The first details of 2010’s V Festival have been announced.

Kings of Leon and Kasabian are the two headliners, whilst Stereophonics, Faithless and the Prodigy all play the most commercial of the big music festivals.

Playing Chelmsford on Saturday and Staffordshire on the Sunday will be:

Kings of Leon
Stereophonics
Paul Weller
Editors
The Courteeners
Passion Pit

Playing Staffordshire on the Saturday and Chelmsford on the Sunday will be:

Kasabian
Faithless
The Kooks
Paolo Nutini
Madness
Skunk Anansie
Pixie Lott

David Guetta, Pet Shop Boys, Florence and the Machine, Mika, The Temper Trap, La Roux, Sugababes, Ellie Goulding, White Lies, Scouting for Girls, Paloma Faith, Plan B, Groove Armada, Kate Nash, Goldfrapp, Newton Faulkner, Imogen Heap and Cheryl Cole all play too on days yet to be decided.

The 2010 event takes place on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd August, with the bill transferring between Staffordshire’s Weston Park and Chelmsford’s Hylands Park as normal. It’s the 15th year of the event.

More info regarding which days each band will play and ticket prices etc as we get it.

Tickets are on sale at 9am on Friday morning (5th March), and cost £165.00 for a weekend pass with camping, £140.00 weekend pass without camping, £78.50 day ticket.

As can usually be expected, V Festival tickets for the 2008 event go on sale tomorrow morning (Tuesday 21st August) until midnight next Tuesday (28th August). This initial allocation is strictly limited, so get there before the touts do!

Tickets will be available priced at £110 for the weekend or £130 for camping, There will also be a limited number of camper van pitches available at £50 per pitch.

V Festival takes place at Staffordshire’s Weston Park and Chelmsford’s Hylands Park on Saturday and Sunday 16th & 17th August 2008.