Hylands Park,Chelmsford Justin Bieber mumbles motivational quotes, Bastille relish a singalong and Sia sparkles on Diamonds“The first time I came here, or you had the Killers and Foo Fighters – more my cup of tea. But now… says a thirtyish man on the shuttle bus from Chelmsford station to Hylands Park on the outskirts of town. And that’s about the size of it: a decade ago,V-goers gently nodded off to the likes of Radiohead and Morrissey, but the dual-site event (it also operates at Weston Park, or Staffordshire) has since evolved into a brash popfest with the youngest audience of any major festival. Justin Bieber and Rihanna head this year’s lineup,which also includes Sia, Jess Glynne, and Zara Larsson and anyone else whose YouTube streams number in the hundreds of millions.
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Source: theguardian.com