But it’s not just the visitors who are counting down the days…
Adam Pitts, Andy Brown, Joel Peat and Ryan Fletcher, better known as hit boyband Lawson, have been telling me what they’re looking forward to about V Festival, and what fans can expect from their set.
Lawson are no strangers to the V Festival crowd, having played on the Arena Stage in 2012. But with a string of success following them over the past year, it’s no surprise that they’ve been chosen to open the festival on the 4Music stage on Saturday 17th August.
Their latest single ‘Brokenhearted’ featuring American rapper B.o.B is the group’s fourth track to reach the UK Top 10, following the success of ‘When She Was Mine’, ‘Taking Over Me’ and ‘Standing In The Dark’.
After four years together as a band, 2013 is definitely set to be their biggest year yet.
Adam, drummer of the band, said: “It’s been a mental year already and it’s gonna finish off with a bang.”
“We're off to American for a month or so, we have a new record coming out in October and then we're touring the UK and Ireland too.”
Lawson’s ‘Everywhere We Go’ tour will start in New York for a 9-date US run, before Adam returns with lead vocalist Andy, lead guitarist Joel and bass guitarist Ryan for a 15-date UK tour.
So it seems that V Festival is just the start of a busy few months for the group.
This is your second time performing at V Festival. Is it a date you look forward to on your calendar?
ANDY: As a band, performing live is our favourite thing to do. It's how we started and if we could do a gig every single day then we would.
JOEL: Festival shows are particularly important for us as they allow us to perform in front of a more diverse sort of crowd usually. People who might not necessarily know the band or particularly like the band – they're one of the best crowds for us to play in front of as it gives us a challenge to win them over!
What do you enjoy about festivals in comparison to your theatre and arena gigs? What makes a festival special?
RYAN: Rain or shine, festival crowds are always up for a good time. They're there for the whole day, usually getting pissed up, it always makes for a great audience.
ADAM: We love going to festivals as punters anyway so we love playing them ourselves now. We always make sure we go and check out some of the other bands playing when we can.
What other acts on the V Festival line-up are you hoping to see?
ANDY: We're all massive Kings of Leon fans and have seen them play a bunch of times, so we'll be checking them out again.
RYAN: We start our US tour the day after V Festival so we can't go too mad, but definitely a few beers and seeing the likes of Jason Mraz and Calvin Harris sounds like a good day.
What song on your set-list is your favourite perform?
ANDY: I'm really enjoying playing a lot of our new songs which will be on our new record. We're still learning them and getting them properly tight, but they're some good songs in my opinion.
RYAN: Standing In The Dark is my favourite. Always a great sing-a-long moment.
ADAM: Everywhere You Go is going down well at the minute. It wasn't a single for us, but it's the name of our forthcoming tour and we open the set on it.
What can the V Festival crowd expect from Lawson and your setlist this year?
ANDY: I think people of all ages and genders will enjoy a Lawson set. We rock things up a fair bit, but there's those moments you can jump up and down to and have a good time in there as well.
Do you have any tricks up your sleeves?
JOEL: We've been doing a cover of a big dance song lately so no doubt we'll pull that out of the bag again.
Do you have any pre-performance rituals?
ADAM: We all do different things. Andy spends ages steaming and warming up his voice. I normally bang random bits of furniture with my drumsticks.
RYAN: We listen to different songs to get us pumped – usually Kings Of Leon or The Script. Sometimes a bit of country music too.
What will be on your V Festival rider to prepare you for your performance?
JOEL: We once read somewhere we asked for plasma TV's and fresh clean underwear. The reality is we just ask for beer, cider and popcorn.
For updates on Lawson’s tour dates and upcoming releases, follow @LawsonOfficial on Twitter or visit Lawson's Official Site
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