Tennent's Vital

Tennent's Vital
Genre	Indie rock, alternative music
Dates	Mid-Late August
Location(s)	Belfast / Bangor
Years active	2002–2007, 2011–present
Website
Tennentsvital.com

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. 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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Headliners included: The Streets Zero 7 Roots Manuva Death in Vegas	Headliners included: The White Stripes Ash The Darkness Jurassic 5	Headliners included: Franz Ferdinand Kings of Leon Faithless Scissor Sisters	Headliners included: Snow Patrol Kaiser Chiefs Editors The Raconteurs	Headliners included: Manic Street Preachers Razorlight Kasabian The Killers	Headliners included: Eminem Kaiser Chiefs Jimmy Eat World The Script Two Door Cinema Club Ellie Goulding	Headliners included: Foo Fighters The Black Keys The Stone Roses Florence and The Machine

History

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
Headliners The Killers Confirmed Support Bastille	Headliners David Guetta Confirmed Support Steve Angello Klangkarussell Robin Schulz

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
Headliners Kings Of Leon Confirmed Support The Vaccines The Undertones The Minutes	Confirmed Snow Patrol Confirmed Support Jason Mraz Foy Vance Kodaline	Confirmed Avicii Confirmed Support Tinie Tempah Rudimental Tommy Trash Naughty Boy

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
Headliners Foo Fighters Confirmed Support The Black Keys The Cribs The Minutes Trucker Diablo	Confirmed The Stone Roses Confirmed Support Florence And The Machine Rodrigo y Gabriela Maverick Sabre Gerard i2

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. 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.

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. 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
Headliners The Script Confirmed Support Two Door Cinema Club Ellie Goulding Ryan Sheridan The Wombats	Confirmed Eminem Confirmed Support Kaiser Chiefs Jimmy Eat World D12 OFWGKTA

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. 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
Razorlight Manic Street Preachers The View The Hold Steady Nice N Sleezy Radio 1 Stage Justice The Rumble Strips Oppenheimer Steer Cleer General Fiasco	The Killers Kasabian Mark Ronson The Shins Albert Hammond Jr Radio 1 Stage The Holloways Alloy Mental I Was A Cub Scout Kharma 45 Black Alley Screens

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

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The Main Stage in 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.

• Primal Scream
• Badly Drawn Boy
• Idlewild
• Snow Patrol
• Gemma Hayes
• Fatboy Slim
• Stereo MC's
• Pacha Futura

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.

See also

• Belsonic
• Radio 1's Big Weekend 2013