Right, that was the last day, just back from a great 4 days of music.
Band of Skulls - love them as they always say âWe are the band of skulls, from Southamptonâ. Also they are a good guitar band.
Lightening Seeds - old classics, really good to just sit back and chill at a festival with.
Noel Gallagher and his high flying birds - love his music really good to listen to, so, well Noel Gallagher. Always interacts with the crowd and jokes about. Also you get an oasis sing along during the gig as well.
James, BB, Proclaimers and The Selecter should be cool.
I saw Seth Lakeman supporting Bill a few years backâŚ
He wandered out with a fiddle so my heart sank, there were also far too many 'folk musiciansâ on the stage for my liking - but he was bloody brilliant.
Ask Will Varley if he remembers signing a drunken idiots Tommy Hilfiger shirt with a marker pen at The Joiners - shortly before same drunken bloke gave him an enveloping and excruciatingly long and awkward hug.
Jeez BletchâŚwas that you !! I was saying to Will after the gig there was a guy sooo pissed-up he mistook me for him in a vey embarrassing momentâŚthe finger was not necessary.
Faithless last night at Brixton Academy. Ears still ringing, sweat box but totally worth it.
Completely mixed ages in the crowd - some 25, some 60 and plenty in between.
Amusing to see people arrive in sweatshirts, formal shirts and all sorts of garb to confirm they had never been to see the band or to the venue before. Bemusing to see a few (guys mostly) stood rock still throughout, even during Insomnia when 99% of people - including some bar staff - were dancing their tits off.
Brilliant and would do it all again in a heartbeat.
Currently at Green Man. Havenât seen anyone yet as still sweating off the 3/4 of bourbon drunk last night. I was âwankeredâ according to the missus.
Off to see Jason Isbell followed by White Denim later.
Faithless are by far one of a handful of the best live bands I have seen. In the same kind of ballpark pendulum and Prodigy are right up there. The Prodigy played in a massive marquee/tent at the Brighton festival in 1996 and people were climbing up up the support polls and shaking them during âtheir lawâ and I seriously thought the marquee/tent was going to collapse!!
Hammered down yesterday morning then the sun came out when the music started. Will Varley played to his âbiggest crowd yetâ and was pretty good for a festival opener.
Next up was the awesome Ezra Furman. Spiky rockabilly tinged punkiness and a front man in a dress and pearl necklace. Nice.
Then came The Damned. Not really my cup of tea but they were bloody good! Good show, tight band.
Then off to the Big Top for the fucking brilliant Unthanks. I am a bit in love with The Unthanks. Amazing harmonies, a string quartet and some Northumbrian clog dancing. Whatâs not to like? They started their set with: âSo many people have come to listen to miserable songs about northern England!â My mate turned to me at one point and said: âthat was so good I nearly started blubbingâ
Billy Bragg then started his set with: âwelcome to the folk tent. Real music here. The boys with the laptops (Leftfield) are out on the main stageâ
He was great and Verbalâs a cunt.
Today offers Terrorvision, Reef, The Proclaimers, James and a little bit of Toddle T dance hall madness.
Just realised I missed xylaroo yesterday. I will console myself with another 8 pints of Beautiful Daze (ÂŁ3.60 per pint muthafukkas!)
Went to see a pub band, Fat Badger, last night. Excellent set full of classic old Zeppelin, AC/DC, Sabbath, Goldern Earring, Kansas, Muse etc tracks. Best of the night though was Rushâs Spirit Of The Radio. Spot on, note for note perfect.
Started off the day yesterday with Lanterns on the Lake. Will definitely be listening to more when I get home. Mellow start to the day.
Then got my dub fix with Hollie Cook followed by Beautiful Days regulars Dreadzone. The next hour or so is a bit sketchy;)
The late afternoon/early evening was a Terrorvision/Reef rock off. I think Terrorvision won but others see it differently.
OK, I admit I then had an overwhelming urge to knob The Proclaimers off and go and see The Damned perform their first album in The Big Top. So I did. And they were brilliant! 1976 vintage.
Finished off the day with James on the main stage. They too were great. Mental Ian Curtisesque dancing. From Tim Booth too.