V Festival...wild at nights

V Festival 2011 - Hylands Park, Chelmsford

Eminem, Rihanna and Chase and Status made V Festival 2011! Without question the atmosphere was electrifying for everyone that stood in the mass crowd and appreciated the live music that was bellowing across the fields.

Chase and Status headlined in The Arena Saturday night. It had rained earlier on in the day but that did not disgruntle any one's mood. After all, that is the basis of a festival in England. The one thing that makes me go insane with happiness whilst watching live acts is the uproar and togetherness that the crowd contains. Chase and Status had it all! They had the tracks, the melodies, the bass-line and a magnificent range of people, and they all ended up wanting more. I didn't know all of the tracks they performed admittedly but every track sounded as good as the last. MC Rage kept the crowd pumped with adrenalin and Delilah gave an outstanding vocal performance.

Rihanna headlined before Eminem on the V Stage Sunday night. The day had been hot and the mood seemed more relaxed than the day previous, as people found themselves trying to re-cooperate from the night before. To be honest I was not expecting much from her vocals. In fact, I could suggest there was some auto tune involved... I had not once seen a live performance of hers that I felt was any good. Either way, she smiled throughout her set; she strutted across the stage like she owned it and gave everything she had, which seemed to be a lot. 

Eminem was the act that everyone wanted to witness. Having been out of the limelight for some years after rehabilitation and disconnected himself from the world of media frenzy, for most it was the thought that Eminem was actually in Chelmsford that made it that bit more special. One of the biggest, if not The biggest rapper in the world was going to be performing in front of hundreds of thousands! Certainly no one really knew what to expect, I know I didn't but I had a positive vibe that Eminem was going to impress, that he was going to blow us away with his entire chart topping tracks...and he did just that! The appreciation from the crowd to him and vice versa was phenomenal. He had returned to the world of live music and proved that when you fall down you can always get back up...