Annual music festival in UK held at two places: south leg at Hylands Park in Chelmsford; north leg at Victoria Park in Warrington (1996), Temple Newsam in Leeds (1997 & 1998) and Weston Park in South Staffordshire (from 1999). The festival was founded by Richard Branson in 1996 On 30 October 2017 it was announced that the festival will be discontinued due to main sponsor, Virgin, withdrawal.