Tennent's Vital
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| Genre | Indie rock, alternative music |
| Dates | Mid-Late August |
| Location(s) | Belfast / Bangor |
| Years active | 2002–2007, 2011–present |
| Website | |
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Tennent's Vital is an annual music festival in Northern Ireland. It was first held near Botanic Gardens in 2002 then later moved to Ormeau Park in 2007, both of these venues were in Belfast. The festival had taken a noticeable undesired hiatus between 2008–2010 and is to return in August 2011 at Ward Park in Bangor due to success of Ward Park as a venue for Snow Patrol's homecoming gig in 2010 which drew in an estimate crowd of 40,000. Sponsored by C&C Group plc and MCD Productions it has been confirmed that the festival is set to return in 2012 and 2013.[1] Notable headliners throughout the years have included Kasabian, The Killers, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, The White Stripes, Ash, The Streets, Primal Scream and Eminem.
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History
2015
In early 2015 it was announced that Tennent's Vital would be back for another year at the Boucher Road playing fields with Calvin Harris headlining Day 1 and The Script returning to headline Day 2. This is the second time The Script have headlined the event following a headlining set on Day 2 in 2011.
| 29 August | 30 August |
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2014
On 21 March 2014 Tennents Vital released an official statement confirming the festival would return in summer 2014. On 25 March, organisers confirmed via their official website, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat that The Killers would headline the first day of the festival supported by Bastille. This will be The Killer's second time headlining the event following a headlining set in 2007, while Bastille are making their Tennents Vital debut this year.
| 21 August | 24 August |
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Headliners Confirmed Support |
2013
On 9 April, Vital officially announced its return, playing at the Boucher Road Playing fields again. The first act announced were Kings Of Leon, and on 11 June The Vaccines were announced as the main support act for the first day. On 13 May, Snow Patrol were announced along with singer/songwriter Foy Vance and Irish upstarts Kodaline, the following the Jason Mraz was added to the bill. On 11 June, Vital announced its first ever 3 day festival, with Avicii, Tinie Tempah, Rudemental and Tommy Trash playing on the 3rd day.
| 14 August | 15 August | 16 August |
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2012
On 8 February, Vital announced that they would be running "Tennent's Untapped", a platform to give rising bands an opportunity to make themselves known, with the winners securing a set on the Main Stage of the 2012 Vital concert. On 5 March, Tennents Vital confirmed via Facebook that the lineup for its 2012 concert would be revealed live on Tuesday 20 March at its live launch party at a secret location, and also via its official website. On 16 March via their official Facebook page, Tennents Vital announced that the venue for the 2012 concert had been moved from Ward Park Bangor, to Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast. On 20 March, The Stone Roses and Florence and the Machine were confirmed to be playing Wednesday 22 August, as confirmed via the official Tennents Vital Facebook page. The Foo Fighters and the Black Keys were also announced through MCD's official site. The Stone Roses leaked their announcement early via their Twitter page.
| 21 August | 22 August |
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Confirmed Confirmed Support |
2011
BBC News reported that MCD Productions paid previous debt in April while requesting for permission for future events at Ormeau Park suggesting a strong possibility that Tennent's Vital would be back.[2] This previous debt was due to gaining permissions to hold the concerts in 2010.
It was later announced on 12 May 2011 that Tennent's Vital will be held on 23 and 24 August in Ward Park, Bangor despite rumours of it being held in Ormeau Park. The official line up is due to be announced on Wednesday 25 May.[1]
An advertising campaign began immediately. Power hosed advertisements appeared outside University of Ulster Belfast and Queen's University Belfast while Translink Metro services where used for regular advertisements with online banners on selected music related websites. On 25 May Eminem was formally announced to headline on 24 August.[3] The remainder of the line up; both for support and the other day have yet to be announced. Script and Two Door Cinema Club were confirmed as headliners for Day 1 of Tennents Vital(23 August). On 16 June, Vital confirmed on Facebook that Ellie Goulding and The Wombats will also be on the bill of Day 1.
| 23 August | 24 August |
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2007
Moving Tennent's Vital to Ormeau Park allowed for the event to grow. Razorlight headlined the main stage on Tuesday 21 August while The Killers headlined on Wednesday 22nd. There was a combined audience of 45,000 across two days.[4] BBC Northern Ireland featured the events live on air. The weather during the festival was fitting and there was no reports of serious crime except noise pollution calls within the nearby student housing area after the festival ended.
| Tuesday 21 August | Wednesday 22 August |
Radio 1 Stage
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Radio 1 Stage
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2006
- Snow Patrol
- Kaiser Chiefs
- The Raconteurs
- ¡Forward, Russia!
- Be your own PET
- Duke Special
- Ed Harcourt
- Editors
- Mumm-Ra
- The Pigeon Detectives
- Iain Archer
- Oceansize
- Republic Of Loose
- The Crimea
- Cursive
- Rivals
- Panda Kopanda
- The Dangerfields
- The View
- Eamonn McNamee and the Holy Innocents
- The Tides
2005
- Kings Of Leon
- Faithless
- Franz Ferdinand
- Maroon 5
- Scissor Sisters
- Jem
- The Coral
- The Futureheads
- Driving By Night
- The Cribs
- The Brakes
- Patiosounds
- Dutch Schultz
- Alloy Mental
- Leya
2004
- The White Stripes
- The Darkness
- Ash
- New York Dolls
- Jurassic 5
- Peaches
- Goldie Lookin Chain
- The Answer
- Acidtone
- Blanche
2003
- Zero 7
- The Streets
- Roger Sanchez
- Death in Vegas
- Richard Fearless
- Roots Manuva
- Nightmares On Wax
- Jon Carter
2002
2002 was the first year of Tennents Vital and was located nearby Queens University Belfast's PEC centre beside Belfast Botanic Gardens.
Organisation
Since its conception in 2002 the festival has been organised by MCD Productions and sponsored by C&C Group's Tennents cider brand. With the exception of technical and security staff, there are voluntary opportunities for most positions at Tennents Vital. Stewards are organised by charity Oxfam, which receives a donation in return for their work. Catering, and some retail services, are provided by various small companies, typically mobile catering vans. Significant logistical operations take place to bring people into the festival by public transport each year. In addition to extensive private coach hire by festival goers, Translink implements additional bus and rail services to meet the increased demand.