V Festival 2020: How to watch the ITV2 coverage with Dizzee Rascal, Olly Murs and more

Headline attraction: Olly Murs performing at V Festival in 2015
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Jochan Embley19 August 2020

This weekend, a major UK festival of years gone by will rise from the ashes in a new digital format.

V Festival, which at its height welcomed more than 170,000 fans, fizzled out after 21 years and was axed in 2017.

Now, it is being resurrected for a one-off virtual edition, filmed at the festival’s spiritual home of Hylands Park in Essex, but without a single fan in attendance.

Instead, you can watch all the action from the comfort of your own home. Here’s what you need to know.

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When is V Festival 2020 and how can I watch it?

The whole thing will be broadcast on ITV2 across three nights, from Friday August 21 until Sunday August 21.

Each hour-long episode, hosted by Maya Jama and Joel Dommett, will kick off at 7pm, and will also be available to watch on catch-up through ITV Hub for 30 days afterwards.

Who is performing at V Festival 2020?

Three headline acts have been confirmed so far: Olly Murs, Dizzee Rascal and Anne Marie. Each of them will be performing on stage at Hylands Park.

Murs said: “V Festival holds a very special place in my heart (and liver), as not only did I used to go every year with my mates and camp as a punter, but I later got the chance to actually perform there and be invited back four times.

“Headlining the MTV stage in 2015 was definitely a career highlight of mine, as was jumping on stage with Madness to sing one of my favourite tracks of all time, It Must Be Love.”

Each of the headliners will be interviewed, and there will also be performances from “up-and-coming” artists. Archive footage from previous editions is also on the cards, although exact details are yet to be confirmed.

Elsewhere, the broadcasts will feature “festival food hacks, fashion tips and interactive content [to] help viewers recreate the full experience at home”.