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In pictures: Music fans flock to Victorious Festival

News imageVictorious/Tom Langford Scissor Sisters performing on the main stage at Victorious FestivalVictorious/Tom Langford
Thousands of music-lovers have descended on Southsea Common for the three-day festival

Victorious Festival is under way on Southsea Common in Portsmouth.

Festival-goers enjoyed the blue skies and sunshine on Friday as The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft topped the bill.

The Black Keys headline on Saturday with Club Foot rockers Kasabian set to close the three-day festival on Sunday.

Up to 80,000 ticket holders are expected to go each day.

The festival is not escaping a change in the summer weather with rain and thunderstorms forecast at times during Saturday and Sunday.

News imageVictorious/StevenStringer Victorious Festival, Southsea - stage with large crowd sprawling across a common area beside the sea and a ferry passing in the distance.Victorious/StevenStringer
The three-day festival on the seafront threw open its doors on Friday
News imageVictorious/ElliotMcrae Richard Ashcroft on stage at Victorious Festival, SouthseaVictorious/ElliotMcrae
The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft headlined the first night
News imageVictorious/Tom Langford Rudimental - three DJs on a stage with record decks Victorious/Tom Langford
Special guests Rudimental took over the Common Stage bringing drum & bass and big tunes
News imageVictorious/Tom Langford Scissor Sisters performing at Victorious - a drummer is seem to the left - a giant pair of scissors are on the stage and the band are dancing.Victorious/Tom Langford
Other acts taking to the stage on Friday included Scissor Sisters
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Look Mum No Computer (Sam Battle) at the Under the Trees stage
News imageVictorious/Emma Wurfel Victorious Festival's bandstand with crowd watching and a band playing.Victorious/Emma Wurfel
The Southsea Common Bandstand has been transformed into a stage for the festival
News imageVictorious/Tom Langford Two men and a referee in a wrestling ring as a crowd looks on.Victorious/Tom Langford
It features a host of other attractions including wrestling, a roller disco and a skate park
News imagePA Festivalgoers enjoy the sunshine at Victorious Festival on Southsea Common, Portsmouth in front of a large sign spelling VictoriousPA
Festival-goers enjoyed blue skies on Friday evening
News imageVictorious/StevenStringer Victorious Festival, Southsea - stage with large crowd sprawling across a common area beside the sea and a ferry passingVictorious/StevenStringer
The three-day festival on Southsea's vast seaside common runs until Sunday
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