Old people at festivals are so gross
^ Didn't see that before I left, saw a couple of things on BBC Introducing (including Carlisle's own Hardwicke Circus) as it was well placed between other stages and in the open air so easy to catch bits when wandering, but didn't see either of those.
We all had a ball despite the mud and rain. I barely saw Thing One all weekend, his mates were camping in the next field so I let them get on with it and was rewarded with the sight of him arriving back at his tent at 9am on the Monday morning wearing a fake fur coat and the look of someone who'd had the weekend of his life.
I gained some approval from Thing Two by taking her to the front for Fall Out Boy, steering her through the throng for the You Me At Six 'secret' set, and queueing up with her to meet Chvrches at the signing tent.
Got to see enough of what I wanted to see - Savages (electric presence but played to a pitiful 'crowd'), Ezra Furman, Lapsley were all targets that I managed. Foals and Chvrches were both hampered by the rain (at least for the latter we were close enough to get some shelter from the stage canopy - for Foals I was sat on my own on the hill bravely persevering while One chaperoned Two into the big tent for Twenty One Pilots). Enjoyed Biffy Clyro, managed 45 minutes of RHCP to say I'd seen them before we called it a night (and weekend), they wouldn't have worried about my absence, it was by some distance the largest crowd of the weekend.
I was able to fill all three days (and indeed the Thursday 'warm up' night) with stuff I knew, though admittedly it was a mix of stuff I would have known anyway, stuff Thing One has introduced me to since he got into gig-going, and a few I looked into before going. There was still so much I was unfamiliar with that I have no 'down with the kids' claim to make here.
One 'thing' ('band' is far from the right word) that I got dragged to reluctantly turned out to be an unexpected highlight - grime label/collective Boy Better Know, led by the lad Skepta. Had no clue who what they/it was a few months ago when they were announced in a high slot (knew of Skepta but didn't realise that's who it was), went along, looked around, watched a massive crowd go absolutely mental, felt very old, secretly enjoyed it.
We've started planning a return next year.
^ Didn't see that before I left, saw a couple of things on BBC Introducing (including Carlisle's own Hardwicke Circus) as it was well placed between other stages and in the open air so easy to catch bits when wandering, but didn't see either of those.
We all had a ball despite the mud and rain. I barely saw Thing One all weekend, his mates were camping in the next field so I let them get on with it and was rewarded with the sight of him arriving back at his tent at 9am on the Monday morning wearing a fake fur coat and the look of someone who'd had the weekend of his life.
I gained some approval from Thing Two by taking her to the front for Fall Out Boy, steering her through the throng for the You Me At Six 'secret' set, and queueing up with her to meet Chvrches at the signing tent.
Got to see enough of what I wanted to see - Savages (electric presence but played to a pitiful 'crowd'), Ezra Furman, Lapsley were all targets that I managed. Foals and Chvrches were both hampered by the rain (at least for the latter we were close enough to get some shelter from the stage canopy - for Foals I was sat on my own on the hill bravely persevering while One chaperoned Two into the big tent for Twenty One Pilots). Enjoyed Biffy Clyro, managed 45 minutes of RHCP to say I'd seen them before we called it a night (and weekend), they wouldn't have worried about my absence, it was by some distance the largest crowd of the weekend.
I was able to fill all three days (and indeed the Thursday 'warm up' night) with stuff I knew, though admittedly it was a mix of stuff I would have known anyway, stuff Thing One has introduced me to since he got into gig-going, and a few I looked into before going. There was still so much I was unfamiliar with that I have no 'down with the kids' claim to make here.
One 'thing' ('band' is far from the right word) that I got dragged to reluctantly turned out to be an unexpected highlight - grime label/collective Boy Better Know, led by the lad Skepta. Had no clue who what they/it was a few months ago when they were announced in a high slot (knew of Skepta but didn't realise that's who it was), went along, looked around, watched a massive crowd go absolutely mental, felt very old, secretly enjoyed it.
We've started planning a return next year.
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