen before bands: 12
• Full sets caught: 13
• Maximo Park
• The Kooks
• Stereophonics
• Kings Of Leon
• Air Traffic
• The Hold Steady
• The Prodigy
• Delays
• The Courteeners
• The Chemical Brothers
• Robyn (by mistake)
• Calvin Harris
• Little Man Tate
• Other bands seen or heard: 6
• The Futureheads
• Shed Seven
• The Rifles
• Scouting For Girls
• Noah & The Whale
• XXXchange
• Hours spent on site with no beer tokens: 4
• Beer Tokens purchased: 16
• Beers spilt: 2
• Burgers eaten: 1 and 1/4
• Hours Of Sleep: 9 (mostly on Friday night)
• Sleepless nights: 1 (Sunday)
• Cans of lager consumed at camp: 24
• Cans of Magners consumed at camp: 12
• Cigarettes smoked: 50
• Blog posts: 19
• Downpours: 4
• Camping items discarded: 2
• Items Lost: 1 (personal best)
• 1 bag Golden Virginia
  

Top Five performances

1. The Prodigy
2. The Courteeners
3. Kings Of Leon
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Little Man Tate

And that’s that for another year. Hope you enjoyed the live coverage from Hylands Park last weekend…..look out for more of the same from this weekends Offset Festival at Hainault Country Park.

V2008….. thank you for the memories.

Photo's in my Picasa Web Album below;

V2008, Hylands Park

Or here if you prefer Flickr

All videos taken at the festival will be uploaded to Winston's YouTube channel soon.

Back soon,
Winston